Laura Garcia Karras
Presentation
Laura Garcia-Karras, born in 1988, is a painter whose work explores the boundaries of pictorial matter and the relationship between representation and nature. After studying at the La Cambre school in Brussels and the Beaux-Arts of Paris, she was honoured by the Crédit Agricole Foundation and was awarded the Prix Antoine Marin in 2018. Currently resident at Poush Manifesto in Aubervilliers, in 2024 she presented a solo exhibition at Mo.Co. Montpellier Contemporain.
Her work, focused on painting, questions the materiality of the medium through processes that blend figuration and abstraction. Her exploration of plant motifs, particularly flowers, goes beyond simple aesthetic representation to transcend their symbolism. For her, painting becomes a space for reflection, both poetic and philosophical. Using techniques that combine clean surfaces and free brushstrokes, she creates compositions that play with light and depth, superimposing scalpel-cut shapes and flat areas of colour.
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EDUCATION
2013 — 2015
Dominique Gauthier's studio, Beaux-Arts de Paris, France
DNSAP Diploma, Beaux-Arts de Paris, France
2009 — 2013
Postgraduate studies in painting, ENSAV La Cambre, Brussels, Belgium
Degree in painting, ENSAV La Cambre, Brussels, Belgium
SOLO SHOWS (SELECTION)
2025
Soon, Galerie Anne-Sarah Bénichou, Paris, France
Soon, Galerie Volery, Dubai, Émirats arabes unis
2024
Perennial, MO.CO Panacée, Montpellier, France
Rosebud, Curated by Anne-Laure Peressin, Galerie Paris B, Paris, France
2019
Le jardin de Derek, Galerie Comparative, Paris, France
2017
Le cabinet d'histoire naturelle, le musée et le casino, Beirut art Fair, Beirut, Liban
Mephistowaltz, Galerie Comparative, Paris
2016
Le désir du requin-marteau, Galerie Comparative, Paris
Graduation exhibition, École Nationale des Beaux-Arts de Paris
GROUP SHOWS (SELECTION)
2025
Art Paris, Galerie Anne-Sarah Bénichou, Paris, France
Soon, Galerie Foco, Lisbonne, Portugal
2024
Augmented paris, Zhi Art Museum, Chengdu, Chine
Miart, Galerie Paris B, Milan Italie
Art Paris, Galerie Paris B, Paris, France
2023
Immortelle, MO.CO. Panacée, Montpellier, France
Abstraction, Galerie Taymour Grahne Projects, Londres, Royaume-Unis
Libres courbes, Galerie Gosserez, Paris, France
Art021, Galerie Paris-B, Shangai, Chine
2022
Une autre Odeur, Poush, Clichy, France
Vernissage à L'italienne, Galerie L'Avant Galerie Vossen, Paris, France
Forest Fantasy, Fondation, Greenline, Parc d'Ognon, France
2021
Lisière, Poush,Clichy, France
2020
She Ate the Crumbs : The Other Nature of Women, Galerie HB, Tokyo, Japon
2017
Novembre à Vitry, Vitry, France
AWARDS
2018
3rd prizewinner of the Antoine Marin Prize, presented by Bernard Frize, Paris, France
Winner of the Fondation Crédit Agricole competition, Paris, France