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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5983
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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5970
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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6054
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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5993
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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6196
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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6133
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$
6189
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$
6167
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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5719
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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6179
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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5984
Angel of light / Silvia CALMEJANE
Acrylic paint on paper. Wood frame
40 x 40 in (100 x 100 cm)
unique artwork
7,680 US$
6419
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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5909
Slow life / Silvia CALMEJANE
Acrylic paint on paper. Wood frame
31 x 47 in (80 x 120 cm)
unique artwork
7,390 US$
6008
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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5978
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$
5781
Blue Dreams / Silvia CALMEJANE
Mixed technique on paper, framed
47 x 31.4 in (120 x 80 cm)
unique artwork
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4971
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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5978
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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5847
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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5827
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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5776
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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5806
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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5427
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$
5545
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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5894
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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5702
Green related / Silvia CALMEJANE
Mixed technique on paper, framed
39 x 29.5 in (100 x 75 cm)
unique artwork
6,820 US$
5111
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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5715
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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5660
Amour / Silvia CALMEJANE
Mixed technique on paper, framed
51 x 39 in (130 x 100 cm)
unique artwork
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5247
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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5671
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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5682
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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5639
In love / Silvia CALMEJANE
Mixed media, painted plexiglas bolted on metallic frame
39 x 39 in (100 x 100 cm)
unique artwork
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5446