statement

What interests me in drawing from observation is the imperfection of the act: the eye is never an immobile vantage point. As a result, a constant displacement occurs on the paper. The boundaries separating perfection and imperfection, natural and artificial, constraint and freedom can thus be explored. I address these issues more specifically through the representation of the human body, questioning our relation to our direct environment. I find situations where opposed tensions between the body and its space co-exist, observing how the body dictates its place in space, or the space dictates a place for the body. The Vitruvian man may be seen as the metaphor at the heart of my process: the perfect geometry of the square in the circle is a consequence of the ideal human proportions, but it also contains and imprisons the body in its boundaries.

bio

born: 1985, Les Lilas, France

education

American University, MFA, 2011
Pantheon-Sorbonne, MA (Art History), 2007

selected awards/honors

Teaching Award, American University, 2011
Mellon Grant, 2011
Graduate Merit Award, American University, 2009-2011

selected solo or two-person exhibits

Exit Gallery: Re-Visiting Vitruvius, Washington DC, 2011
Espace Artes:Sous l'Hallogene, Barbizon, France, 2009

selected group shows

Porch Projects: What if I bring my problem to the United Nations?, Washington DC, 2012
American Center for the Arts: Contacts, Paris, 2012
Galerie Area: Dazibao, Paris France, 2012
Katzen Museum: MFA Thesis Exhibition, Washington DC, 2011