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In this work, the artist Christiane Guerry draws from a dreamlike world where colors and shapes express the intensity of the inner journey. Each veil symbolizes a hope, a floating emotion between reality and dream. The vibrant acrylic texture invites you to feel this breath of adventure and mystery that will animate your space with a deep energy, both peaceful and exhilarating.
Work of materials and colors
Reveries
Unique and Original
Listed artist

Christiane GUERRY
Painter-Scultptor

Born July 24, 1948 in Grenoble (France) into an artistic family with a tenor father and an uncle who was a painter.
Gifted at drawing from a very young age, she knew she would become a painter.
At 18 she met Mercedes Henry, a painter, with whom she worked for 2 years! At the end of their collaboration Mercedes Henry advised her to take flight, and she began to exhibit! Mercedes Henry nicknamed her “The Painter of Colors.”
After living in Grenoble, Dijon, and Paris, she currently lives in Nice (Alpes-Maritimes) and Fréjus (Var). Her career spans several decades!
She has sold to collectors all over the world!
Many prizes and awards mark her journey!
Curious, she explores all supports and found her “paste” (medium) and her pictorial themes! Forms, lines, vibrant colors evoking her emotions…
She admires Frida KAHLO, Alice NEEL, Camille CLAUDEL among women artists with atypical artistic and emotional journeys!
She loves TURNER, Van GOGH, CEZANNE, RENOIR, MATISSE, KADINSKI, Marc CHAGAL (Chagall) among men for the work and research in their creations!
With Mercedes Henry (a contemporary artist from Grenoble) she works with matter and learns to use the knife. Mercedes nicknames her "The Painter of Colors"! Material, Colors and Light are her research in all her creations! She began exhibiting in 1968!
She regularly exhibits in various cultural venues in Grenoble and had an article in Le Dauphiné Libéré in 1980 to celebrate International Women's Day!
In 1987 she moved to DIJON then to PARIS where she met Dominique from ART ET MISS with whom she still exhibits!
She came to Nice in 1989 and never left!
She exhibits both in France and abroad, including the Sharjah Museum in 2005!
She regularly exhibits:
at La Galerie Joséphine “La Petite Provence” in Denmark in Kolding
at Galerie Arnaud Caron in Bielefeld, Germany
at Galerie Artsper
at Galerie Art et Miss in Paris 75003
Distinctions and awards
• Gold Medal of CIBA, Paris, 1987
• Grand Prix de la Côte des Arts, Marseille, 1989
• Grand Prix of the City of Saint-Laurent-du-Var, 1991
• THEMA Prize, Monaco, 2015
• Two works at the Gemluc Museum, Monaco
Winner of several prizes: Arts Inter, CIBA, Monaco THEMA Prize, Grand Prix Saint-Laurent-du-Var, Grand Prix de la Côte des Arts

Notable Exhibitions
• Grenoble: various venues (restaurants, Marandjian hair salon, Colbert Gym hall) from 1968 to 1987
• Dijon, Caveau Gevrey Chambertin, 1988
• Marseille, 7th Grand Contest Homage to Jean Cocteau — Grand Prix de la Côte des Arts, 1989
• CACEL and Gymnase Club, 1989–1995
• Town hall of Corenc, 1991
• Racine Gallery, 1991
• Town hall of Tourrettes-sur-Loup, 1993
• Art et Miss Gallery (Paris), since 2000
• Sharjah Museum, 2005 (United Arab Emirates)