Nathalie Matis - Vanité florale

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

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Formations
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-ceramics course, La TRISKEL workshop in Genval
2013-2014: Throwing 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 within the studio of painter Michel Mercie, focused on learning traditional and contemporary painting techniques. This training develops a progressive mastery of gesture, composition, colors, and materials, while fostering personal expression and artistic sensitivity.
Workshops attended:

- Workshop with potter Geert Van Der Borght in Noduwez (enameled glazes)
- Painting and sculpture workshop with artist Juan Kiti at Château d’Hannut
- Raku workshop with Francoise Giotto
- Ceramics 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
- Molding workshop with Paolo Lori
- Bronze casting workshop with Jean Delcourt in Frasnes-lez-Gosselies
Exhibitions:
2013
- BLACK Expo at Château d’Hannut
- Discovery Expo at the Kiti Juan studio in Bruges
- Expo ‘César and Anais’ International POP-UP ART Gallery in Diegem
2014
- Bonsvillersois Arts Festival
- Expo at Tour de Flandres
- Expo at Art Pero gallery in Crupet
- Expo: Art Frais at the Étangs de la Vieille Ferme in Herve
- Expo: Sensuality for the Spiral in Natoye
2015
- Moncell’Art Expo at the Château de Monceau
- Expo at the Delvaux Gallery at Novotel-Namur
- Participation in the St. Hubert Trade Crafts Fair
2016
- Art’bre Gallery exhibition “Transparency” (Arbre-Profondeville)
- Artisanart Exhibition (Brussels) – “Mind and Matter” European
- Arts and Crafts Convention Exhibition
- Art Gallery Exhibition (Crupet)
2020
- San Sebastian de los Reyes Gallery exhibition, Madrid
- Expo – sale, Atelier Pottery, Madrid
- Expo – sale, Lumbre y Barro, Madrid
2021
- Expo – sale Painting Jaloea Art Gallery, Alicante
- Expo – sale 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 values.
After studying graphic design in Namur and a strong passion for travel and cultural diversity, Natalie Matis’s vocation for porcelain was born in China during a trip.
Upon returning to Belgium, she joined the Porcepolis workshop in Brussels, where she deepened her particular taste for porcelain; she loves this material for its whiteness, nobility, translucency, intimacy with glaze, and softness.
She offers a range of decorative objects with a clean design.
For several years, Nathalie Matis has refined her study of ceramics in various workshops and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Braine l’Alleud with ceramicist Geert van Der Borght.
Passionate about ceramics, she continues to explore different techniques as a self-taught artist and has a marked fascination with raku, a mysterious encounter of mastery and randomness, a fragile adventure between the potter’s dream and metamorphosis.