Discover the contemporary work of Vanessa Atalanta
Passionate about the visual arts since childhood, she is self-taught in various disciplines: pencil drawing, pastels, oil, watercolor, but also crochet, knitting, sewing and jewelry - small works sold on amateur designer markets since 2014. Paper cutting comes as a revelation: it is a new relationship with the material.
After 10 years of career in human resources, she decided in 2020 to create "Vanou Creation", and devote herself fully to its activity artisanal, with luminous frames as well as first paintings, sold mainly in designer boutiques or online.
In 2021 her decisive meeting took place with Marie-Françoise Buzelin, of whom she became a student. This allows him, beyond that; of technical development, to channel one's creative expression and find one's artistic approach.
Vanessa Atalanta has been a member since 2022 of the Association of artists in Val d'Amboise. In 2023, she joined theSwiss Papercut Association. (Scherenschnitt Schweiz), Les Amis des Arts de Voiron and the gallery Carré of Artists.
Vanessa Atalanta studies the dynamics that surround Humans. The energy released by a body in movement, seeking interaction with its environment, is materialized by this set of curves characterizing its aesthetics. They express a dreamed explosion of contrite feelings, in reaction to what has happened. a company padlocked in judgment and hyper-control.
These curves also materialize the extension of the movement: the action is done, finished, but its imprint remains. grasp, carried by an imperceptible current that freezes time.
Even motionless, a face on which the expression of a thought or an emotion is drawn, marks the space with its undulations. Like those caused by the impact of an object on the surface of the water, these waves imprint the infinite continuity in the ether. of a fleeting moment.
The art of paper cutting, illustrated by Japanese kirigami and Western canivet, forces the discipline, patience and finesse of the creator. From the first aesthetics to pencil to cutting with a scalpel, the approach invites calm and relaxation. introspection. His works, made up of a single cut sheet of paper, are framed between two glasses, in order to allow the play of shadows on the background of the frame and offer diversity. renderings according to the light.
