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Artist Information:
Francoise Issaly
Montreal,
Canada
Member Since: Jan 2002

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Artist Statement:

http://www.francoiseissaly.com

Inspired by the Buddhist
philosophy of the middle path
as well as other mystical
traditions, I create visual
spaces where realities overlap
each others. I try to express
a certain difficulty to be in
the in-between, the
oscillation, the wavering.


More than trying to
destabilize the spectator, I
question the power of the mind
and the shortcuts it can take
in order to solve a problem or
an enigma. As a matter of
fact, in my latest work we can
see how, despite the missing
part (i.e.: Petite
configuration II) the mind
re-creates the suggested
shape; from memory it fills
the blanks, when a totally
different thing could be
happening in the empty spaces.
In an other example, like
Configuration I, the mind is
also put at work, but this
time the lines are not
following from one fragment to
the other and it creates a
discomfort, an unbalance that
leaves us in an intermediary
space; like an unanswered
question.


For several years my research
has been proceeding through
superposition of layers (color
and medium) and fragmentation.
These two actions allow me to
investigate two spaces
simultaneously; the imaginary
space (illusion of depth...

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Artist Exhibitions:
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2011:
* Group Show - Galerie Zephyr,
Montreal, Canada
* Migrations - Galerie Wilder
& Davis, Montreal, Canada

In 2010:
* Project A5 - Artamo Gallery,
Santa-Barbara, CA USA
* Itineraires - Georges Laoun
- Montreal, Quebec Canada
april 5th - May 1st, 2010

2009
*November 2009 - De l'illusion
du sens - Galerie
Port-Maurice, Montreal, Canada

*August ...

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Artist Galleries:

USA- West Coast
*Artamo Gallery
11 west Anapamu street. Santa
Barbara, CA 93101
tel: 805.568.1400
www.artamogallery.com


Europe
*Galerie Konrad Monter
Kirchplatz 1-5
40670 Meerbusch-Ostarah
(Germany)
Tel:(49)(0)2159/35 30

Canada
*Artothèque de Montréal
5720, rue Saint André
Montréal (qu...

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Artist Reviews:

In Vie des Arts <215
"Logique car contradictoire"
par Bernard Levy
http://www.francoiseissaly.com/
articleViedesArts215.htm

* The Baltimore Sun
artist envisions in-between
spaces by G. McNatt
February 10, 2005

* Exhibition Catalog
Gallery international
www.galleryinternational.com

*F. ISSALY, Et tout a-t-il une
fin....
Vie des Arts...

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Collections:
Private collections in
California, USA,
Maryland, USA,
Toronto, Canada,
Vancouver, Canada,
Montreal, Canada,
Quebec city, Canada,
Longueuil, Canada,
Bordeaux, France,
Toulouse, France,
Beziers,France,
Malaga, Spain,
Dusseldorf, Germany,

And Corporate:
Agisoft, Beziers, France,
Busse & Miessen, Bonn,
Germany...

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Commissions:
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Francoise Issaly Biography:

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Age
40
 
Gender Female
 
Status not provided
 
Children 99
 
Religion not provided
 
Education Masters of Fine Arts
 
Hobbies / Interests not provided
 
Favorite Artistic Medium Painting Acrylic
 
Favorite Arthistory Movement Abstract Art - (1910 - )
 
Favorite Visual Artist not provided
 
Favorite Work of Art not provided
 
Biggest Artistic Inspiration I became an artist because the idea of creating or painting is what put a smile on my face; and I know that creating is the only thing I will never be tired of.
 
Why Did You Become An Artist not provided
 
Your Personal Biography Born and raise in the South of France, I made my dream come true by moving to Canada in 1993.
In 2002, I moved to California, but came back to my city of adoption (Montreal) 3 years later.

I studied in France, in visual and pastic arts, and have been exhibiting my work in Canada, USA, France and Germany.

 


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