“Art is the language I turn to when I reach the edge of what the visible world can explain, and something deeper calls to be expressed.”
— Marie-Amélie Chéreau, French contemporary abstract artist.
About Marie-Amélie Chéreau
Marie-Amélie Chéreau is a French contemporary artist whose luminous oil paintings are built through the combined use of palette knife and brush. Her work is rooted in lyrical symbolism — a language where gestural abstraction intertwines with signs, colours, and textures that reach beyond the visible.
Trained from childhood at the Martenot Art School in Paris under the influence of her grandmother, herself a painter, she developed an intuitive and deeply embodied relationship to creation from the very beginning. Her path as an artist was never interrupted — it deepened, layer by layer, through every experience that followed.
Educated at HEC Paris and Université Paris Dauphine – PSL, and shaped by over two decades in the corporate world, she brought to Painting the same rigour, strategic vision, and understanding of complexity that define her artistic practice today. The discipline of construction, the reading of systems, the intelligence of form — these inform her work as much as instinct does.
In 2018, she published Les Autruches (Editions L'Harmattan), a novel that continues to feed her artistic path, through its exploration of buried memory and what the body carries silently.
Her compositions emerge from a precise dialogue between control and release. Structured through fine brush lines and sculpted with the palette knife, they give rise to symbolic forms — figures, gazes, living presences — that seem to arise from within the paint rather than be placed upon it.
At the heart of her practice lies a deeply held conviction : that art can be an act of offering. Her paintings are not made to be decoded but to be received — as one receives light, or silence. Drawing from sacred traditions, archetypal symbols, and the quiet vocabulary of the invisible, she seeks to open in each viewer a space of inner resonance, where something greater than the visible becomes, for a moment, near.
Rather than interpreted, her paintings are meant to be experienced. They open a perceptual space where inner and outer realities meet, and where the visible opens onto something more subtle.
Her work has been exhibited in Paris, Munich, Geneva, Miami, and Chicago, and is held in private collections worldwide.
The Speaker
With over two decades in senior executive roles at L’Oréal, Unilever, and LVMH across Europe, Asia, and Latin America, Marie-Amélie now brings her insight to organizations seeking conscious leadership, collective resilience, and sustainable solutions to burnout.
She has spoken at conferences in Hong Kong (French Chamber of Commerce, CCE), Munich (Microsoft), and at top universities such as HEC Paris. Her talks are known for their authenticity, emotional resonance, and transformative power.
Her unique path touches both executives and teams because she truly embodies the wisdom she shares.
The Creative Transformation Expert
Through her signature workshop Tell Me If…, Marie-Amélie offers a unique experience where painting becomes a strategic tool for leadership, team alignment, and reconnection to purpose.
Tell Me If... is not a coaching session, not a brainstorming meeting, and not a typical team-building event. It is a powerful, artistic, and emotional journey that helps leaders and teams:
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Reconnect to their company's mission and values
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Reveal insights through painting
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Transform individual visions into a collective strategy
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And above all: restore humanity, joy, and meaning in the workplace
This workshop is designed for organizations seeking meaning, cohesion, and a more human centered way of working—with art as a powerful lever for transformation.
“Does my being fit my doing?” — This is the soul of Tell Me If...