ABOUT
AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS
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2023 Mini Print International of Cadaqués one of the winners with Connection, 4 blocks linoprint
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2021 Print day in May: Artisan Media winner #2 for Maylody, 3 colours reduction print
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2021 Printersolstice Speedball art inky prize for Lueur d’espoir, 4 colours reduction print
COLLECTIONS
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Library of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain (2024), fons Mini Print Internacional de Cadaqués
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Collection of ADOGI Association for the Dissemination of International Graphic Arts (2024), Miniprint International of Cadaqués
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Collection of Faro Cabo Mayor art center, Santanter, Spain (2021, 2024) - Mini print Cantabria
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Collection of Kunsthaus Grenchen, Switzerland (2021) - Competition Mini print
MEMBERSHIPS
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Member of Maison des artistes, the national association for visual arts artists in France
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Member of the ADEX (Ateliers d'expression), association of poets and visual artists since 2023
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Member of People of Print since April 2022
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Member of The Printmakers Collective since September 2021
Hang nature on your walls: my prints take you for a walk and invite you to appreciate the landscape and experience the emotions it brings.
I spend my happiest moments outside, whatever the weather, walking and sketching in the département de l'Oise in France where I live (Crépy-en-Valois). My prints aim at conveying my love and wonder of nature and its beauty, its changing states throughout the seasons and how they echo the human condition and influence our emotions.
I was first introduced to printmaking by my artist daughter. Since then, I have been enjoying every step in my journey into the vast and diverse world of printmaking. The very essence of printmaking, which allows to produce ‘multiples’, is at the heart of the amazement and relish I experience from the process.
I have a long first career as a teacher in adult education (very useful to run printmaking workshops!), training trainers and in human resources development. I graduated from Middlesex University (UK) in 1990. I have been making art as a fulfilling activity since I was little.
Connecting with other artists and printmakers and sharing my art with print enthusiasts has become the passion of my life and a great source of personal development and resilience. Printmaking is also an active way for me to do something useful and take part in movements aiming at helping those in need (be it of peace or relief). I feel my life is richer and more meaningful since I embraced this art.
To see the presentation of my work on Galleri Heike Arndt's in Berlin site, please click here.
EXHIBITIONS - MINIPRINT COMPETITIONS - ARTISTIC CRAFTS FAIRS
2024
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Coming soon: exhibition Les merveilles du livre 2nd edition organised by Art de la diversité, Clermont de l'Oise, France - 2nd November,
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MiniMaxi Berlin, Germany - since 2nd October
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Artistic crafts fair, 14th - 15th September, L'Isle-Adam, France
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7th Mini print Cantabria competition, Spain - 1st September - 31st December
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Solo exhibition 29th June - 5th July, during the 44th Mini Print International of Cadaques, Spain
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ADEXPO, Breuil-le-Sec, France - 13th and 14th April
2023
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Noël à l’atelier: open studio, exhibition in Anne de la Forge’s studio, Gouvieux France - 8th, 9th, 10th December and 16th, 17th December
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Saint-Leu Arts Expo, Saint-Leu-la-Forêt, France - 17th - 19th November
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Les mots en l'Aire (festival of librairies), Chantilly, France - October
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European Heritage Days, Senlis, France - 16th and 17th September
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43rd Mini Print International of Cadaques, Spain - from June (then Wingfield, UK and Bages, France) - one of the six 2023 winners
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Miniprint competition Kazanlak, Bulgaria - June & July
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European Artistic Crafts Days: open studio, exhibition in Anne de la Forge’s studio, Gouvieux, France - 1st and 2nd of April
2022
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Noël à l’atelier: open studio, exhibition in Anne de la Forge’s studio, Gouvieux France - 9th, 10th, 11th December and 16th, 17th, 18th December
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7th edition of the Salon International des Métiers d'Art (SIMA), 18th, 19th and 20th November 2022, Lens (FR - 62)
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Kolekcja Mini Print Cantabria w Lublinie exhibition, 20th October - 20th November, Art Galery of the University, Lublin, Poland
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Brocante et créateurs au jardin (Parcs et Jardins de l'Oise) 16th to18th September 2022, Fontaine-Chaalis, France
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Le défi du Galop, Hippodrome, Compiègne France - June 2022
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42nd Mini Print International of Cadaques, Spain - from June (then Wingfield, UK and Bages, France)
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Miniprint competition Kazanlak, Bulgaria - June & July
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En noir et bleu, selected works, studio of Marine Fargetton,Paris - April - September
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European Artistic Crafts Days: open studio, exhibition in Anne de la Forge’s studio, Gouvieux, France - April
2021
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Noël à l’atelier: open studio, exhibition in Anne de la Forge’s studio, Gouvieux France - December
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European Heritage Days: open studio, exhibition in Anne de la Forge's studio, Gouvieux France - September
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Mini print competition 22nd Grenchen Triennale, Switzerland - September
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4th Mini print Cantabria competition, Spain - September - December
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“Fête de l’estampe” - open studio (home studio), Gouvieux France - May
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European Artistic Crafts Days: open studio, exhibition in Anne de la Forge’s studio, Gouvieux, France - April
2020
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Noël à l’atelier: open studio, exhibition in Anne de la Forge’s studio - December
WORKSHOPS
2024 - 2025
2023
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Group workshops at Médiathèque de Chantilly during the festival of reading
Since 2021
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Workshops for 2 to 3 participants in my studio or outside