Artist Biography / Artist Statement
Barbara Christol is a French artist who grew up immersed in creative worlds and developed a passion for
drawing early on. She studied at the Beaux-Arts and graduated from the prestigious Sorbonne University in
Paris, where she explored the concept of the "transitional labyrinth". Inspired by Kandinsky, Klee, and
Vasarely, she sees creation as a playful yet thoughtful journey shaped by chance, repetition, and
movement. Her poetic geometric forms evolve into landscapes, architecture, and constellations — revealing
optimistic worlds through expressive gesture. The act of drawing itself becomes a revealing force,
allowing invisible structures and sensibilities to emerge. She explores themes of displacement and scale
through drawings, paintings, and ephemeral thread installations using yarn, her signature material. Her
practice blends traditional craftsmanship with contemporary approaches, continuously weaving and
unweaving her artistic path.

List of previous exhibitions

SELECTED PAST AND UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS:

2026 – Daring (Im)Possibilities – Artifact Projects Gallery – Manhattan's Lower East Side – New York, United States
2026 – ARTexpo New York – Pier 36 in Manhattan’s Lower East Side – New York, United States
2025 – Art Capital – Salon du Dessin et de la Peinture à l'Eau – Grand Palais – Paris, France
2026 – Los Angeles Art Show 2026 – LA Convention Center – Los Angeles, United States
2025 – Salon des Beaux Arts – Réfectoire des Cordeliers – Paris, France
2025 – Le Salon d'Automne (Fall Salon) – Champs-Elysées – Paris, France
2025 – Women in Art Biennale – Chelsea Old Town Hall – Londres, United Kingdom
2025 – Hamptons Fine Art Fair – Southampton – New York, United States
2025 – Chelsea Collectors’ Choice – Amsterdam Whitney Gallery, Chelsea – New York, United States
2025 – Fil & Feuilles – Galerie Etienne de Causans – Paris, France
2025 – Chelsea Genesis – Amsterdam Whitney Gallery, Chelsea – New York, United States
2025 – Art Capital – Salon du Dessin et de la Peinture à l’Eau – Grand Palais – Paris, France
2024 – ST-ART – Foire d’ Art Contemporain – Parc des Expositions – Strasbourg, France
2024 – Le Salon d’Automne (Fall Salon) – Champs-Elysées – Paris, France
2024 – Salon des Beaux Arts – Orangerie du Sénat – Paris, France
2024 – Art Capital – Salon du Dessin et de la Peinture à l’Eau – Grand Palais Ephémère – Paris, France
2023 – Le Salon d’Automne (Fall Salon) – Grande Halle de la Villette – Paris, France
2023 – Focus Art Fair London – Saatchi Gallery – London, United Kingdom
2023 – Paysages Intérieurs – Art Trope Gallery – Nîmes, France (solo exhibition)
2022 – Le Salon d’Automne (Fall Salon) – Grande Halle de La Villette – Paris, France
2022 – Art Capital – Le Salon des Artistes Français – Grand Palais Ephémère – Paris, France
2021 – Tisser la couverture à soi – Hors-Lits #3 – Pézenas, France (solo exhibition)
2021 – Concept Store Gallery – Paris, France
2021 – Concept Store Gallery – La Baule, France
2021 – Art Capital – Le Salon des Artistes Français – Grand Palais – Paris, France
2020 – Galerie Sonia Monti – Paris, France
2020 – Cent Centimètres Carrés #8 – Galerie du Philosophe – Carla-Bayle, France
2019 – Luxembourg Art Fair – Luxexpo The Box – Luxembourg, Luxembourg
2013 – Salon d’Art et d’Artisanat – Aramon, France
2012 – Rues – Le Prolé – Nîmes, France
2012 – Ritournelle – Mairie de Nîmes – Nîmes, France (solo exhibition)
2009 – Les Traces - Hors les Murs – Extension de la Biennale Européenne d’Art Contemporain – Nîmes, France
2008 – Labyrinthes – Association Les Amis de Victor Jara Chili – Nîmes, France (solo exhibition)
2008 – Les Traces du Futur – Biennale Européenne d’Art Contemporain – Nîmes, France
2008 – Souvenirs Fictifs – Galerie Koonka – Lyon, France (solo exhibition)
2008 – Rhizomes et autres chemins – Galerie CROUS Beaux-Arts – Paris, France
2006 – Déplacements – Galerie CROUS Beaux-Arts – Paris, France
2006 – Labyrinthes – Symposium de Sculpture de Putaendo – Valparaiso, Chile (solo exhibition)
2005 – Points de vue – Points de contact – Galerie CROUS Beaux-Arts – Paris, France
2004 – Homo Ludens – Galerie ARAC – Paris, France (solo exhibition)

ARTIST RESIDENCIES:
2023 – Paysages Intérieurs – Creative Residency, Gard Departmental Council – Nîmes, France
2021 – Creative Residency, Carré d’Art – Museum of Contemporary Art – Nîmes, France
2019 – Autre Je(u) – Hérault Departmental Council – City of Sérignan – La Cigalière Cultural Venue – Sérignan, France
2018 – J’ai rendez-vous avec Vous – DRAC Occitanie – Occitanie Region – Produced by KD Danse – Grand Orb Community of Municipalities – Paris Réseau Danse – Mycadanse – Carolyn Carlson Studio – Le Regard du Cygne & L’Étoile du Nord – France
2018 – Allez, au Nid! – DRAC Occitanie – Occitanie Region – Department of Culture, City of Agde – Youth Services, CCAS of Agde – Hérault Family Allowance Fund – Hérault Mediterranean Urban Community – Department of Hérault – Avants-Monts Community of Municipalities – Carré d’Art Museum of Contemporary Art and City of Nîmes – Montpellier & Nîmes, France
2004–2006 – International Artistic Residency, Sculpture Symposium – Putaendo – Valparaiso & Santiago de Chile, Chile