Titane Laurent

Biography - TITANE LAURENT

Born in Morocco in 1964 to Belgian parents, Laurent developed an interest in illustration and painting during high school. Laurent then followed a corporate career in marketing whilst continuing to indulge her artistic passions till 1999, when she left Belgium to continue her education as a cartoonist in New Zealand. She developed a following as a cartoonist through regular contributions to numerous international newspaper including a weekly illustration in West Australia’s Sunday Time. She gave up cartooning in 2012 to pursue her career as a painter in Mauritius, then the USA, eventually returning to Australia in 2014, settling in Melbourne, where she recently launched LAURENT Gallery and Art space with partner Jonathon Miller.
Her early mastery of drawing and cartooning along with her 8-year apprenticeship with Chinese Conceptual Art teacher (Gao XUYOUNG), attuned her to the abstract essence of line. Working in mixed media, Laurent’s style developed from figurative and representational works to black and white, emblematic and calligraphic compositions, where forms became rapidly brushed marks. The ambiance of New York where she lived and the influence of masters like Motherwell, Franz Kline, Basq...

1992: Bishofsheim Academy - Painting - Brussels, Belgium
1993: Mool Private Studio - Techniques of colour and water painting Luxembourg
1994: La Cambre - Modern Art College - Drawing - Brussels, Belgium
1994: School for Plastic and Visual Arts, Painting - Mons, Belgium
1995-1996: St Gilles Academy – Drawing - Brussels, Belgium
1995-1998: Apprenticeship with the Professor of Chinese Fine Arts Academy of Shanghai, Gao Xu Yong, Conceptual Art - Shanghai - China, Belgium & N.Z.
1997-2004: New Zealand Institute of Business Studies - Illustration & Cartooning - Auckland, NZ.
Graduated with Distinction.

2018: - Exhibition -The Exhibition Project – BRASS: ABSTRACT - Sydney Recital Centre -Sydney
- Permanent Exhibition – LAURENT Gallery - South Melbourne – Victoria
- 1st Prize – CSBC Art Exhibition and Art Award – Melbourne CBD - Victoria

2017: - Founder of the L A U R E N T Gallery – South Melbourne – Victoria
- The Art de Vivre - Solo Exhibition, Laurent Gallery - South Melbourne – Victoria
- BLACK IS - Solo Exhibition, Laurent Gallery - South Melbourne – Victoria

2016: - Solo Exhibition, Moonee Ponds – Incinerator Gallery – Moonee Ponds – Victoria

2015: - International Feature Artist - Hogan Gallery - Collingwood – Victoria
- Supervisor (Contemporary Art Teacher) – Art program – South Melbourne – Victoria
- Inaugural President of GodStuff Art Space – South Melbourne - Victoria

2014: - Honourable Mention Award winner in the Artist’s Magazine All Media Competition
- Second Prize AWARD, Washington Square Festival – Mixes Media – New York - USA
- Exhibition - Between Dream and Reality - Art Museum of Ormond Beach - Daytona – Florida
- Exhibition – GOD’S STUFF Cartoon – Mural size – Berlin - Germany
- Award of Commendation- IMAGES Art Festival - NSB- Florida - USA ...