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Kalie Granier is a French interdisciplinary artist based in Santa Cruz, California, on the unceded territory of the Awaswas-speaking Uypi Tribe. Her practice unfolds across intertwined temporalities, weaving past, present, and speculative futures while attuning to the entangled relationships between human and more-than-human worlds. She engages the complex interdependencies linking environments, ecosystems, and the human body within the context of our current geological epoch.
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, expressed through a multidisciplinary practice spanning video, installation, the reuse of locally sourced coastal materials, and earth-based painting with raw pigments. Through fieldwork and collective processes, she examines how care, ritual, and attention to overlooked relations can open pathways toward resilience and regenerative imaginaries.
Kalie is the co-founder of Loud Spring, a European-American art collective and 501(c)(3) organization based in the San Francisco Bay Area, dedicated to creating cultural forms that are locally rooted, globally connected, and driven by radical imagination.
She holds a Master of Arts from ESAG Penninghen School of Visual Art in Paris. Her work has been exhibited internationally in museums and galleries across the United States, Europe, and Argentina, and she regularly gives lectures at institutions including UC Santa Cruz, Santa Clara University, and San Diego University.
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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
2026 — Grant awarded by the Santa Cruz Arts Council
Project: Stronglyo, A Sea Urchin as an Ecological Lesson in an Age of Withdrawal2025 — Grant awarded by the Santa Cruz Arts Council
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
2027 — Further Triennial at MAH Museum with Alex Olwal, CA, USA (Mar - May)2027
2026 — Festival OFF Arles- Les Rencontres de la photographie, France (Jul- Oct)
2026 — UCSC Arts & Ecology Festival, UCSC OpenLab, Santa Cruz, CA, USA (Apr)
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
2026 — Night of Ideas, San Francisco CA, USA — Panel: Ocean Healing, Interdisciplinary Restoration with Reef Check Foundation (Apr 11)
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)
Residency/Workshop
2026 — Centrale d’Arles – high-security prison – Workshop on local edible wild plants (June)
2025— Centrale d’Arles – high-security prison – Workshop on local edible wild plants (June)
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 - Residency Buenos Aires/Misiones, Argentina
2023 — Saint Joseph’s Arts Foundation - Residency (Jan-Mar)
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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rightclicksave:
https://www.rightclicksave.com/article/on-indigenous-wisdom-and-technoshamanism-kalie-granier-louise-ramirez-esselen-nation-edward-a-shanken-interview
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