Of Italian nationality, Cecilia Granara grew up in Mexico City, Rome, and Chicago. Through her extended painting practice she draws on self-fiction, poetry and symbolic iconography . She is interested in cultural attitudes to bodies, spirituality and nature, and the use of color as a vehicle for emotions.
She studied at Central St. Martin’s School of Art and Design in London and at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts in Paris as well as Hunter College in New York City. Solo shows include “Carol Rama – Cecilia Granara: Occhi, lingue, sangue, stelle (duo show)” at Cassina Projects, Milan, “Tazas y Arcos” at the Italian Cultural Institute, Mexico City, “Naître, Renaître”, Lesneven, “No Love Without Grief”, “Quatre Coeurs” and “0 infinity 21” and a solo stand at FIAC Paris with Exo Exo; “Brittle Stars” at Sapling, London, “Lasciare Entrare, Lasciare Andare” at Studiolo Project, Milan. She participated in institutional shows at Fondation Ricard, Château La Coste, CAC Passerelle, Centre d’Art Parc Saint Léger, Musée Cérès Franco, ps120 Berlin. She participated in group shows at La Triennale, Milan, Galerie Jousse Entreprise, High Art, Derouillon, Jérôme Poggi, Paris, Brigade Gallery, Copenhagen. She was a finalist in the Antoine Marin Prize in 2019 and was nominated for the Cairo Prize in 2021. Her work is part of the X Museum collection, Beijing.