Nieves Salzmann

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Nieves SALZMANN was born in 1976 in Les Lilas, France, and stud­ied lit­er­a­ture and his­to­ry at the Sor­bonne from 1995 to 1997. From 1997 to 2002, she stud­ied lith­o­g­ra­phy and etch­ing at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris (in the stu­dios of Giuseppe Penone and Jean-Michel Albero­la). In 1999, she attend­ed a work­shop at the Comédie-Française’s set design stu­dio. From 1999 to 2001, the artist worked on var­i­ous set designs, served as an assis­tant at the L’Atelier the­ater in Paris, and appeared in sev­er­al short films. In 2001, the painter and graph­ic artist spent a study peri­od in Madrid at the Escuela de Bel­las Artes (she received her diplo­ma from the École Nationale Supérieure d’Arts Plas­tiques in 2002). In 2002 and 2003, she served as an assis­tant in Patrick Devreux’s lith­o­g­ra­phy stu­dio at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. From 2006 to 2014, Nieves Salz­mann taught at the Acad­e­my of Fine Arts in Nice, École Nationale Supérieure d’Arts à la Vil­la Arson (hold­ing a pro­fes­sor­ship in lith­o­g­ra­phy). From 2008 to 2010, she held assis­tant and pro­fes­so­r­i­al posi­tions at the Inter­na­tion­al Sum­mer Acad­e­my of Fine Arts in Salzburg. In the years that fol­lowed, the artist com­plet­ed addi­tion­al train­ing as a light­ing tech­ni­cian. In 2018, Nieves Salz­mann assumed the role of Tech­ni­cal Direc­tor at the Comédie-Française in Paris, one of France’s five nation­al the­aters. Study trips have tak­en the artist to Cuba, Aus­tria, and Spain, among oth­er places. Exhi­bi­tions, group shows, art fair par­tic­i­pa­tions, light­ing designs, and set designs in France, Aus­tria, Ger­many, Eng­land, and Fin­land, among oth­er places. Nieves Salz­mann has received numer­ous prizes and awards, includ­ing the 2nd Prize for Paint­ing “André et Berthe Nouf­flard” and the 1er prix de gravure Michel Ciry, Dieppe; in 2008, the Stra­bag Artaward 4/2008 for paint­ing; in 2011, an invi­ta­tion to an artist res­i­den­cy in Vien­na; in 2013 to an artist res­i­den­cy (lith­o­g­ra­phy project, Neuhauser Kun­st­müh­le) in Salzburg and to an artist res­i­den­cy in the Pays de Loire. Nieves Salz­mann lives and works in Paris. 2011 – first group exhi­bi­tion; 2015 – first solo exhi­bi­tion at Galerie Welz. 

Nieves SALZMANN was born in 1976 in Les Lilas, France, and stud­ied lit­er­a­ture and his­to­ry at the Sor­bonne from 1995 to 1997. From 1997 to 2002, she stud­ied lith­o­g­ra­phy and etch­ing at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris (in the stu­dios of Giuseppe Penone and Jean-Michel Albero­la). In 1999, she attend­ed a work­shop at the Comédie-Française’s set design stu­dio. From 1999 to 2001, the artist worked on var­i­ous set designs, served as an assis­tant at the L’Atelier the­ater in Paris, and appeared in sev­er­al short films. In 2001, the painter and graph­ic artist spent a study peri­od in Madrid at the Escuela de Bel­las Artes (she received her diplo­ma from the École Nationale Supérieure d’Arts Plas­tiques in 2002). In 2002 and 2003, she served as an assis­tant in Patrick Devreux’s lith­o­g­ra­phy stu­dio at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. From 2006 to 2014, Nieves Salz­mann taught at the Acad­e­my of Fine Arts in Nice, École Nationale Supérieure d’Arts à la Vil­la Arson (hold­ing a pro­fes­sor­ship in lith­o­g­ra­phy). From 2008 to 2010, she held assis­tant and pro­fes­so­r­i­al posi­tions at the Inter­na­tion­al Sum­mer Acad­e­my of Fine Arts in Salzburg. In the years that fol­lowed, the artist com­plet­ed addi­tion­al train­ing as a light­ing tech­ni­cian. In 2018, Nieves Salz­mann assumed the role of Tech­ni­cal Direc­tor at the Comédie-Française in Paris, one of France’s five nation­al the­aters. Study trips have tak­en the artist to Cuba, Aus­tria, and Spain, among oth­er places. Exhi­bi­tions, group shows, art fair par­tic­i­pa­tions, light­ing designs, and set designs in France, Aus­tria, Ger­many, Eng­land, and Fin­land, among oth­er places. Nieves Salz­mann has received numer­ous prizes and awards, includ­ing the 2nd Prize for Paint­ing “André et Berthe Nouf­flard” and the 1er prix de gravure Michel Ciry, Dieppe; in 2008, the Stra­bag Artaward 4/2008 for paint­ing; in 2011, an invi­ta­tion to an artist res­i­den­cy in Vien­na; in 2013 to an artist res­i­den­cy (lith­o­g­ra­phy project, Neuhauser Kun­st­müh­le) in Salzburg and to an artist res­i­den­cy in the Pays de Loire. Nieves Salz­mann lives and works in Paris. 2011 – first group exhi­bi­tion; 2015 – first solo exhi­bi­tion at Galerie Welz. 

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