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Biography

Distill Joy - Paint Inner Peace

French artist Achao has been exploring a plastic universe for over a decade, where color, light, and movement become instruments of meditation. His large formats painted on free canvases offer fluid visual fields, where floating patterns, intertwined bubbles, and organic geometries engage in an aerial dance.
His work does not seek to illustrate a story but to open a space. Each canvas becomes a breath: a pause that calms and refocuses. In the lineage of Matisse or Indian ornamental traditions, he develops a vocabulary of universal patterns that speak to the eye before speaking to the intellect.
Exhibited in France, Belgium, and Italy, Achao constructs a work oriented towards the intimate and the universal. His current research leads him to develop monumental formats designed for immersive spaces.

Five impactful exhibitions

2025  
"At the Borders of Awakening"
 
In partnership with the Umbria Region  
Church of Santa Maria della Misericordia  
Perugia, Italy  

2024  
"Evanescences Chromatiques"  

UCLY (Catholic University of Lyon)  
Participation in the European Heritage Days  
Saint-Jean Campus  
Lyon, France  

"Achao in Dialogue with Henri Matisse"  
French Institute, Saint-Louis Center  
Rome, Italy  

"Celestial Heights"  
Galleria Angelica, Angelica Library  
Rome, Italy  

2018  
"Vibrant India"  

Halles Saint-Géry  
Exhibition included in the off of 'Brussels Art Fair'  
Brussels, Belgium

Detailed course

Personal Exhibitions


2025
"At the Boundaries of Awakening"
In partnership with the Umbria Region
Church of Santa Maria della Misericordia
Perugia, Italy

Solo Exhibition
Gallery l’App’Art
Périgueux, France

2024
"Chromatic Evanescences"
UCLY (Catholic University of Lyon)
Participation in the European Heritage Days
Saint-Jean Campus
Lyon, France

"Achao in Dialogue with Henri Matisse"
French Institute, Saint-Louis Center
Rome, Italy

"Celestial Heights"
Galleria Angelica, Biblioteca Angelica
Rome, Italy

2023
Solo Exhibition
Galleria Le Logge, Palazzo dei Priori
Assisi, Italy

"Moderato Cantabile"
Château de l’Arthaudière
Isère, France

"Chapelle des Pénitents Blancs"  
Gordes, Luberon, France

2022
"Closer to Paradise"
Galleria Le Logge, Palazzo dei Priori
Assisi, Italy

2021
"Instant Présent"  
Jean Prouvé Art Center
Issoire, France

"Scent of Beautiful Days"
Galleria Arte Sempione
Rome, Italy

2020
"Embedded"
Space Gallery
Brussels, Belgium

2018–2019
"In the Footsteps of Eadweard Muybridge"
Epycentre Factory
Clermont-Ferrand, France

"Soudain, cet été"  
Chameleon Art Center
Pont-du-Château, France

Exhibition Curatorship

2018
“Vibrant India”
Halles Saint-Géry
Exhibition registered in the off of 'Brussels Art Fair'
Brussels, Belgium

2017
“Passerelles de l'Inde”
Maison Folie de l’Hospice d’Havré
Tourcoing, France

Collective Exhibitions

2025
“Biennale Hors Normes”
Palais Bondy
Participation in the European Heritage Days
Lyon, France

“Arts en balade”
Opening of the artist's studio
Presentation of the installation 'At the Borders of Awakening'
A joint installation with sculptor Lars Von KFL
Clermont-Ferrand, France

2024
Andakulova Gallery
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

“ArtExpo Paris 2024”
Galerie Agnès Nord
Paris, France

2023
Biennale Hors Normes,
UCLY, Lyon, France

2021
“Arts en Balade”
Opening of the artist's studio
Clermont-Ferrand, France

“Retrospective”
Tauves, France

2019
“Single Work”
Galleria Medina
Rome, Italy

2018
“Jamais trop d'Art”
Chapelle Saint-Luc
An exhibition by Galerie Arawak 21
Tournai, Belgium

2017
“Artistes en Liberté”
Palais Bondy
An exhibition by the Société Lyonnaise des Beaux-Arts
Lyon, France

“SAC Art Fair”
Charleroi, Belgium

2016–2015
“Arts en Balade”
Opening of the artist's studio
Chamalières, France

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