Michele Carrandie is from Montauban in France
She studied literature at the University of Toulouse and in parallel took drawing classes at l’ Ecole des Beaux Arts.
In 1969 she traveled to London where she lived for one year and where she learned litography.
In 1970 she moved to Barcelona studied engraving with Daniel Argimon of 1971-1973
In 1975 she dedicates herself to fashion drawings working for various advertising agencies. She worked with textile designers, both Spanish and Italian, making technical drawings and illustrations for different collections. Without leaving the world of fashion, she wrote & illustrated a book for children.
Married with Carlos Avallone she studied painting with him (acrylic and oils)
In 2005 he is dedicated to figurative paintings, and in 2010-2011 works on various story boards for short advertising films
In 2015 starts a collection of paintings (portraits in pencil, pastel and oils) of 20 women of the twentieth century (writers, painters, political figures, & actresses ).