Discover the contemporary work of Sylviane Selma

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Course_________________________________________________________________
2009 Creation of an art foundry at Ateliers Syl-Bil, La Chapelle Heulin (44)
2005-2009 Art foundry workshops, lost wax method, sand method (India), banko method
1998 CAP Taille de Pierre-Ornementation, Fédération Compagnonnique des Métiers du
Building, Nantes
1996 Bachelor of Philosophy, UFR of Nantes

Sculptures and Architecture_________________________________________________

2024 Creation of the collective 'Les Arts perchés', temporary installations and performances in a perched village. du Lot, France

        Bronze sculpture, sacred art with Chimits Architecture Firm, Toulouse

2023 Land Art, "Isis" The sun workshops, Buthiers, France

2022 Land Art, Artist Residency, Aspe
2019 Sculpture enlargements, ArtCulture Foundry, France
2018 Aubert Marble Days, creation of a Grand Antique marble sculpture, Moulis
2017 International Sculpture Meeting, Doha, Oman marble, Qatar
2016 Louis XIV in bronze by Bernini (commissioned by Zeus, exhibition 'Noir Eclair', Château de
Vincennes)
2012 The botanists, Place Terra Botanica, Angers, 34 bronze slabs for Thierry Huau,
urban landscaper, Cabinet Interscène
2011 Abélard & Héloïse, bronze made by from A to; Z in my workshops, Le Pallet, native commune
of the philosopher, collaboration with B. Hassan
2010 Land Art Installation, Marais de Goulaine, Haute Goulaine
2009 Land Art Installation, "Imagin'eaux", Montjean/Loire
Private order, hard limestone and brass, Savenay
2007-2009 Artist residency, marble, sandstone, basalt, bronze, ITM, India
2006 International Meetings, Makrana marble, Gwalior, India
Land art àgrave; "a garden, an artist" Mauves/Loire
2003 Oudon, limestone
International Sculpture Meetings C. Claudel, sandstone, La Bresse
2002 Oudon, limestone

International projects______________________________________________________________
2019 International artist residencies, bronze and marble, year 0.1, France
2018 Reviving Humanity, Permanent exhibition in Sinaï, Rose quartz and driftwood, Egypt
2014 Creation of a sculpture for the al Asmakh collection, Marble, Symposium, Qatar
2007-2009 Artist residency, marbles, copper, iron ITM University, Gwalior, India
2003 to 2006 Trees, sculptures in France, Syria, India and Japan
2002 Portraits of silence, Pashupatinath temple, Nepal
1999 to 2004 Creations of ornamentation at the Mar Musa Monastery, 6th century, Syria

Some exhibitions________________________________________________________
2005 “ Where is she ? » exhibition, Free Commune of Bouffay, Nantes-2007 Exhibition
International Friendship, Japan - 2008 International Biennale of Sacred Art Contemporary, Belley-
2009 Spring Sculpture Fair, Bressuire- Galerie10, Nantes- 2010 Ile de Versailles,
Nantes- The Blue House, Haute-Goulaine- Grand Palais, Paris- 2011 Nantes Biennale- Exhibition
d’art of St Aignan de Grand Lieu- Collective exhibition on Arabic calligraphy, CIL Nantes-
2013 L’atelier Legault, Pouancé -Art takes on the air- Art & Wine, Insula, Nantes- Menton- Day
artists, Sisteron- Ar(t)cheval, Sculpture Prize, Saumur-Jardin des Arts-Librairie du Cheval,
Paris-2014 “In the shadow of Eros” In arte veritas Gallery, Clisson-Expo in Theiphalia-Meeting of
sculptors, St Loup/Thouet- Galerie Salorges, La Baule-Excellence Prize for Sculpture,
ArAnima exhibition, World Equestrian Games, Caen-2015Jury Prize, Salon de la Doutre,
Angers-2016 Permanent exhibition, Galerie In Arte Veritas, Clisson-Sculpture PrizeSalon
de Carquefou-2017Guest of honorat the Salon de la Doutre, Angers- L'art Caché, Albas.
Buddhist-Sufi meeting, Le Cellier 2018-Sculpture Festival, Montauban-Art fair,
Ste Croix Volvestre-2019 Les Art'titudes, Flourens- Art Points of view, Lauzerte- Festival of
sculpture, Montauban- Pathways of artists, St Antonin Noble Val- 2021Prize of the
sculpture, Les Art'itudes- Galerie Thuillier, Paris- Galerie D Vignal, Vabre -2023 Les Arts perchés, Calvignac- L'Abbadiale, Arras en Lavedan- 4th Art/word/nature meetings , Arras en Lavedan- Talents of women, Carcassonne- The passers of history(s), St Lizier- 2024 Artempo, Cugnaux.

Illustrations_______________________________________________________________

2024 Illustrations for collections of poems and children's books with Paulina Kamakine

2023 Illustrations for Bethmala storybook

2022 Illustrations for Occitan Gascon dictionary

        Illustrations for Energeia, journey to Palestine by Susan Grimheden

2019 Pythonia, illustrations for story by Magma-ma

Teaching art________________________________________________

2023 Surrounding Textures Workshops, Abbadiale, Arras en Lavedan Monthly creative modeling workshops, ATC Carbonne Sculpture/upcycling workshops, Ecole Littré

2022 Empreintes Workshops, Witching Days Festival, St Lizier
2019-2020-2021-2022-2023 Stone sculpture workshops, Marble Days, Aubert
Wax modeling demonstration for bronze, Montauban
Creative Arabic calligraphy workshops, Lauzerte
2017-2019 After-school workshops, Ecole de Moulis, Ecole Pleine Nature, Ecole Littré (Toulouse),
Sculpture and modeling courses
2014-2015 Qi-qong/clay modeling workshops in pairs with B Derudder, acupuncturist,
2013 Stone sculpture courses, Historial de Vendée as part of the exhibition dedicated to the
sculptor Félicie de Fauveau
2009 to 2017 Sculpture and casting courses at the Syl-Bil workshops
2005 Radio meeting and tactile tour of my exhibition " Where is she?" with the students of
the Institute for the visually impaired "les Thébaudières", Vertou
2005 Artistic correspondences between Syrian and French schools
2005 Introduction to Arabic calligraphy, Loroux Bottereau primary schools
2005 Modeling workshop, Oudon symposium
2001 to 2003 Drawing and modeling workshops, Syrian desert
1998 Introduction to sculpture and the history of Nantes architecture, Nantes-Renaissance

Bibliography________________________________________________________
Travel diaries, in progress
Druidéesse, sensitive magazine, Vol 7, 2021
Article in the magazine Al Beit, Egypt, 2018
Artist portraits in 'Interior Dreams' 2016
Gulf Times article, portrait, December 28, 2014
Nature Art Today, Editions International, 2009
Various newspaper articles in Syria, India, Qatar, Egypt and France

Sculpture is for Sylviane Selma a place of transition, the Euxine Bridge of the human but also between materials.

Itinerant sculptor, stone and bronze are the materials she loves. reveal.

Listening to the melodies of the Earth, the artist finds locally, cuts and polishes marbles and fine stones, in an effort not to participate in the exploitation of humans and materials elsewhere. And because this method makes it possible to find the chosen pieces of stones which resonate with the pre-designed bronzes. These are stories of journeys made to meet each other.

“My creations reflect an eye immersed in in various oriental cultures where I lived for years. My small-sized sculptures monumental sizes are in Europe (France, Germany, Ireland, Italy), Syria, India, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt »