Cristina Escobar was born in Cuba. She currently lives and works in Nancy.
TRAINING
2006
National School of Art of Nancy
1996
Academy of Plastic Arts of Santiago de Cuba
COLLECTIONS
Daniel & Florence Guerlain Foundation
Francois Schneider Foundation
RESIDENCES | SCHOLARSHIPS | PRICE
2025
Residency at the Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris
Winner of the Territorial Residency – Cauvaldor, Contemporary Art Festival “Resurgence”
Villa Ndar Residence, Saint-Louis, Senegal
2024
Winner, DDessin 24 Prize, Paris
2022 - 2023
Residence, Mission of the Territories, Grand-Est Region Commission, France
2022
Finalist, Prix Carré sur Seine, Boulogne, France
Complementary list, Casa Velasquez, Madrid, Spain
2020 - 2021
Residence, Pigeons and Swallows, Participatory intervention, Migennes, France
Residence POLLEN
2019
Winner, Contemporary Talents Prize, Francois Schneider Foundation
Winner, project Junction areas, L'Octroi, Nancy, France
2018
Residence, The Red Cross, Lucca, Italy
2017
Laureate 1% Artistic, Grand-Est region, Upper College of Penoy, France
Residence, Hello India 2017, French Institute India Delhi-Alliance Française
2014
Corporate residency FLB, Ministry of Culture – Art and the world of work
PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS (selection)
2026
The WalkersErgastule, Nancy
2024
MIRA Art FairLatin American House, Olivier Waltman Gallery, Paris
Entre lineas y sin palabras / Between the lines without words, Galerie Olivier Waltman, Paris, FR
2022
Pigeons and Swallows, RigLab, Migennes, France
2021
The shadow of things Pollen, Monflanquin, France
2016
DDrawing, Paris, France
2015
mirages, Nancy Museum of Fine Arts, France
2014
Personal exhibition, Premier Regard Gallery, Paris, France
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selection)
2026
Common traits, Galerie Olivier Waltman, Paris
Triennial “Of Their Time”8th edition, Mac Marseille, In partnership with ADIAF
Drawing Now, Galerie Olivier Waltman, Paris
Cruel cityDouala, Cameroon, Commissioner: Marie Deparis-Yafil
2025
The restless waterIssy-les-Moulineaux Biennial
Armory Show, Galerie Olivier Waltman, Paris, FR
Issy-les-Moulineaux Biennale, curated by Sophie Deschamps & Anne Malherbe
Traces of the World: 5 perspectives from contemporary artists, House of the World, Tremblay-en-France
2024
Passion for drawing : the private collection of Florence and Daniel Guerlain, curator Philippe Bouchet, Hospice Saint-Roch Museum, Issoudun
D Drawing, Domus Maubourg, Galerie Olivier Waltman, Paris
2022
activists, Maison Guerlain, Paris + Art Basel, Grand Palais Ephemeral, Paris
The presence of the absence, Parachute Moon, Epinal, France
2021
water territories, Quai Branly Museum, Paris, France
2020
Junction areas, L'Octroi, Nancy, France
2019
Contemporary Talents Prize, Francois Schneider Foundation
2017
DDrawing, Paris
Collective exhibition, Phantom Project Contemporary, Troyes, France
2016
London Art Fair, VeryArtSpace Gallery, London, UK
PUBLICATIONS | CATALOGS
2021
Water Territories, Quai Branly Museum / François Schneider Foundation, Catalog
2019
Behind the scenes of the Museum of Fine Arts of Nancy, Catalog
Contemporary Talents / 7rd edition, François Schneider Foundation, Catalog