1/Bio

2/Solo and Group Shows

BIO

Constance Chabrières sculpts mobiles and stabiles, functional art objects for daily use. Curious and eclectic, she explores ways to repurpose, recycle, and transform materials while twisting our perception.

Her life is balanced between two main activities: humanitarian aid/education on one side, and artistic expression on the other. Group living alternates with the solitude of the studio. Expatriation follows periods of life in France.

Each year, she donates part of her work to raise funds for causes that are important to her, such as the Téléthon, the Food Bank, children in pediatric oncology wards, and services for premature babies.

After earning a master's degree in child psychology, she went to Thailand in 1992 for her first humanitarian mission, which lasted twelve months. Later, between 1998 and 2002, she coordinated early childhood aid programs with UNICEF, first in Sri Lanka (for two years) and then at the West and Central Africa Regional Office (for one year). After her mission in Afghanistan in 2003, she embarked on her sculpture journey, starting in 2004 in Paris. She was represented by the Géraldine Banier Gallery (Paris) from 2004 to 2010.

In 2009, she was invited by P. Payen Appenzeller to participate in the first biennale of monumental sculptures at the Church of La Madeleine, in the center of Paris.

From 2010 to 2020, Constance Chabrières continued her career, expanding her market in the United States where she lived. She was represented by Aerena Gallery (Napa Valley) until her return to France in 2020. In 2012, she exhibited at the World Bank. In 2016, she was invited to join a group show in Soho, NYC, USA. In 2018, she sculpted a big representation of Luther to commerate his 500 anniversary, at the French Embassy, in Washington DC.

Since 2005, Constance Chabrières has been a member of the association Sur Un Lit de Couleurs, which opens and manages art studios in hospital wards in France. She has also been a member of Jeux de Dames since 2020, an association that showcases artists and artisans from Fontainebleau and its surroundings. For over a year, she was a member of the Santé Arts association, for whom she also wrote articles for the eponymous monthly magazine.

Constance Chabrières’ work can be seen at her studio in Montigny-sur-Loing (77), France.

SOLO AND GROUP SHOWS

2004-2010

France

2004- October Solo show: Atelier Marty de Montereau, 140 Fbg Poissonnière, Paris 10e

Group show: Grand Marche d'Art Contemporain, Bastille, Paris 4e

2004- October Charity auction for the Telethon, Mairie du 11e, Paris

2005- June-July Solo show: Celal, 71 rue Saint Honore, Paris 1er

2005- October Group show: Tiare Groupe, 22 rue de Madrid, Paris 9e

2005- October Charity auction for the Telethon, Mairie d'Aubervilliers (93)

2006 -May Group show: Galerie des Artistes, 55 rue du Montparnasse, Paris 14e

2006- July-August Solo show: Bois des Moutiers, Varengeville-sur-mer (76)

2006- October Charity auction for the Telethon, Mairie d'Aubervilliers (93)

2007 - February Group show: Art and Wine, Veyron La Croix, 11 place Adolphe Cherioux, Paris 9e

2007- October-December Group show: Galerie Geraldine Banier, 54 rue Jacob, Paris 6e

2007- December Charity auction Action Contre la Faim, Garage Pierre et Galerie Serpentine, Paris 6e. Customized 2CV doors.

2007- December Solo show: Art and Wine, Carre, 23, avenue Charles Floquet, Paris 7e

2008-September Charity auction : IGR and Hop'Art: epouvantails au Manoir de Couesme (72).

2008- November Group show: Galerie Geraldine Banier, 54 rue Jacob, Paris 6e

2009- March Charity: 2CV for Bamako, IGR and Hop'Art, Ivry (93)

2009- June-August Group show: Biennale de Sculpture grands formats, Eglise de la Madeleine, Paris 8e

2009- June-August Group show: NM Galerie, 34, rue de Penthièvre, Paris 8e

2009- September Group show: Banque Alimentaire: Frigo on the Passerelle Saint André des Arts, Paris 6e

2009- December

Charity auction Action Contre la Faim, Garage Pierre, Arcueil (94). Customized 2CV doors.

Charity show: Banque Alimentaire, Frigo at Mairie 19e, Paris

2009- December Solo show: Galerie le 43, 43 rue Henri Martin, Vanves (92)

2010 -January Group show: Galerie Geraldine Banier, 54 rue Jacob, Paris 6e

2010- February Solo show: Art and Wine, Carre, 23, avenue Charles Floquet, Paris 7e

2010- February Charity auction for Haiti, Drouot Montaigne, Paris 8e

2010- March-April Group show: Dorothy's Gallery, 27, rue Keller, Paris 11e. Voices on the Rise.

2010-2020

United States of America

2011- April Group show: World Bank, Washington DC.

2011- December Group show: Gallery B, Bethesda, Maryland.

2012-2020 Group shows: Aerena Galleries, California.

2016 - April Group show: Shim Art Gallery, Washington St, NY.

2010-2020 Donations to charities and silent auctions.

2019- 2020 Created and manage the Hands On Club, a local network for artists, artisans.

2020 Covid lockdown. Online personal cyanotype photography show on Instagram : Immobile Roadtrip

2020- today

France

-Senior Consultant for the non-profit Sur Un Lit de Couleurs. This NGO opens studios and manages art classes in pediatric oncology hospital wards.

-Chabrières is currently member of non-profits Jeux de Dames and Sur Un Lit de Couleurs, and a member of the Collectif Blob.

2021-2022 Member of the non-profit Santé Arts. Published articles on health and art related issues, in the monthly magazine.

2020-2023 Group shows in Barbizon, Fontainebleau and Villiers-sous-Grez.

2022 Chabrières was invited by the city of Mont Saint Martin, Lorraine, to exhibit. She designed and managed a community art project and its installation inspired by the word Breath. The exhibition was in July and August 2022.

2022 Selected by the city of Fontainebleau to perform with middle school and high school students, at Nuit Blanche, at the Théâtre municipal de Fontainebleau.

2023 Shows in Fontainebleau and at the Maison des Métiers d’Art, Ferrières-en-Gatinais. .

Currently preparing exhibitions and a book.