BACKGROUND Born in Montreal, primary and secondary school in Brussels, Belgium, college and professional schools in Quebec. Autodidact and with good entrepreneurial skills, Nathalie Morin Rousseau has experimented mixed techniques and used a number of artistic media before concentrating on acrylic. Initially, Nathalie developed an original technique for painting sceneries on wood for ‘'Studio Pomme et Soleil''. Her painted furniture, as well as her paintings on canvas, have been exhibited and sold in Canada, Europe and the USA. After a sabbatical period of artistic research and experimentation, she decided to go back to canvas painting and to create works inspired by her own personal life experiences. ARTISTIC PROCESS ‘'The human soul is my preferred subject of inspiration'' Inspired by the ability and strength of human beings in the face of changing circumstances of their lives, Nathalie's works are an abstract and vibrant reflexion on the daily miracles of the human being caught in a dominating universe which he fails to understand. Here abstraction and a form of surrealism sometimes meet a touch of impressionism. See how the vivid colors of her paintings transmit movement and how the texture itself reveals forms. Nathalie often uses her brush and spatula in a spiral stroke and she always let her heart and instinct move her hand. Her artistic search touches subjects such as the surpassing of one's limits, the desire for freedom and the will to express oneself by any mean. Her community involvement offers children new means of communication to express themselves through the artistic media.
PROFESSIONNAL ACTIVITIES AND SOCIAL INVOLVEMENT
‘'To communicate my passion for abstraction in art, for colors, for life itself and everything that gives it meaning!'' Groupe Animaction Ville de Verdun, L'école primaire de l'Ile des Sœurs, Pensionnat des Sacrés-Cœurs de St-Bruno. EXPOSITIONS COLLECTIVES STUDIO POMME ET SOLEIL 1998-1999 Piggery show de North Hatley 1998 Faubourg St-Sauveur 1998 Salon de l'Habitation de Montréal 1999 New England Home Show de Boston É.U. 1999 Les Peintres du Dimanche de St-Lambert 1999 Fine Furnishings show R. I. É.U. (jury ) 1999 Salon Domisme de Drummondville 2000 Piggery show de North Hatley ART ABSTRAIT 2005 Exposition concours de St-Bruno Montarville 2005 22e Salon d'automne CAPSQ Montréal ( jury) 2006 Exposition RCA@ENART 2006 St-Lambert Expo AAPARS 2006 Exposition Château Dufresne 2007 Encan annuel Société Alzheimer de l'Estrie 2007 Caisse Populaire Île des Sœurs 2007 International Flora Vieux Montréal/Vieux Port 2007 L'Absinthe Forum Social Québécois 2007 Journées de La Culture Del Canale 2008 Encan AQEPA Musée de la Civilisation Québec 2008 Exposition Del Canale 2008 L'Espace contemporain galerie d'art Québec GALERIES VIRTUELLES 2005 Galerie virtuelle CAPSQ 2006 Galerie virtuelle Arts Cad 2006 Vlad Art Gallery 2006 Expo Vente Galerie 2006 Artmajeur Galerie 2006 Art Net Sale Gallery 2006 My Art Space Gallery 2006 My Art Space Competition 2006 Expo Vente Galerie 2006 Vladart Gallery 2006 Artabus Galerie 2006 Artist Search.net 2006 World Artist Directory 2006 Artelista Gallery 2006 Absolutearts Gallery 2006 Créative Europe Gallery 2007 My Art Space Competition NY2007 EXPOSITIONS SOLO
2006 Studio Muse Île des Sœurs 2007 Studio Muse Ile-des-Sœurs 2007 Del Canale 2008 Cinéma du Parc 2008 L'espace Contemporain (Québec) COLLECTIONS Collections privées Caisse Desjardins IDS Collection privé Maire de St-Constant COLLECTIF D'ARTISTES
2007 INSPIRIGO Nathalie Morin Rousseau, Nadia Nadège, Ani Muller EXPOSITIONS : 2007 L'Absinthe Forum Social Québécois 2008 Journées de La Culture Del Canale MEMBERSHIPS 2005-2007 AAPARS Association des Artistes Peintres Affiliés de la Rive-Sud 2005-2007 CAPSQ Le Cercle des Artistes Peintres et Sculpteurs du Québec BIBLIOGRAPHIE Juillet 1998 Journal de la Vallée St-Sauveur Août 1998 Journal Des Pays D'En Haut Octobre 1998 Journal La Presse Octobre 1998 Décoration Chez-Soi Mars 1999 Journal De Montréal Mars 1999 Décormag Mars 1999 Coup de Pouce 2001 Morinfo Magazine 2002 Maison D'Aujourd'hui 2007 La Tribune de Sherbrooke 2007 Programme de La Société Alzheimer Mai 2007 Le Magazine de l'Île des Sœurs Juillet 2007 Le Magazine de l'Île des Sœurs (page couverture et p7) |