Christian Candelier

After an initial career in the banking sector, Christian Candelier, born in 1951, embarked on a new professional journey in 2011, driven by his passion for modeling.
This vocation was sparked by a decisive encounter with a sculptor who, during an exhibition, invited visitors to explore the emotions of clay.
From this experience, a revelation emerged: modeling with a live model.
For Christian Candelier, this discovery was exhilarating the ability to create unique works with his own hands, shaping his emotions and inspirations around the theme of femininity.
Numerous workshops and courses, providing both technical skills and emotional depth, allowed him to pursue this path.
Since then, he has held over 80 solo and group exhibitions and sells his works in France and internationally.
He has been based in Sanary-sur-Mer, Var (83110) FRANCE, since 2024.


«I love natural curves, especially those of the female body. For me, it is an inexhaustible source of inspiration, much like the sculptors who have marked it, such as Rodin or Camille Claudel.
The curves of vine stalks fascinate me just as much.
My artistic approach is rooted in a deep desire: to sublimate the aesthetics of the body with a touch of eroticism in a figurative approach tha...

Expositions 2022
- du 17 au 22 janvier 2022 : 5ème biennale au Carré à la Farine VERSAILLES 78000
- depuis le 20 janvier OUIMAINON est au Conservatoire du café Reine Astrid à VIROFLAY
- du 28 au 30 janvier 2022 : ART3F Parc des Expositions Porte de Versailles PARIS 75014
- du 12 au 20 mars 2022 : 58ème salon peinture et sculpture MENNECY 91540
- du 3 au 7 septembre 2022 : 2ème salon Art Normandie Greniers à sel HONFLEUR 14600


exhibitions in 2021
- Art et Toiles du Sud Gallery Sainte Maxime 83120 Côte d'Azur FRANCE
- Roze in Winter Gallery Barbizon 77130 FRANCE
- from april 25 to 27 : Art Show Paris 75011 Paris
- du 2 au 11 octobre 2021 : 3ème Biennale des Beaux Arts de Rambouillet RAMBOUILLET 78120
- du 15 septembre au 28 octobre 2021 : Conservatoire du café/ chocolaterie La Reine Astrid VIROFLAY 78220
- du 16 au 22 septembre: exposition dans l'atelier VIROFLAY 78220
- du 2 au 29 novembre : Stéphane Plaza Immobilier AMIENS 80000
- du 12 au 21 novembre : 41ème Salon d'art de BALLANCOURT 91610



2020
- from october 23 to november 15 november : 33ème édition du Salon Européen d'ArtContemporain de ST BRISSON sur LOIRE,
- january 2020 : 4ème biennale au Carré à la Farine VERSAILLES 78000
2019

- january 17 (vernissage) to februar...