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 Veil of Duality, confronts us with her paradox—fragile yet defiant, innocence laced with provocation. Her gaze cuts through the veil, demanding presence, daring contradiction.
Coralie, in Inward Light, moves differently — ascending rather than confronting. Her body leans toward reverie, dissolving into breath and translucence. She does not rupture; she invites.
Together, they form a diptych of becoming: confrontation and reflection, shadow and illumination. Two women, two presences—each revealing that to exist fully is to hold light and darkness at once.
Nina – Veil of Duality
Oil on tracing paper, 120 × 100 cm,
Beaux-Arts de Paris, 2025.02.26.1927
Nina’s figure unfolds like a paradox: angelic yet defiant, fragile yet carved with intensity. Her porcelain skin carries blue undertones of vulnerability, while her dark hair anchors her presence with force. Draped against the bold white sheet, she does not simply recline—she confronts.
Her gaze is luminous, amused, and unnervingly sharp, teetering between innocence and provocation. The sheet amplifies this duality of concealment and exposure. The brush exposes rather than flatters, capturing not just a model, but a woman who refuses silence.
Coralie – Inward Light
Oil on tracing paper, 120 × 80 cm
Beaux-Arts de Paris, 2025.02.28.1716
Coralie rises inward, as if light itself were breathing her into form. Her body tilts in quiet reflection—neither reclining nor resisting, but ascending into presence. Shadows touch her lightly, dissolving edges into translucence, while the brush follows her breath rather than her outline.
This is not a pose, but a threshold: the instant where thought turns luminous, where the inner life emerges unguarded. Coralie does not confront; she invites—offering us reverie instead of rupture, stillness instead of spectacle.
About Fangyou
Fangyou Belleli paints time—not its passage, but its pulse. Known for her large-scale portraits and nude studies painted live in 5 to 20 minutes, she works in oil on translucent tracing paper, capturing presence as it flickers and fades. Each stroke is a transmission—breath, energy, light.
Rooted in ancient notions of time, her practice merges mastery with surrender: a ritual of becoming rather than depiction. The figures she paints seem to appear and disappear as you move—ephemeral, vibrating, alive.
She does not paint what she sees.
She paints what is about to vanish.
“To paint is to disappear into the breath of another—until time folds, and only presence remains.” — Fangyou Belleli
About the WIA Biennale
The Biennale of Women In Art is an important occasion to build upon existing efforts worldwide that strive for more balanced gender representation in the art realm. The exhibition will develop and reinforce the momentum of this movement, providing a platform to showcase the creative ingenuity, unique perspectives, and shared humanity of a global collection of female artists.
Venue
Chelsea Old Town Hall, London, England
King’s Road, London SW3 5EE, United Kingdom
September 11-14, 2025
Exhibition open to the public:
September 12, 2025 From 11:00h – 21:00h
