C. Bianchi (XX) - Africa

Acrylic on canvas
Work of materials and colors
The canvas Sera will be shipped in a tube to reduce shipping costs!
In this work, the human figure becomes a collective presence, bearing memory and inner strength. The silhouettes, deliberately anonymous and seen from behind, move in the same flow, affirming a shared dignity and a humanity standing before time.

Color, free and expressive, does not illustrate a specific place but evokes a vital energy, a deep vibration where the pictorial matter becomes language. Each body is at once individual and universal, inscribed in a story larger than itself.

Inspired by the observation of a community of women living and working together, this work questions the notions of freedom, solidarity, and transmission. It pays homage to a silent, autonomous feminine strength, oriented toward the future.

Here, painting does not tell a reportage: it retains a trace of humanity, a timeless presence, a lived time.

Born July 24, 1948 in Grenoble, France, into an artistic family with a father a tenor and an uncle a painter.
Gifted in drawing from an early age, she knew she would pursue a career as an artist-painter.
At 18 she met Mercedes Henry, artist-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 « La Peintre des Couleurs ».
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!

She continuously 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 continues to exhibit!
She arrived in Nice in 1989 and never left!
She has exhibited both in France and abroad, including the Sharjah Museum in 2005!
She continuously 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 prizes
• 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
Recipient 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) from 1968 to 1987
• Dijon, Caveau Gevrey Chambertin, 1988
• Marseille, 7th Grand Competition Homage to 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)