Cris Pereby born into a painter and sculptor family spent her
childhood in Belgium. She was fascinated during her many museum
visits by the Early Flemish
painters such as Hans Memling, Jerôme Bosch, Peter Chistus, Pieter
Bruegel and admired their magnificent art so delicate and full of
spirituality.
She discovered
later that a genius of impressionist painting , Vincent Van Gogh,
lived close to her Belgium home before leaving
for Paris and Arles.
Her destiny was that she should follow in his footsteps.
It is in the
Paris region back in 1983 that she became self initialized in clay modelling,
being inspired by the Egyptian sculpture and the media feed back of Camille
Claudel. Within in a very short time she received many awards during regional exhibitions.
Later she exhibited her work in Cannes, St Paul de Vence, Honfleur and also in Belgium, Germany and the USA.
In
2005 she created for the municipality of Montereau-fault-Yonne a monumental sculpture of a ' winged
woman' three metres high which decorates one of the city roundabouts.
In
2006 she settled in the south of France and created in the city of
Arles the museum-gallery 'Gaston de Luppé' a place where new
artists can be discovered. It's in this environment that the
traditional Arlesian dress style will inspire her new
work.
