Born in England in 1968, Vincenzi studied English literature at the
University of London before focusing on illustration at St Martin's Art
School. In 1996, she created the illustrated books The Ice-Cream Moon
Feast and Fly's House before moving to Paris in 1998 to study for a degree
in Illustration and Narration at the Ecole Supérieure des Arts Appliqués
Duperré. The Arts Council funded a limited edition of her illustrated novel
London Paris, while she began exhibiting her paintings in Belleville,
Beaubourg, Montmartre and Vincennes. Her first novel, L'homme d'or (The
Gold Man), was first told to Sophie Calle at the top of the Eiffel Tower
during her iconic installation during the Nuit Blanche. She has written
several novels and short stories, some of which have been published.
Settling in La Goutte d'Or in 2001, her paintings focus on street and café
scenes in La Goutte d'Or, with its cafés, shops and markets. She has
exhibited at the Lavoir Moderne, the Pavée d'Orsay, the Galerie Cargo, the
Poison Rouge and the Olympic Café, among others. In 2012, she was
selected by the Senate for an exhibition at the Pavillon Davioud, Jardin
de Luxembourg, then by the Musée d'Art Naïf for an exhibition in 2014. After
the Tonnerre Arts Festival, she exhibited at La Grande Chaumière and
Shakirail, then in 2016 at the Concept Galerie Beaubourg. In 2017, she
exhibited for the first time at the Beacon Gallery in Boston, USA. and
presented her first solo exhibition, ‘La Vie à Paris’ (Life in Paris), in 2018.
Selected for the 2019 Beijing Biennale, she was invited to China to
participate in the symposium. The following year, she was selected for the
Dafen Biennale in China, then in 2022 for the Beijing Biennale and in 2023
for the Dafen Biennale. Her works are now collected by the National Art
Museum of China and the Dafen Art Museum, in Shenzhen. In 2023, she
presented a second solo exhibition entitled ‘Café Chats’ at the Beacon
Gallery in Boston, USA. She then exhibited her paintings ‘Autour de Barbès’
at the Salon de Louxor. In 2025, she was selected for the Shenzhen Biennale
and the Dafen Art Museum purchased her works. She also created a picture
book entitled ‘The Restaurant that Serves Mud Stew’. Many of her most
important works are painted in her studio in Montreuil, Paris, where she
regularly exhibits as part of the Porte Ouverte events and group exhibitions
at the Artothèque. She will be exhibiting with the Salon des Artiste Français
at the Grand Palais in 2026.