Lionel Grivet is a French artist living and working in the south of France.

After studying painting at the Higher Institute of Fine Arts in Besançon, France, and working for many years as an independent graphic designer, he has entered a new stage in his life and work, returning to drawing and painting.

His digital drawings grew naturally from his experience as a graphic designer and his curiosity about the possibilities of the tablet as an artistic medium. Layers, superimpositions and the precision of digital drawing offer possibilities of their own, while allowing the creation of highly detailed, high-resolution works made for fine art printing. In this sense, the tablet can be seen as a contemporary counterpart to the copper plate or lithographic stone, a medium through which an original work can enter the tradition of printmaking.

The name Imperium Studio comes from the Latin imperium, which for Lionel Grivet evokes inner sovereignty, the freedom to follow one’s own vision and remain faithful to what matters beyond passing fashions.

Through Imperium Studio, Lionel Grivet explores this idea of inner sovereignty through portraits and figures, seeking to reveal, beyond outward appearance, a sense of presence, character and quiet strength.