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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 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’s Degree, School of Visual Art, ESAG Penninghen, Paris, France — Professor and thesis advisor: Étienne Robial
2021–2023 — Native American Literature, Cabrillo College, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
Grants & Awards
2025 — Arts Council Santa Cruz County, Create Grant (FY25 Cycle 2, June 2025)
Project: Mákkin Mak Wárep
Film Awards: LA Independent Women’s Film Festival - Imagine this Women’s Film Festival - Big Bleu Film Fest - Art Film Award
Solo Exhibitions
2025 — MAH Museum - cooperation with Muwekma Ohlone descendants, Santa Cruz, CA, USA (Nov 6 – 30)
2025 — Djerassi Resident Artists Program - cooperation with Muwekma Ohlone descendants - support from Villa Albertine San Francisco, CA, USA (Apr 26)
2025 — Night of Ideas, San Francisco Main Library — (Apr 5)
2024 — AFD (Agence Française de Développement) Gallery, Paris, France (Nov 4 – Dec 5)
2024 — Radius Gallery & Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
2023 — Bienalsur, Museo Larreta, Algas Caídas - Buenos Aires, Argentina (Jul–Oct)
2023 — Saint Joseph Arts Foundation — Installation: Empire of Counterfeit & Luxury Cult, commissioned by Goodwill San Francisco — San Francisco, CA, USA (Oct)
2023 — Saint Joseph’s Arts Foundation – Site specific installation: The Realm of Underwater Forests – San Francisco, CA (Jan- April)
2022 — Seymour Museum with Blue innovation – Santa Cruz, CA, USA (Sept)2022 — Re.Riddle Gallery & Villa Albertine, San Francisco, CA, USA (May-June)
2017 — R. Blitzer Gallery, “Women’s Swim”, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
2016 — Cheloudiakoff Gallery, “Odyssey”, Belfort, France
2014 — Linz Gallery, Paris, France (May-June)
Group Exhibitions (includes Screenings)
2025 — Maritima 01International Art & Science Program, IMEDMAR–UCV - “PRIORITY HABITAT” Screening ,Valencia, Spain (Oct 5)
2025 — Cabrillo Gallery - “Our Earth, Our Future”, Santa Cruz, CA, USA (Mar 17 – Apr 18)
2025 — Festival EXPLORE - 2 FEET film, Aix-Marseille Université, France (June 10)
2025 — The Nature Conservancy - Eastern Pacific Kelp (EPaK) Recovery Consortium - 2 FEET film, USA (Jan 21)
2024 — Love, Grief, and Octopuses in the Monterey Bay– 2 FEET and A'ai films, Elkhorn Slough Yacht Club, Moss Landing, CA, USA (Aug 21)
2024 — Life Town – Ecofutures Festival– Co-founder Loud Spring – Oakland, CA – (April – Mai - June)
2024 — UCSC Fort Ord Natural Reserve — A’ai film screening and talk with Louise Ramirez, Chairwoman of the Ohlone Costanoan Esselen Nation (March)
2024 — IAS (Institute of Arts and Sciences), Santa Cruz, CA, USA — A’ai film and roundtable with Louise Ramirez, Chairwoman of the Ohlone Costanoan Esselen Nation (Feb 8)
2024 — Coastal Ecosystems Institute during the humboldt bay symposium with Blue Lake Rancheria and OCEN — A’ai film — Sequoia Conference Center, Eureka, CA (Feb)
2023 — LOOP Barcelona – MARLANDS at CdR Cultural Foundation — Medusa — Barcelona, Spain (Nov)
2023 — TEN, Radius Gallery & M.K. Contemporary Art, Santa Cruz, CA, USA (Sept–Nov)
2023 — West Coast Ocean Alliance — A'ai film, Oregon, USA (Oct)
2022 — Foro del Sur – AFD France – Court of law at Tucumán, Argentina (Oct) « Rural, Indigenous and Judicial Women for Climate Justice in the Post-Pandemic World »
2022 — Symbiocene, Gallery L’Été des Serpents, Arles, France (June–Aug)
2022 — POUSH – Amphibies, Paris, France (Feb)
2021 — POUSH, Maritima 01 - Paris, France (Nov)
2021 —Es Baluard Museum, Contemporary Art Museum de Palma, Balears, Spain (Jul)
2021 — Centro de Arte y Naturaleza, Fundación Buelas, Spain (May)
2021 — Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA)– USA – (March)
2020 — LOOP Barcelona – Loop Festival (Nov)
2020 — CCC Centre del Carme Cultura Contemporania – Collective Exhibition, Valencia, Spain (Oct)
2020 — LA NAU Centre Cultural – Collective Exhibition, Valencia, Spain (Oct)
