It took time…
The first inspiration came in 1987: at the inauguration of the Musée d'Art Modern in St-Etienne, in front of the abstract painters, Mondrian, Malevitch, and Kandinsky, her long passion for avant-garde art was born. She saw in this new construction of space, and in the exaltation of form, another facet of reality, and above all the possibility of original and innovative expression. Her taste for the promotion of contemporary works of art goes back to her student days at the University of Lyon. She exhibited in public places the works of a friend while continuing her studies of art-communication and cinema, which led her to another of her passions, advertising, a domain in which she made films for companies.
Her second inspiration came in 1996 with the creation of the 'Soumya's Art Studios', in Nice, a place open to artistic disciplines (sculpture, painting….) which confirmed her desire to accompany young artists in their work.
It took conviction: the choice to show, in the same first-floor gallery, artists of an international standing, alongside young artists, is a new concept, not found anywhere else.
It took fortuitous meetings: Patrice Giuge, Arman, Francis O'Hara, Combas, Umberto Ecco, Ernest Pignon Ernest.
And there will always be other inspirations according to Soumya Benjeddir through which to launch into artistic adventure, which remains above all a human adventure.