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I AM A PAINTER OF LAKE GENEVA
AND OF LIGHT<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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I am inspired by my region and its contrasts. My preferred technique is oil painting, but I also use acrylic paint and mixed media. <\/p>

I love sharing my passion with people interested in art. I offer different types of workshops that develop talent and improve group dynamics through painting. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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MY ARTISTIC APPROACH<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Between Roots and Infinity<\/em><\/h3>

For forty years, my painting has been much more than a refuge; it is an act of faith where I cultivate the essential. With over 800 canvases created, I have made the canvas a sacred space where earth, lake, and sky meet, where reality and dream converge. My work is born from a deep need for connection: with my local roots, with the infinity that dwells within us all. <\/p>

My approach oscillates between two complementary poles. On one hand, I paint the oil landscapes of my region to elevate them and reveal their soul. On the other hand, I give birth to imaginary cities, architectures of light where the spirit can escape. These dreamlike cities are temples of the imagination, places where time stops to make way for contemplation. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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At the heart of this duality pulses a contrasted light, my spiritual signature. I do not paint only the light of day, but the light from within, the one that passes through shadow to reveal joy. This interplay of shadows and brilliance is a metaphor for the human condition: the search for light in darkness, peace in turmoil. It is an invitation to see beyond the visible, to feel that joyful and profound vibration that runs through all things. <\/p>

This quest for the essential has led me to share these visions through 30 exhibitions in Switzerland and Europe. Each exhibition was a stage in this pilgrimage, a moment of encounter where the viewer is invited to enter this silent dialogue between matter and spirit. My painting is a shell where I am fully myself, and my wish is that each gaze upon a canvas becomes a moment of renewal, an invitation to rediscover one’s own inner light. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Shell of Light, 2013 ed.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Rita Mancesti co-published her artistic retrospective retracing her life as a painter; her beginnings, the exhibitions that marked her, and the history of her paintings. The book is available for purchase.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Artistic Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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1970<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0Born in Perly, Geneva<\/p>

1987<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0First group exhibition in Perly<\/p>

1989<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0Graduated from the arts programme in Carouge and received First Prize in Drawing<\/p>

1998\u20132000<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0Oil painting classes at the studio of artist Mello in Carouge<\/p>

2000\u20132002<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0Oil painting classes at the studio of artist Dewiary in Lausanne<\/p>

2001\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>Galerie Ditzoff in Coppet (VD)<\/p>

2003\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>Opening of Atelier les 2 Peintres in Coppet (VD)<\/p>

2005<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0Galerie du Clocher in Aubonne (VD)<\/p>

2006\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>Galerie Pfeiffer in Rolle (VD)<\/p>

2006\u20132008<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0Sculpture and stone-carving classes<\/p>

2007<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0Galerie la Tour de Diesse in Neuch\u00e2tel (NE)<\/p>

2008<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0Galerie des Talents in Sugiez (FR)<\/p>

2009<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0Galerie du Jorat in M\u00e9zi\u00e8res (VD)<\/p>

2010<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0Galerie Mimesis contemporary Art in Geneva (GE)<\/p>

2010<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0Galerie d’Arfi in Saint-Sulpice (VD)<\/p>

2011<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0Galerie Eule-Art in Davos (GR)<\/p>

2012<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0Galerie im Heilzentrum in Saint-Moritz (GR)<\/p>

2013\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>Co-publication of my monograph “Shell of Light”, cat. 1983-2013<\/p>

2013\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>Galerie Raiffeisen in Nyon (VD)<\/p>

2013<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0Galerie Art&Cadre in Versoix (GE)<\/p>

2014<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0Gallery The Brick Lane in London (UK)<\/p>

2015<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0Arte in Rete in Milan (IT) and Gallery in Piacenza (IT)<\/p>

2015\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>Parvis d’Artistes in Tannay (VD)<\/p>

2015\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>Tourist Office in St-Cergue (VD)<\/p>

2016<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0Galerie La Spirale in Vevey (VD)<\/p>

2017\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>Espace Murandaz in Nyon (VD)<\/p>

2018<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0Galerie Schmid in Zug (ZG)<\/p>

2019<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0Galerie La Spirale – Winegrowers’ Festival (VD)<\/p>

2019\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>Les peintres de Gland – Grand Champ (VD)<\/p>

2020\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>Mus\u00e9e romand de l’Agriculture in Gingins (VD)<\/p>

2021\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>Opening of Atelier Mancesti in Coppet (VD)<\/p>

2024<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0Gallery “L’incubateur” in Bulle (FR)<\/p>

2024\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>Opening of Art-studio Rita Mancesti in Rolle (VD) – permanent exhibition<\/p>

2025<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0Gallery of H\u00f4tel Belvedere in Scuol (GR)<\/p>

2025<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a040 Years Exhibition – IceBergues in Geneva (GE)<\/p>

2026<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0Visarte newcomer member (VD) – group exhibition “business cards”<\/p>

In planning:<\/h3>

2027<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0Museum exhibition “The Unveiled Woman” – Women Artists Museum (MAF)<\/p>

2027<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0Exhibition at Ferme des Tilleuls – Renens<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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