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Anglo-french,
Alexia Carr shares her life between the south of France
and Berlin, Neukölln.
Introduced
to the world of Art by her english father, Alexia
Carr is autodidacte. She finds her visual inspiration
in the operatic and musical world as well as in the
equestrian world, two universes she feels like linking
together. Her fascination for movements, emotions,
faces (she is particularly talented in portraits )
stands out in her figurative and powerful paintings,
reflecting her imaginative personality. Alexia Carr
is also a professional lyrical singer.
From
the age of twenty, she exhibits her work in Toulouse
(France):
"during a whole opera saison, she slips in the
wings of the Capitole Opera house, she sketches dozens
of drawings to create a series of superb paintings."
(La Dépèche, Toulouse 1992).
In Avignon Opera house, she exhibits forty of her
oils: "Le chant de la peinture" (2006).
Nice (CEDAC de Cimiez), Marseille, the Casino of Biarritz,
Berlin ("Take a dive gallery"
2008, the Marocan Embassy) among others present her
paintings as well.
At the age of twenty one, Alexia Carr illustrates
her first children's book (Editions Milan –
France), and creates the cover of a CD (Editions Gallo);
at the age of twenty seven, she signs her first stained-glass
windows, created with the stained-glass Master Michel
Thomas in Valence (Church of Villeperdrix - Drôme
provençale - France).
She is commissioned to paint a mural for a restaurant
in Lyon (Carnégie Hall - 450 X 133).
In Berlin, she makes a "happening" painting
a canvas from the movie "Star Trek" for
Paramount Pictures (2009).
She creates many publicity posters such as the one
for the 113th Jumping Competition of Biarritz (1998);
one of her sculptures is chosen for the trophy "Grand
Prix".
At the same time, Alexia Carr is a lyrical singer.
She has sang the part of Carmen (Bizet) on several
occasions among other productions. |