Visual Artist,
Paris
Aline Khieu is a French artist of Cambodian origin, born in 1989. She was born in a migrant reception center in the Jura, just after her parents arrived in France.
When speaking of her own creations, of her own personality — for they are the same thing, she says, the two within her merging — Aline likes to evoke a “luminous darkness.” She says: “it is a darkness that shines, bringing both sorrow and joy at once.”
Her hand is guided by an instinct, a transgenerational impulse. When she creates, consciousness fades away; she becomes nothing but emotion.
Despite the controversies and repression within her family circle, Aline’s artistic gift flourished and shaped her unique style. What the sheet of paper or the canvas reveals? Aline discovers it only at the very end, in a style that imposed itself upon her, and that now defines her singularity: delicate, raw, visceral. A polymorphic artist, her modes of expression include drawing, sculpture, photography, music, and poetry. Her exhibitions open conversations at the crossroads of genres, of arts, and of the shifting forms the mind can take when, at last, it manages to escape its prison — the hue of captive flesh.
Text: Raphaëlle Gayon
2025 art capital, Grand Palais, 75008 Paris
2021 hysterique, 75003 Paris
2021 ephemire, 75011 Paris
2021 bonjour madame, 75011 Paris
I seek to explore the complexity of the human mind through "my" poetry, revealing its dark and light aspects.
The choice of ink, an indelible medium, to say that each mark on paper becomes an eternal scar. The fine, bold, and sometimes rough lines reflect the duality of guilt and innocence within us, with imperfections symbolizing life's mistakes. Accepted, they become an integral part of the soul's balance, offering therapeutic release. My creations express emotions often repressed, with each stroke being an instrument of exploration towards self-discovery.
