Christophe Carlier

Christophe Carlier is best known for his vibrant, naturalistic, multi-colored paintings of Mexican flora, landscape and traditional culture. Originally from Belgium, Carlier developed a passion for Mexican traditions and folklore. In 2010 he decided to move to Mexico. In the rural surroundings of his new home, Carlier found a true artistic inspiration. Through deep observation, the artist is creating open compositions, with simple colored surfaces and rich, colorful object, that at times seem to take over the entire painting’s plane. Christophe Carlier’s work is actually a form of colorful meditation, a spiritual moment, when color is perceived with the soul and not with the eyes.

“If you look closely at a cactus, it is not just green. Its shadows, its lights, its textures reflect a range of complex colors that come together in a mass perceived as green and my work as an artist is to teach the world that we do not necessarily see what we think we see.”

Christophe Carlier has exhibited his works in group and solo exhibitions in Europe, South America and North America.

University degree at the Fine Arts Academy of Tournai 1997-2001
Pedagogical aggregation at the Fine Arts Academy of Tournai 2004.
High school art at the Fine Arts Academy of Namur 1994-1996.
Extracurricular training:
Multidisciplinary at the Fine Arts Academy of Tamines 1984-1990
Drawing at the Fine Arts Academy of Charleroi
1990-1992
Comic at the Fine Arts Academy of Châtelet
1991-1995
Anatomical drawing at the Fine Arts Academy of Tournai
1999-2001
Engraving at the Fine Arts Academy of Ixelles
2002-2005
Engraving on copper at the Fine Arts Academy of Etterbeek 2002-2005
Educational experience:Teacher of painting at the Fine Arts Academy of Etterbeek 2005-2010.

Individual exhibitions:

2017 "Impresiones cifradas" Alas gallery, Pàtzcuaro, México.

2010 "MMX" Centro cultural Antiguo Colegio Jesuita, Pàtzcuaro, México.

2009 "Souvenirs des mers du sud" Alain Beciani gallery, Charleroi, Belgium.

2007 "L'esprit des lieux" Alain Beciani gallery, Charleroi, Belgium.

2006 Galerie 2016, Brussels, Belgium.