BARBARA DASNOY
(born in Germany in 1951 [barbara_dasnoy@hotmail.fr | barbara-dasnoy.com]
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French-German visual artist born in 1951.
Studied in Göttingen, then taught in the Palatinate.
Moved to France in the 1970s, studied at the Faculty of Arts and the School of Fine Arts in Besançon.
Obtained her DNSEP. Worked with Jean Ricardon and met Michel Seuphor. Lives in Besançon.
Her work focuses on the relationship between line and gesture with color as the field: a clear, rigorous position, in the tradition of Mondrian, Bram van Velde, and Rothko.
– EILBHE DONOVAN
(born in Ireland, 1973) [eilbhedonovan@gmail.com | eilbhedonovan.com]
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Having obtained an Honours degree in illustration at West Wales School of the Arts, Eilbhe Donovan’s work derives from the traditional illustration techniques of drawing and printmaking. Her time in South East Asia is evident in the Japanese inIluenced style of minimalist ink painting, particularly the simplistic highly stylised movement of Shin-Hanga where there is little to no background, rather a faint suggestion.
Paintings are created using traditional Oriental brushes loaded with water and ink applied thereafter with a pipette. This creates a light airiness as the ink disappears into itself in a random manner. These are worked up in pencil & ink afterward.
Eilbhe has exhibited widely internationally and her work is held in private collections in Australia, USA, UK, Germany, Switzerland and Ireland.
– CLAUDIE FLOUTIER
(born in Meynes, France, 1948) [claudie.floutier@gmail.com]
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I studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Montpellier, then in Paris at Lucien Couteau's studio.
An early ecologist (my ex-husband was René Dumont's assistant at Agro), I divide my time between Paris and Besançon, where I rediscover nature.
Very involved as a woman artist and teacher, in the 80s I took part in “Création Femmes”, which enabled us, among other events, to put the spotlight on Artmisa gentileschi, thanks to Françoise Eliet, psychoanalyst, writer and critic for “Art Press” in those years.
As the years have gone by, I've stayed the same. Although I have few illusions about the future of the world, my artistic parentheses reflect my feelings as a woman sensitive to what is happening to us.
– GUIMBARDE (1950-2024)
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Noël GIRARD-CLOS, known as “Guimbarde”, was born on December 27, 1950, in Delle, in the Territoire de Belfort. His nickname refers to the musical instrument of the same name, which he played so well.
Inspired by nature and music from an early age, he built his life by devoting himself fully and passionately to Art. As a traveler, he was open to the world and to different cultures, particularly when he lived on Reunion Island in the 70s.
A student at the Besançon School of Fine Arts, Guimbarde has participated in numerous exhibitions, notably in Besançon and in his beloved Franche-Comté region.
Simple, authentic and wholehearted, Guimbarde was an atypical character. A devout believer, he saw himself as a 'pilgrim-Christian' artist, and attached great importance to his faith.
He passed away on October 30, 2024, at the age of 73, leaving behind a rich and colorful cultural heritage.
– JEAN-MICHEL JAQUET (1950-2022)
(born and died in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland)
[mph.artconsulting@sunrise.ch | SIKART]
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After studying graphic art in Geneva, he devoted himself entirely to drawing. For forty years, he exhibited regularly in Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, and occasionally in France as well. The inventor of a graphic language of signs that is both personal and universal, he explored in his work the great themes that have stirred humanity since time immemorial: love, death, pain, betrayal, the thirst for power, violence, poetry, freedom, and also the animal world, to which he gave a particular symbolism.
After working for some twenty years in France, Egypt, and Corsier-sur-Vevey, on the shores of Lake Geneva, he returned to La Chaux-de-Fonds, his hometown, with his wife Magali, who was his close collaborator for more than twenty-five years.
Seriously ill, he continued to draw from his bed in very small notebooks, demonstrating until the end his visceral connection to drawing, which was more than a passion, it was a vital necessity for him. Today, his works are featured in numerous public and private collections.
– SAMIRA SAHRA NAWARD
(born in 1984 in Tehran, Iran) [sahranavards@yahoo.com | instagram]
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Art teacher, art historian, writer, illustrator and painter.
– ABOUT HER ARTWORK
The painting “World Peace” has a different meaning for today's women. It symbolizes peace and coexistence without war or bloodshed. This “World Peace” painting represents the blue sky in which all the women and children of the world, and indeed all living beings, joyfully send colored flags skyward. Peace in the World of Women means a world where all women dance and laugh, continue to live in peace and freedom, and have the right to choose their Life.
– JEAN-PIERRE SERGENT
(born in Morteau, France, 1958) [contact@j-psergent.com | j-psergent.com]
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Art teacher, art historian, writer, illustrator and painter.
French-New-York painter (1993-2003), now living and working in Besançon. His serigraphic works of paint on Plexiglas and paper have been exhibited internationally since the 90s: in Canada, the United States, Europe, Iran and China since 2016.
His work is both a marvel at life and its transience, and a vibrant tribute to the colossal energy of life in its human-cultural continuity and timeless cosmic infinity: a gushing presence of erotic desire from the mists of time and cosmic-mystical beauty.