BIOGRAPHY Shared between my French and Canadian dual citizenship, one foot on each side of the Atlantic ocean, like all of us, I suffer that frenzy, that flood of images and movements without time to absorb... Confronted with an overload of images, an invasion of colours, a pouring out of futile information, my goal is to reinterpret the reality and break it down into its fundamental pieces. The medium I have chosen is a raw, primal material, without artifice and faddish coverings. I would like my work to be the opposite of a cluttered mind and soul, wrapped in superficial layers. My work contains stylized shapes and forms in an effort to be simple, clear and pure. Simplicity in the clearly defined shapes and lines is first meant to be pleasing to the eye, but it’s purpose is to make the viewer stay, rest, and contemplate the subtleties in their own lives - to enter into their own memories and reflect in the spiritual realm, things we can only do if we are still. The light and shadows also play an essential role in my art. The light animates the metal and plays with it, depending on the time of day and the movements of the people in the room. Although the metal itself is static, its surface and colour change in response to how it is lit, and gives
the impression that the work itself is also moving and evolving. However, it’s important for me that this constant change reflected on the surface of the metal is not done in a haphazard or contrived way, but in harmony with nature. There is nothing more natural than daylight; it changes rhythm as it falls on a strong element such as steel. In short, there are always three elements to my work: the metal symbolizing mother earth and tour foundations, the stylized figurative shapes which represent the spiritual realm and the light and shadows which evoke movement and change. This trinity, in turn, represent “life” for me and what I believe in. My artwork is made of hand cut steel pieces, welded, polished, finished and attached to the wall with fine stems. These pieces are then laid out to create a 3D fresco: a rebirth of the antique bas-relief with a modern, post-industrial touch. The individual elements are attached at different distances from the wall, creating volume and perspective, which, in turn, animates the stylized shapes. My work is divided into themed series or “one-shot” artwork expressing a feeling associated with one particular moment in time.
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