Story


During the 15 years before her first exhibition in 1991, CS studied different drawing techniques (pencil, charcoal, ink) as well as composition and the different media and materials.

She worked mainly with photographs, experimenting with the medium and materials (crumpling, trituration, scraping…) using where appropriate acrylic, oil, wax, tempera.


Since 1991 she exhibits regularily, both nationally and internationally. Despite her active involvement with several groups of artists, CS's atypical approach places her towards the edge of all artistic circles, such as the Ek'art group which she has recently joined.

In 1998 she moved her workshop to Kremlin-Bicêtre, at the edge of Paris.

 
Sculptor or Painter ?


She loves stone, its shapes, its colours, its metamorphoses. When the sunlight hits it at a different angle, when a cloud appears, the rock, be it granite or marble, changes.This metamorphosis is imprinted on her retina and on the photos she takes when traveling in France, in Greece, in Portugal...

Working with the photo negatives of these rocky masses and her memory, CS explores like a sculptor the stress lines, she "chisels" the negative to bring out the figures hidden in their gangue. As a painter, she emphasizes the shadows, arranges the spaces, plays with the light and liberates the sensuality. In this way, the artist allows us to see human faces and bodies emerging from the inert rock.

A deliberate refusal
to accept traditional artistic limits

The rigorous observation of nature in its organic and inorganic states and its composition are two constants in the artist's work. A continuous striving towards stark eloquence using classic materials such as paper and canvas while never refusing to experiment when new possibilities appear.

CS doesn't recognize traditional taboos regarding the use of different media. For her photography, video and digital painting are all supports which can be used independently, but also combined in infinite permutations with the traditional media and techniques.


DAO C.Sphyras