Neïla Czermak Ichti

Born in Bondy in 1996, Neïla Czermak Ichti is a French artist who lives and works in Marseille. She graduated from the École des Beaux-Arts in Marseille and has taken part in collective exhibitions at CAC Brétigny (Brétigny-sur-Orge), Galerie Edouard Manet (Gennevilliers), MO.CO. (Montpellier), the Villa Arson (Nice), La Villette (Paris) and the Magasins Généraux (Pantin). She was a resident of the 1st promotion of Artagon Marseille (2021-2022), and an artist associate of Triangle – Astérides (Marseille) in 2024. Through drawing, painting and installation, she describes the people around her. The scenes she depicts take on magical, invisible and fantastic dimensions, fed by references to pop culture and cinema. They also express their supernatural force through the electric contrast of dark areas and acid-coloured highlights. The artist, who likes to remind us that her first name spelt backwards means “alien”, conveys in her works her love for her family, both biological and chosen, filled with friends and fictional characters, the sidekicks of her real and dream lives. Neïla Czermak Ichti is represented by Galerie Anne Barrault (Paris), where she had solo exhibitions in 2021 and 2023.