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Who is Adèle French?

Adèle is a stencil artist who has spent the past 15 years balancing her creative practice with an executive career in the technology industry. Her journey has taken her from Sydney to New York City, and now between Southern California and Mexico, infusing her work with a truly global perspective.

Her art is shaped by her multicultural background, extensive travels, and her identity as both an artist and surfer. These influences fuel a distinctive style that contrasts the relaxed spirit of surf culture with the intensity of modern consumerism. She works with reclaimed materials, giving her pieces a raw, eco-conscious edge while celebrating irregularity, texture, and imperfection.

Adèle’s portfolio spans paintings and collages, mostly in acrylics, often created on non-traditional surfaces such as reclaimed wood and richly textured canvases. She favors formats that highlight the intimate and one-of-a-kind nature of each work, while select pieces are also available as prints.

Her creations, designed in Southern California, have garnered international recognition and commercial success in Sydney, New York City, Los Angeles, and Mexico. Each piece reflects her fearless embrace of imperfection, sustainability, and the ever-shifting line between escapism and weight of modern expectations.