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PVettese : The Journey and Approach of a Contemporary Artist

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Biographie

Priscilla Vettese, biography of the contemporary artist
 

Born in 1985 and based in Paris, PVettese is a French contemporary artist whose universe lies at the crossroads of Pop Art, Street Art, emotional abstraction and Art Brut.

 

Her work explores the tension between softness and chaos, innocence and the contemporary world, popular memory and the visual violence of our time. Through vibrant compositions, she confronts familiar figures from pop culture, childhood, games, cinema and collective imagination with more instinctive, gestural and nervous backgrounds.

 

In PVettese’s work, icons are never merely decorative characters. Snoopy, Mario, Babar, Tintin, Pikachu, Mickey, Donald, Frida Kahlo, Audrey Hepburn and Van Gogh become symbolic presences: figures of tenderness, courage, nostalgia or resistance, projected into a rawer universe saturated with signs, colors, textures and tensions.

 

Her practice is rooted in an instinctive yet controlled approach to mixed media. Acrylic paint, spray paint, oil pastels, markers, collage, drips, writings and typographic fragments overlap to create dense, vivid and multidimensional works. The background is not a decoration: it reveals the emotional climate of the artwork.

 

Inspired by both urban energy and expressive painting, PVettese develops a personal visual language in which abstraction acts as emotional matter, while the figurative element becomes an immediate point of connection. Her works bring together color, gesture and iconography to question our relationship with consumption, desire, memory, childhood, love and resilience.

 

In 2020, she received the Audience Award at the Printemps des Arts in Rosny-sous-Bois. She also gained recognition through her urban murals, notably at Spot 13 and Les Frigos in Paris’s 13th arrondissement, as well as through exhibitions at Galerie ERBK. Her visibility was further strengthened by notable collaborations on YouTube, including with Squeezie and Joyca.

 

Recognized internationally, PVettese exhibits in France, the Netherlands and the United States. Her works have joined private collections in France and abroad, including the United States, Spain, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, the United Kingdom and China.

 

As a committed artist, she regularly takes part in charity auctions, notably with Faire ma p’art, the NGO Humy, and the association Donnez-leur des Ailes – Népal, supporting human, social and environmental causes. Some of her works have also been presented for sale at Drouot, a reference in the art market.

 

PVettese now asserts a free, expressive and recognizable body of work, between iconic figures and inner abstraction, between popular culture and emotional depth. Through her creations, she invites viewers to reconnect with a sense of innocence in a saturated world, to see joy as a force, and love as a form of resistance.

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Expositions

ARTISTIC CURRICULUM

 

2025

Solidarity - Operation "Aux Arts Citoyens!", Faire ma P’art, Maison de Vente Philocale (Selarl Matthieu Semont) - June 2025

 

2024
Expo - Collective exhibition - Galerie J - Paris 13th

Solidarite - Operation "Money Art", Faire ma p’art, Orléans - June 2024

 

2023

EXPO - "Salon d'Automne" - Academie des Arts de Gournay, November 18 to December 3, Gournay Sur Marne
SOLIDARITY - Operation “Solidari’art”, Humy Association, October 29 to 1, Paris 11th
EXPO - Artistic Walk, September 16 and 17, Lagny Sur Marne
SOLIDARITY – “Money Art” Operation, Faire ma p’Art, Orléans
SOLIDARITY – Operation “To the Citizen Arts!” », Faire ma p’Art, Orléans
EXPO—Collective Exhibition - ERBK Gallery, January 2023, Paris 6th (appearance at 10:32 of the works exhibited in the video Find the Cake #2! with Squeezie and Joyca).

2022
​PERMANENT EXPO - Art'istes Art Gallery - Chanaz (73), France
EXPO— Collective Exhibition - ERBK Gallery from November 26 to 12, 2022, Paris 6th

STREET ART—Mural “Tribute to Van Gogh” Spot 13, June 2022, Paris 13th

STREET ART—Collages / Aerosol, Paris 13th (Buttes aux Cailles, Lavo//Matik) and Paris 19th (Rue Denoyez, Bellevedère de Belleville)

EXPO- 2nd edition "Les Arts Rosnéens" - March 8 to 31, 2022 - Rosny sous Bois (93) - France


2021
EXPO - Festival of Sacred Arts, December 6 to 12, 2021 - Compiègne (60) - France

EXPO– Academy of Arts of Gournay—November 22 to December 5—Gournay (93) - France

EXPO - ART SHOPPING fair - Carrousel du Louvre, June 18 to 20, 2021 - Paris (75)

