Nicole Legendre | The Work

Statement

Nicole Legendre born in 1981 in Paris,lives and works today in London . She began her studies at the University of Paris VIII of art. she decided to spend couple of months in the west indies in order to experience a different type of environment in her personal creative research. In 2004 she met Barthélémy Toguo who was affiliated with the university. and collaborated on his project « The SICK OPERA » 13 oct.-18 janv. 2005 Paris Palais de Tokyo. After she showcased her art work and finish her first year studying Master in art she decided to move to London to get new opportunity.

‪Legendre uses Japanese Geometric patterns to give a graphic dynamic on the background of the paintings. Painting pouring is one of several techniques that allows her to express a combination between action painting and figurative representation. Painting screaming and suffering faces of figures allow her to express her anxiety transforming it into a creativity fuel and passionate energy. The work develops as patchworks in which every fragment (from cloth african fabric, to sheet metal etc.) is envisaged as a living experience, encountering one another, establishing an experimental unity. All of this happens in the melting pot of felt experiences that becomes the painting. It is a ship’s log in her own coded language – a personal diary conveyed to the spectator.

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EDUCATION
2003-2006 University Paris VIII Master “Art and New Media”

‪EXHIBITION
2006 Black gallery University Paris VIII, Group exhibiton

PRIZES‪
“Talent de femme 2009” Toulon “prix jeunes talents 2009” Angoule^me