The work from Alain Letroye explores traces: those that time leaves within matter, and those that memory quietly imprints within us, whether visible or concealed. He does not seek to represent memory itself, but rather to create a space where its traces can emerge. Painting, reliefs and sculptural works all stem from the same artistic approach. Using pigments, plaster, textiles, threads and reclaimed materials, he builds surfaces in which every layer preserves the imprint of the gestures that came before. He adds, erases, covers and reveals. Matter itself becomes memory. When he stands in front of a blank canvas or an empty structure, there is always an initial intention. Yet he soon realizes that it cannot prevail on its own. Colour, material and time possess their own rhythm and energy. His role is not to dominate them, but to enter into dialogue with them until a balance emerges. At times, his work moves beyond the surface of the canvas and becomes sculptural. His totems extend this exploration: silent presences shaped through wrapping, binding and layering textiles and threads. They do not tell a story; they bear the marks of a possible one. Alain does not seek to illustrate emotions or convey a fixed message. Instead, he aims on creating works that invite feeling rather than explanation -spaces where each viewer may recognize something of their own journey. How can one not feel this pressing need to create in order to inhabit the world? For Alain, the process of creating is a way of making visible what remains when everything else seems to have disappeared: a trace, a memory, a presence.
Alain Letroye was born in 1966 in Montegnée, Belgium and lives and works in Liers, Belgium. He studied visual arts at Institut Saint-Luc and at Academy of Fine Arts both in Liège, Belgium. Over the years his works have been on display within multiple exhibitions in Europe.
Alain Letroye was born in 1966 in Montegnée, Belgium and lives and works in Liers, Belgium. He studied visual arts at Institut Saint-Luc and at Academy of Fine Arts both in Liège, Belgium. Over the years his works have been on display within multiple exhibitions in Europe.
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