Cecile Filipe

My youth starts on March 10th, 1975 at La Celle Saint Cloud. I am nine years old, I come from Lisbon. I am the child of a French mother and a Portuguese father.

I am going to forget everything, the language, the friends, the memories. I do not have a Portuguese history, I have the feel of Portugal, the taste of Portugal, I feel dizzy with Lisbon.
At school the fine art course is the only one to hold my attention, drawing becomes my world, the only one I like to cross, I take refuge there. I head for studies of interior architecture. (Degree from Camondo School 1991)
Along with my architect's career, I continue painting, thus finding the light, the pavements, the smell of the linen hanging outside the windows, the indigo sky, the narrow streets, the red roofs, the threads of the trolley car tumbling down towards the Tagus.
Cities, industrial landscapes, construction sites, port zones fascinate and inspire me.
From a mixed technology linking acrylic paint, pure pigments and collages, in an intuitive manner, I weave my links across lights, traces and footprints.

I paint since my childhood and I practise in parallel as interior designer.
According to my urban walks in Paris, Lisbon and New York, I photograph the street, factories, construction sites,
I collect the worn posters of the subway, the old newspapers.
Cities and industrial landscapes fascinate me and
inspire me.

Collective exhibitions

2017 - CHAON ART GALLERY - Granville - France

A7 ART GALLERY - Avillar - France

DE BEJARRY ART GALLERY - Paris 9ème

SAO MAMEDE ART GALLERY - Lisbon

L’AVANT RUE ART GALLERY - Paris - France

BASE’ART - ART FAIR - Fréjus - France

PARC SAINT-CLOUD - AUCTION HOUSE - Garches - France

ROSSINI AUCTION HOUSE - Paris - France

ARTSIDE - ART FAIR - Strasbourg - France


Personal exhibitions

DE BEJARRY ART GALLERY - PAris - France

ANNE ANDERRUTHY ART GALLERY - Paris - France

VIP LOUNGES NEWELL RUBBERMAID - Boulogne - France