Laura Garcia Karras
Presentation
Laura Garcia Karras, born in 1988, is a painter whose work explores the boundaries of pictorial matter and the relationship between representation and nature. After studying at La Cambre school in Brussels and Beaux-Arts de Paris, she was honored in 2018 by Crédit Agricole Foundation and awarded third prize in Prix Antoine Marin. She has taken part in several exhibitions in Europe and Asia. Her work was recently the subject of a major solo exhibition in 2024 at MO.CO. Montpellier Contemporain.
Her paintings question materiality of the medium through processes that blend figuration and abstraction. Her exploration of vegetal motifs, particularly flowers, goes beyond simple aesthetic representation to transcend their symbolism. For her, painting becomes a space for reflection, both poetic and philosophical. Using techniques that combine clean surfaces and free brushstrokes, she creates compositions that play with light and depth, superimposing scalpel-cut shapes and flat areas of color.
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Education
2013 - 2015
Dominique Gauthier's studio, Beaux-Arts de Paris, France
DNSAP Diploma, Beaux-Arts de Paris, France
2009 - 2013
Postgraduate studies in painting, ENSAV La Cambre, Brussels, Belgium
Degree in painting, ENSAV La Cambre, Brussels, Belgium
Solo shows (selection)
2025
Calisté, Galerie Anne-Sarah Bénichou, Paris, France
Eidolon, Galerie Volery, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2024
Perennial, MO.CO Panacée, Montpellier, France
Rosebud, curated by Anne-Laure Peressin, Paris B Gallery, Paris, France
2019
Le jardin de Derek, Comparative Gallery, Paris, France
2017
Le cabinet d'histoire naturelle, le musée et le casino, Beirut Art Fair, Beirut, Lebanon
Mephistowaltz, Comparative Gallery, Paris
2016
Le désir du requin-marteau, Comparative Gallery, Paris
Graduation exhibition, École Nationale des Beaux-Arts de Paris
Group shows (selection)
2026
ARCO Madrid, duo with Elga Heinzen, Galerie Anne-Sarah Bénichou, Madrid, Spain
Art Genève, Galerie Anne-Sarah Bénichou, Geneva, Switzerland
Collective exhibition, Galerie Anne-Sarah Bénichou, Paris, France
2025
Art Paris, Galerie Anne-Sarah Bénichou, Paris, France
Lisboa Não Sejas Francesa – Part 2 – Foco Lisboa, Galeria Foco, Lisbon, Portugal
2024
Augmented Paris, Zhi Art Museum, Chengdu, China
Miart, Paris B Gallery, Milan, Italy
Art Paris, Paris B Gallery, Paris, France
Revenir du présent, Collection Lambert, Avignon, France
2023
Immortelle, MO.CO. Panacée, Montpellier, France
Abstraction, Taymour Grahne Projects Gallery, London, United-Kingdom
Libres courbes, Gosserez Gallery, Paris, France
Art021, Paris-B Gallery, Shangai, China
2022
Une autre Odeur, Poush, Clichy, France
Vernissage à L'italienne, L'Avant Galerie Vossen Gallery, Paris, France
Forest Fantasy, Fondation, Greenline, Parc d'Ognon, France
2021
Lisière, Poush, Clichy, France
2020
She Ate the Crumbs: The Other Nature of Women, HB Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2017
Novembre à Vitry, Vitry, France
Awards and Prizes
2025
Nominated for the BNP Paribas Banque Privée, Art Paris, Paris, France
2018
3rd prizewinner of the Antoine Marin Prize, presented by Bernard Frize, Paris, France
Winner of the Fondation Crédit Agricole competition, Paris, France
Bibliography
Immortelle, un parcours dans la peinture figurative de 1945 à nos jours, Amélie Adamo, Numa Hambursin, 2025, Édition Lord Byron, pp. 36-37
Immortelle, Vitalité de la jeune peinture figurative française, 2023, « Immortelle » au MO.CO, Montepllier, SilvanaEditoriale, pp. 130-131