Art on a Postcard International Women’s Day Auction - Curated by Beth Greenacre

About

Caroline Achaintre (born December 1969) is a mixed media artist living and working in London. Her work draws heavily on Animism , Expressionism , Theatricality and the Handmade .

Born in Toulouse and brought up near Nuremberg, Achaintre obtained a scholarship at the Kunsthochschule in Halle, then came to London to study at the Chelsea College of Arts and then at Goldsmiths, University of London before establishing a studio in Homerton, East London.

Much of her earlier work was in textiles, particularly wool, and Primitivist in style, though she has also worked in installation, and also in ink on paper and ceramics. Much of this work draws on traditions of carnival and tribal masks and the potential to both attract and repulse through the materials. She has held a number of residencies and exhibited in a number of locations, including London's Saatchi Gallery, Cell Project Space (London), Birmingham's Eastside Projects, and as part of the eighth British Art Show.

Education 

BA Fine Art Chelsea College of Art, MA Goldsmiths College 
 

Select Exhibitions/Awards 

2022 

Shiftings, Pasquart, Biel/Bienne/CH 

2021 

Caroline Achaintre: Shiftings, Kunstmuseum Ravensburg, Ravensburg/DE 

Tête-à-tête, curated by Joël Riff, Art : Concept, Paris/FR 

2020 

Permanente, CAPC, Bordeaux/FR 

Permanente, Fondazione Giuliani, Rome/IT 

Vue Liquide, Fondation Thalie, Bruxelles/BE 

Gallery Representation 

Art:Concept, Paris; Arcade, London 

Statement about AOAP Submitted Artworks 

Frottage 'Skin' Grafting to enable an apparition, a sculptural hand 

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