BIOGRAPHY
To start working, I create a microcosm, a world of my own. The work in my studio, finished or in progress, is very nonchalantly but deliberately laid out. The finished pieces are turned back against the wall so as not to distract me. I usually work on several pieces at the same time. The actual painting process has to be free and gestural yet calculated and controlled from within. The starting point for both form and colour is often a smaller piece, a work on paper or wood that I have selected from my “working drawings”. I paint listening to music, working from my mind’s eye, not consciously analyzing in order to create a balance between the emotional and technical aspects of the work. Often the most unexpected works the best.
Bachelor of Arts at St. Martin’s
College of Art in London
1976-1982 Lives and works in Paris
1982 Moves to Canada: Atelier Circulaire in Montréal and Open Studio in Toronto
1987 Returns to Paris
1991 Moves to London
1995-1998 Lives in Hong Kong
Since 1998 in Paris
Solo Exhibitions
2019 The great wall of Honesdale PA« Falling Water »
2017 Domaine de Tara Roussillon
2016 Kiesendahl and Calhoun Fine Art PA
2015 Smalls Studio
2014 Perfume Architecture with Frédéric Couderc Comme des Garçons Paris
2013 54 The Gallery London
2012 Galerie de l’Europe Paris
2011 Domaine de Tara Roussillon
2010 Banque Privée Société Générale Paris
2008 Galerie Gabriele Cappelletti Milan Italy
2005 Kiesendahl + Calhoun Contemporary Art, Beacon. New York.
2004 Kiesendahl + Calhoun Contemporary Art, Beacon. New York.
2003 La Périphérie, Malakoff (Paris).
2001 Espace Commines, Paris.
2000 La Périphérie, Malakoff (Paris).
1998 Espace Segalen, Hong Kong.
1994 Conran Shop Gallery, Londres.
1993 Studio Show ACAVA Gallery, London.
1992 Studio Show ACAVA Gallery, London.
1991 Galerie Art Plan, Paris.
1990 Galerie Sud, Bagneux, (Paris).
1986 Fraser Studios Gallery, Toronto
1986 Galerie Las Malvas, Montreal.
1984 Galerie Las Malvas, Montreal.
1981 Galerie CREP, Paris.
1980 Galerie CREP, Paris.
Group Exhibitions
2007 AROA Neuilly Paris
2001 Salon de Montrouge (Paris)
1995 Chelsea Gallery of Contemporary Arts, London.
1994 Ridley Arts Society, London.
1993 Galerie Hélène de Roquefeuil, Paris.
1992 ACAVA Artists Exhibition, London.
1991 Galerie Atsuro Tayama, Paris.
1991 Salon d’Art Contemporain, Bagneux (Paris).
1990 Biennale de Femmes peintres, Grand Palais, Paris.
1990 Salon d’Art Contemporain, Bagneux (Paris).
1990 5 ans de la Galerie Sud, Bagneux (Paris).
1989 Salon d’Art Contemporain, Bagneux (Paris).
1986 100 Prints Open Studio, Toronto.
1985 Open Studio Show, Toronto
1984 Women Artists Mc Gill University, Montreal.
1975 Young Contemporaries Royal Academy Of Arts, London.
Bibliography
Albert Galland Preface – 1990 Exhibition
Galerie Sud – Bagneux
Gerard Henry Preface – 1998 Exhibition
Espace Segalen – Hong Kong
Jacques Maitrot preface – 2000 Exhibition
La Périphérie – Malakoff (Paris)
Exhibition Preface 2004
Kiesendahl + Calhoun Contemporary Art, Beacon. New York