Annie's Bio Annie Clavel was born in Toulouse, France. Her parents encouraged her unbounded expression of self and individuality. This turned out to be an appreciation for expressionist and abstract art as well as a natural talent for Mathematic and Computer Science.

Annie gained a Masters in both these subjects and taught them at schools throughout France and Tunisia up until 1992.

In 1985 Annie pursued her other passion, Art. She attended art classes in France and Germany. Between 1997 and 2001, she undertook various painting workshops and courses in Paris under the instruction of Olivier Di Pizio, who introduced her to abstract expressionism. Annie traveled and lived abroad in Tunisia, Germany and France with her husband and three children. Many of her earlier works portray an expression of realism seen in the day to day life of people, nature and culture of each country.

Annie and her husband moved from France to Long Beach, California, in 2006.

Education

• Masters in Mathematics & Computer Science, Paris
• Art Classes, Drawing and Painting, Gometz le Châtel, 1989 – 1992     
• Workshop – L’Atelier Bleu, Paris, 1993-1996
• Art Classes: Atelier Olivier Di Pizio, Issy les Moulineaux, 1997 – 2001
• Workshop – Kunstschule, Norden, Germany, 2001

Solo Exhibitions (2000-2009)

• Rainforest
  Creama Café, Long Beach, June 2009
• Lumière de Californie
  Frenchy's Bistro, Long Beach, April- May 2009
• Show Around The World
  Senator Alan Lowenthal's Office, Long Beach January - March 2009, Women in Motion
  Creama Café, Long Beach, November 2008
• Long Beach at a Glance
  Creama Café, Long Beach, February 2008
• Topologie
  Creama Café, Long Beach, May 2007
• Le pays enchanté
  Loft Gallery, Paris, 2006
• Femmes en mouvement
  L’escargot, Puteaux, 2006

Group Exhibitions (2000-2008)

• Dual exhibition, 360 Degrees, Alliance Française de Los Angeles, November 2008
• Group exhibition, Hauntingly Beautiful, Artists Open Group of Palos Verdes Art Center, October 2008
• Juried exhibition, Small Treasures, Palos Verdes Art Center, August 2008
• Juried exhibition, Strength & Vulnerability, Long Beach 2nd City Council, July 2008
• Group exhibition, Amitié Expo 2008, Beverly Hills, June 2008
• Juried exhibition, Freestyle Abstraction, Long Beach Arts, April 2008
• Group exhibition, Les Anonymes, Chaos, Château de Saint Jean le Blanc, Orléans, 2004
• Group exhibition, Maison des Jeunes, Workshop Olivia, Puteaux, France, 2002
• Group exhibition, Abstraction, L’Atelier Bleu, Briare, France, 2000