about the artist :
Silvia CALMEJANE

"True art is always where you least expect it. ". These few words by the artist Jean Dubuffet wonderfully qualify Silvia Calmejane's work. Spontaneous and instinctive, her artistic gesture echoes the "art brut" avant-gardes which inspired her drawing practice. Silvia Calmejane quickly freed herself from academic rigorism in order to choose automatic drawing. By abandoning the classical support of the canvas and by focusiong on wood, her art gets rid of the rules which dictate the exact reproduction of reality. On the plexiglass, her second support, she uses her left hand - freer - in order to write more spontaneously. This "mirror-writing", fixed to the wooden panel by visible bolts, is thus superimposed on the raw material. The roughness of her creative process is then completed by the artist's attention to very specific details. In her latest series, paper is invested as a new medium.

Silvia Calmejane's world is raw, powerful and vulnerable at the same time. Representing lush jungles or strange colored characters, her paintings constantly confront the viewer to his own gaze. In this face to face with the mysterious creatures of her universe, she favors - according to her own words - the "non-reproductive". Is escaping from figuration not the best way to represent the unspeakable forces of the human soul ?

Inspired by Basquiat, Raushenberg or Combas, the work of Silvia Calmejane is however deeply personal. In each of her compositions, the artist scatters with the brush traces of her history, travels and inspirations. The words in her paintings, mysterious incantations, recall in that sense the hippie slogans of the 1970s, an important period for the artist.

La femme soleil / Silvia CALMEJANE
Mixed media, painted plexiglas bolted on metallic frame.
47 x 40 in (120 x 100 cm)
unique artwork
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5923
Les pouvoirs de la pleine lune / Silvia CALMEJANE
Mixed media, painted plexiglas bolted on metallic frame.
47 x 40 in (120 x 100 cm)
unique artwork
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5927
Femme lune / Silvia CALMEJANE
Mixed media, painted plexiglas bolted on metallic frame.
47 x 40 in (120 x 100 cm)
unique artwork
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5991
Femme en harmonie / Silvia CALMEJANE
Mixed media, painted plexiglas bolted on metallic frame.
47 x 40 in (120 x 100 cm)
unique artwork
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5944
Renaissance / Silvia CALMEJANE
Mixed media, painted plexiglas bolted on metallic frame.
47 x 40 in (120 x 100 cm)
unique artwork
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6094
Inner light / Silvia CALMEJANE
Mixed media, painted plexiglas bolted on metallic frame.
47 x 40 in (120 x 100 cm)
unique artwork
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6059
Déploie tes ailes / Silvia CALMEJANE
Mixed media, painted plexiglas bolted on metallic frame.
47 x 40 in (120 x 100 cm)
unique artwork
7,390 US$
6024
Solstice d'été / Silvia CALMEJANE
Mixed media, painted plexiglas bolted on metallic frame.
47 x 40 in (120 x 100 cm)
unique artwork
7,390 US$
6097
Look at your heart / Silvia CALMEJANE
Mixed media, painted plexiglas bolted on metallic frame
47 x 39 in (120 x 100 cm)
unique artwork
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5668
Apple of love / Silvia CALMEJANE
Mixed media, painted plexiglas bolted on metallic frame.
47 x 40 in (120 x 100 cm)
unique artwork
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6130
Love constellation / Silvia CALMEJANE
Mixed media, painted plexiglas bolted on metallic frame.
47 x 40 in (120 x 100 cm)
unique artwork
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5933
Angel of light / Silvia CALMEJANE
Acrylic paint on paper. Wood frame
40 x 40 in (100 x 100 cm)
unique artwork
7,680 US$
6353
Love inspiration / Silvia CALMEJANE
Acrylic painting on wood and Plexiglas. Metal frame.
39 x 47 in (100 x 120 cm)
unique artwork
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5858
Slow life / Silvia CALMEJANE
Acrylic paint on paper. Wood frame
31 x 47 in (80 x 120 cm)
unique artwork
7,390 US$
5940
Warrior of light / Silvia CALMEJANE
Acrylic paint on paper. Wood frame
47 x 31 in (120 x 80 cm)
unique artwork
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5930
Happy Life / Silvia CALMEJANE
Mixed media, painted plexiglas bolted on metallic frame
47 x 39 in (120 x 100 cm)
unique artwork
7,600 US$
5723
Blue Dreams / Silvia CALMEJANE
Mixed technique on paper, framed
47 x 31.4 in (120 x 80 cm)
unique artwork
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4924
I love my life / Silvia CALMEJANE
Acrylic painting on wood and Plexiglas. Metal frame.
39 x 39 in (100 x 100 cm)
unique artwork
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5913
Keeper of your life / Silvia CALMEJANE
Acrylic painting on wood and Plexiglas. Metal frame.
47.3 x 39 in (120 x 100 cm)
unique artwork
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5784
Spirit life / Silvia CALMEJANE
Acrylic painting on wood and Plexiglas. Metal frame.
39 x 47 in (100 x 120 cm)
unique artwork
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5781
Love is life / Silvia CALMEJANE
Acrylic painting on wood and Plexiglas. Metal frame.
39 x 47 in (100 x 120 cm)
unique artwork
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5729
Magic love / Silvia CALMEJANE
Acrylic painting on wood and Plexiglas. Metal frame.
39 x 47 in (100 x 120 cm)
unique artwork
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5765
Together / Silvia CALMEJANE
Mixed media, painted plexiglas bolted on metallic frame
47 x 39 in (120 x 100 cm)
unique artwork
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5385
Love Ocean / Silvia CALMEJANE
Mixed media, painted plexiglas bolted on metallic frame
47 x 39 in (120 x 100 cm)
unique artwork
7,600 US$
5483
Head in the Stars / Silvia CALMEJANE
Mixed media, painted plexiglas bolted on metallic frame
47 x 39 in (120 x 100 cm)
unique artwork
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5847
Naturaleza / Silvia CALMEJANE
Mixed media, painted plexiglas bolted on metallic frame
47 x 39 in (120 x 100 cm)
unique artwork
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5652
Green related / Silvia CALMEJANE
Mixed technique on paper, framed
39 x 29.5 in (100 x 75 cm)
unique artwork
6,820 US$
5062
Be free / Silvia CALMEJANE
Mixed media, painted plexiglas bolted on metallic frame
55 x 39 in (140 x 100 cm)
unique artwork
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5667
Feel Good / Silvia CALMEJANE
Mixed media, painted plexiglas bolted on metallic frame
47 x 39 in (120 x 100 cm)
unique artwork
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5614
Amour / Silvia CALMEJANE
Mixed technique on paper, framed
51 x 39 in (130 x 100 cm)
unique artwork
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5199
Happiness / Silvia CALMEJANE
Mixed media, painted plexiglas bolted on metallic frame
39 x 39 in (100 x 100 cm)
unique artwork
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5628
Unidos / Silvia CALMEJANE
Mixed media, painted plexiglas bolted on metallic frame
39 x 39 in (100 x 100 cm)
unique artwork
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5634
Love Constellation / Silvia CALMEJANE
Mixed media, painted plexiglas bolted on metallic frame
39 x 39 in (100 x 100 cm)
unique artwork
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5585
In love / Silvia CALMEJANE
Mixed media, painted plexiglas bolted on metallic frame
39 x 39 in (100 x 100 cm)
unique artwork
Sold
5385