"By moving from one country to another, I free my body and my mind."
July Ancel, a painter born in Nice who has been active in Paris and around the world for some fifteen years, is now establishing herself as one of the rising stars of the French art scene.
As the recipient of several art prizes and grants, her work is recognized and acclaimed by the profession and exhibited in France and internationally: China, Mexico, Turkey, Spain...
From her stay at the prestigious Casa Velázquez in 2011 to her recent residency at Villa Swagatam in Lucknow, India, in 2024, July Ancel draws inspiration from her travels and encounters, which feed into a body of work that is both dreamlike and mystical. Between Asian mythologies, collective memory, and inner quests, his art questions traces, movement, and freedom, opening up a universe where pure emotion, reinvented traditions, and contemporary experimentation intertwine.