Tatjana Labossière, shared with permission
Tatjana Labossière: Translating the Soul of Nature
In the hands of contemporary artist Tatjana Labossière, sheets of steel and translucent monoprints become vehicles to express the power, energy, and beauty of nature.
Parisian artist Tatjana Labossière is both a sculptor and a printmaker who tries to capture the essence of nature in her work. She is inspired by the natural elements of wood, stone, trees, and plants.
In her sculptures, she cuts shapes from large sheets of steel, manipulating them into pieces that are both organic and geometric, simple and complex, delicate and powerful, at the same time.
For her prints, Labossière has developed a technique using cardboard that she cuts and carves to create volume and shape in her compositions. She uses a palette of beautiful colors in her work to print forms that are delicate and transparent with an ethereal quality; artwork that is far beyond a traditional rendering of natural forms.
Tatjana Labossière, shared with permission
Harnessing the energy of nature
"I try to translate the soul of nature in my work," she explains. "My monoprints are a play of shape and volume that are reminiscent of stones or natural materials like leaves that express a vital energy. By superimposing them, I try to reveal delicate transparencies that contrast with the energy of the materials."
"I'm not trying to replicate nature in my prints. It's not like painting a flower or a mountain or a lake, it's much more, it's the essence. It's what you feel when you are faced with the powers and energy of nature. I want to help the viewer find a way back to nature through this positive energy to find well-being and balance in their lives."
Tatjana Labossière, shared with permission
Educated in sculpture and printmaking
Labossière was born and raised in the German countryside but has lived in Paris most of her adult life. She graduated from the Department of Sculpture at the School of Fine Art in Versailles, also learning printmaking techniques during her studies.
Today she works in a light-filled studio in Paris and regularly takes part in exhibitions and studio tours. Her work can be found in private collections worldwide and through Renjeau Art Galleries in Boston, Massachusetts and Behind the Hedge Gallery in Fairfield, Connecticut.
See more of her work at @tatjana.labossiere and on her website, tatjana-labossiere.com.
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