“I discovered Michèle Destarac’s work at the publisher Yves Michalon in the 1990s.
 I have never been able to forget the expressive power of this painting. It was only twenty years later that I met the artist and organized a major exhibition. You have to let yourself be overwhelmed by the power of the colors and the sureness of the line.
 Stephanie Peyrissac
 Michèle Destarac was born in Yerres where she currently lives.
 She was 17 when she began to regularly visit Parisian galleries.
 At the age of 22, she was selected for the Fourth International Biennale of Paris (1965) which took place at the Museum of Modern Art then, four years later, she joined the Ariel gallery, directed by Jean Pollak where she joined Alechinsky, Appel, Bitran, Corneille, Debré, Jorn, Lindström etc…
 1972 first solo exhibition, Ariel Gallery.
 1974, young painting prize: “November in Vitry” with Hervé Télémaque.
 Since 1976 his works have been exhibited in Scandinavia during around twenty personal exhibitions, first in Denmark then in Sweden, and finally in Norway.
 She also exhibits in the USA in New York and teaches at Illinois State University as a guest teacher. More recently, she has exhibited in Spain and, of course, regularly in Paris.
 Michèle Destarac regularly exhibits at La FIAC and participates in various fairs. Her works are featured in major public and private collections.