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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...

Further Information

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...

Further Information
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...

Further Information
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...

Further Information
Commissions:
Coming Soon!

Exhibitions for Francoise Issaly:



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 2009 - Inner outer Circles - Artamo Gallery, Santa Barbara, Ca
*May 2009 - Entre Nous/Between Us - Galerie La Salamandre, Montreal, Canada
*March 2009 - Inner outer Circles - Galerie Luz, Montreal, Canada

2008
September - Paintings - G. Laoun, Montreal, Canada

2006
* French General Consulate in Montreal, Canada - January 2006

2005
* Gallery International, Baltimore, MD
* Cafe Tartine, 7385 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
2004
*Before the Fall - Roberts Art Gallery, Santa Monica, CA USA
*Series of Layers,OCCCA, California, USA.
*Et tout a-t-il une fin..., Galerie Port-Maurice, Montreal, Canada.

2003
*Configuration(s), Centre Culturel de Verdun, Québec, Canada
*Espaces Pluriels, Galerie Konrad Monter, Meerbusch (Dusseldorf), Germany

2002
*Fragments et Fractions,Maison de la Vie Associative. Béziers, France.
*Regarder Ailleurs, La Seigneurie Gallery. Châteauguay, Québec.
*Espaces Fragmentaires, Médias Forum. Béziers, France.
*Ligne - Série IV (De la nécessité d’avoir un corps),French Consulate in Montréal. Montréal, Québec.
2000
*Peintures, dessins 1998 – 2000, GeorgesLaoun, Montréal, Québec.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2007
painting and poetry - Artamo Gallery, Santa Barbara, Ca
Subset - Crussel Fine Art, Orange, CA

2006
* Pul'ART 2006, Le Mans, France. 24-28 May 2006

2005
* Les iles inventées, Maison de la culture, Montreal, Canada
* Artamo Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
* Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA

2004
*Perceptions, OCCCA, Santa Ana, CA, USA

2003
*Gallery International (July 2003), Baltimore, MD, USA
*Les Femmeuses 2003, Pratt & Whitney Canada, Longueuil, Quebec.
*First Anniversary show. Gallery International, Baltimore, MD
*Trio. Arts Sutton. Sutton, Qc, Canada
*G. Rioux/F.Issaly. Galerie Renee-Blain, Brossard, Qc. Canada

2002
*Nouveaux Artistes. Galerie du Musee des Beaux Arts de Montreal, Quebec.
*Les Femmeuses 2002. Pratt & Whitney Canada – Longueuil, Québec.

1996
*Incarnation. Belgo Building. Montréal, Québec.
*Femmes d’Art. Isart. Montréal, Québec.
*Art de Femmes. Galerie des Foufs. Montréal, Québec.

1995
*Agreement. Duo, Galerie des Foufs. Montréal, Québec.
*JAM. Belgo Building. Montréal, Québec.

1994
*Echo d’une génération II. Galerie du SAC. Montréal, Québec.


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