Carole Soulas

Carole Soulas is a french, self-taught painter.
She lived in Montpellier, France, then in London, England and now lives in Medellin, Colombia.

After 10 years painting in Montpellier, South of France, she studied interior & graphic designs at Montpellier university.
She exhibited in several venues before moving to London in 2008. There, she exhibited many times in East London, as well as in St Paul's Church, Soho. She recently settled in Medellin.

The serie presented is about women, and every painting is an experimentation on letting the model's energy flow. No brush used, painting knives only.

The canvas, built up through the study of light and colour, is the receptacle for energies. That's why lightning angles must serve the art, not the accuracy of reality.
The final/wanted result cannot be previously devised, rather it's a certitude about the feeling perceived through the painting. An idea of character that each viewer will understand through the filter of her/his own story, generating empathy towards the model depicted.

The existence of the object-canvas is essential: passing by a painting, you will see different reflections appear, blocking some parts of the image, thus reavealing others.
That's why all creat...

10 years at Ignacio Perez's Caballero art studio
3 years at ESMA, School of design, Montpellier

Noviembre 2015 - colectiva - "Poblado unido en el arte" – Ganadora del concurso CORPUEM, Alcaldía de Medellín, Parque del Poblado , Medellín, Colombia

Julio 2015 - solo exhibition - "Retratos" en la Galería de la Alianza Francesa - Los Molinos, Medellín, Colombia

Mayo 2015 - group exhibition - "Piso 11, Galería Vertical" - The Charlee Hotel, parque Lleras , Medellín, Colombia

Marzo 2015 - group exhibition - "Poblado unido en el arte" – 1 of 20 selected by CORPUEM, Alcaldía de Medellín, San Fernando Plaza , Medellín, Colombia

2014 - solo exhibition - Demostraciones de Pintura con Música en vivo - "Sindominio", Medellín, Colombia

2014 - solo exhibition - Demostraciones de Pintura sobre lienzo - colegios MaryMount y Montessori, con la Alianza Francesa, Medellín, Colombia

2013 - group exhibition - "Mujeres artistas" - The Charlee Hotel, parque Lleras , Medellín, Colombia

April 2012 - group exhibition - "Aggression" - Curated by La Maison de Fay - St Paul’s church, Covent Garden, London

July 2011 - group exhibition - "Cup Soup 1" - Curated by La Maison de Fay – Shoreditch, London

May 2011 - solo exhibition - "La Maison de Fay presents C...