Biography
Distill Joy - Paint Inner Peace
French artist Achao has been exploring a plastic universe for over ten years where color, light, and movement become instruments of meditation. His large-scale works painted on free canvases offer fluid visual fields, where floating patterns, interwoven bubbles, and organic geometries engage in an aerial dance.
His work doesn’t seek to illustrate a story but to open a space. Each canvas becomes a breath: a pause that soothes and refocuses. In the lineage of Matisse or Indian ornamental traditions, he develops a vocabulary of universal patterns that speak to the eye before engaging the intellect.
Exhibited in France, Belgium, and Italy, Achao constructs a body of work oriented towards the intimate and the universal. His current research leads him to develop monumental formats designed for immersive spaces.
Five notable exhibitions
2025
"At the Borders of Awakening"
In partnership with the Umbria Region
Santa Maria della Misericordia Church
Perugia, Italy
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"
Angelica Gallery, Angelica Library
Rome, Italy
2018
"Vibrant India"
Saint-Géry Hall
Exhibition included in the off of 'Brussels Art Fair'
Brussels, Belgium