Matis Nathalie - Fragments de Silence

Description of the gallery:
Contemporary ceramic mask handmade, fired at 1150 degrees.
The surface is enhanced by a green engobe with mineral nuances, bringing softness and depth to the piece. The delicate lines and glazed fragments evoke emotions, invisible wounds, and inner reconstruction.

Presented in a minimalist frame, this mask invites silent reflection on identity and human fragility.
Delivered with authenticity certificate.

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Education
2008: Academy of Fine Arts in Charleroi: drawing department
2009: Academy of Fine Arts in Charleroi: sculpture and painting department
2010: Academy of Fine Arts in Charleroi: sculpture and painting department
2011: Academy of Fine Arts in Charleroi: ceramics department
2012: Evening course in pottery-ceramics, atel ier la TRISKEL in Genval
2013-2014: Throwing courses at Bernadette Sepulchre in Graux
2013: Academy of Fine Arts in Braine-l’Alleud: ceramics department
2014: Academy of Fine Arts in Braine-l’Alleud: ceramics department
2016–2018: Immersive training at the studio of painter Michel Mercie, focused on learning traditional and contemporary painting techniques. This training develops progressive mastery of gesture, composition, colors, and materials, while fostering 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 forging internship with Jean Delcourt at Frasnes-lez-Gosselies
Exhibitions:
2013
- BLACK Expo at Château d’Hannut
- Discovery Expo at the Kiti Juan workshop in Bruges
- ‘César et Anais’ Expo at International POP-UP ART Gallery in Diegem
2014
- Festival des Arts Bonsvillersois
- Expo at Tour de Flandres
- Expo at the 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 Château de Monceau
- Expo at Galerie Delvaux at the Novotel-Namur
- Participation in the St. Hubert Handicraft Fair
2016
- Art’bre Gallery exhibition “Transparence” (Arbre-Profondeville)
- Artisanart Exhibition (Brussels) – “Mind and Matter” European
- Arts and Crafts Convention Expo
- Galerie d’Art (Crupet) Expo
2020
- San Sebastian de los Reyes Gallery, Madrid Expo
- Sale exhibition, Atelier Pottery, Madrid
- Sale exhibition, Lumbre y Barro, Madrid
2021
- Sale exhibition Painting Jaloea Art Gallery, Alicante
- Sale exhibition Vearte Galeria, Alicante
2025
- I created my image for Falen Art to build a unique, modern, and elegant visual identity capable of representing my artistic work and my values.
After graphic design studies in Namur and a strong taste for travel and cultural diversity, Natalie Matis’s vocation for porcelain was born in China during a journey.
Upon returning to Belgium, she joined the Porcepolis studio 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 clean design.
For several years, Nathalie Matis refined her ceramics study in various studios and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Braine l’Alleud with ceramist Geert van Der Borght.
Passionate about ceramics, she explores various techniques autodidactically and has a marked fascination for raku, a mysterious encounter of mastery and randomness, a fragile adventure between the ceramist’s dream and metamorphosis.