“My practice is driven by a continuous investigation of space and geometry, where the line becomes a way to think, to sense, and to construct.”
Barbara Christol
France
Barbara Christol is a French multidisciplinary visual artist whose practice encompasses painting, drawing, weaving, photography, and installation. Trained at the Beaux-Arts of Nîmes and later at the Sorbonne in Paris, where she completed a doctoral thesis on the concept of the “transitional labyrinth,” she has developed a body of work that explores the relationships between space, time, and perception.
Geometry plays a central and continuous role in her practice, functioning as both structure and sensibility. It becomes a framework through which she investigates balance, tension, and the subtle shifts between intuition and order. Her approach is grounded in the line, understood both as a graphic gesture and as a material presence, which she extends into three-dimensional space through thread, creating connections between her painted, woven, and drawn works.
Barbara lives and works in Nîmes while maintaining an active international presence. Her work has been exhibited in national and international contexts.
Moonrise, Univers series, 2026.
Mixed media on linen canvas (acrylic, wool, graphite, charcoal, white pencil, chalk, varnish), measuring 116 x 89 x 2 cm | 45 ⁴³/₆₄ x 35 ³/₆₄ x ²⁵/₃₂ in. Unique artwork.
Untitled Drawing 21 (detail), Filigrane series, 2025
Mixed Media on Arches paper (Chinese ink, black thread), 31 x 23 cm | 12 ¹³/₆₄ x 9 ¹/₁₆ in. Wood framed artwork, measuring 33 x 25 x 2 cm | 12 ⁶³/₆₄ x 9 ²⁷/₃₂ x ²⁵/₃₂ in. Unique artwork.
