About

Doing collage echoes what I see in the world, its shapes, its colors, and its chaotic rhythm. That’s why the entire world is source of my collages. I gather all kind of papers as well as pictures from magazines, newspapers, postcards, flyers, because something in them attracted me. My collages are built in a way that shapes and colors dialogue with each other in a dynamic way, playing with frames inside the bigger frame. Often this leads to a series but none of them are planned. They appear in a spontaneous way. I also like experiencing all kind of material. I never try to build something simple or simplistic. Even though I may give a title to a piece afterwards, there is no other meaning than the one each person will get by looking at my work. I also like to introduce black paper silhouette in my collage. It lead me to illustration work, inspired by a word, a sentence, a story. My work has evolved since the beginning. I work more and more with painted background, which I obtain either by painting directly on the supports I use or by using Gelli prints transfers. I play with the accidents this transfer technique often creates.

Artist’s credits

Multiple workshops and classes

at Parson’s with Mariah Fee (2012 - 2013) 

at the 92nd Street Y with Ellen Alt and Beatrice Coron (2014- 2015)

at School of Visual Arts with Elizabeth Sayles (2016-17)

Artist’s group exhibitions

11/25/14 – 11/29/14 -Exposure 2014, Ceres Gallery, 547 W 27th Street, New York, NY

12/11/14 – 1/11/15 - 10th Small Works, curated by Bill Caroll - 440 Gallery, 440 Sixth Avenue, Brooklyn, NY

2/6/15 – 3/31/15 - Day light all night long curated by Lou Svanh - Collyer’s Mansion, 368 Stratford Road, Brooklyn, NY

12/11/15-1/11/16 - 11th Small works, curated by Amy Williams - 440 Gallery, 440 Sixth Avenue, Brooklyn, NY

 1/29/16-1/31/16 - Postcards from the Edge - Visual Aids Event - Hosted by Sikkema Jenkins & Co - 530 West 22nd Street, NYC

4/1/16 – 6/5/16 - Broad Strokes - Group exhibition curated by Raquelle Azran - Pen and Brush - 29 East 22nd Street - New York, NY  10010

9/17/16 – 9/25/16 - Art slope festival - Multi arts festival - Park Slope, Brooklyn

12/2/17 - 30/12/17 - Small Works Holiday Exhibition - Limner Gallery, 123 Warren Street, Hudson, NY, 12354 

10:6/18 - 10/28/18 - The really Affordable Art Show, Curated by Brinda Kumar, BWAC, Brooklyn, NY

2/6/19 – 2/27/19 - Small Works Winter 2019 - Nawa Gallery, W 39th St, 10018 New York

5/11/19 - 7/7/19 Wide Open, curated by Kenneth Jackson and Isabella Glaz, BWAC, Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY

6/26/19 - 7/29/19 - Light, curated by Lauren Hirshfield and Kat Ryals, 440 Gallery, 440 Sixth Avenue, Brooklyn, NY

December 19 - Top Award Winner of The Doug and Laurie Kanyer Art Collection Challenge “Finding a place of my own”.

2/20/20 - 3/14/20 - Night and Day Exhibition at the Local Project Art Space, NY. 11-27 44th Rd, Long Island City, NY.

March- April 2020 - The 23rd Annual Small Format Exhibit - National Collage Society - Merit Award Winner - Juror Ellen O’ Nelson

May – October 2020 - Signs of Times, Curated by Joanne Mattera

an online exhibition and on site at Ceres Gallery, Chelsea, New York, NY

September – October 2020 - Quo Vadis

Exhibition at Van Der Plaas Gallery, 157 Orchard Street, NY, NY

March- April 20201 - The 24th Annual Small Format Exhibit – National Collage Society

Summer 2021 - New York State of Mind, New York Collage Ensemble group show, Scandinavian Museum of Collage, Berkak, Norway

Spring 2022 - Duo show with Petra Zehner - La Lucarne des écrivains, 115 rue de l’Ourcq, Paris 7519, France du 2 au 30 mai 2022

Fall 2022 - DF-Art Project - Exposition au Parc Floral de Paris, France

February 2023 – Coupé Collé – Group show curated by Petra Zehner, Centre Rachid Taha, Paris, France

March 2023 – Paris Collage Ensemble, Group show, la Maison des Ensembles, Rue d’Aligre, Paris, France

May 2023 –

-        “ A 45 Year Love Affair with Art” – Group show of a selection of Doug + Laurie Art Collection, Mighty Tieton House, Tieton, Washington, USA

-        Exposition Rachid Taha – Group show curated by Petra Zehner, Centre Rachid Taha, Paris, France

-        World Collage Day -  Group show curated by Coupé Collage Collective – Industrie Museum, Gent

- Fall 2023

- “Construction/Deconstruction” - Group show with the New York Collage Ensemble, Judy Black Park, Washington, CT, USA

- Group show with the New York Collage Ensemble, Sarabeth’s New York, NY, USA until May 2024

Srping 2024

“Perspectives” - Group show with the New York Collage Ensemble, at Yellow Studio Gallery, Cross River, NY, USA from May 18th to June 15th 2024

“Substance Actuelle” - Group show organized by Hybrid’s crib - Galerie Etienne de Causans - Paris 75006 from May 29th to 8th of June.

Publications

Caustic Frolic, Spring Issue, May 19

Kolaj Magazine, Special Collage Day Issue, May 11 2019

Paris Collage Collective Year Book, 2020 - 2021

 Collage Care, Laurie Kanyer, 2021

Phototrouvée magazine, Issue 9, Januray 2023

Contemporary Collage magazine, Issue 16, Winter 2022, History of Romare Bearden

Illustration work

The Laughing Backpack, Flyer for David Cerone World Tour, June 2016

Videos for 5 monologues in La ballade des planches by Jean-Paul Alègre, Theater Festival at the Lycée Français de New York, January 2017

Une Histoire des pâtes/ A story of pasta, Text and illustrations, 2017- 2018

La ville aux quatre saisons, The city of Four season, Text and Illustrations, 2018

La face cachée de l’histoire de l’arche de Noé/The dark side of Noah’s Arc, text and Illustrations, 2018- 2019