Nathalie Maquet

Nathalie Maquet is a contemporary French artist currently living and working in Aix-en-Provence. She completed a MSci in Mathematics at Imperial College London in 2001. After 9 years working in the financial services industry in the City of London, she decided to go to art school to pursue her passion for painting. She completed a BA in Fine Art at City & Guilds of London Art School in 2012.

Nathalie’s paintings are about a spontaneous experience of nature and an always changing and flowing reality. Viewers are invited into the imaginary, where they experience a fluid and vibrant world of light and colour. She has been exploring nature from different points of view: up close to discover its depths, and further away to explore a wider expanse of the landscape.

An intuitive process guides Nathalie, where the painting organically evolves. This is a process of taking natural forms such as flowers or a landscape with a strong physical structure, and then de-constructing it. Shapes and details are radically simplified to find nature’s essential form. She is also interested in exploring rhythm and how organic and natural patterns are used to create a feeling of movement and a sense of balance and harmony.

2009 – 2012: Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Art (Painting) at City & Guilds of London Art School

1997 – 2001: Master’s Degree in Mathematics at Imperial College London

2023
"Art Capital" at the Grand Palais, Paris

2022
"Beauté du Matin Calme" Gallery, Paris
Darl-e and the Bear Gallery, Woodstock
"Art Capital" at the Grand Palais, Paris

2021
Darl-e and the Bear Gallery, Woodstock
"Salon d’Automne", Paris

2020
Eclectic Gallery, London: "Colours of nature" group exhibition
Darl-e and the Bear Gallery, Woodstock

2019
Signet Contemporary Art Gallery, London: Singapore Affordable Art Fair
Signet Contemporary Art Gallery, London: Hong Kong Affordable Art Fair
Eclectic Gallery, London: Hampstead Affordable Art Fair
Art Avantage Gallery, Paris
Darl-e and the Bear Gallery, Woodstock

2018
Signet Contemporary Art Gallery, London: Singapore Affordable Art Fair
Eclectic Gallery, London: Battersea Affordable Art Fair
Eclectic Gallery, London: "Flower Flow" group exhibition
Eclectic Gallery, London: Hampstead Affordable Art Fair
Art Avantage Gallery, Paris

2016
ArtDog Gallery, London
Lopez-Grey Gallery, London

2015
ArtDog Gallery, London: Battersea Affordable Art Fair
ArtDog Gallery, London: Hampstead Affordable Art Fair

2014
Catharine Miller Gallery, London : Hampstead Affordable Art Fair
Catharine Miller Gallery, London: Battersea Decorative Art Fair