Nathalie Matis - L'Âme en suspens

White porcelain skull, topped with a butterfly in patinated black bronze.
This work explores the contrast between the fragility of matter and the permanence of metal, evoking metamorphosis, time, and memory.
Delivered with certificate of authenticity (one-of-a-kind)

Ideal for a designer interior, an art collection, or an exhibition space, this sculpture will bring character, elegance, and distinctiveness to any environment.

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.