Background
Nathalie du Pasquier was born in 1957, in Bordeaux, France. Her mother was an art historian and her father was a virologist.
Nathalie du Pasquier together with her husband George Sowden.
(Just as his classic bestseller "Wabi-Sabi" explored the q...)
Just as his classic bestseller "Wabi-Sabi" explored the quintessential Japanese aesthetic, Leonard Koren's new book uncovers the underlying principles, that govern how Western designers arrange things in three-dimensional compositions. Inspired by Greek and Roman notions of rhetoric - the ancient art of argument and delivery - Koren elucidates the elements of arranging rhetoric, that all designers instinctively use in everything from floral compositions to interior decorating. Those, who master Koren's rhetoric of object placement, will have the ability to persuade, uplift and confound their audience. This work was illustrated by Nathalie du Pasquier.
https://www.amazon.com/Arranging-Things-Rhetoric-Object-Placement/dp/1880656825
2003
(This unique book is the first and definitive compilation ...)
This unique book is the first and definitive compilation of all the unpublished drawings from those years, which had been sitting in the drawers of Nathalie's studio for over 30 years. Organized by the smallest objects to the biggest and divided into chapters, each with a text by Nathalie, it has been carefully edited and designed by Apartamento magazine's co-founder Omar Sosa together with Nathalie du Pasquier. "Don’t Take These Drawings Seriously" is an excellent reference for future generations and a welcome document of an important period in modern design.
https://www.amazon.com/Dont-Take-These-Drawings-Seriously/dp/157687754X
2015
Nathalie du Pasquier was born in 1957, in Bordeaux, France. Her mother was an art historian and her father was a virologist.
In her early years, in 1975-1977, Nathalie traveled through Gabon and West Africa, drawing influence from African art and music during those years. It was in 1979, that she settled down in Milan, Italy, where she met the designer George Sowden, her current husband, with whom, in 1981, Nathalie became a founding member of the Memphis Group. Being the youngest member of the group, Nathalie designed textiles and furniture items. When the group was dissolved, Pasquier began a solo career as a painter and sculptor.
It was in 1985, that Nathalie began creating paintings. Two years later, in 1987, she entirely dedicated herself to this medium. In her later years, Nathalie continued designing textiles, including patterns for clothes, produced by American Apparel in 2014, and blankets and other bedding, with George Sowden, for Zig Zag Zurich in 2015. She also designed silk scarves for Hermès and dresses for Valentino.
During her career, Pasquier has had many solo exhibitions, held at various art spaces, galleries and museums, including the Studio Gallo, Milan, Italy; Le Cadre Gallery, Hong Kong; Galleria Philippe Daverio, Milan, Italy; Rubicon Gallery, Dublin, Ireland; Museum of Decorative Arts, Paris, France; Assab One, Milan, Italy; Kunsthalle Lissabon, Lisbon, Portugal; Museum of Contemporary Art, Leipzig, Germany, among others.
Nathalie's works have also been presented at various group exhibitions, including "Paesaggio", at Galleria Philippe Daverio, Milan, Italy (1993); "Meeting Morandi", at Fendersky Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland (2000); "5 Sculptures and White Paintings", at Fendersky Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland (2002); "Ausstellung 61", at Exile Gallery, Berlin, Germany (2015); "L'Almanach 18", at Le Consortium, Dijon, France (2018); "Trade Syllables", at Martinos Gallery, Athens, Greece (2019), among many others.
Besides, Pasquier authored and co-authored several books, including "10 Tappeti Moderni = 10 Modern Carpets" (1986), with George Sowden; "Viaggio Tranquillo: 1988-1993" (1993); "Nathalie du Pasquier" (2001), with Peter Cherry; "Nathalie du Pasquier: Domino" (2002); "Square Paintings" (2011); "Achtung! Blumen!" (2012) with Steve Piccolo; "Nathalie du Pasquier: Don't Take These Drawings Seriously" (2015), with Omar Sosa; and "The Strange Order of Things" (2019).
Du Pasquier now works directly on paper or canvas and builds constructions, that play with the juxtaposition of flat surfaces and three-dimensional objects. Her paintings can respectively exist as objects, space or environments, blurring the distinctions between a work and its inherent structures of display.
(Just as his classic bestseller "Wabi-Sabi" explored the q...)
2003(This unique book is the first and definitive compilation ...)
2015Over Nathalie's career, the wooden abstract objects she had made gradually appeared in her paintings. In recent years, du Pasquier's work has merged into purely abstract forms. As with her early architecture and design work, the new paintings and drawings continue to reflect her interest in the spatial relationships between objects.
In general, Nathalie's oeuvre is characterized by bold shapes and colors. She doesn't use high tech graphics in her art and most part of her work is completed with a pencil and paper. A further distinctive quality of du Pasquier's work is her interest in playing at the borderlands of abstraction and representation – her paintings can seem to hover between the two.
Quotations: "My first influences were, of course, my parents: from my mother, who was an art historian, I learned a classical way of looking at classical art; my father, who was a virologist, taught me a more naturalistic perspective on different aspects of the world."
Nathalie is married to George Sowden, a designer and product developer.