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Kalie Granier is a French interdisciplinary artist currently residing in Santa Cruz*, California. Her artistic practice lies at the nexus of time, blending the past, present, and future while weaving connections between the spiritual and the earthly realms, human experiences, and the non-human world, ancestral stories, and contemporary narratives. She delves into the intricate relationships among environments, ecosystems, and the human body within the context of our contemporary geological era.
Operating at the intersection of art, science, and activism, Kalie collaborates closely with scientists, environmentalists, and Indigenous communities. Her work is deeply rooted in ecological consciousness, reflected in her creative process spanning mediums like video, installation, upcycling local natural materials from beaches, and utilizing raw pigments in earth-based painting. Guided by emotions as her compass, Kalie embarks on a journey toward regenerative togetherness.
Beyond her artistic pursuits, Kalie co-founded Loud Spring, a European-American Art Tank/Collective registered as a 501(c)(3) organization in the San Francisco/Oakland, creating cultural happenings that are locally rooted, globally minded, and centered on radical imagination.
Kalie holds a Master of Arts (MA) degree from ESAG, Penninghen School of Visual Art in Paris. Her work has been showcased in galleries and museums across the United States, Europe, and Argentina, and she frequently delivers lectures at institutions, including UCSC, San Diego University, Santa Clara University, etc.
*Santa Cruz occupies the unceded territory of the Awaswas-speaking Uypi Tribe.
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Education
2006: Master Degree School of Visual Art, ESAG Penninghen, Paris, France - Professor and thesis advisor: Étienne Robial
20021/2023: Native American Literature, Cabrillo College, Santa Cruz, California, USA2024
. Round Table with Marine Canesi and Laurene Seca + A’ai film screening, AFD. November - Paris, France
. Solo Exhibition, AFD. November - Paris, France
. Lecture, Santa Clara University, California, October
."Love, Grief, and Octopuses in the Monterey Bay"– Films screening and talk - August - Elkhorn Slough Yacht Club , Moss Landing, CA
."Mákkin Mak Wárep" Project in collaboration with Djerassi Resident Artists Program and members of the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe – June - CA
. Solo Exhibition at Radius Gallery and Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History. April - Santa Cruz, CA
. University of San Diego and Office of the Tribal Liaison– screening & lecture for the Native Graduate Reception – San Diego, CA – April 26th
. Life Town – Ecofutures Festival– Co-founder – Oakland, CA – April – Mai - June
. UC Santa Cruz Fort Ord Natural Reserve – screening & lecture – Santa Cruz, CA – March
. A’ai film screening & lecture at Night of Ideas San Francisco Main Library, CA – March
. Manji’o Cho’o screening & lecture at Night of Ideas UCSC IAS - Santa Cruz, CA – March
. A’ai film Event at UCSC Institut of Arts and Sciences, Santa Cruz, CA – February 8th
. A’ai film screening at Coastal Ecosystems Institute during the humboldt bay symposium with Blue Lake Rancheria and OCEN– February
. Lecture at The Nature Conservancy, Eastern Pacific Kelp Forest Restoration workshop – January2023
. Lecture, Santa Clara University, California, November
. Medusa, LOOP Barcelona with MARLANDS at CdR Cultural Foundation – Curator, Elena Posokhova – Barcelona, Spain – November
. Lecture, UCSC, ART125 Environmental Art with the art historian and professor Edward Shanken – Santa Cruz, California, November
. Empire of counterfeit & luxury cult, Immersive installation commissioned by Goodwill –Exhibition at Saint Joseph Arts Foundation – San Francisco, California – October
. TEN, collective exhibition –Radius Gallery and M.K contemporary art, SantaCruz, California – Septembre/Novembre
. A’ai film, screening at West Coast Ocean Alliance, Oregon, USA – October
. Algas Caídas, Bienalsur, solo exhibition, Museo Larreta, Buenos Aires, Argentina – July/October
. Manji’o Cho’o, Art Residence, Institut Français d’Argentine, Buenos Aires/Misiones, Argentina – June/July
. A’ai, Center for Public Philosophy + Institute of the Arts and Sciences – Santa Cruz, California – May
. Publication and lecture – Journal X – Cabrillo College – Santa Cruz, California
. Food for Thought – Villa Albertine -March 29th
. Saint Joseph’s Arts Foundation – Site-specific installation The Realm ofUnderwater Forests – Villa Albertine San Francisco– San Francisco, California – January/April
