About

SOLÈNE is also the first name of the person behind this vision and the ideas.

A truly French passionate and dedicated art lover, she started her career at Sotheby’s London having studied Art Law, the Art Market and Art History for a number of years.
Solène holds a double M.A. One in Cultural law, Intellectual Property, Tech law and Business law from Paris XI and The Sorbonne in Paris (DICC) and a M.A in Art Law and Tax Law from Lyon III, France. She also holds two postgraduate diploma, Art Law & Capital Market regulations from Monash Law School (Melbourne, Australia) and the Art Market and Art Business at Lyon III (France). She also studied Art History at University of Lille (France).

Her passion for Arts started at the age of 5 growing up amongst the Loire Valley castles. Her grand-mother used to take Solène to admire those astonishing homes filled with art, elegant interiors and heritage. This began her love affair with art in the home.

Through her mother, Solène directly descend from the Royal House of Britanny, the Royal French Family, the Royal House of Anjou and the Royal dynasty of the Plantagenet Kings and Queens as well as the Saxons, Normans and the Celtic Britons Kings and Queens.

The house of Britanny is closely related to Leonardo da Vinci, whom lived in the Royal Amboise Castle built by the Royal House of Anjou in the Loire Valley.

He re-knowingly painted The Mona Lisa bought by King François I and Queen Claude of Britanny and is now a treasure conserved in the Louvre.

Da Vinci has layed peacefully as a close friend and the only non royal allowed, next to Queen Anne de Bretagne in the Chapel of the Anjou Royal castle in Amboise since the 16th century.

He also painted the Lady of the Ermine, in reference to Solène's family and her coats of arms which is amongst one of the most important symbol in mysticism in royal families.

Solène was given to carry the Ermine as well as the Royal Fleur de Lys via her great, great grandmother necklace in 2023.

Those coats of arms have many symbols and are intertwined with the foundation of the West and have been carried by her family for over 1500 years.

Upon leaving Sotheby’s, in 2012, Solène previously co-founded a company called Back From Black Beam Renovation Ltd that became the leader in its industry with a niche product developed and distributed exclusively by the company.

The company was involved over 1,000 projects, mainly the restoration of listed buildings (country houses, farmhouses, pubs, hotels and manors) in England, France and Belgium. Solène sold the business in 2010 and went back to her true love and passion : art.

She decided to combine her extensive knowledge of interiors and properties with art and founded SOLÈNE in 2021.

We enhance interiors with art and create a mood and style that reflect the client’s taste and lifestyle.

Whether you are looking to purchase one piece of art or to curate an entire property, we are here to help.

We believe in “living well with art” and we work closely with artists worldwide from leading contemporary artists to young emerging artists.

We also can advise our clients on market intelligence and art investment on the primary and secondary market.

Solène now lives in the Battersea Power Station as well as in Sussex and Riyadh, Saudia Arabia.

She lives surrounded by the works of the artists she knows personally and works with regularly. Her homes are available to view by appointment.

We currently have offices in London, Sussex, and Dubai and soon Riyadh.