Alexandre Leray – ALL
Contemporary Creation Between Imagination and Pointillism
A Journey from Design to Art
Originally trained in design (graphic and naval design at Strate), Alexandre Leray spent seven years working in the automotive industry, far from the line and the drawing hand. The 2020 lockdown marked a decisive turning point: a moment of freedom in which he rediscovered the pleasure of gesture and began reclaiming his visual language.
Today, he develops his practice alongside LooLooLook Gallery (Paris), in residence at the Swatch Art Peace Hotel (Shanghai), and through collaborations with the watch brand Beaubleu — experiences that have strengthened his influence in contemporary drawing, pointillism, and sculpture.
The Grammar of the Dot and the Imagination
ALL is the result of a journey to reclaim the line. Alexandre draws with urgency and delight, allowing the gesture to take back its rightful place. With both humour and precision, he uses pointillism to create volume, depth, light, and tension — a methodical, almost meditative process in which every dot becomes both a decision and a moment.
To this meticulous drawing he adds a more instinctive painterly touch — works often populated with clouds, flowers, and butterflies, carriers of dreamscapes and visual reverie. His creative rhythm flows between focus, visual poetry, and the freedom of storytelling.
The ALL Sculpture: Identity and Incarnation
“ALL” first appeared one morning on the corner of a sheet of paper: a gloved hand, balanced on two fingers, supporting a highly stylised skull — the symbol of a shared gesture (that childhood tapping of fingers on a table) fused with consciousness (the skull). One is action, the other thought; neither exists without the other.
This abstract figure, neutral yet instantly recognisable, has become the embodiment of a universal language. It appears in forms ranging from a small drawing (18 cm) to a monumental sculpture (1 m), with shapes that are soft, generous, and enveloping. Whether childlike or contemplative, viewers see themselves reflected in this form — somewhere between emotion and interpretation.
