Agnès Antonio

I Live and work in Paris and Dinard, France.
My work questions, through different mediums such as photography, drawing or painting,
the ephemeral nature of things and beings and their impermanence.
I like to play with the limits of the figurative, creating different universes.
My favorite subjects are nature, landscapes but also relationships between human beings as depicted in my series of couples.
My drawings in graphite use a deliberately reduced palette, where I decline all shades from deep black to almost transparent gray.
Foliage, flowers, plants are always mysterious, questioning perception.
My drawings have been compared to aquatint. While I'd never seen my work that way, I imagine it could be a legacy of my school years, during which I practiced etching and loved drawing as a medium.
About my artistic influences, I particularly appreciate the paintings of the Victorian era, and in particular Pre-Raphaelite painters, John Everett Millais and John William Waterhouse as well as the 17th century Dutch, more specifically Johannes Veermer's genre scenes.
Regarding contemporary art, I admire the work and approaches of artists such as Gerhard Richter, Edward Hopper, Tony Oursler, Anish Kapoor, Bill Viola, Andy Goldswor...

1987: Diploma Architect D.P.L.G.

1981: Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Paris I, Panthéon Sorbonne.

1979: National Superior School of Fine Arts of Paris. Painting section.

2020
ART3F
6e SALON INTERNATIONAL D'ART CONTEMPORAIN
PARIS
31 January - 2 February 2020

2019
Personal exhibition - Warwick Paris hotel
7-8 June

2017
Personal exhibition - Novotel Thalassa in Dinard
April 3rd - July 3rd.

2016
Represented by "Galerie Collection Privée" - Ile Saint-Louis.
21 rue le Regrattier - 75 004 Paris
https://collectionprivee.paris/

Chinese Collaboration w/ WALLWA.com

2015
Personal exhibition - Exhibition center « l’Arbre » in Chedigny. (France)
August 7th - 9th and 14th - 16th.

2013
Collective exhibition: Les Hivernales de Montreuil Paris Est.
November 6th to 11th.

Collective exhibition NITROGEN NARCOSIS with Museum Galery at Maurice Ravel center. Paris 75012.
September 2nd to 27th.