Lydie Arickx

Born in Villecresnes (France) in 1954, Lydie Arickx is a French painter and sculptor. A graduate of the Ecole d'Art Graphique Penninghen (ESAG) in Paris, she began her career with the Jean Briance gallery, where an exhibition was dedicated to her in 1979. Her work was subsequently exported to Europe and across the Atlantic, where she exhibited with Francis Bacon. In 2021, a major exhibition was dedicated to her at the Château de Chambord. Now celebrated worldwide, many of her works can be found in major public collections such as the Centre Pompidou and the Palais de Tokyo.