Nadine DEBAY, was born on August 20, 1963 and is a self-taught sculptress. She lives between Paris, Toulouse and Burkina Faso.

Eager for impressions and for contrasts she is a lover of nature and travel. She provokes fate as she provokes her work, urged to venture towards the mysteries of man and life, to transcribe in the creations a world of hope and love.

Fate or necessity...

... I was 27 years old when I discovered sculpture.

At the time I was looking for a means of expressing my feelings through music and photography, but, when I started working with clay I found my freedom and inspiration.

Suddenly my existence took on a new meaning. The natural material became the melting pot of my inspiration.

The docile, fluid, earthly texture, offers a conciliation to our previous history, an intimate meeting with the world of creation.

Each of my sculptures is a step towards the unknown. Never knowing if I am going to succeed, I become lost gladly in the irrational.

Forgetting the past, evading the future, I give way to the moment, immerse myself in the material, letting it guide me towards a new shape which takes form.

An immense universe called Freedom opens up to me. What happens next is a result of alchemy. Out of a miscellany of copper, zinc and tin, transformed by fire, my bronzes are born, opening the door to eternity.

May be it’s a way of smiling at death, touching infinity. But what matters, is that it is present, a life in movement, the will to say, to listen, to do, to like, to forget, being that we are to cultivate Peace because only it can make us free.

I create my collection of harmony to my scale, trying to reorganize chaos by enigmatic silhouettes in soothing forms, symbols of serenity and love.

Each is a bearer of a privileged mode of expression which is essential to discover, to open the doors of our imagination and to contribute to the evolution of a better world.

EXPOSITION

2006 Autour de l’Art – ANTIBES

2001 Biennale Européenne de MONTAUBAN
Biennale du BOULOU FRANCE
Galerie Ariane de DIJON
Galerie Smelik & Stokking LA HAYE
Galerie des Vosges PARIS
Galerie Modus PARIS
Invité d'honneur 9ème Salon de Peinture et de Sculpture IRIS OZOIR

2000 Galerie Modus PARIS
Galerie Smelik & Stokking AMSTERDAM
ART PALM BEACH
EUROP ART GENEVE
START STRASBOURG

1999 Galerie Modus Place des Vosges PARIS Exposition permanente
Musée Galerie de DOBRITCH - BULGARIE
Expositions personnelles :
Galerie Schèmes LILLE
Galerie Art confrontation ROUEN
Espace Richelieu PARIS

1998 Galerie Modus PARIS
Galerie Art Confrontation ROUEN
Galerie de Watteville ST JEAN DE LUZ
Galerie Natalie Odile TOURS
5ème biennale Europèenne de sculpture PARIS
GMAC HAMBOURG & BRUXELLES

1997 Galerie Dossiv SOFIA - BULGARIE
Art Expo NEW YORK
Expositions permanentes :
Galerie Art confrontation ROUEN
Galerie Modus Place des Vosges PARIS

1996 Invité d'honneur du 42ème Salon d'Art de ROMAINVILLE
Galerie Modus Place des Vosges PARIS Exposition permanente 1995 Festival Culturel de MONTBARD Exposition personnelle
41ème Salon des Arts Plastiques de ROMAINVILLE : 1er Prix de Sculpture
Galerie Art d'Aujourd'hui PARIS 1994 Le Ciel de PARIS Tour MONTPARNASSE Exposition personnelle Peintre et Sculpteurs d'hier et d'aujourd'hui Espace Eiffel PARIS 1993 C.I.S.P. Galerie Maurice Ravel PARIS Exposition personnelle
10ème Exposition de Sculpture OZOIR la FERRIERE : 1er Prix de Sculpture
Figuration critique Grand Palais PARIS 1992 Salon d'Automne TREMBLAY en France 1er Prix de sculpture
28ème salon de la Côte d'AZUR mention spéciale de la sculpture
Salon International de la sculpture Contemporaine PARIS