EXPO - Exhibition of the Laureates of the Printemps des Artistes 2020, March 2 to 25, 2021 - Rosny sous bois (93)

EXPO - Exhibition "Les Arts Rosnéens" March 2 to 25 - Rosny sous Bois (93) - France

EXPO - Roz In Winter Gallery - January 9 to 29, 2021 - Barbizon (77) - France


2020
EXPO-Galerie Libre Est L'Art - September 19 to 25, 2020, Paris 3rd

DISTINCTION - "Special Recognition for excellence in art" award - “10th Anniversary” Light Space Time (USA)

EXPO - "10th Anniversary" Virtual Exhibition - July 25 to October 02, 2020, Light Space Time (CA, USA)

DISTINCTION - Certificate of encouragement from the artistic commission - Luxembourg Art Prize 2020

DISTINCTION - Audience Award - Rosnéennes Artists Spring 2020

EXPO- Printemps des Artistes Rosnéens - March 5 to April 2, 2020, Rosny sous bois (93)


2019​​

EXPO - Christmas market - Fort de Rosny - Rosny sous bois (93)

Art galleries / Exhibitions (Salon, Fair ...)

Some of Priscilla Vettese's original works on this site may be intended for art galleries or exhibitions.

These works are exhibited and sold, throughout the year or during exceptional events and exhibitions.

Priscilla studies all the different collaboration requests and selects the galleries or events that fit into her artistic vision.

Galeries
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Artists Gallery (Chanaz et Annecy)

https://galerie-art-istes.fr/
Tel : +337 80 99 31 80

Galerie Art'istes is a gallery of confirmed and emerging artists, passionate about contemporary art, pop art and street art, based in Annecy.

Find several works by Priscilla Vettese on the gallery's website.

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Vissert Art Gallery 

(The Hague - Netherlands)

https://visserartgallery.com/en/

Zwanenlaan 1
2566 EL Den Haag
Netherlands

VisserArtGallery started with a personal passion for finding and collecting affordable, modern art.

The collection quickly expanded and led to numerous partnerships with talented local and international artists.

 

Find several works by Priscilla Vettese in this gallery.

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Catawiki (Netherlands)

Catawiki is an online auction platform for exceptional, unique or unusual objects. It is an online platform where you will find rare objects in different fields: art (street art, pop art...etc), design (pop art sculpture...etc), luxury, vintage cars, jewelry... etc

 

You will therefore find at auction some of the works of Priscilla Vettese selected by experts on this site.

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Signature Fine Art
(Miami - USA)

https://www.signaturefineart.com/

Phone: +1 (844) 472-7639

  @signaturefineart 


Signature Fine Art is a fast-growing modern art gallery, connecting people to the art and artists they love, and offering a fine selection of paintings, drawings, sculptures and collectibles created by artists in different price ranges with a strong focus on Contemporary Art, Cubism, Pop Art and Street Art.

You will find some of Priscilla Vettese some artworks in this art gallery.

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ERBK Gallery
(Paris -6th, FRANCE)

https://erbkgallery.com/

Phone: +33 (0)6 37 38 76 35

  @erbkgallery


Located in the heart of Paris, in the historic district of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, the ErbK gallery was born in July 2020. Created by a street art enthusiast, its vocation is to support urban creation in all its forms. . It thus accompanies many artists, both emerging and established, with a rich program of exhibitions.

Works (sculptures and paintings) by Priscilla Vettese are exhibited in this art gallery.

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ERBK Gallery
(Paris -6th, FRANCE)

https://erbkgallery.com/

Phone: +33 (0)6 37 38 76 35

  @erbkgallery


Located in the heart of Paris, in the historic district of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, the ErbK gallery was born in July 2020. Created by a street art enthusiast, its vocation is to support urban creation in all its forms. . It thus accompanies many artists, both emerging and established, with a rich program of exhibitions.

Works (sculptures and paintings) by Priscilla Vettese are exhibited in this art gallery.

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ERBK Gallery
(Paris -6th, FRANCE)

https://erbkgallery.com/

Phone: +33 (0)6 37 38 76 35

  @erbkgallery


Located in the heart of Paris, in the historic district of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, the ErbK gallery was born in July 2020. Created by a street art enthusiast, its vocation is to support urban creation in all its forms. . It thus accompanies many artists, both emerging and established, with a rich program of exhibitions.

Works (sculptures and paintings) by Priscilla Vettese are exhibited in this art gallery.

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