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Fangyou Belleli
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Stratigraphy of Gesture
Fangyou Belleli’s work is built through the accumulation of gestures made under extreme temporal constraints. Her practice is rooted first in drawing from life, where strict time limits — five minutes, ten minutes, sometimes less than three — eliminate any hesitation. The line must emerge immediately, relying on bodily memory rather than correction.
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Sculpture, Modelage & Engraving
An Emerging Dialogue I began exploring sculpture and engraving in July 2022 as natural extensions of my gestural painting language—seeking to embody presence not only on canvas, but in volume, matter, and tactile resonance. This initial impulse was interrupted when I returned to China following the passing of my father. That profound chapter of grief…
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Time-Based Figurative Painting
Painting begins with the living body and unfolds within the limits of time. Gesture replaces hesitation, allowing resemblance and movement to appear in a single act.Each painting is the visible trace of a moment shared between presence, perception, and paint. — Fangyou Belleli
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China’s creative dimensions
Experimentation with formsAdaptation to the constraints of the wallConstruction of a shared visual language A space where repetition becomes language.Where silence becomes form.Where presence, even in its slightest expression, finds a visible inscription…
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Women in art | Biennale London 2025
September 11 to 14 in London Fangyou Belleli’s art will be featured in the Digital showcase at the 2025 Women in art Biennale of London, september 11-14, in collaboration with Artio Gallery. The exposition will feature two artworks physically and an additional two digitally. These two paintings unfold like mirrors of the feminine soul.Nina, in…
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Our Apricot Tree – A Letter of Grace
Our apricot tree — planted with my father decades ago — bore fruit for the first time this year.The very year of our Belleli family’s artistic blooming:Sophia’s graduation from Gobelins,Solène’s rising star with Paris City Pop,and me — winner of the Art Prize 2025, returned to life, whole and free.This is no coincidence.It is a…
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Upcoming Exhibitions | 2025 – 2026
Save the dates ! September 2025 Beyond Borders, MEAM, Barcelona October – November 2025 Session 07, Galeria Azur, Berlin April 2026 Art Shopping, Carousel du Louvre, Paris April 2026 Art Paris, Grand Palais, Paris Ferbruary 2026 Art Capital, Grand Palais, Paris June 2026 Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland October 2026 Interconnecting Lines, New York
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Session 07, Galeria Azur, Berlin
October 24th – November 25th 2025 Fangyou Belleli’s art will be featured at the Galeria Azur in Berlin for their Session 07 exhibition. Several on her works will be displayed digitally and two paintings will be exposed physically in their gallery About Fangyou Fangyou Belleli paints time—not its passage, but its pulse. Known for her…
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Breath & Stone
A Dialogue Between the Living and the Enduring One paints what is alive. The other builds what remains. This exhibition brings into dialogue two radically differentrelationships to time:Fangyou Belleli — painting as immediacy, presence, breath,living gestureHengtong Chen — image as construction, repetition,containment, historical weight
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WAMA – Where Art Meets Awareness
“Art is not here to decorate the world. It is here to slow us down, so we may finally see where we are.”