Through her extended painting practice, Cecilia Granara uses imagery derived from her automatic writing and visions during meditation, as well as poetry and tarot.
Cecilia Granara was born in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in 1991. Of Italian nationality, she grew up in Mexico City, Rome, and Chicago. She presently lives and works between Paris and Mexico City.
She studied at Central St. Martin's School of Art and Design in London at BA level, and at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts in Paris at MFA level, as well as Hunter College in New York City at MFA level.
Past institutional Solo shows include "Naître, Renaître", organized by Contemporary Art Center Passerelle, France, and "Tazas y Arcos" at the Italian Cultural Institute, Mexico City. Other significant shows include "Occhi, Luce, Sangue, Stelle", a duo show with works by Carol Rama at Cassina Projects, Milan; Solo shows "No Love Without Grief", "Quatre Coeurs" and "0 infinity 21" at Exo Exo, Paris, "Brittle Stars" at Sapling, London.
She participated in institutional group shows at Musée D'Orsay (FR), Ford Foundation Gallery (U.S.A.) , FRAC Corsica (FR), Fondation Pernod Ricard (FR), Triennale (IT), Château La Coste (FR), LAAC Musée de Dunkerque (FR), Centre D'Art Contemporain Passerelle (FR), Centre d'Art Parc Saint Léger (FR), Musée Cérès Franco (FR), Contemporary Art Center of Armenia, Zeyrek Cynili Hammam Museum (Turkey), MAXXI, Rome (IT) and ps120 Berlin (Germany). She has exhibited in group shows at Peter Kilchmann Gallery (Paris), Karen Huber (Mexico City) Jerome Poggi Gallery (Paris), Jousse Entreprise Gallery (Paris), Brigade (Copenhagen) among others. She was a finalist in the Antoine Marin Prize in 2019, for the Cairo Prize in Italy in 2021, and the Club GAMEC Prize (Italy) in 2023. Her work is part of the X Museum collection, Beijing. She was selected for the HFBK Residency in Hamburg in 2021, CP Projects Milan in 2022, and Territoires Extra Residency as part of CAC Passerelle (France) in 2023.
