An unusual career, very different from most artistic paths…

Painting and creation in general have always occupied the artist’s life. After law studies at the University of Lausanne, during which she always had her brush to hand, followed by a doctorate, in 1983 she went to the Istituto per l’arte e il restauro in Florence in order to get back to the ‘essentials’ as they were taught at the time. Having qualified as a lawyer, she took a sabbatical year in order to devote herself entirely to painting. She spent a good part of that year in New York, at the studio of Richard Pousette Dart, the youngest representative of abstract expressionism. On her return, she divided her time between practising at the Bar and painting, finally deciding in 1993 to give up her law practice and paint full time.

…and creation which is open to current environmental problems

The artist has always wondered about the ‘mysteries’ of the creative process: how can it be nourished, how can you free yourself from the intellect’s restrictive injunctions whilst accepting those that are necessary, the role played by ‘accident’ in that process… On such questions, nature, observation of it and of its creative ingenuity have been and remain her guides. Trees in particular, stretched between two opposing forces, both vital for its growth, have always filled her with wonder. During her time in New York, she painted them incessantly, at the same time rooted in the earth and touching the sky. She has continued to be inhabited by them ever since, even during her most abstract creative periods. Since 2010, trees have once again made their presence felt and are at the very heart of her aesthetic research. Trees invite us to marvel at the complexity of nature and take inspiration from it to try to solve the environmental problems threatening our planet.

In 2018, the artist decided to contact researchers in order to share with them her dazzling insights and her environmental concerns, and develop a synergy that might be accessible for the general public.  In 2021, the exhibition between art and science “AND WHAT ABOUT TREES TOMORROW?” at the Espace Arlaud, a museum in the center of Lausanne (Switzerland) gave concrete expression to this new departure.

Bibliography			THEN COMES SUMMER Mont.s.Lausanne 2016, 110 p. Read the book
			TREES AND POETS Mont.s.Lausanne 2021, wooden box, 85 p. Extracts from the box
Personal exhibitions	2021	“Et les arbres demain?“, Espace Arlaud, Lausanne	Switzerland
	2019	Musée botanique, Lausanne, guest artist at the DurArbrilité exhibition	Switzerland
	2018	Atelier de Grandvaux (small formats)	Switzerland
	2017	Galerie Artesol, Solothurn	Switzerland
	2016	Fondation l’Estrée, Ropraz	Switzerland
	2014	Haute École Pédagogique, Lausanne	Switzerland
		Fondation Siloah, Gümlingen, Bern	Switzerland
	2013	New Hall Art Collection, Cambridge	United Kingdom
	2012	Flon-Art, Lausanne, Mezza Voce II	Switzerland
	2011	Atelier de Grandvaux (small formats)	Switzerland
	2010	Atelier de Grandvaux (small formats)	Switzerland
	2009	Galerie Edouard Roch, Ballens	Switzerland
	2007	Atelier de Grandvaux (small formats)	Switzerland
	2005	Fondation l’Estrée, Ropraz	Switzerland
	2004	Galerie Pomone, Lutry	Switzerland
	1999	Ferme de la Chapelle, Grand-Lancy, Geneva	Switzerland
	1997	Galerie Planque, Lausanne	Switzerland
	1994	Galerie Planque, Lausanne	Switzerland
	1992	Galerie Planque, Lausanne	Switzerland
	1989	Galerie Point, Lausanne	Switzerland
	1987	Galerie France, Lausanne	Switzerland
Collective exhibitions	2019	Fondation l’Estrée, Ropraz	Switzerland
	2016	Ferme de la Chapelle, Grand-Lancy, Geneva	Switzerland
	2014	Villa Dutoit, Geneva	Switzerland
	2010	Ferme de la Chapelle, Grand-Lancy, Geneva	Switzerland
	2006	Galerie Suisse des arts, Lausanne	Switzerland
	2003	Fondation l’Estrée, Ropraz	Switzerland
	2000	Galerie Nane Cailler, Pully	Switzerland
	1999	Galerie Planque, Lausanne	Switzerland
	1996	Galerie Planque, Lausanne	Switzerland
	1994	Galerie Planque, Lausanne	Switzerland
	1993	Galerie La Ratière, Romont	Switzerland
	1983	Art Students’ League, New York	USA
Public collections		Banque Raiffeisen, Moudon	Switzerland
		Hôpital Rive-Neuve, Blonay	Switzerland