Christiane Guerry 1948 - ROSES

The artist Christiane Guerry invites you to share her passion for color and energy, with expressive brushstrokes and a symbolic elan.
Using acrylic and paper collage cut into flower shapes, the artist has captured the vibrant essence of a bouquet, an explosion of life and color that lends a fiery soul to her surroundings. Each brushstroke embodies a raw emotion, a dialogue between art and the observer.
Acrylic on heavy paper
Modern and Contemporary
Unique and Original

Born on July 24, 1948 in Grenoble, France, into an artist family with a tenor father and an uncle who was a painter.
Gifted in drawing from a very young age, she knew she would pursue a career as an artist.
At 18 she met Mercedes Henry, a painter, with whom she would work for 2 years! At the end of their collaboration, Mercedes Henry advised her to take off on her own, 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 around the world!
Numerous prizes and awards mark her career!
Curious, she explores all supports and has found her “paste” 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 CHAGALL in men for work and exploration in their creations!
With Mercedes Henry (a contemporary artist in Grenoble) she works with matter and learns knife techniques. Mercedes nicknames her "The Painter of Colors"! Matter, Colors and Light are her research across all her works! She began exhibiting in 1968!
She continually 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 at ART ET MISS with whom she also exhibits!
She came to Nice in 1989 and has not left!
She exhibits both in France and abroad, including the Sharjah Museum in 2005!
She consistently 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 Prize 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, Gym Colbert room) from 1968 to 1987
• Dijon, Caveau Gevrey Chambertin, 1988
• Marseille, 7th Grand Contest Honoring Jean Cocteau — Grand Prix de la Côte des Arts, 1989
• CACEL and Gymnase Club, 1989–1995
• City Hall of Corenc, 1991
• Racine Gallery, 1991
• City Hall of Tourrettes-sur-Loup, 1993
• Art et Miss Gallery (Paris), since 2000
• Sharjah Museum, 2005 (United Arab Emirates)

Delivery in strong carton with bubble wrap!
Signature required on the back of the work!
Certificate of authenticity attached