Christian Jequel is a contemporary painter living and working in Marseille.
He developed an original knife painting technique, knowing how to create shadow, light and movement in his canvases with a single gesture.
| 2016 | Start of collaboration with "Jones and Terwilliger galleries Carmel and Palm desert Californie |
| 2015 | Start of collaboration with " N2N Gallery" Abu-Dhabi |
| 2013 | Solo exhibition at the "Yudefang Art Space" in Shanghai (China). |
| 2012 | Sole exhibition at the 'Michael Marciano Gallery" in Marseille |
| 2011 | Solo exhibition at the "Michael Marciano Gallery" place des Vosges in Paris. |
| 2007 | He exhibits at “Art Shangaï” (China). Solo exhibition at the “Galerie Lacydon” in Marseille. Publication of the third book dedicated to his work. |
| 2006 | Solo exhibition in Dubai (United Arab Emirates). He exhibits at "Beijing International Art"(China) |
| 2005 | Exhibits at “Art Shangai”(China). |
| 2004 | Solo exhibition at the “Galerie Lacydon” in Marseille. Solo exhibition at the “Galerie Mazarin” in Toulon. From this date every year Christian Jequel teachs his own knife technique at the Paint Academy of Moulin de Perrot and now to Glandier in Loir et Cher (France). |
| 2001 | Solo exhibition at the “Galerie de Cannes”(Cannes). |
| 1999 | Solo exhibition at the “Galerie Mazarin” in Toulon. Solo exhibition in Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire). |
| 1998 | Solo exhibition at the “Galerie Lacydon” in Marseille. |
| 1997 | Solo exhibition in Naple (Florida-USA). |
| 1996 | Solo exhibition at the “Galerie Mazarin” in Toulon. Publication of the second book dedicated to his work. |
| 1995 | First exhibition at "Art Expo" in New-York. |
| 1994 | Solo exhibition in Carmel (California-USA). |
| 1989 to 1990 | The United States discovers Jequel through the “Lutece Galleries” in Carmel, Los Angeles and San Francisco. |
| 1989 | Publication of the first book dedicated to his work. |
| 1985 to 1989 | He exhibits in Paris as well as in the main cities in France. He also exhibits in the United States, Japan, Spain, etc... He is invited to participate to a number of televised programmes in one of which he paints live. |
| 1985 | He is guest of honour at the "Festival Européen d’Art". |
| 1983 | He is invited to the “Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts” at the Grand Palais in Paris. |
| 1979 | First solo exhibition at the "Galerie d'Art de la Place Beauvau" in Paris |
| 1973 | The "Lacydon Gallery" in Marseille exhibits his work for the first time. |
| 1960 to 1969 | A period of study during which he discovers his technique of applying paint with a knife and develops his own methods and approaches. |
| 1960 | Date of his first solo exhibition. |
| 1935 | Christian Jequel is born on the 16 january of this year in Ganges in the Cévennes. |
