Nathalie De Zan

Nathalie De Zan is a French multimedia artist born in 1985 in Toulouse, France. She has a twin sister with whom she has a very strong bond with and tells about their relationship in some of her artwork. She developed early on a taste for art by her grand-mother who pushed for her to be sent to a children’s art school. Fascinated by art, color and poetry, she decided to go this path. In 2010 she graduated with a Master of Fine Art from the Jaurès University of Toulouse. During the first years at university she started to become fascinated by the French and German tales. She did an internship at the Collège de France in Paris with Patrick Imbert who taught her the photographic studio techniques. She did her first exhibition in 2009 after that she started to show her works in various places around France. After this period she really started to develop her own creative process using influences from her dreams. Her works remain autobiographical and show some attributes of feminism, pop art, and erotica. Absurd, surreal and sometimes naive, her artwork has become more and more full of colors. In 2016 she travelled to Japan which sparked her imagination and gave her the desire to play with perspective and sharp shapes. She moved in 2017 ...

2010/2011 Multimedia/internet programmer traineeship, FR

2009 Photographic studio training at “Ze Studio”, FR

2009 Traineeship “Duplex art gallery” FR

2009/2010 Professional Master of Digital Arts, Jean-Jaurès University, FR

2008 Photographic traineeship, Collège of France, Paris

2008/2009 Master of Fine Arts, Jean-Jaurès University, FR

2006 International Workshop #2 -relationship between Design and Danse with Boris Chermanz, FR

2006 International Workshop #1 -relationship between Design and Danse with Pierre Regal, FR

2005/2008 Licence of Arts, Jean-Jaurès University, FR

Artist residency
2022 - Artistic residency at Sweven under the direction of Joe Castello, Hoboken, USA (+)
2017 - Artistic residency at the Chateau H under the direction of Sotho H and Helena Patricio, Saint-Julia, FR (+)


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Solo :

2022 Artistic Maze, Sweven, Hoboken, USA (+)

2020 Blooming vernissage, Online exhibition

2018 Exhibition Chimères Diurnes, Barsky Gallery, Hoboken, USA (+)

2016 Diurnal Chimera, Miredames, FR (+)


Group Shows :

2024 Tangled up in Blue at the Newport Mall during the 34th JCAST, Jersey City, USA (+)

2024 Static Motion exhibition, 14c Art Gallery, Jersey City, USA (+)

2023 Tickled Pink at the Newport Mall during the 34th JCAST, Jersey City, USA

2023 “Vivid Visions” Art Crawl Downtown, Jersey City, USA (+)

2023 “Ladies to the Front” Parlor gallery, Asbury Park, USA (+)

2023 “Chaos & Clarity” Art Crawl Downtown, Jersey City, USA (+)

2022 IMUR, Jersey City, USA(+)

2022/2023 Morris Arts’ Gallery, Morristown, USA(+)

2022 Women’s History Month Group Exhibition – John W. Meagher Rotunda Gallery – City Hall – Jersey City – USA (+)

2021/2022 “The Divine” – Curated PRIME Gallery & Main Street Pops – Jersey city – USA (+)

2021 Sex X Sex Group show – Curated by Kelw...