Karine Darlhac

From her early childhood, Karine d'Arlhac was made aware of all forms of fine art thanks to her family, which had a strong artistic fiber : drawing, painting, sculpture and music were regularly practiced there.

His hypersensitivity, sometimes exacerbated, often inflamed, made him choose painting.

Having lived in Africa and Europe for part of his childhood and adolescence, his travels forever changed his personality. They amplified her perceptions by absorbing the cultures and the incredible diversity of arts she was confronted with, as much in shapes, as in colors, and sometimes unusual media.

From her wanderings, she brought back the strength of movement, the power of colours and the intensity of light.

In 1984, her paternal grandmother, Gisèle, took her to see Pablo Picasso's exhibition at the Centre Pompidou in Paris. It was a real eye - opener! Karine d'Arlhac fell madly in love with Contemporary Art, which corresponds to her search for the unusual, the unexpected, the extraordinary, springing up where we least expect it.

His signature "K" in the shape of a star is his course, his compass (symbol that luck and the muses of creativity accompany and inspire him in his work) is also linked to Gisèle who, passionate about...

As a little girl, Karine d’Arlhac would draw before she could even write. She would sketch everything that crossed her gaze. Should she run out of paper, no problem! Karine would draw on her bed sheets and the walls of her bedroom. As a teenager, to train herself, she would reproduce images or photos of people, animals, plants, landscapes, and her comic book heroes.

Her great imagination led her to explore many fields: drawing, painting, collage, sculpture, papier mâché, driftwood, mosaic.

She has been trying her hand at all possible materials: oil, acrylic, natural pigments, oil chalk, watercolour, charcoal, ink.

She has been using all supports and all sorts within her reach, without denying herself any working means: brushes, knives, fingers, porcelain, plastic, cardboard, newspapers.

Nothing hinders Karine’s thirst for self-expression and creativity, whether with raw or mixed media (her favourite mix: tissue paper, sand, balsa wood).

The subjects she is particularly fond of are landscapes seen from the sky and space, tree bark, bird plumage, insect carapace, nature, beaches and islands' turquoise seas, architectural designs, to name but a few!

With an all colour working palette Karine seeks to bring out the very nua...

2023:

Artbox.Project Basel 2.0 – Suisse
Artbox.Project New York 2.0 – USA

2022:

Artbox.Project Miami 3.0 – USA
Artbox.Project Palma 1.0 – Espagne
Swiss Art Expo Zürich 4.0 – Suisse
Small works, Big Talent 2022 – Las Laguna Art Gallery – USA

2021:

Purely Abstract 2021 – Las Laguna Art Gallery – USA
Abstract Art 2021 – Espagne

2020:

Grand départ du Tour de France – France
Beethoven Pastoral Project 2020 – Nations Unies – Allemagne

2018:

Nice Jazz Festival, 70 œuvres pour 70 ans ! – France