Anne Marie Delaby, of French origin, was born in Lebanon in 1964. Drawing has been a necessity since her earliest childhood. She attended various art schools, but her true encounter with painting took place when she moved to Milan, Italy, in 1985, where she studied in a painting school based on the anthroposophical method and Goethe’s color theory. The encounter with color would determine the orientation of her life: she discovered its moral character, its energy, and its secret life, choosing the technique of watercolor—playing with transparencies—and oil painting, beginning with mystical-esoteric works and later arriving at a symbolic and strongly expressive style. Painting became for Anne almost a remedy, and in the footsteps of Jodorowsky—“The purpose of Art is to heal: if Art does not heal, it is not true Art”—she returned to the ancient idea of art as a bearer of good, as a “messenger of the gods,” the Mercury of healers, who—recalling Kandinsky—“must draw upwards the heavy cart of humanity.” Consequently, her interest in Art Therapy emerged as a parallel profession: she began a specialization school and graduated in 2001. “The intrinsic power of transformation in art allows light to enter the darkness, order into chaos, and to find solutions in situations that appear hopeless.” Furthermore: art is a channel between the spiritual and the physical worlds, a form of play between chaos and order, between instinctive will and rational thought, between impulses and the mind: it can only be realized in freedom…”

Anne entered the “art world” in 1998 with her first solo exhibition in Como, and since then her artistic journey has been evolving from the more mystical paintings born of her inner exploration—“my paintings wish to reveal the arcana of the human soul, its trials and ultimate victories…”—towards an imaginative vision of the natural elements: Earth, with a series of paintings on dunes, rocks, and bark; Water, almost omnipresent; Fire, recurring in the strong energetic charge and warmth radiating from many of her works; Air/Light, omnipresent and often in contrast with dense and dark matter. This imaginative vision also embraces man as the harmonious synthesis of the universe, “the concentration of every existing opposite, the supreme vertex of creation” (B. Marsano). Her artistic path thus unfolds through clearly distinct periods, also documented on her website: La Cerca (20th century), Elemental Life (2000–2005), Alchimie (2006–2011). Of the series Apocalypse, The Denied Man (2010–2013), The Hero’s Journey (2016–2020), Alchemical Visions (2020–2025), she says: “My painting is a cry: if man does not move beyond the dualistic thinking that separates him from life, from nature, and from the divine Essence, the world is headed straight for ruin! There is no more time for excuses or stories. This is today’s challenge: he must choose between Being and living, or craving and dying.” Paintings as witnesses of collapse, and “a dreamlike vision, though at times surprisingly tied to matter, signifying the profound restlessness of an age that no longer finds its place” (O. Karasso). Of a soulless humanity, almost hopeless. “From this ideality emerges Anne Delaby’s compositional universe, which transposes the energetic aggregation described so far into constant flows of pure light crossing space and time. Her compositions traverse the cosmos, matter, and simple forms, converting the concreteness of the elements into energy in its purest state. In this way, she traverses metaphysical space, plunging into the depths of the primordial aura” (Andrea Taricco, Icon, 2014). “Anne Marie knows how to engage and guide the gaze and emotions wherever she desires; the gaze enters and perceives an idea, a message through the beauty of the chromatic and thematic aspect” (A. Moioli, 2024). “If there is one thing Anne Marie Delaby’s painting teaches us, it is that true art is a journey, a threshold, a passage. Her paintings are maps to unexplored inner territories, invitations to reconsider reality not as something immutable, but as a mystery to be crossed” (F. Caloi, 2025).

SOLO EXHIBITIONS / MOSTRE PERSONALI

2025

• 04/2025 — Visioni alchemiche, Terrazza Duomo 21, Milano

2024

• 11/2024 — Studio Olistica, Como

• 09/2024 — Centro Essenzadellessere, Como

2022

• 12/2022 — Athanor, Studio Avvocati, Lugano

• 07/2022 — Bistrot Gallery, Bellinzona (CH)

2020–2021

• 03/2020 – 11/2021 — Alchimie, Banca Generali, Como

2019

• 10/2019 — Palazzo del Borgo, Como

• 09/2019 — Azimut Capital Management, Milano

2018

• 13–18/02/2018 — Salon des Indépendants, Paris Art Capital con Tablinum, Parigi

2017

• 18/12/2017 — In-Vestire d’Arte, Galleria VS Arte, Milano

• 25/03–09/04/2017 — Mini personale “Women in Art”, Museo di Palazzo Reale, Genova

2016

• 21/06/2016 — Azimut, Varese

• 07/2015 – 06/2016 — Alain Mésségué SPA, Delta Hotel, Ascona

2015

• 27–28/06/2015 — Abbazia di Chiaravalle, Milano

• 22/05–25/06/2015 — Home Gallery Castello 13, Milano

• 06–12/06/2015 — Bazar des Arts, Busto Arsizio (VA)

• 03/2015 — Off 105, Como

2013

• 07/09–05/10/2013 — Fortezza, Montalcino (SI)

• 06–09/06/2013 — Art Shopping Louvre, Parigi

• 09–27/07/2013 — Palazzo Comunale, Albavilla (CO)

