'A human being is a like tree upside down with it roots turned up to the sky' , Sufi oral tradition.

Karim Blanc was born in 1968 in Iran. He spent his childhood in Algeria, Lebanon, Norway and France. He studied Fine Art from Aix en Provence, and graduated from the University of Québec, Montreal, Canada where he obtained a Masters Degree in Fine Art in 1996.

He returned to France in 2001, and after working as interior designer on the Cote d’Azur, he settled in Lodève in 2005, where he established his studio. He collaborates with writers, musicians and actors as an illustrator, painter and costume designer.

'In the act of painting lies the strength of dreaming. For me, dreaming and painting are drawing from a source of symbols, myths and archetypes which are like tangled and muddled roots. Creation takes place in the heart of obscurity, it mystery remains. What is given to the eye, lies here and now. Painting comes from gesture and breathing, it visual presence needs no further explanations.'

Karim Blanc

Vernissage/Private View : Thursday 8 April 18.30 – 21.30