. Part of Marland's project2022
. Foro del Sur – AFD France – Court of law at Tucumán, Argentina – October « Rural, Indigenous and Judicial Women for Climate Justice in the Post-Pandemic World »
. Seymour Museum with Blue innovation – Santa Cruz, CA, USA – September
. Symbiocene Exhibition – Gallery L’Été des Serpents– Arles, France – June – August
. Solo exhibition – Re.Riddle Gallery and Villa Albertine – San Francisco, USA – May/June
. Screening Medusa, talk and Publication in Journal X – Cabrillo College– Santa Cruz, CA, USA – May 6th
. POUSH – Amphibies Exhibition – Paris, France – February2021
. POUSH – Collective exhibition – Paris, France – November
. Es Baluard – Contemporary Art Museum de Palma – Balears, Spain – July
. Centro de Arte y Naturaleza Fondacion Buelas. Spain – May
. Cabrillo College: Journal X – Santa Cruz, CA, USA – April
. Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA)– USA – March
. Official Selections 2 FEET: Short to the Point, LA Independent Women Film Award, Imagine this Women’s Film Festival, Environmental Film Festival…2020
. LOOP BARCELONA – Loop Festival – November
. CCC Centre del Carme Cultura Contemporania – Collective Exhibition – Valencia, Spain – October
. LA NAU Centre Cultural– Collective Exhibition – Valencia, Spain – October
. Posidonia Green Festival– Barcelone, Spain – December
. Foundation GoodPlanet – Paris, France – October
. Art-Science Residency: MARITMA01
. FEMMES D’ART (French Podcast)
. Co-founder of LOUD SPRING, and Ecofeminist Art Tank of Ideas & Actions
. kasmé: Art Collaboration with the artist Esmeralda Da Costa. Paris/CA, USA2019
. 836M Gallery – Collective Exhibition – San Francisco, USA – February
. Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History (MAH Museum) – Santa Cruz, CA, USA – March
. Pro Arts Gallery – Oakland, CA, USA – October
. RADIUS Gallery– Santa Cruz, CA, USA – September2018
. Curator of Pulsions – San Francisco, Oakland, Santa Cruz, CA, USA : Video of Pulsions
. Workshop Foundation Luma– Arles, France2017
. R.Blitzer Gallery. Santa Cruz, CA, USA – Solo Exhibition, Women’s Swim - Curated by Gabrielle Haugen – First Friday November 3rd
. AUCTION by Cornette de Saint Cyr – Paris, France – 5th of April2016
. Cheloudiakoff Gallery - Solo Exhibition, Odyssey – Belfort, France – September
. askART – askART, Fine Art Prices, Auction Records
. MutualArt – https://www.mutualart.com/Artist/Kalie-Granier/6233B785BD652B032015
. FONDATION LA MOUCHE “5th season”– with Robert Schad & Anne Delfieu – France – July
. CNAP (Centre National des Arts Plastiques) – http://www.cnap.fr/kalie-granier2014
. Art Élysées. FIAC 2014 LE « OFF ». Paris, France. October
. Linz Gallery. Solo Exhibition – Paris, France - June
. Art Residency. Song-zhuang, Beijing, China. April - Dock Sud Gallery2013
. Art Élysées. FIAC 2013 LE « OFF ». Paris - October
. OFF ART FAIR – in Brussels – site Tour and Taxi –
. Drawing Now Paris. Town Hall of the 5th. Paris
. Linz Gallery. 40, rue Quincampoix. 75004 Paris
. Institut Français of Marocco, Essaouira -
Curatorial Office by Philippe Riss-Schmidt: https://curatorialoffice.com/reviews?ex=a-ai-by-kalie-garnier
Santa Cruz Sentinel - Santa Cruz, USA: https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2024/04/24/art-seen-lungs-of-the-sea-forest-on-exhibit-at-radius-gallery-in-santa-cruz/Good Times - Santa Cruz, CA: https://www.goodtimes.sc/evolution-of-first-friday-art-tour-santa-cruz/
Santa Cruz Sentinel - Santa Cruz, USAhttps://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2023/02/04/rachel-kippen-our-ocean-backyard-santa-cruz-based-artist-presents-realm-of-underwater-forests/
Clarín, Ñ Magazine - Buenos Aires, Argentinahttps://www.clarin.com/revista-enie/mensaje-bosque-algas-fantasmagoricas_0_iUcVXXou5Z.html
Clarín, Ñ Magazine - Buenos Aires, Argentinahttps://www.clarin.com/revista-enie/kalie-granier-poder-bosque-submarino_0_TF5DhiYvBV.html
Clarín, Ñ Magazine - Buenos Aires, Argentinahttps://www.clarin.com/cultura/arte-contemporaneo-entromete-patrimonio-bienalsur-2023_0_qaDc5jG73o.html
Infobae - Buenos Aires, Argentinahttps://www.infobae.com/fotos/2023/07/21/24-fotos-la-artista-francesa-kalie-granier-presento-una-intervencion-site-specific-en-el-museo-de-arte-espanol-enrique-larreta/
Marimtima 01 - Interview- France https://www.maritima01.com/post/interview-with-kalie-granier
ENDEMICO magazine - Chile
https://endemico.org/entrevista-kalie-grainer/FEMMES D’ART - French Podcast
https://soundcloud.com/user-64496360/episode-24-kalie-granier-artiste-pluridisciplinaire-et-cofondatrice-de-loud-spring-art