Charlotte Vitaioli
Charlotte Vitaioli is a multidisciplinary artist born in 1986 and based in Rennes. A graduate of the Beaux-arts in Quimper, the artist expresses herself in a wide variety of media, from gouache to performance, with references to Pop Art or the Japanese prints of Henri Rivière. Her paintings play with close-ups: an eye on an umbrella, a face on a fan, the artist works on an obsession, an almost fetishistic narrative. Whether a song or a love film, Charlotte Vitaioli’s paintings are as much about the music of feelings as they are about the illusion of the silver screen.
In 2021, she won a prize at the Salon de Montrouge in Paris. Her first solo show, “Une Coline au Soleil”, opened in November 2021 at Galerie Ars Longa, and she won the Prix Novembre in Vitry-sur-Seine the same year. Her EP “La Noyée” is released in 2023 in correlation with her exhibition at the BF15, Centre d’art contemporain in Lyon. She is also a finalist for the Prix Art Norac 2023 at FRAC Bretagne and currently works at Volonté 93. From June to September 2024, her work was the subject of a solo exhibition organized by Philippe Puiguet at the Chapelle de Thonon, Le jardin des promesses confuses. Galerie Ars Longa also welcomed her and fellow artist Joachim Monvoisin for the exhibition Match avec Marcel in December 2023. This year, the artist created the exhibition and performance Les Consolations, co-produced by Boto(x)s, the Alpes & Riviera contemporary art network, in partnership with La Station in Nice and the Centre Culturel Prince Héréditaire Jacques de Monaco in Beausoleil. Charlotte Vitaioli also created the performance Dans la penderie du ciel bleue for the closing party of Printemps de l’Art Contemporain, a major festival organized by Réseau PAC, the largest regional network of contemporary art structures.
Art critic Henri Guette wrote of her :
“Charlotte Vitaioli paints quickly, with large, energetic gestures that seize the moment. There’s something sensual about her bold colors on paper. The treatment of the surface recalls the movement of the water she loves to represent, the play of waves and ocean foam. Her seaside landscapes express both joy and melancholy. A man and a woman. The Green Ray. The young women she portrays look like icons of the New Wave. We might think of Anna Karina or Brigitte Bardot, but the reference to Jacques Demy’s Deneuve and Dorléac twins is the most obvious. Through the very form of the paintings, which play with close-ups: an eye on an umbrella, a face on a fan, the artist works on an obsession, an almost fetishistic narration. A song or a love film, Charlotte Vitaioli’s paintings are as much about the music of feelings as they are about the illusion of the silver screen.”
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7 November 2023