Inès Longevial

French painter born and trained in Toulouse (MFA, 2013), Inès Longevial discovered art through Picasso, Matisse, and Modigliani in her family's library. Portrait is her playground — landscape-like faces unfold a candid, surreal universe shaped by light and color. Inspired by Modersohn-Becker, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Niki de Saint-Phalle, she paints women that reclaim femininity through skin tones, shadow, and silence.

— Distinguished by the Gérard Foundation