Régine de Festes was born in Lyon. She studied painting in the Art School of Toulon, France where she was the student of Baboulène. After she studied decorative art for a year in Nice, France, she followed a class of sculpture with Zadkine during three years, in the “Grande Chaumière” in Paris. She got married and went to Senegal (Africa) in 1958 where she exhibited her work in the Cultural Centre of Dakar in 1960, 1961 and 1962. She came back to France in 1964 and then started solo and group exhibitions worldwide.

Group exhibitions
-1964: Group exhibition in several galleries in Paris (France)

Solo exhibitions
-1968: Galerie Arse Verse in Geneva (Switzerland)
-1969: Cultural Centre in Lyon (France)
-1970: French Cultural Centre in Bogota (Colombia)
-1975: Selected at the “UMAM” Fair in Nice (Mediterranean Union for Modern  Art)
-1976: Galerie Ferrero in Nice (France)
-1977: Galerie Vialetay in Paris (France)
-1978: Gallery of Contemporary Graphic Design in Brussels (Belgium)
-1980: Cultural Centre in Paris, Avenue Georges V (France)
-1981: Studio S for Contemporary Art in Roma (Italy)
-1982: Gallery for European Painters in Cannes (France)


Group exhibitions
-1983, April: Art Expo in New York (USA), Silver Medal
-1983: Young Artists from Europe in Dallas (USA)
-1985: Art exhibition at Laforet Museum Harajuku in Tokyo (Japan)
-1985, June: Isetan Museum in Tokyo (Japan)


Permanent galleries
-“Arta” Art Editions, edited by Carmine Grassenbacker, Zurich (Switzerland)
-Gallery of Contemporary Graphic Design, 2M Piazza de II Conca d’oro in  Roma (Italy)
-Galerie René Breheret (Mr Jean Arbac) in Paris VI (France)
-Galerie Transit, 36 rue des Saints-Pères, Paris V (France)


Private collections
USA, South America, France, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, Spain, Lebanon.