Born in Mexico City, Krytzia is a global artist with long sojourns in France, Spain, Venezuela, the Netherlands, US (NY and California).
Her influences are myriad. Her canvases need to be experienced from a distance and then inspected up close. Her organic style infuses temperature, minerals, sand, texture and color from the world around her and working in nature she says “makes me feel like I’m bringing part of that experience into my work”. Investigating her expansive works you find bits of leaves, grains of sand, fabric, even plastic refuse embedded in the canvas.
Climate Change is always on her mind and she is both deeply connected to nature and concerned. She sees her bold work as a way to honor and create an artistic call to action.
ABOUT KRYTZIA
Krytzia is an artist whose art is earthy and ethereal. Her work is often large scale, organic and inspired by natural colors, textures and moods. She is inspired most by humans, nature, and their interconnected past and future. Krytzia’s paintings and sculptures evoke the natural world as well as the common link between all mankind.
Working out of Henry Mattise’s old studio in Paris and in San Francisco, Krytzia’s paintings and sculptures are now spread across the world. She has had exhibitions in the United States, Mexico, France, Venezuela, Czech Republic, and Hungary. She has paintings and sculptures permanently residing in the OECD in Paris, UNESCO in Mexico City, the World Trade Center in Mexico City, and numerous international private collections.
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KRYTZIA DABDOUB Visual Artist
Paris · New York · San Francisco · Mexico City
ARTISTIC PRACTICE
Krytzia Dabdoub is an internationally active multidisciplinary artist working across painting, sculpture, installation, ceramics, photography, and textile. Informed by extensive experience across diverse cultural and geographic contexts, her practice is rooted in research, material intelligence, and socially engaged inquiry. Through abstraction, organic materials, and site-responsive works in public and institutional spaces, Dabdoub explores connection, resilience, and environmental and social impact.
EDUCATION
École du Louvre, Paris — Auditeur Libre, Art History, 2005–2009
Christie’s Education, Paris — Art History, 2006–2007
École des Beaux-Arts de Paris — Drawing & Painting, 2008
CEV Barcelona — Artistic Photography, 1995–1996
ITAM, Mexico City — Business Studies,1991
ESAG Penninghen, Paris — Graphic Design, 1990
TEACHING, WORKSHOPS & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Art workshops for children, Bal Ashram, India, in collaboration with Kailash Satyarthi, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
Community art workshops, PAIDI, Mexico City
Educational workshops, Peninsula Museum of Art, CA
Public art workshops, Hispanic Heritage Month, San Jose, CA
HONORS, LECTURES & LEADERSHIP
UNESCO Artist / Ambassador
Invited Speaker / artist, UNESCO Global Forum Against Racism and Discrimination, Mexico City
COLLECTIONS
UNESCO Permanent Art Collection, Paris
OECD Permanent Art Collection, Paris (Universe of Water)
World Trade Center Mexico City Art Collection (Trivium)
LANGUAGES Spanish (native) · English (fluent) · French (fluent)