Biography

Born in Cannes in 1953, Cécile DEREZ has been painting from the childhood. So, when she was 6 years old, her drawings were exhibited in the main street of Cannes, Antibes street.

Graduated from the renowned school ENSAD (National High School of Decorative Arts, France, Nice, Villa Arson) departement of communication & architecture.

Professional artist since 1977.

Has a lot of collectors all around the world.
Has got an international fame and has been often mentionned in the press such as « Coté Sud » magasine.

Colourist sensitiviteness, emotion and imagination painter, her canvas are strongly composed and give way to travel into space and time through a mixed media with different materials such as collages crumbled paper and sandblasting acrylic painting.

« Before being an artist, a creator has to be a craftman » Derez.
Building layer upon layer, veil over veil , Derez manipulates colors to achieve organisation, balance, depth, movement, and emotion.
A new figuration with a trend towards Constructivism and Cubism,also sensitive Expressionism, plenty of poetry.

Derez’s early influences include Picasso, Matisse, Coignard as well as expressionism, art brut.

« I try to create an image within an image. It’s the double image, the beyond of the image, which I present to you, to see and dream.I don’t make the difference between figurative and abstract art. »

A very rounded painting where pattern and materials predominate.
Her favorite motifs are Figures, Portraits, Still-lifes and Landscapes of imagination.

« Every new painting must be new subjects, otherwise I’m bored.
I try to find the most spontaneous lane in my work. And so, I acknowledge it’s the best way to let the reader free »

She lives and works in Provence : « I’m more and more involved in my work, it’s a way to breath oxygen, a way to love the human being. »

Actually, since 2007, her work is mainly exhibited in her own art-studio in Fayence village , located in Provence, France.

Main Exhibitions

1978

Silk and paper painting work, childhood drawings illustration.

1982

Cécileddy gallery - Fayence village.

1989

Paschos gallery - Fréjus.

1990

Work with material clay, « stèles » and plaques.

1992

Ducastel gallery (permanently exhibited) - Avignon.

1994

La Dame à la Licorne - Saint-Paul-de-Vence.

1995

Permanent exhibitions in :

Ducastel gallery - Avignon.
Paschos gallery - Fréjus.
Equinoxe gallery - Gréoux-les-bains.
Massane gallery - Montpellier.
52 gallery - Vallauris.

1996

Art Seiller gallery - Saint-Paul-de-Vence.
Carmen Heritier gallery - Mirmande - Drôme.

1997

La palette d’or gallery - Strasbourg.
Houzelot gallery, Honfleur.

1998

Espace du Lys gallery - Nîmes.

1999

Paschos gallery - Grimaud Village / Saint-Tropez.
Eden gallery - Jérusalem - Israël.

2000

Collective exhibition in Le Mas d’Artigny, St-Paul-de-Vence.

2001

Derez Art-Studio Gallery opening in Fayence village.

2003

Ducastel gallery - Avignon.

2004

La Palette d’Or » gallery - Strasbourg.
Les Tuiliers gallery - Lyon.

2006

Oocker gallery - Nederlands
DLM gallery - Monaco
Gallery Du Vieux Saint-Paul, Saint-Paul-de-Vence.
Paschos gallery - Grimaud Village / Saint-Tropez.

2007

Intemporelle gallery.

Since 2008

She mainly works in her own art-studio in Fayence village.

Since 2011

Galerie des Lombards - Mougins Village (permanent exhibition)
Galerie Saltiel - Le Castellet (permanent exhibition)
2012 Galerie les lombards
2012 Galerie "Saltiel' Le Castellet 83
2013 Galerie "Les Lombards"
2014 Chateau Romassan Le Castellet 83
2015 7eme Salon international d'art Hyéres 83
2016 8 éme Salon d'Art contemporain Toulouse
2017 Carré d'artistes Cologne Allemagne
2019 Carré d'artistes Aix en Provence 13
2019 Création Atelier-Expo en Dracénie 83
2019 Chateau Roubine Lorgues 83
2019 Chateau de Castellaras Mouans-Sartoux 06
2020 SIAC Marseille
2020 SANARY Mairie