Tisserie de Poèmes - Dans ma poche (2012)
(collage, watercolor and thread on paper)
Erebus II - Nuit (2024)
(graphite and gold)
À propos
Mon travail est un cheminement intérieur au travers de mythologies et symbolismes personnels et collectifs. Je m’efforce de garder une trace tout en sachant qu'elle est déjà éphémère. La couleur et la texture sont pour moi le pont qui façonne le lien entre la matière et l'esprit, entre conscient et inconscient, entre transcendance et immanence.
En plaçant le cycle du vivant (naissance, métamorphoses, mort et renaissance) au centre de tout, je m’inspire et interroge ce qui relie l’intime à l’archétype collectif. Originaire du Portugal (mais vivant en France), mon histoire avec la Saudade (impossible à traduire, mais on peut dire une certaine forme de mélancolie nostalgique) est mon socle. J’ai grandi au milieu des fils. Ma mère, tricoteuse professionnelle, m’a transmis bien plus que des techniques : elle m’a légué le langage des mains.
Je travaille souvent par séries et avec différents médiums (l’aquarelle, en passant par l’huile, la teinture avec des plantes, le textile, la broderie, le papier…).
Au cœur de ma pratique se trouve une réflexion sur la mémoire, sous toutes ses formes, portée, en grande partie, par les matériaux qui ont jalonné mon histoire personnelle.
Mon travail est, définitivement, la quête de cette part invisible et mystique qui vit en nous…
Collections privées au Canada, Japon, France, Nouvelle-Zélande, États-Unis
Artistes, poètes/poétesses, auteurs/autrices et penseurs qui m'inspirent: Helen Frankenthaler, Hilma Af Klint, Lee Krasner, Agnès Pelton, Vilhem Hammershoi, Fernando Pessoa, Mary Oliver, Carl G. Jung, Rainer Maria Rilke, Matisse, Joan Mitchell, Sylvia Plath, Virginia Woolf, Gaston Bachelard, Odilon Redon, Nancy Huston, Marie Louise Von Franz, May Sarton, Fabienne Verdier, Georgia O’Keefe, Marie Madeleine Davy, Pat Passlof, Anne Sexton, Marguerite Yourcenar, Joana Vasconcelos, Florbela Espanca, et tellement d’autres encore…
English
My work is an inner journey through personal and collective mythologies and symbolisms. I strive to capture a trace of the soul, even as I remain aware of its ephemeral nature. For me, color and texture form the bridge between matter and spirit, the conscious and the unconscious, transcendence and immanence.
By placing the cycle of life—birth, metamorphosis, death, and rebirth—at the heart of everything, I explore and question the threads that link the intimate self to the collective archetype. Originally from Portugal but living in France, my history with Saudade—that untranslatable, nostalgic melancholy—is my foundation. I grew up surrounded by threads; my mother, a professional knitter, passed on much more than technique: she bequeathed to me the "language of the hands."
I often work in series, employing a diverse range of media, from watercolor and oil painting to botanical dyes, textiles, embroidery, and paper. At the core of my practice lies a reflection on memory in all its forms, carried largely by the materials that have marked my personal history. My work is, ultimately, a quest for that invisible and mystical part that dwells within us.
In private collections across Canada, Japan, France, New Zealand, and the United States.
