I’ve been drawing for as long as I can remember. When I was a little girl it was dresses and dancers, and now...
I still love drawing dresses and dancers !
I studied at La Sorbonne - The High School of Communications - and graduated with a Masters degree in marketing and communications. For a few years I worked in strategic planning, both in Paris and London, but I missed art and self-expression, so I left that world and went back to the arts to study acting and sculpture. I was drawn to, and loved both instantly.
I've acted in theatre, film, tv and voice over. After a period of time a stage injury led me to art-therapy, which I practiced with patients at various institutions.
In 2014 I traveled to New York for an acting workshop and love made me stay.
Since then and carried by the energy of the city, I have focused on my own work - A self-portrait sculpture series including face and torsos built in clay, as well as watercolor & ink painting which is inspired by my surroundings, fashion, and my imaginary world. The name EmilieGirl comes from this as well and is used for a certain portion of my work.
Self exploration and the female form, with her emotions and movements, are an endless inspiration for me.
J'ai toujours dessiné, quand j'étais petite c'était des robes et des danseurs, aujourd'hui ça n'a pas beaucoup changé !
Finalement, après une maîtrise de communications au Celsa-Sorbonne et un passage dans le monde de la publicité, l'expression personnelle & artistique me manquent. Je me dirige alors vers la sculpture & le jeu d'acteur qui me plaisent depuis toujours et que j'aime instantanément.
J'apprends à sculpter l'argile et joue au théâtre, film, TV, voix off, ce qui me réjouis. Une blessure de scène me mène plus tard à l'art-thérapie par le théâtre et l'écriture que je pratique auprès de patients en libéral et institution.
En 2014, à l'occasion d'un stage de théâtre à New York, je finis par tomber amoureuse et rester pour me consacrer à mes propres œuvres.
Depuis, je développe mes propres oeuvres - une série d'autoportraits, bustes et visage en argile, dont certains sont encore en cours de tirage. Aimant travailler plusieurs mediums en même temps, je peins aussi à l'aquarelle & encre, inspirée par mon environnement, la mode et mes paysages imaginaires. Le nom EmilieGirl vient de cela et s'applique à une partie de mon travail.
Tout ce qui tourne autour de la figure féminine, sa vie intérieure, ses émotions & mouvements me passionnent.
Exhibitions
• 2018-22 Watercolor + Ink painting and drawing - Personal projects, Movie Poster, Fashion & Poem Illustrations, Clothing design.
• Exhibition - Community Sessions, Studio 151, NYC
• Exhibition - Salon des Artistes Français, Paris
Training
Master of Social & Commercial Communications – CELSA Paris IV- Sorbonne
Sculpture > with V.Dunglass from Les Beaux Arts: knife clay modeling, work with live model, alabaster carving
+ The Students Art League of New York, clay sculpting, mold making and live model
Performing arts > Michael Howard Studio, New York
National Conservatory of Dramatic Art of Paris - Auditor in class of A. Seweryn
Workshops with P.Klimovitskaya, A.Voutsinas, Central School of Speech & Drama, London..
+ Master's degree in Theory of the theater, University New Sorbonne, Paris III (Recognition for dissertation on Krapp’s Last Tape by S.BECKET)
Art-therapy > Diploma of Art Therapy-Drama Therapy - University René Descartes, Paris
+ Practical Seminary of Art-therapy Diploma - Saint Anne, Paris
Work at the Red Cross, in private clinic and liberal with social phobia