Discover the contemporary work of Sophie Dressler

N°  Order D067014 Maison des Artistes

Facebook page: http://:www.facebook.com/s.dressler46

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Born in Algiers in 1942 with a Polish mother and a French father

After the baccalaureate in philosophy in Algeria, artistic studies abroad. Paris.

School of Crafts, where she learns became a graphic designer and illustrator (animated cartoons) then worked as a graphic designer and in illustration; then the writing of albums for young people (Editions de l’Ecole des Loisirs, Nathan,Magnard…). She received 2 awards:

The European Prize for Children's Literature university from Padua

 Nancy’s Gold Leaf

At the same time  working on painting oil, acrylic, watercolor, pastel and several engraving techniques.

Numerous personal exhibitions at Paris, Fontainebleau, Dreux, Evreux, at l’’ile de Ré in France, Scotland, Italy, Holland, Turkey and the United States, with other engravers abroad. Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).

 Annual Open House for Workshops at Paris (for 22 years) with the Association of «Lézarts de la Bièvre» of which she became President in 2014. and currently Vice-President

Participate in Contemporary Engraving Day in Paris St Sulpice à agrave; Paris

And Print Day organized by Manifestampe.

Latest recent exhibitions October 4 to October 22, 2022 Salle Capitant Town Hall of the 5th stop of Paris, Groix Festival on the theme of Scotland August 23 to 27, 2023 - Festival of the Scottish Print24,25,26 June 2024 at the MVAC Latin Quarter 25 rue Linné and with the association les Lezarts de la Bievre from June 8 to 9, 2024

She likes to travel and brings back travel diaries to her home. watercolor of Europe, Africa (Mali, Tunisia) Indonesia, United States, Brazil...

 The techniques of engraving, studied in the Ateliers des Beaux-arts of the city of Paris, (from 1993 to 2001, notably initiated to the rigor with Claude Breton) bring him a renewal in his research  fixing the moment and the movement, trying to tame the impalpable and mobile light.

I believe that I became an artist to make visible the fleeting moments when I build the universe of my inner world. Coming from a family of travelers who come from  different continents, who had to leave their roots, I undoubtedly felt the need to to leave my mark on paper or canvas to try to define the contours; of my heritage  and communicate with those who  will feel a moment of complicity with  this universe sometimes filled with hope, gentleness, openness; or sadness and worry, a nomadic universe that lets life slip by and settle in with its multiple facets. I have always been interested in very attracted by the sea, an attraction undoubtedly built by the epic story of my mother who met her. my father on the boat that took him across the Mediterranean to escape from prison. the war, after his departure from Poland under bombing and his arrival in Poland. Marseilles. His hope for freedom and happiness  m’gave birth to Algiers lulled by the sound of the waves from the first days of my existence.

I believe that I became an artist to make visible the fleeting moments when I build the universe of my inner world. Coming from a family of travelers who come from  different continents, who had to leave their roots, I undoubtedly felt the need to to leave my mark on paper or canvas to try to define the contours; of my heritage  and communicate with those who  will feel a moment of complicity with  this universe sometimes filled with hope, gentleness, openness; or sadness and worry, a nomadic universe that lets life slip by and settle in with its multiple facets. I have always been interested in very attracted by the sea, an attraction undoubtedly built by the epic story of my mother who met her. my father on the boat that took him across the Mediterranean to escape from prison. the war, after his departure from Poland under bombing and his arrival in Poland. Marseilles. His hope for freedom and happiness  m’gave birth to Algiers lulled by the sound of the waves from the first days of my existence.

I believe that I became an artist to make visible the fleeting moments when I build the universe of my inner world. Coming from a family of travelers who come from  different continents, who had to leave their roots, I undoubtedly felt the need to to leave my mark on paper or canvas to try to define the contours; of my heritage  and communicate with those who  will feel a moment of complicity with  this universe sometimes filled with hope, gentleness, openness; or sadness and worry, a nomadic universe that lets life slip by and settle in with its multiple facets. I have always been interested in very attracted by the sea, an attraction undoubtedly built by the epic story of my mother who met her. my father on the boat that took him across the Mediterranean to escape the war, after his departure from Poland under bombing and his arrival in Poland. Marseilles. His hope for freedom and happiness  m’gave birth to Algiers lulled by the sound of the waves from the first days of my existence.

I believe that I became an artist to make visible the fleeting moments when I build the universe of my inner world. Coming from a family of travelers who come from  different continents, who had to leave their roots, I undoubtedly felt the need to to leave my mark on paper or canvas to try to define the contours; of my heritage  and communicate with those who  will feel a moment of complicity with  this universe sometimes filled with hope, gentleness, openness; or sadness and worry, a nomadic universe that lets life slip by and settle in with its multiple facets. I have always been interested in very attracted by the sea, an attraction undoubtedly built by the epic story of my mother who met her. my father on the boat that took him across the Mediterranean to escape from prison. the war, after his departure from Poland under bombing and his arrival in Poland. Marseilles. His hope for freedom and happiness  m’gave birth to Algiers lulled by the sound of the waves from the first days of my existence.

I believe that I became an artist to make visible the fleeting moments when I build the universe of my inner world. Coming from a family of travelers who come from  different continents, who had to leave their roots, I undoubtedly felt the need to to leave my mark on paper or canvas to try to define the contours; of my heritage  and communicate with those who  will feel a moment of complicity with  this universe sometimes filled with hope, gentleness, openness; or sadness and worry, a nomadic universe that lets life slip by and settle in with its multiple facets. I have always been interested in very attracted by the sea, an attraction undoubtedly built by the epic story of my mother who met her. my father on the boat that took him across the Mediterranean to escape the war, after his departure from Poland under bombing and his arrival in Poland. Marseilles. His hope for freedom and happiness  m’gave birth to Algiers lulled by the sound of the waves from the first days of my existence.

In our time where the fears of each of us focus on peace, trying to understand the murderous madness, and the dangers that threaten our planet, forgetting the benefits that nature brings us, through its beauty, its power of regeneration  and the help it gives us to regain our serenity. , I continue more than ever to try myself to find meaning again in life. life thanks to nature by showing its vitality and its power of seduction and reassurance to our worried souls. I am looking to find a way to transcribe all this life that surrounds us and the poetry that emerges from it in my current engravings!

Using etching and aquatint to reproduce the diversity of shapes and subjects and carborundum to express the strength of its vitality.