Matis Nathalie - Entre Terre et Ciel

These porcelain vases, entirely handmade, stand out for their elongated shapes and their delicately crumpled texture that catches the light and reveals the full richness of the material. The minimalist decor, depicting a poetic silhouette in motion, adds a narrative and sensitive dimension to the whole.

Each piece is the result of a three-firing production process that is demanding:

* First biscuit firing at 900 °C, which transforms raw clay into a solid, porous ceramic.
* Second firing at 1,220 °C, after applying glaze, allowing the porcelain to vitrify and achieve its glossy finish.
* Third firing at 800 °C, intended to permanently fix the decorative decal decorating the surface.

At the crossroads of art and art craftsmanship, these creations combine technical mastery, contemporary elegance, and graphic expression. Each vase is a unique piece, bearing witness to the dialogue between porcelain, light, and artistic gesture.

Technique: Glazed porcelain, decoration by decal
Firing: Bisque 900 °C – Glaze 1,220 °C – Decoration 600 °C
Finish: Gloss glaze
Unique works made by hand.

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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 pottery-ceramics courses, La TRISKEL workshop in Genval
2013-2014: Pottery turning 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 painter Michel Mercie’s studio, focused on traditional and contemporary painting techniques. This training develops a progressive mastery of gesture, composition, colors, and materials, while encouraging personal expression and artistic sensitivity.
Internships:

- Internship with ceramist Geert Van Der Borght in Noduwez (enamels)
- Painting and sculpture internship with artist Juan Kiti at Château d’Hannut
- Raku internship with Françoise Giotto
- Ceramics internship with Sarha Bourlard in Waterloo
- Porcelain internship at the Porcepolis workshop in Brussels
- Raku internship at the Comptoir de la céramique workshop in Liège
- Molding internship with Paolo Lori
- Bronze fusion internship with Jean Delcourt in Frasnes-lez-Gosselies
Exhibitions:
2013
- BLACK exhibition at Château d’Hannut
- Découverte exhibition at the Kiti Juan workshop in Bruges
- ‘César et Anais’ International POP-UP ART Gallery exhibition in Diegem
2014
- Bonsvillersois Arts Festival
- Tour of Flanders exhibition
- Art gallery Art Pero in Crupet exhibition
- Exhibition: Art Frais at the Etangs de la Vieille Ferme in Herve
- Exhibition: Sensuality for the Spiral in Natoye
2015
- Moncell’Art exhibition at the Château de Monceau
- Delvaux Gallery exhibition at the Novotel-Namur
- Participation in the St. Hubert Art Trades Fair
2016
- Art’bre Gallery exhibition “Transparence” (Arbre-Profondeville)
- Artisanart Exhibition (Brussels) – “Mind and Matter” European
- Arts and Crafts Convention exhibition
- Crupet Gallery exhibition
2020
Exhibition at San Sebastian de los Reyes Gallery, Madrid
Exhibition – sale, Atelier Pottery, Madrid
Exhibition – sale, Lumbre y Barro, Madrid
2021
Exhibition – sale Painter Jaloea Art Gallery, Alicante
Exhibition – 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 graphics in Namur and a strong inclination for travel and cultural diversity, Natalie Matis’ 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, its nobility, its translucency, its intimacy with 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 studios and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Braine L’Alleud with ceramist Geert van Der Borght.
Passionate about ceramics, she self-educated in various techniques and has a marked fascination with raku, a mysterious meeting of mastery and spontaneity, a fragile adventure between the ceramist’s dream and metamorphosis.