Dany Albiach

Artist
Born in 1999, graduate of the National School of Art of Nice – Villa Arson.
Based in France.

Contact : albiach.dany@gmail.com

Artist Dany Albiach conceives of art as a relational and existential space, capable of transforming his relationship with others, everyday life, and memory. A graduate of Villa Arson in 2024, he has developed a practice attentive to what may seem ordinary or insignificant, seeking to reveal its emotional and sensory depth. His works emerge as fragile attempts to preserve intimacy in the face of time, erasure, and disappearance.

Drawing on printmaking and drawing, his work is deeply influenced by the experience of insomnia, which infuses his compositions with intense blues and nocturnal depths, evoking silence, dreams, and diffuse memories. His artistic influences intertwine with the landscapes that have shaped his journey, from the shores and volcanic reliefs of Réunion Island to the maritime horizons of Nice.

Through twilight landscapes, reflections, and fragments of bodies or nature, Dany Albiach creates suspended spaces between fiction and reminiscence. His work invites contemplation and a form of quiet introspection, while maintaining a balance between personal experimentation and visual accessibility. By leaving faces indistinct, titles absent, and scenes deliberately fragmentary, he preserves an element of mystery, allowing viewers to project their own memories and emotions onto the works. In this way, his practice transforms the intimate into a shared and universal experience.

Text : Pauline Vermeren

Dany Albiach, homme avec des cheveux ondulés et une barbe se tient dans une galerie d'art, portant un t-shirt noir et un pantalon noir, debout près de trois tableaux abstraits avec des tons de bleu et de noir.

Education

  • National School of Art of Nice – Villa Arson

2021–2024: DNSEP (Master’s degree in Fine Arts), with honors.

2018–2021: DNA (Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts), with honors.

  • Preparatory Class for Fine Arts, Lyon. (2017–2018).

Awards / Grants

  • Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation, 2026.

Residencies

  • Artist residency, Villa Arson, Nice, 02/03/2026 – 12/07/2026.

  • Rouvrir le monde, Cuers, August 2025.

  • Artist residency, Issoudun, 05/05/2025 – 05/08/2025.

  • Rouvrir le monde, Nice, July 2024.

Exhibitions

  • Là où le jour cède, solo exhibition at Villa Arson, Nice, 10/07/2026 – 27/09/2026.

  • Beyond the Visible, group exhibition at Villa Olivia, Villefranche-sur-Mer, 04/05/2026 – 31/10/2026.

  • Mémoires fugitives, solo exhibition at 46 St Paul Gallery, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, 03/03/2026 – 02/05/2026.

  • Yours Truly, group exhibition at Villa Arson, Nice, 26/09/2025 – 11/01/2026.

  • Une nouvelle génération du dessin, group exhibition at Hôtel des Arts TPM, Toulon, 06/12/2024 – 01/02/2025.

  • Asymptote, solo exhibition at La Bonbonnière, Les Roches-de-Condrieu, 2022.

  • Unes à la Hune, regards (sur le) féminin(s), group exhibition at Halle Roublot, Fontenay-sous-Bois, 2022.

Publication / Presse

  • Les Inrocks «“The Drawer” à Toulon, rendez-vous avec la jeune garde du dessin contemporain !» (2024).

  • The Drawer 24,  2024