Born in 1978. Lives and works in Les Lilas (Seine-Saint-Denis)
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TRAINING
2004: Specialized training in contemporary jewelry design at AFEDAP, Paris
2002: Diploma from the School of Fine Arts in Santiago de Chile (CH), specializing in engraving
1999: Finis Terrae School of Fine Arts, Santiago, Chile (CH)
EXHIBITIONS
2017: Triennale Européenne du bijou contemporain, Galerie WCC-BF, Mons (BE)
2013: "Précieux Passages", Circuits bijoux, Paris
2012: Memento Mori I, Vander A Gallery, Brussels (BE)
2011: Also Know as Jewellery, Les ateliers de Paris, Paris
2009: Schmuck, 50th special jewellery Show International trade fair, Munich (DE)
- From hand to hand, Mudac, Lausanne (CH)
She refuses to submit to the dictates of the rules and customs associated with technical mastery of the material, in favor of its physical expressiveness and the meaning sought. She rejects enameling and its complexities, preferring pigments, Indian ink or ballpoint pen ink, and accepts firing accidents. Nathalie Perret denounces European cultural imperialism underpinned by centuries of colonialism. Behind the extreme seduction of pulpy, metallic colors, lies the bitter memory of humiliated cultures.
Read the full text in the 2024 exhibition catalog
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