CATHERINE MARTIN
I am a lightworker
1970 born in Finistère (Atlantic Coast, France)
1993 sensitive approach of the world
2009 spiritual perspective of the world
2019 ayurveda, healing energy and consciousness:
journey from intellect to heart -- time to be, share and give
Visual artist and author photographer since 2000 (10 years as a professional), trained in engineering sciences at first, consultant in ayurveda and energy care in free time.
I have never stopped photographing and observing the world that raises questions.
THE QUEST is LIGHT, LIFE is EXPERIMENTATION, the PATH is SPIRITUAL.
I continue to undo, unweave and unlearn to train better. Fluid, open and sincere, my photography is on the edge of things, seeking the contours of a reality that does not exist, of an invisible presence, capturing that « elusive grace » in the visible.
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I am born in Finistère (End-is-Earth). The poet Kenneth White evokes «the approach of the confines and (...) the Edge-location». I set foot on its ground, roamed its dunes, scrutinized its horizon: two blue extents sometimes divided sometimes fused into an infinite monochrome. This is my ground, my sand, my air where micro- or macro-cosmos merge so that we simultaneously touch the fore- and the background.
The lure of vastness, elsewhereness and unknown root deep in here, for I find the vivid air, the wrack scents, the mattness and aridity of granite, the original sound of silence.
Curriculum
EXPLORE
DISCOVER
EXPERIENCE
TRAINING
PAST
EXHIBITIONS
2014 installation artwork «Paysage I, video Noirmonde» Chapelle Sainte-Anne Tours I 2009-14 artworks with Atelier Calder, CCNT, CCC, Musée des beaux-arts de Tours, Université des Tanneurs, Cie Marouchka I 2014 theater «Le Quadrige invectif» Alain Borer Malakoff Paris, Théâtre des Petits Balcons Ferrière-Larçon I 2013 video Michael Beutler Atelier Calder Saché I 2012 performing arts «Les Musées secrets» Frank Soehnle UFR Tours I 2001-2008 Visual arts (See below)
Photography expeditions in Amazonia, the Carribbean, South Africa, Madagascar, Australia and Asia. To bring our Earth heritage to light, to enlighten the fragility of biodiversity.We are parts of our world. For every gesture counts.
Chemistry of scents and perfumes Grasse, Southern France
Herbal medecine and bio-cosmetics Die Southern France
Continuous self-development (CV)
Fine-Arts School Tours France
Sculpture with Peter Briggs
Painting with Nikos Nikolaou
Photography & video with John Schults/Reuters
Semiology - poetry with Alain Borer
1994 Chemist postgraduate Diploma
Solo
Oct-Dec. 2008 Photography sale-exhibition 'Osages' Ar Bed Keltiek Quimper
Summer 2008 Personal exhibition of paintings and photographs Mame B Gallery Benodet
June 2003 - 'Anabioses', Itinéraires Photographiques du Limousin
May 2003 - Installation, Traditional fair, Angers
Jan-March 2003 - 'Objectif Environnement', The Center Gallery Paris XV
Sept-Oct 2002 - 'Vision', Dupif Photo Gallery, Paris VI
Sept 2002 - 'Perfume Dream', Nelly's International Gallery, Tardais
Sept 2002 - 'Prendre l'air' floral photo installation and scenery design of two buses during the perfume fair Transbeauce Agency, Chartres.
Summer 2001 - 'Gestes & Traditions', sepia toning photographs, Sainte-Marine
Collective
Apr. 2002 - 'Perfume dream',Traditional fair, Angers
Jan. 2002 - 'Trawlers', b&w photoreportage, Paris
Nov. 2001 - Annual Scoop and Photojournalism Arts Festival, Angers