2020 — Posidonia Green Festival, Barcelona, Spain (Dec)
2020 — Foundation GoodPlanet, Paris, France (Oct)
2019 — 836M Gallery — Pulsions— San Francisco, USA (Feb)
2019 — Pro Arts Gallery — Pulsions— Oakland, CA, USA (Oct)
2019 — MAH Museum— Pulsions— Santa Cruz, CA, USA (Oct)
2019 — Radius Gallery — Santa Cruz, CA, USA (Sept)
2017 — AUCTION by Cornette de Saint Cyr – Paris, France (April 5)
2016 — MutualArt
2015 — FONDATION LA MOUCHE “5th season”– with Robert Schad & Anne Delfieu — France (July-Sept)
2016 — Art Élysées. FIAC 2014 LE « OFF » — Paris, France (Oct)
2014 — Linz Gallery, Paris, France
2014 — Drawing Now Paris. Town Hall of the 5th. Paris, France
Talks & Lectures
2025 — Santa Clara University, CA, USA — Lectures (Oct 23)
2025 — Santa Clara University, Santa Clara CA, USA — Lectures (Feb 6, Feb 20)
2025 — UCSC, Edward A. Shanken’s Class , Santa Cruz, CA, USALecture (Feb 10)
2025 — ENSP (École nationale supérieure de la photographie), Arles, France — Lecture (Feb 3)
2024 — AFD (Agence Française de Développement)- Round Table with Marine Canesi & Laurene Seca + A’ai Film Discussion, Paris, France (Nov 28)
2024 — Santa Clara University, CA, USA — Lecture (Oct 22)
2024 — University of San Diego & Office of the Tribal Liaison — Talk with Alexandria Casares for Native Graduate Reception, San Diego, CA, USA (Apr 26)
2024 — Night of Ideas — A’ai film + Lecture - Main Library, San Francisco (Mar)
2024 — Night of Ideas, IAS (Institute of Arts and Science) — A'ai film + Lecture, Santa Cruz, CA (Mar)
2024 — The Nature Conservancy, Eastern Pacific Kelp Forest Restoration Workshop — Lecture (Jan)
2023 — Santa Clara University, CA, USA — Lecture (Nov)
2023 — UCSC, ART125 Environmental Art, professor Edward Shanken — Santa Cruz, CA, USA — Lecture (Nov)
2023 — Center for Public Philosophy - Institute of the Arts and Sciences - A’ai film -Santa Cruz, CA, USA (May)
2023 — Journal X, Cabrillo College, Santa Cruz, CA, USA — Publication & Lecture
2023 — Food for Thought – Villa Albertine at Saint Joseph Arts Foundation - Talk (Mar 29)
2022 — Journal X — Publication, Lecture + Medusa screening (May 6) - Cabrillo College, Santa Cruz, CA (May 6)
2021 — Journal X — Publication & Lecture - Cabrillo College, Santa Cruz, CA (April)
2020 — Femmes d'Art (French Podcast)
Residencies
2024–2025 — Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside, CA, USA — Collaboration with Muwekma Ohlone descendants, supported by Villa Albertine San Francisco
2023 — Institut Français d’Argentine and Bienalsur - Manji’o Cho’o's project - Buenos Aires/Misiones, Argentina
2020 — MARITMA01, Art–Science Residency
2018 — Luma Foundation - Workshop Atelier Luma, Arles, France
2014 — Songzhuang Art Residency, Dock Sud Gallery, Beijing, China
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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/French MorningSan Francisco, USA:
https://frenchmorning.com/kalie-granier-revele-son-royaume-des-forets-sous-marines-a-sf/Santa Cruz Sentinel - Santa Cruz, USA:
https://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, Argentina:
https://www.clarin.com/revista-enie/mensaje-bosque-algas-fantasmagoricas_0_iUcVXXou5Z.htmlClarín, Ñ Magazine - Buenos Aires, Argentina:
https://www.clarin.com/revista-enie/kalie-granier-poder-bosque-submarino_0_TF5DhiYvBV.htmlClarín, Ñ Magazine - Buenos Aires, Argentina:
https://www.clarin.com/cultura/arte-contemporaneo-entromete-patrimonio-bienalsur-2023_0_qaDc5jG73o.htmlInfobae - Buenos Aires, Argentina:
https://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-granierENDEMICO 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
MERCI SF
https://mercisf.com/2022/06/01/french-artist-kalie-granier-presents-a-sea-change-at-kelps-forest/
San Francisco - Consulat General de France
https://sanfrancisco.consulfrance.org/food-for-thought-repenser-la-gastronomie-a-travers-le-prisme-de-la-durabilite
Wild Sound Festival TV
https://artfilmawards.com/part-3
JOURNAL X - Cabrillo College
2021 AND 2022