About the Artist


Cecilia Garrec - Biography

French American Artist Cecilia Garrec

Art that Uplifts

Cecilia wasn't always an artist. Her first degree was in psychology, then behavioral science and continues in neuroscience. It wasn't until a long sabbatical in Austin, Texas that she found her sudden and inexplicable ability to be an abstract artist. Her experience in the sciences continue to serve her well in terms of understanding chemistry, color wavelengths and having an eye for detail. Cecilia's art combines science and art such each piece comes into light by her knowledge of chemistry and optics. Her pieces are in 3D with special polychromatic glasses.

 

As an emerging artist with a specialization in all things brain, cognition and psychology, the art world for Cecilia emanates with color, promise and a blending of the ephemeral with the eternal. She is drawn to flow, clean lines and is inspired by nature and natural designs. Her work aims to delve into a place where art is a transformational, energetic and direct force for good. Cecilia's art explores the intuitive forces of life, that is the spiritual, mental, and psychosocial aspects of one's inner life. Her goal is to instill a place of respite and optimism and a sense of the future in a world marked by political upheavals, uncertainty and selfish tendencies.

 

Cecilia started experimenting with a variety of mediums and now specializes in Pastel. Having had only formal and advanced training in the sciences, the art world holds no rules or barriers for exploration. She usually starts her paintings with a concept and then intuitively and with feeling, finishes them off with a particular idea in mind.

 

She currently lives in Paris, France with family in Houston, Texas USA. Her goal, aside from finding a cure for Alzheimer's, is to visit every island in the world and make a painting representing her stay. 

 

 

Solo Shows

2024 - Solo Show Retrospective Beauty, Saint Aubin, France

2023 - Solo Show "L’échappée Belle... The Sweet Escape"

2022 - Personal Spaces, Venice in conjunction with the Biennale of Venice

2021 - Solo Show Fonds Fanettes

2021 - 2 shows Galerie Maître Albert, Paris, France

2020 - Chateau de Belleville, Gif-sur-Yvette, France

2019 - Young International Artist (YIA) Contemporary Art Show, Paris, France

2019 - International Art Gallery, Paris, France

2019 - Metamorphose Art Gallery, Essonne, France
2018 - Uptown Realty Gallery, Austin, USA

 

Group Shows

2022 - Mayor's Art Festival (Fête des Artistes), Chateau de Belleville, Gif-sur-Yvette France

2019 - Mayor’s Art Festival (Fête des Artistes), Gif-sur-Yvette, France

2019 - Neurospin Art Show, Saclay, France

2018 - Bass Concert Hall, Austin, Texas USA

2018 - Urban Hair Gallery, Austin, Texas USA

2018 - Cherry Cola Dog Gallery, Austin, Texas USA
2017 - Link and Pin Art Gallery, Austin, Texas USA
2017 - Cherry Cola Dog Gallery, Austin, Texas USA
2017 - Orange Coworking, Austin, Texas USA
2017 - Cypress Grill, Austin, Texas USA
2017 - The Hive, Austin, Texas USA
2017 - Pancakes & Booze, Austin, Texas USA

 

Articles and Requested Exhibit Commentaries 

2018 - Wally Workman Gallery, Helmut Barnett: Solo Show
2018 - Russell Art Gallery, The Argillet Collection: Salvador Dali's Stunning Etchings
2018 - Camiba Art Gallery, Lorena Morales Exhibition: Glimmers of Time
2017 - Camiba Art Gallery, William Carson Exhibition: Unearth

 

Featured Articles

2018 - Featured Artist of the Month, March 2018, Creative Arts Society, Austin, USA
2018 - Featured Artist of the Month, May 2018, Voyage Houston, USA
2018 - Featured Artist of the Month/April 2018, Art of Austin, Austin, USA

 

Lectures and Talks

The art of investing..in art

Sacred art, visionary art and art that uplifts

 

Volunteer, Charity and Fundraising work

Austin Art Alliance - volunteer 2017-2019, Austin, Texas, USA