Nathalie Matis - Vanité florale

This contemporary sculpture engages in a dialogue between the transparency of resin and the delicate presence of a red-enamelled porcelain flower, frozen at the heart of the skull. A symbol of fragility and vitality, the flower contrasts with the skull's strength, evoking the tension between life and finitude.

Delivered with certificate of authenticity (one-of-a-kind)

Bibliography

Training
2008: Academy of Fine Arts in Charleroi: drawing section
2009: Academy of Fine Arts in Charleroi: Sculpture and Painting Section
2010: Academy of Fine Arts in Charleroi: Sculpture and Painting section
2011: Academy of Fine Arts in Charleroi: ceramics section
2012: Evening pottery classes, La TRISKEL workshop in Genval
2013 - 2014: Filming courses with Bernadette Sepulchre in Graux
2013: Academy of Fine Arts in Braine-l’Alleud: ceramics section
2014: Academy of Fine Arts in Braine-l’Alleud: ceramics section
2016 – 2018: Immersive training in the studio of painter Michel Mercie, focused on learning traditional and contemporary painting techniques. This program enables a progressive mastery of gesture, composition, color, and materials, while fostering personal expression and artistic sensitivity.
Stages followed:

- Internship at the ceramicist Geert Van Der Borght in Noduwez (enamels)
- Painting and sculpture workshop with artist Juan Kiti at the Château d’Hannut.
- Raku workshop at Francoise Giotto's
- Ceramic workshop with Sarha Bourlard in Waterloo
- Porcelain workshop at the Porcepolis studio in Brussels
- Raku workshop at the Comptoir de la céramique studio in Liège
- Draping internship at Paolo Lori
- Bronze melting workshop at Jean Delcourt in Frasnes-lez-Gosselies
Exhibitions
2013
- Expo BLACK at the Château d’Hannut
- Discovery Expo at the Kiti Juan workshop in Bruges
- Expo ‘César et Anais’ International POP-UP ART Gallery in Diegem
2014
Bonsvillersois Arts Festival
- Expo at the Tour of Flanders
- Exhibition at the Art Pero gallery in Crupet
- Expo: Art Frais at the Ponds of the Old Farm in Herve
- Expo: sensuality for Spirale in Natoye
2015
- Moncell’Art Expo at the Château de Monceau
- Exhibition at Galerie Delvaux at the Novotel-Namur
- Participation in the St. Hubert Arts and Crafts Fair
2016
- Art’bre Gallery Exhibition “Transparency” (Arbre-Profondeville)
- Expo Artisanart (Brussels) – “Mind and Matter” European
- Expo Arts and Crafts Convention
- Art Gallery Expo (Crupet)
2020
Expo gallery San Sebastián de los Reyes, Madrid
Expo – sale, Pottery Workshop, Madrid
Expo – sale, Lumbre y Barro, Madrid
2021
Exhibition – sale Painting Jaloea Art Gallery, Alicante
Expo – sale at Vearte Galeria, Alicante
2025
- I created my image for Falen Art with the aim of building a unique, modern, and elegant visual identity capable of representing my artistic work and my values.
After studying graphic design in Namur and developing a strong passion for travel and cultural diversity, Natalie Matis's vocation for porcelain was born in China during a trip.
Upon her return to Belgium, she joined the Porcepolis workshop in Brussels, where she deepened her particular taste for porcelain; she loves this material for its whiteness, its nobility, its translucence, its intimacy with the glaze, and its softness.
She offers a range of decorative objects with a minimalist design.
For several years, Nathalie Matis refined her study of ceramics in various workshops and at the Academy of Fine Arts of Braine-l'Alleud under the
Ceramist Geert van Der Borght.
Passionate about ceramics, she explores various techniques on her own and has a pronounced fascination with raku, a mysterious meeting of mastery and chance, a fragile journey between the potter’s dream and metamorphosis.