artist/ MILLET

France

French Artist born in Lille , Catherine Millet solidified her artistic career in 2006 by initially dedicating herself to painting. Self-taught, she values personal exploration and technical and creative experimentation above everything else. At that time, it was the technique of watercolor and its almost endless possibilities for exploration that captured her attention, and she didn’t hesitate to practice in unconventional and mixed media techniques. She participated in numerous exhibitions in France and Belgium and saw her work featured in ‘Pratique des Arts’ and ‘Art de l’Aquarelle’ magazines. Around 2010, she contemplated giving three-dimensional form to her characters and the maginary worlds from her paintings. After various trials and research, she started producing pieces composed of metal structures created from reclaimed objects, preferably antique and old watch parts, symbols of aesthetic and poetic mechanics and the journey through time. Her characters bring life to her structures and tell a story. Their delicacy and movement are made possible through numerous thin layers of mortar (wood-based) dried and sanded on a metal wire skeleton. She now exclusively works in sculpture, a discipline for which she has received several awards! She has temporarily exhibited in several galleries in France and Belgium. Since 2018, she has been exhibiting as a permanent artist at Myl’ Art Gallery in Lille … and since 2020, she has been present in Belgium at the Yes Art Gallery in Sint Idesbald
HER ARTISTIC APPROACH
The artist’s sculptures emphasize the realm of dreams and imagination. Beyond the sense of lightness and freedom they convey, they convey the idea that we can harmonize nature and human creation and inhabit the world poetically. Her travelers, often solitary, find themselves in surreal situations, on improbable traveling machines, in conversation with the moon, or on a mission to grant freedom to birds. They can be readers, dreamers, contemplatives, or explorers, but all of them breathe an air of freedom! She works on her sculptures as if they were illustrations. The artist loves and is attached to the idea that her stories can have multiple possible interpretations, as long as they inspire dreams, travel, and perhaps even reflection!”