AGATHE TOMAN — CV

Visual artist — painting, drawing, photography, poetry

Born in 1989

Lives and works in Seignosse, France.

ARTISTIC CAREER

Representation in France

Since July 2025 — Mala Gallery (non-exclusive representation)

Major Art Fairs & Exhibitions

2026 — La Forêt I and Carnet de montagne, Art Paris Art Fair, Grand Palais, Paris.
2025 — Inaugural exhibition of Mala Gallery, Nice, alongside works by Hans Hartung, Joan Miró and Jean Degottex.
2025 — Antics Art Fair, Namur, Belgium.
2019 — Les Invisibles — Un Sacré #2, Art Paris Art Fair, Grand Palais, Paris.
2019 — Les Invisibles — Un Sacré #1, DDessin, Paris.
2018 — 58/58 (59), DDessin, Paris.

Auctions

2023 — Sotheby’s, Modern & Contemporary Discoveries, Cologne.
2022 — Sotheby’s, Living Contemporary, Paris.
2021 — Sotheby’s, Contemporary Curated, Paris.

Collections

2025 — Acquisition of a drawing by the BIC Foundation.
Works held in private collections in France and internationally.

EXHIBITIONS

Solo Exhibitions

2024 — Commencement, studio inauguration, Seignosse.
2021 — The Bird, Hossegor.
2020 — Corpus Animae, curated by Anne Claire Simon, Château de Lantheuil, Normandy.
2018 — Phantoms, Ellia Art Gallery, Paris.
2016 — This Is A Story About Chaos, Going Around In Circles And Falling Apart, Biarritz.
2016 — To The Moon and Back, Surfin Estate, Hossegor.

Group Exhibitions

2026 — La Forêt I and Carnet de montagne, Art Paris Art Fair, Grand Palais, Paris.
2025 — Inaugural exhibition of Mala Gallery, Nice, alongside works by Hans Hartung, Joan Miró and Jean Degottex.
2025 — Antics Art Fair, Namur, Belgium.
2024 — Le Cercle de l’Art, Season 2.
2023 — Le Cercle de l’Art, Season 1.
2022 — LESS, Pavot Gallery, Bucharest.
2020 — YOU, Les Enfants Sauvages, Capbreton.
2019 — Les Invisibles — Un Sacré #2, Art Paris Art Fair, Grand Palais, Paris.
2019 — Les Invisibles — Un Sacré #1, DDessin, Paris.
2019 — ACS In Situ, Anne Claire Simon Art Gallery.
2019 — Exit Art Contemporain, Boulogne-Billancourt.
2018 — Un Battement Par Minute, a ppr oc h e Contemporary Art Fair, Paris.
2018 — 58/58 (59), DDessin, Paris.
2018 — Chères, Biarritz.
2016 — Undercover Skies, Helder, Biarritz.

PUBLICATIONS

2026 — Bilingual poetry collection (French / English), forthcoming.
2025 — You Will Have to Learn to Smile Again.

RESEARCH, EDUCATION & CLINICAL PRACTICE

Research Focus

Transdisciplinary research into perception, aesthetic experience, the psyche, and processes of transformation, informed by philosophy, psychology, psychoanalysis, and clinical practice.

2026 — Diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (Asperger syndrome).

Education

2007–2011 — Fashion Design and Pattern Cutting, École de la Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne, Paris.

Since 2020 — Psychoanalysis, Transactional Analysis and Psychopathology.
Five-year programme, Paris.

Clinical Practice

2025–2026 — Practice in integrative psychotherapy and Transactional Analysis. Bilingual clinical practice (French / English).

ARTISTIC & CHARITABLE ENGAGEMENT

The Seasonal Suppers

Since 2025 — Co-founder of The Seasonal Suppers, a series of charitable art dinners bringing together artists, mental health professionals, and the public to explore the intersections between artistic creation, mental health, and society.

2026 — Artistic and charitable dinner, Seignosse studio.

2025 — Surf Santé artistic and charitable dinner, Seignosse studio.
Guest of honour: François Chevrier, Director of Clinique Caradoc, Bayonne.

Other Engagements

2024 — ARTC Charity Dinner, Salon Petrossian, Paris.

2021 — Creation of an original artwork on a surfboard × Rip Curl, in support of Handi Surf.

2021 — Jury member, Projets Vertueux, Agir à la Source.

AFFILIATIONS

Since 2025 — Fondation Taylor; Association Autisme Landes.

Since 2024 — FF2P — Fédération Française de Psychothérapie et Psychanalyse.

Since 2020 — IFAT — Institut Français d’Analyse Transactionnelle.