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Surrealist Self-Awareness School Fantastic Art Exhibition | 2025 Sino-French International Art Exchange Gala
Exhibition Period: July 1 – July 30, 2025 (lasting for one month)
Venue: Art Space in the 13th Arrondissement of Paris (specific venue to be announced later)
Joint Presentation: A Collaborative Masterpiece by Chinese and French Art Maestros

This exhibition is jointly presented by Timothee Bordenave, a renowned artist and curator from Paris, France, who specializes in cross-disciplinary art experiments, and Anna Keiko, a representative of the new generation of China’s “Self-Awareness School of Surrealism”. Anna Keiko reconstructs surrealist visual language with Eastern philosophical thoughts, infusing surrealism with a brand-new Eastern charm. The combination of these two artists with distinct styles but complementary strengths is set to offer the audience an unprecedented art feast.
Exhibition Highlights: A Multifaceted Fusion, Opening Up a New Artistic Horizon
A New Dimension of Cultural Dialogue: An In-Depth Exploration of Cross-Cultural Exchange
With “surrealism” as the link, this exhibition seamlessly blends French avant-garde art concepts with contemporary Chinese self-awareness school creations. This fusion not only echoes a series of Sino-French art events held in Paris in 2025, such as the “Sino-French Art Dialogue Exhibition” at the Paris Chinese Culture Center and the “Art Blossoms Along the Way” International Exchange Exhibition at the Louvre, but also deepens the cross-cultural theme of “appreciating the beauty of each other and creating a shared beauty”. Through the universal language of art, Chinese and French cultures understand and appreciate each other through collisions, jointly composing a harmonious cross-cultural symphony.
A Clash of Dual Perspectives: An Exhilarating Encounter between Eastern and Western Art

Timothee Bordenave: He is a highly innovative artist who excels at breaking the boundaries of traditional art galleries. Through unique spatial narrative techniques, he stimulates immersive art experiences for the audience. In his works, space is no longer a mere background but an integral part of artistic expression. The audience feels as if they are stepping into a fantastical art world, engaging in in-depth interactions and exchanges with the works.
Anna Keiko: Her works are based on self-awareness and skillfully combine reality with ultra-avant-garde concepts, showcasing an Eastern surrealist style where “dreams and reality coexist”. Her representative series, “The Realm of Emptiness”, uses unique visual language to evoke profound metaphors about ecology and spirit. In this series, reality and dreams intertwine, and the audience seems to enter a world that is both familiar and unfamiliar, sensing the unique Eastern understanding of nature, life, and spirit.
Linkage with Paris’s Art Ecosystem: A Comprehensive Convergence of Artistic Fervor
The exhibition is located in the 13th Arrondissement of Paris, the core area of Paris’s contemporary art experimental field. It forms a powerful resonance with other art events held simultaneously, such as the “Sino-French Cultural Spring” (kicking off in April) and the “Impressionist Night” Immersive Exhibition, attracting the keen attention of art collectors and curators from around the world. The 13th Arrondissement of Paris will become a hub for art, where various art forms collide and blend, creating a vibrant and creative artistic atmosphere.

Visiting and Collecting: Convenient Participation, Cherishing Artistic Treasures
Public Opening: Enjoy the Art Feast for Free
This exhibition is open to the public free of charge, allowing more people to have the opportunity to appreciate the wonderful works of Chinese and French artists up close. Meanwhile, some special invited events require prior reservation to ensure that visitors can have a better visiting experience.
Artwork Collecting: Limited Editions, Not to Be Missed
The exhibition provides channels for art enthusiasts and collectors to collect limited-edition prints and original works. If you want to bring this unique artistic charm home, please contact the curatorial team via email:[email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) or [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]).
“Dreams Without Boundaries · Rebirth of Self-Awareness”- This exhibition is not just a visual feast but also a poetic response from young Chinese and French artists to the post-human era. Here, you will cross the boundaries between reality and dreams, feel the fusion and collision of Eastern and Western cultures, and embark on a wonderful adventure of thought and aesthetics. We sincerely invite you to join this art appointment and explore the infinite possibilities of art together!