2012

• 12/02–01/03/2012 — Eros e Cosmos, Spazio Nerochina, Como

2011

• 08–12/12/2011 — Art Expo 2011, Grand Hotel, Como

• 07–14/03/2011 — Alchimie, Spazio Revel, Milano

2010

• 16/06/2010 — Centre culturel Candide, Milano

2009

• 28/05/2009 — Mya Lurgo Gallery, Lugano

• 24/05–07/06/2009 — Spazio Momi, Como

• 04–05/04/2009 — Scuola Waldorf, Lugano Origlio

2008

• 20/11/2008 — Spazio Tadini, Milano

• 08/2008 — Frasnes (Belgio)

• 01–02/03/2008 — Sala Mostre, Canzo

2007

• 01–02/09/2007 — Biofera, Canzo

• 07–22/01/2007 — Correspondances, Chiostrino S. Eufemia, Como

• 07/2007 — Galerie des Cigales, Ramatuelle (FR)

2006

• 09/04/2006 — Villa Parravicini (FAI), Erba

• 01–03/2006 — Galleria degli Artisti, Milano

2003

• 18/11–05/12/2003 — Galleria Artincontri, Torino

• 23–25/10/2003 — Castello di Pomerio, Erba

2002

• 07/2002 — Forum di Assago, Milano

• 04/2002 — Salone del Mobile, Milano

2001

• 05/2001 — Archeo, Spazio S. Eufemia, Erba

2000

• 05/2000 — Tetto Fraterno, Erba

1999

• 03/1999 — Novegro Seleart, Milano

1998

• 12/1998 — Galleria Ikos, Milano

• 04/1998 — BPM d’Ars, Seregno (MI)

• 03/1998 — Percezioni, Collegio Gallio, Como

GROUP EXHIBITIONS / MOSTRE COLLETTIVE

2024

• Palazzo Terragni, Lissone — AI (a cura di Alberto Moioli)

2023

• 10/2023 — 100x100 con Prog. Alfa, Sondrio

• 09/2023 — Rethinking Sublime, Villa Sormani, Inverigo

• 08–23/03/2023 — Piume d’Arte, Palazzo Comunale, Lurago

2019

• Studio Per l’Arte De Leo, Lissone — Assieme amodale

2018

• Spazio Porpora, Milano

• 25/05–15/06/2018 — Gallery BDMC Paris, Tokyo – Pechino – Seoul

• 13–18/02/2018 — Salon des Indépendants, Grand Palais, Parigi

2017

• 10–15/11/2017 — Artour-O, Madeira (con Ellequadro T. Leopizzi)

• 01–05/11 e 06–12/11/2017 — Paratissima + Math12, Torino (con Tablinum)

• 10–25/06/2017 — Palazzo Gallio, Gravedona (con Tablinum)

2016

• 30/06–07/07/2016 — Active Art, Concept Store Gallery Beaubourg, Parigi

• 09/2016 — In-flusso: Riso e Rane, Castello Visconteo, Abbiategrasso

• 19/05–04/06/2016 — In-flusso: Riso e Rane, Casa delle Associazioni Zona 1, Milano

• 07–19/03/2016 — In-flusso: Eros, Spazio Presso Porta Nuova, Milano

2015

• 10/2015 — Nutri-Menti, San Pietro in Atrio, Como

2014

• 10/2014 — Sala civica, Albavilla

• 24/09–24/11/2014 — Galleria Rinascenza Contemporanea, Pescara

2012

• 15–29/09/2012 — Linee d’Arte, Galleria Adsum, Terlizzi (BA)

• 31/03–11/04/2012 — Love & Art, Spazio EventArt, Pergine Valsugana (TN)

• 14–30/02/2012 — EuropArt, Spazio EventArt, Pergine Valsugana (TN)

2011

• 24/02–06/03/2011 — Orfeo e Euridice, Galleria Sassetti, Milano

• 16–23/02/2011 — Galleria Io Espongo, Torino

2010

• 19–21/10/2010 — United Artists for Animals, Scuola Militare Teulié, Milano

• 23/05–07/06/2010 — Galleria Misael, Milano

2008

• 09/2008 — Arte nei vicoli, Lanzo d’Intelvi — 1° Premio

2005

• 15–21/09/2005 — Visioni d’Ascolto, Galleria Sassetti, Milano

• 11–19/09/2005 — Trofeo Luigi Valenti, C° Culturale S. Maria Pietà, Cremona — 3° Premio Acquarello

2004

• 02–17/12/2004 — Omaggio a Kafka, Galleria Sassetti, Milano

• 23/10–07/11/2004 — IdeoFattiSparsi, Studio De Leo, Lissone

• 02–03/10/2004 — Sala civica, Albavilla

• 28/01–15/02/2004 — Galleria Postart, Milano

• 01–30/07/2004 — Galleria Postart, Milano

2003

• 13–17/11/2003 — Artefiera, Padova

2002

• 05/2002 — Sala civica Rotaract, Merate

• 04/2002 — Studio Ballabio, Erba

2000

• 12/2000 — Spazio Santa Barbara, Milano

1999

• 05/1999 — BPM d’Ars, Monza

• 02/1999 — Cortina Arte, Milano

1998–1999

• 12/1998 – 01/1999 — BPM d’Ars, Firenze

1998

• 11/1998 — Park Hotel, Bologna

• 10/1998 — Giacobbe Spazio, Milano

• 06–09/1998 — Galleria 9 Colonne, Ferrara

• 06/1998 — Galleria S. Michele, Milano

• 19/05/1998 — Studio d’Ars, Milano

• 04/1998 — Galleria Fabbrica EOS, Milano

• 02/1998 — Centro Civico Boifava, Milano