Photo by Alice Fiorilli © Alice Fiorilli
Influenced by the language of classicism, Nathalie Du Pasquier’s paintings splice together simplified still-life compositions, architectural plans, industrial drawings, and playful fragments of text with boldly simplified blocks of colour. New objects constantly enrich Du Pasquier’s imaginary and symbolic world and she follows particular, poetic paths to construct and compose forms, sculpt space, and render representation anew – as well as using her own archive as raw material to be reshaped. Exploring the links between objects, geometry, representation of space, and psychic life, Du Pasquier’s paintings often expand into clustered arrangements or onto the surrounding walls, taking a fluid and porous approach to traditional distinctions between ‘fine’ and ‘decorative’ arts. Intrigued by the relationship between objects and the spaces in which they are installed, Nathalie Du Pasquier’s work has manifested in paintings, sculptures, designs, patterns, constructions, carpets, books, and ceramics—constantly acting between the representational and non-representational, the tangible and intangible, reality and imagination, and two- and three-dimensional forms.
Nathalie Du Pasquier lives and works in Milan.
Nathalie Du Pasquier
Floating 2022
oil on paper, 2 modules, framed
70 x 100 cm / 27.6 x 39.4 in each
80 x 209 cm / 31.5 x 82.3 in framed
Nathalie Du Pasquier
Constructed, 2022
oil on paper, 3 modules, framed
70 x 100 cm / 27.6 x 39.4 in each
215 x 109 cm / 84.6 x 42.9 in total
Nathalie Du Pasquier
Motorised, 2022
oil on paper, 2 modules, framed
70 x 100 cm / 27.6 x 39.4 in each
80 x 209 cm / 31.5 x 82.3 in framed
Nathalie Du Pasquier
Almost, 2022
oil on paper, 2 modules
100 x 70 cm /39.4 x 27.6 in each
107.2 x 144.6 cm / 42.2 x 56.9 in framed
Nathalie du Pasquier
Swiss life 2022
3 elements, oil on paper
210 x 100 cm / 82.7 x 39.4 in total
Nathalie du Pasquier
Shelf 2022
2 elements and 1 cut out, oil on paper
240 x 100 cm / 94.5 x 39.4 in total
Nathalie du Pasquier
Clicke tyclac 2022
2 elements and 1 cut out, oil on paper
210 x 100 cm / 82.7 x 39.4 in total
Nathalie du Pasquier
Stones on shelf 2022
3 elements, oil on paper
210 x 100 cm / 82.7 x 39.4 in total
Nathalie du Pasquier
Floating 2022
2 elements, oil on paper
70 x 200 cm / 27.6 x 78.7 in total
Nathalie du Pasquier
A still life 2022
3 elements, oil on paper
210 x 100 cm / 82.7 x 39.4 in total
Born in Bordeaux, France, Nathalie Du Pasquier first discovered pattern and texture in West Africa in the 1970s, and has lived in Milan since 1979. A founding member of the Memphis design group, she designed textiles, carpets, plastic laminates, furniture and objects before dedicating herself to painting in 1987. Her work has been exhibited at MACRO, Rome; MRAC, Sérignan; Palais de Tokyo, Paris; Camden Arts Centre, London; Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh; ICA, Philadelphia; Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna; Kunsthal Aarhus, Denmark and Le Corbusier’s Villa Savoye in France. Forthcoming exhibitions include Hôtel des Arts, Toulon, France; Apalazzo Gallery, Brescia, Italy (both solo exhibitions, from March 2024); MRAC, Sérignan (group, April 2024); Kunsthaus Biel, Switzerland (two-person show with Olivier Mosset, September 2024). Public collections include the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania; San Francisco Museum of Art, California; the Victoria & Albert Museum, London; the National Halleru of Victoria, Melbourne.
Nathalie Du Pasquier, NATHALIE DU PASQUIER and OLIVIER MOSSET 1+1=3, Kunsthaus Biel Centre d'art Bienne, 2024, Photo: Thomas Annaheim Lambert
Nathalie Du Pasquier, Arrangements 1993–2023, Hôtel des Arts, Toulon, 9 March – 27 April 2024. Photo: Luc Bertrand
Nathalie Du Pasquier, paintings of things. paintings as objects, Kunsthal Aarhus, 2023. Photo: Jacob Friis-Holm Nielsen
Nathalie Du Pasquier Chez Eux, Villa Savoye Le Corbousier, Poissy, France, June 10–September 15, 2022. Photo by Aurélien Mole © Aurélien Mole
Nathalie Du Pasquier Yvon Lambert, Paris, France, February 17– March 19, 2023.
Nathalie Du Pasquier: Other Rooms, Camden Arts Centre, London, England, September 29 2017 - January 14 2018. Photo by Damian Griffiths © Damian Griffiths
Nathalie Du Pasquier and Olivier Mosset present a two-person exhibition at Kunsthaus Biel, infusing their shared interest in the history of the avant-garde with a playful spirit.
Nathalie Du Pasquier has made a site-specific wall painting as part of Fortuna, an exhibition of 25 artists at MRAC Serignan.
Nathalie Du Pasquier presents a new solo exhibition of drawings, Arrangements 1993-2023, at the Hôtel des Arts in Toulon.
Nathalie Du Pasquier’s solo exhibition paintings of things. paintings as objects opens at Kunsthal Aarhus on 9 June.
