Christiane Guerry (1948) - ESCAPE

Acrylic on canvas mounted on a wooden frame.
In this work, the artist Christiane Guerry explores the fusion of Indigenous arts and expressionism to capture a sense of freedom and metaphysical escape.
Using acrylic and paper, she brings to life a blooming field under a fiery sky, each brushstroke vibrating with positive energy. It is an invitation to feel the impulse toward the unknown and to celebrate the ephemeral beauty of the moment.
This painting will embody inexhaustible dynamism in your interior, recalling the joy and spontaneity of nature.
Materialism style!
Vibrant colors!
Modern and Contemporary!
Unique and Original
Acclaimed artist

Born July 24, 1948 in Grenoble (France) into an artistic family with a tenor father and an uncle who was a painter.
Gifted in drawing from a young age, she knew she would become a painter.
At 18 she met Mercedes Henry, a painter, with whom she worked for two 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 around the world!
Many prizes and awards mark her journey!
Curious, she explores all supports and has found her “pâte” and her pictorial themes! Forms, lines, vibrant colors evoking her emotions…
She admires Frida KAHLO, Alice NEEL, Camille CLAUDEL among women artists with unique artistic and emotional journeys!
She loves TURNER, Van GOGH, CEZANNE, RENOIR, MATISSE, KADINSKI, Marc CHAGALL among men for the work and research in their creations!
With Mercedes Henry (a contemporary artist in Grenoble), she works with matter and learns the use of the knife. Mercedes nicknames her “The Painter of Colors”! Matter, Colors, and Light are her research in all her creations! She began exhibiting in 1968!
She continually exhibits in various cultural venues in Grenoble and there is an article about her in Le Dauphiné Libéré in 1980 celebrating International Women’s Day!
In 1987 she moved to DIJON, then to PARIS where she met Dominique from ART ET MISS with whom she continues to exhibit!
She came to Nice in 1989 and never left!
She exhibits both in France and abroad, including the Sharjah Museum in 2005!
She exhibits regularly:
- 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 Prize of the 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 Prize Saint-Laurent-du-Var, Grand Prize of the 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 in homage to Jean Cocteau — Grand Prize of the 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
• Gallery Art et Miss (Paris), since 2000
• Sharjah Museum, 2005 (United Arab Emirates)