Born in 1983 in Temuco, Chile
Lives and works in Paris, France
The work of Christiane Pooley explores place as both a physical environment and an emotional state that transcends time and geographical boundaries. Her paintings mix memories with archival images to create poetic, liminal spaces and scenes that teeter on the edge of reality and dream. At the same time, the taut balance between vivid, concrete details and more abstract elements creates a palpable tension and slight sense of the uncanny that not only complicates notions of nostalgia, but also reflects wider complexities around origin and identity.
solo shows
2025
- Imaginary Country, Galerie Perrotin, New York, USA
2024
- Geographies of Love, Gallery38, Tokyo, Japan
2023
- Profundidad, Galerie Perrotin, Hong Kong, China
2021
- The Need for Roots, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London, UK
- Distance, Gallery 38, Tokyo, Japan
2020
- La Primera Piedra, Galeria Patricia Ready, Vitacura, Chile
2018
- Landscape Beneath, Bendana Pinel Art Contemporain, Paris, France
2016
- La forêt est là et me regarde, Bendana Pinel Art Contemporain, Paris, France
2015
- Promised Lands, Sandness Kunstforening, Sandnes, Norway
- Los bordes del mundo, Galeria Patricia Ready, Vitacura, Chile
2013
- On Belief, solo project curated by Alexia Tala, SUMMA Fair, Madrid, Spain
2010
- Atrapados en lo desconocido, Galeria Patricia Ready, Vitacura, Chile
2008
- I also Ask Myself, New Galerie de France, Paris, France
group shows
2024
- Green is the color, Galerie Michel Rein, Paris, France
2023
- Nocturnal Ballads, Galerie Perrotin, Shanghai, China
- I Feel The Way You Feel, Galerie Perrotin, Shanghai, China
- From the Ancient to the Present Times III, Gallery 38, Tokyo, Japan
2022
- Regarde-Moi, Galerie Perrotin, Paris, France
- Drawing Now, Bendana Pinel Art Contemporain, Paris, France
- From the Ancient to the Present Times II, Gallery 38, Tokyo, Japan
- Winter Show II, Bendana Pinel Art Contemporain, Paris, France
2021
- From the Ancient to the Present Times, Gallery 38, Tokyo, Japan
- Winter Show, Bendana Pinel Art Contemporain, Paris, France
2020
- United We Rise, Bendana Pinel ARt Contemporain, Paris, Frane
- Salon de Pintura, Matucana 100, Santiago, Chile
- Gallery Show, Gallery 38, Tokyo, Japan
- All the Days and Nights, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London, UK
2019
- The World Without Us, APT Gallery, London, UK
2018
- Drawing Now Art Fair (Two-person presentation), Bendana Pinel Art Contemporain, Paris, France
- … avec elles, Galerie de France, Paris, France
- Gallery Show, Gallery 38, Tokyo, Japan
2016
- The Marmite Prize for Painting V, Block 336, London - Highlands Gallery / Drogheda, Drogheda, Ireland
2014
- A Invenção da Praia, Paço das Artes, São Paulo, Brazil
- Kunstlerliaison, curated by Maria Ines Plaza, Munikat Projekte, Munich, Germany
- Sub 30, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Quinta Normal, Santiago, Chile
2012
- Inside Out (Two-person presentation), curated by Anna Wondrak, Galerie Esther Donatz, Munich, Germany
2011
- Group Show, Hewer Street Studios, London, UK
2007
- The Hamsterwheel, Arsenal di Venezia, Venice, Italy
2006
- Growbag, Mile End Art Pavilion, London, UK
- I'll Show You Mine, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, UK
- Xhibit 06, The Arts Gallery, London, UK
- Zenith 06, Nomoregrey Gallery, London, UK
2003
- Conjunta II, Antiguo Hospital San José, Santiago, Chile
public collections
- Pizzuti Collection of the Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, USA
- Colección Inelcom, Madrid, Spain
- Fundación Engel, Santiago, Chile
- University of the Arts, London, UK
awards
- AIA 2021, DRAC Ile de France
- ADAGP Grant for first monograph, Paris
- Artist in Residence, Plataforma Atacama, Chile
- Artist in Residence, KINOKINO Center for Art and Film, Sandnes, Norway
- Artist in Residence, Camac, Marnay-sur-Seine, France
- UNESCO-Aschberg Bursaries for Artists
- 100 Young Leaders for Chile for 2009, El Mercurio, Santiago
- Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Museum Internship, Venice, Italy
