Bridgette Duran

Untitled Yellow - original abstract painting by Bridgette Duran

2017

Duran is a self taught painter who worked in Real Estate finance prior to attending FIDM in Los Angeles. Studying Graphic Design and Film Editing with the intention to be a set designer. After graduating she worked in Fashion doing freelance styling and as an assistant in Interior Design, where focused on designing custom furniture for clients. After working in the Interior Design Industry for 4 years she moved to Paris to study French at Sorbonne, where she discovered the Parisian painting ateliers. She stopped into various ateliers around Paris, resulting in extending her stay an to experience the open academic format that wasn’t present in the US. She settled at Academie Port Royale, ran by President of the Salon du Dessin et de la Peinture à l'Eau, Jean Maxime Relange. Returning to Los Angeles she taught herself various painting and sketching techniques and began selling her artworks online and through word of mouth. She began doing illustration work for international brands then expanded to fine art with a focus in abstraction. Which resulted in group shows, commissions an gallery representation in Los Angeles. Duran recently relocated to NYC during the pandemic and is currently living and working in NYC.