Camille Charnay

Camille Charnay was born in 1994 in the South-West of France. She lives and works in between St-Cirq-Lapopie and Toulouse.
Through an exploratory practice that brings together fine arts and botany, her research questions our relationship with the living, and especially with plants. Using techniques such as microscopy and specific approaches borrowed from biology, she tackles questions of perception and representation that tell us about our relationship with plants. She uses several mediums including graphite drawing, watercolour, indian ink, coloured pencils, etc

Camille Charnay graduated from Marseille Mediterranean College of Art and Design in 2018 (Master’s degree), after studying Art and Art history at a preparatory class in Toulouse (Ateliers Prép’Art Sud) and at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Lyon (ENSBA). She has also worked in the field of preservation and restoration of paintings for several years and has now specialized in botanical drawing since 2018.

2021 - Duo exhibition with Suzon Magné, Fernand Léger Arts Centre, Saint Gobain Castle, Port de Bouc

2020 - Collective Exhibition La Qualité du Miracle, La Fabulerie, Marseille

2020 - Collective Exhibition Orobranches, greenhouses of the horticultural society of Bouches-du-Rhône, Marseille

2019 - Exhibition Mondes Infimes with the artists Lia Giraud and Momoko Seto, chapel of the Vieille Charité Museum and cultural institution, Marseille, France

2019 - Solo exhibition as part of the Minimécénat exhibitions program, Marseille, France

2019 - Drawings for the exhibition Acacia Cornigera in the framework of the Printemps de l’Art Contemporain Off festival, Destré gallery, Marseille, France

2019 - Collaboration with the artist Audrey Régala and display of the co-produced piece during the MasterShow exhibition, Musée d'Art Contemporain de Marseille (MAC)

2018 - Collective exhibition Tablée, Centre International de Poésie de Marseille (CIPM), France

2018 - Collective exhibition Pièces à conviction, Hors les Murs gallery, Marseille, France