
Tiffanie Delune
Life In Paper Houses, 2019

Tiffanie Delune’s layered multimedia practice explores childhood, memory, and personal trauma. She paints bright hues on cotton canvas, loose linen, and paper, and her use of materials range from acrylic and pastels to toilet paper, keys, and dried flowers. Although her playful use of color suggests a dreamlike fantasy world, her use of strong lines roots her practice in her family’s background in Belgian architecture. “One can find a sense of belonging through the painful process of dissecting family history in order to rebuild its own journey,” she once said. Her ongoing “Childhood” series evokes a simple, more wondrous time, employing hearts and the Eiffel Tower throughout the works. Delune draws inspiration from Matisse cutouts, African textiles, and her own postcolonial mixed-race background. She currently lives in London.


Tiffanie Delune’s layered multimedia practice explores childhood, memory, and personal trauma. She paints bright hues on cotton canvas, loose linen, and paper, and her use of materials range from acrylic and pastels to toilet paper, keys, and dried flowers. Although her playful use of color suggests a dreamlike fantasy world, her use of strong lines roots her practice in her family’s background in Belgian architecture. “One can find a sense of belonging through the painful process of dissecting family history in order to rebuild its own journey,” she once said. Her ongoing “Childhood” series evokes a simple, more wondrous time, employing hearts and the Eiffel Tower throughout the works. Delune draws inspiration from Matisse cutouts, African textiles, and her own postcolonial mixed-race background. She currently lives in London.