Quick access :
In Situ Paintings
TREES
ASTRACTS
|
 Monica BASSETT, Contemporary Artist
Monica was born in 1964 in Chicago, Illinois. She studied fashion, art and design at Northern Illinois University. She worked for a jewelry company in California before moving to France in 1994 when she began painting full time. After having explored techniques in watercolor and oil, she discovered acrylic to be most compatible with her personal vision of nature--full of energy, light, movement and rhythm. She also works as a free-lance designer for a US greeting card company.
(Artist’s Statement presented below)
Awards
Medal -Art-Sciences-Lettres 2014
Medal of the town -Boissy-St-Léger 2014
1st place public vote award - Printemps de Neuville 2007
1st place (OT) – Bourg La Reine 2007
2nd place - Saint Pierre du Perray 2007
2nd place public vote award - Saint Pierre du Perray 2007
1st place ADAC – Saint-Germain-lès-Corbeil 2006
2nd place public vote award - Printemps de Neuville 2006
Silver Medal – 5th Biennale de Lyon 2006
Silver Medal - Centre Mondial de la Paix 2005
Bronze Medal - Salon d’Evian 2005
Galleries & Personal Exhibitions
FRANCE
Gallery Cordouan La Palmyre (2006-14)
Gallery Artenoo Paris (2007-10)
Gallery Hugues Pénot La Baule (2010)
Gallery L’Atelier Verneuil-sur-Avre (2008-14)
Gallery-Showroom Boissy-St-Léger (2006-14)
N9uf Verrerie Dijon (2006-14)
Gallery Atelier 17 Paris (2008)
Gallery Le salon des Arts Nantes (2008)
Gallery Damon St Martin de Ré (2006-2007)
Gallery Damon Poitiers (2006-07)
Gallery Privilège Biarritz (2006-07)
Gallery Privilège Toulouse (2006-07)
Gallery Raphaël Versailles (2007)
Gallery Spolnik La Varenne (2006-07)
Galerie Art et Culture St Marcel (2005-06)
Galerie Modus Place des Vosges Paris (2006)
Galerie des Pyramides Port Marly(2006)
Galerie Cassandre Versailles (2006)
Galerie Wice Paris (2006)
Centre Culturel Poirier Sucy-en-Brie (2009)
Centre Benoît Frachon Gif-Sur-Yvette (2009)
Centre Culturel Ormesson (2008)
Centre Culturel Poirier Sucy-en-Brie (2008)
Hôpital Bretonneau Paris (2006)
Les thermes Saint Gervais (2006)
USA
Sher Gallery Miami, Florida (2012-14)
Kent Gallery Key West Florida (2007-08)
Kent Gallery Miami Art Basel Florida (2007)
Dharma Studio Gallery Miami Florida (2007-09)
Gruen Gallery Chicago Illinois (2007-09)
CHINA
Gallery Artenoo Shanghai (2007-09)
Galerie d'ES Shanghai (2005)
Art Shanghai 2005 Shanghai (2005)
Emirats
J Berwin international Dubaï (2009-14)
Art en Capital 2009-14 Grand Palais Paris
Artist’s Statement
I’ve always been connected to nature, landscape, and light. I love being out-of-doors and revel in each season. The theme of the tree is found throughout my paintings because this image allows me to feel what I need to paint. The tree symbolizes life and the journey of each one of us—ever changing and evolving, finding our place in the world and putting down roots.
Being in nature allows me space to feel free, to breathe deeply, to relax and to feel joy. When I paint I try to recapture this uninhibited feeling allowing my emotions to take me to a deeper understanding of myself. Capturing the color, balance and energy in nature is important in my semi-figurative work.
|
© All of the images on this website are copyrighted original artworks by their author and are protected by international copyright law. No materials in this gallery may be reproduced, copied, downloaded, or used in any form without written permission of the contemporary artist Monica Bassett.
|
