Matis FalenArt - Vanité florale

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

Delivered with certificate of authenticity and illuminated pedestal

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Education
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 course in pottery-ceramics, Le 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 at the studio of painter Michel Mercie, focused on mastering traditional and contemporary painting techniques. This training develops progressive mastery of gesture, composition, colors, and materials, while fostering personal expression and artistic sensitivity.
Workshops attended:
- Workshop with ceramist Geert Van Der Borght in Noduwez (enamels)
- Painting and sculpture workshop with artist Juan Kiti at the 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 fusing workshop with Jean Delcourt in Frasnes-lez-Gosselies
Exhibitions:
2013
- BLACK Expo at the Château d’Hannut
- Discovery Expo at the Kiti Juan workshop in Brugge
- Expo ‘César et Anaïs’ International POP-UP ART Gallery in Diegem
2014
- Festival of Bonsvillerois Arts
- Expo at Tour of Flanders
- Expo at Art Pero Gallery in Crupet
- Expo: Art Frais at the Etangs de la vieille Ferme in Herve
- Expo: sensuality for the Spiral in Natoye
2015
- Moncell’Art Expo at Château de Monceau
- Expo at Galerie Delvaux at the Novotel-Namur
- Participation in the St. Hubert Arts and Crafts Fair
2016
- Art’bre Gallery Exhibitions “Transparency” (Arbre-Profondeville)
- Artisanart Exhibition (Brussels) – “Mind and Matter” European
- Arts and Crafts Convention Expo
- Galerie d’Art Exhibition (Crupet)
2020
Expo at San Sebastian de los Reyes gallery, 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 able to represent my artistic work and values.
After studying graphic design in Namur and a strong taste 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 fondness for porcelain; she loves this material for its whiteness, its nobility, its translucency, its intimacy with glaze, and its softness.
She offers a range of decorative objects with minimalist design.
For several years, Nathalie Matis refined her ceramic study in various ateliers and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Braine L’Alleud with ceramist Geert van Der Borght.
Passionate about ceramics, she explores various techniques as a self-taught artist and has a strong fascination for raku, a mysterious meeting of mastery and randomness, a fragile adventure between the potter’s dream and metamorphosis.