Artists, poets, authors and thinkers that inspire me: Helen Frankenthaler, Hilma Af Klint, Lee Krasner, Agnès Pelton, Vilhem Hammershoi, Fernando Pessoa, Mary Oliver, Carl G. Jung, Rainer Maria Rilke, Matisse, Joan Mitchell, Sylvia Plath, Virginia Woolf, Gaston Bachelard, Odilon Redon, Nancy Huston, Marie Louise Von Franz, May Sarton, Fabienne Verdier, Georgia O’Keefe, Marie Madeleine Davy, Pat Passlof, Anne Sexton, Marguerite Yourcenar, Joana Vasconcelos, Florbela Espanca, and so many more…
Exhibitions
2015 to 2020 - Kazoart - France
2011
November - At Manos, Stockholm, Sweden
from April to July - Supermarket Sarah wall at Selfridges, Oxford street, London, UK
2009
2008/2009 - Represented by Three Graces Gallery and Yes Gallery (USA)
November/January 2010 - Revisited: A Group Exhibition - Lark & Key Gallery, Charlotte, NC, USA
November - 33ème Salon du Val de Viosne - Château de Grouchy - Osny, France
September - “The Teeny Tiny Art Show # 5” – Three GracesGallery, Portsmouth, NH, USA
July | August – Red Miniature Show – Gossamer Collective, Ghost Gallery, Seattle, WA, USA
June - Atelier "La Poule Bleue", Parmain, France
April - Under 8 – Sopa Fine Arts Gallery, Kelowna, Canada
2008
November | December - Itty Bitty Invitational - Yes Gallery + Studio, Warren, RI, USA
September - Patterns and Textures - Duo exhibition with Maija Fiebig at Yes Gallery + Studio, Warren, RI, USA
August- Her Mark - Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA ( juried by Julie Rodrigues Wildholm, Associate Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago,USA)
April - Cimaise Baby - Espace Milyeux, Viaduc des arts, 89 avenue Dausmenil, 75012 Paris, France
2007
November - Voeux d'artistes - Les 111 des arts au Grand Dôme de l'Hôtel Dieu à Lyon, France
October - "White on White" exhibition and one permanent artwork at the International Museum of Collage, Assemblage and Construction, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
October - Nahcotta gallery, Portsmouth, NH, USA - Enormous Tiny Art Show II
July | August - « Human Artefakts » - CoCA Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
July | August - Borelli Space Gallery, San Diego, USA
March - « Human Artefakts » - Percy Thomson Gallery, Stratford, New Zealand
January - « Human Artefakts » - Expressions gallery, Upper Hut, New Zealand
2006
November - « Human Artefakts » - Artpost Gallery, Hamilton, New Zealand
September – 6ème Marché de l'Art - L'Isle Adam, France
Press
2025 - Insights Magazine by Pacifica Graduate Institute, CA - USA
2010 - Ming Magazine - issue 2010/05 - Hong Kong
2009 - House of Tate issue 10 - USA, Antler Magazine issue 4 – Canada, Poppytalk - Canada, Design for Mankind – USA, Her Mark – USA, Design Milk - USA
2008 - Design in Paris – Taiwan
2007 - Design Sponge - USA, Decor 8 - USA, Art Moco Art -USA, Artistes Magazine, January issue - France, Amour Magazine issue 1 - UK, Bloesem – The Netherlands, Poppytalk - Canada, House and Garden Online -USA, Domino Magazine Online - USA, Poppytalk – Canada
Illustrations, Publications, Catalogues
2024 - Miroir d’Astrologie (Gallimard) - by Max Jacob and Claude Valence, illustrated by Monsieur Christian Lacroix (a decan-based astral color palette created by me and published in this re-edition)
2015 - Illustration (pages 58, 60, 61) of May/June issue of Spirituality and Health magazine - USA
2012 - Poetry (Inventaire du Dedans - extraits) - published on magazine Décharge n° 155 - France
2011 - Cover illustration with artwork "Jouer" of Krystall's Languell poetry book "Call the Catastrophists" BlazeVox books, USA
2011 - Poetry "Attrape-moi" published on magazine Etoiles d'Encre n° 47/48 - Féminin/Masculin, Editions Chevrefeuille Etoilée, France
2009 - Illustration du " Journal of art + poetry 2009 - Her Mark" - Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, USA
2008 - Illustration ‘The Confession Project’ for Blanket Magazine issue 11 -UK
Article for Artful Blogging Magazine issue 2 – A Revolution - USA
Poésie du Monde | ‘Ma Terre’ | Editions Les Dossiers d’Aquitaine – France
2007- White on White – Selections from the Permanent Collection of the International Museum of Collage, Assemblage and Construction, Cecile Touchon, Ontological Museum Publications, USA