Patricia Erbelding (born in Paris in 1958) is a French artist who works in a variety of media producing abstract art.
Her first solo exhibition was held at the Galerie du Haut Pavé[1] in Paris in 1993, curated by Jean Pierre Brice Olivier.
[19] Next year in 1996, she received a grant from the Wallonie Center in Paris and the French Embassy in Belgium and developed a series of forged iron sculptures produced in the Industry Museum of Charleroi.
[2][20] Her 1998 artist's book “Gestes”, a collaboration with the poet Pierre Marc Levergeois was included in the collection of the New York MOMA Library.
[21] Today, Erbelding has established her studio in the 19th arrondissement of Paris where in 2003 she took part in a street art event organized by Christine Phal.
2008 saw her photographic work in the “Y’a pas photo” exhibition at the Fondation Nationale des Arts Graphiques et Plastiques (MABA) in Nogent sur Marne.
[27] In 2009 was held at the Espace Saint Louis Art Center, in collaboration with the Barrois Museum, Médiathèque and Theatre in Bar-le-Duc, France, her solo exhibition : “La peinture à livre ouvert”.
[29] She also collaborated on a number of Artist's Books including an edition of “Carcasses” with Eric Coisel and Michel Butor and “The Ghost Lemur of William S. Burroughs” with Tony Soulié.
[34] The Artists’ book in collaboration with the writer Régine Detambel “Elle est le Monde”, is part of the “Magic Unicorns” reopening of the Musée de Cluny in 2018.
[35] Also in 2018, takes place “Signes Sensibles”, at the Château du Val Fleury in Gif-sur-Yvette bringing together Erbelding with Coskun, Michel Haas and Claude Viallat in an exhibition curated by Laurence d’Ist,[36] exploring the echoes of prehistoric cave painting through contemporary art.