CANINI Sylviane : PORTRAIT II

Born in 1954 in Paris.

1977 graduate of the Fine Art Institute Nicolae Grigorescu, printing department in Bucharest, Romania.

“She prints traces of the body, translates the emotion of a movement, praises the fragility of her subject. 
Sylviane Canini is rooted in a classicism whose erudition and elegance is inherently appealing. In her work, 
the drawing prays. An unfinished drawing, in suspension. A desire that is yet to arrive. Her figures seem to be 
born under our gaze, similar to when we discover a fresco that is barely lit. “I like to hint at things," she says.
 “It allows people to dream and makes the figures universal”. Dreams that are accentuated by natural colours 
of the earth, colours which, with the modesty of their tones, conceal a certain sensual delight. For this she 
“uses the transparency of the paper, the inks and the stroke”. French but born to a Romanian father, at 19 she 
decided to study fine art in Bucharest. She was seduced straight away by printing and was introduced to etching 
and aquatint. She brought steel out of itself, liberated its features. Back in France, she was to cultivate her 
technique and find her own style. A style which draws on the very source of art: encounters between 
contemporary reality and the memory of time.” 

Jean-Louis Pinte                            

Published by L’Estampe since 1997,  

Permanently displayed in the Galerie L’Estampe, Strasbourg 

Participation in print exhibitions:

The “Trait”, Paris. Ljubljana Biennial, Yugoslavia. Maximo Ramos, Ferrol, Spain.

International Print Biennial, Varna, Bulgaria. Sarcelles Biennial. Kanagawa Japan.

Galerie Echancrure Brussels, S.A.G.A Paris, Galerie Climats.

World Print Triennials, Chamalières. Salon d’Art Contemporain, Bouffemont.

The Salon de Mai, Paris.   F.I.A.C.  Galerie G. Piltzer. S.A.G.A. Galerie G. Piltzer.

Mois de la Gravure, Paris, Société des Peintres-Graveurs Français, Paris. Pyhäniemi Manor, Finland.

Exposition Visages, Florence and Daniel Guerlain Foundation.

2000-2005 Salon d’Automne Paris, Société des Peintres-Graveurs Français, Paris.

International Print Fair, Paris, Galerie l’Estampe

International Print Fair, Frankfurt, Galerie l’Estampe

ArtExpo New York, Galerie l’Estampe

Douro Portugal, Chamalières Print, ArtParis

Works on paper fair London (Mirroring Art)

Personal exhibitions:

1989           Espace Ile-de-France AGF, Paris.

1991           Château La Boissière, Fontenay-aux-Roses.

1993           Galerie Climats Paris.

1994           S.A.G.A Paris                                                                                  

                  Galerie Antireflet Nantes

                  Wiesloch, Germany

1995           Galerie G. Piltzer, Paris

1999           Galerie Lacan, L’Estampe, Strasbourg

2003           Espace George Sand, Palaiseau

2005           Château St. Barbe, Fontenay-aux-Roses

                   Art Ensemble, Orangery of the Château de Marcoussis

Prizes:

Honourable mention at the Maximo Ramos Awards, Ferrol, Spain.

Corot Prize, City of Avray. - Bayeux Museum Prix.

City of Wiesloch Prize, Germany.

Winner of the Maximo Ramos Award, Ferrol, Spain.

Collections:

French embassies in Madrid, Dublin, Beirut, Riga and Sydney

French consulates in Frankfurt and Stuttgart, Germany

Barclay’s Bank, Paris

Museo “Bello Pinero”, Ferrol, Spain

Bibliothèque d’Art et Archéologie, Paris

Bibliothèque du musée Albert Ier, Brussels, Belgium

Artist’s book:

“Le disciple d’Oscar Wilde” published by Le Rouleau Libre.