15. E/hadModernArtGalleryMarch2015 Currently based in the UAE
my work is concerned with place and through social fragmenta/on I
search to connect with this land (and its popula/on) to nd its true
soul. I refer to landscape as the founda/ons and
structuregivingitspeopletheirculture,wealthandprivilegeandndstrengthandsubstanceintherocksand
landscapeenablingmetobuildmyownperspec/ve.
Subjectsthattypicallyinformmyworkarewabisabi,(althoughnottruetoforminitsexecu/onmyaesthe/c
evalua/onisinparallelwiththoseoftheJapanesemasters);'non-place'commonlyasfalseenvironmentsare
usedinnewanduniqueways,andfragmenta/on. KimRobertson
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witharstsoloexhibi/onin2011Prisma/cCityandasecondoneinDIFCin2013,Chroma/cLandscape.Iteach
pain/nginADACH(AbuDhabiAuthorityforCultureandHeritage).
Since2004,myworkisrepresentedbyCatherineetAndrHuggalleryinParisandImworkingwiththeUnescos
edi/onsinpostcardscrea/on.Since2008,IalsoexhibitatSutyGallerynearParis.In2009,Ihavepar/cipatedin
Munich"KunstimKarre"withapersonalexhibi/on.In2010,AliceMogabgabGalleryinBeiruthaspresentedmy
workduringacollec/veexhibi/on.Ipar/cipateinvariouscontemporaryartfairsuchasArtParis,Star't
Strasbourg,LilleArtFair,ArtElysesandSlick.
Mypain/ngsarepartofmunicipali/escollec/onsofVitry-sur-SeineandStrasbourginFrance.Myartworksare
alsopartofthecollec/onoftheMuseumLakeinHangzhou,ChinaandtheColasFounda/oninFrance.Ihave
beenawardedin2003byreceivingthepain/ngprizeofthetownofVitry-sur-Seineandawardedin2005bythe
ColasFounda/on.
Thenatureandthecity,vegeta/onandarchitecture,oraandfaunaurbanaresourceofinspira/on.These
themesserveasapretexttoexperimentformsofgraphicandcolorfulharmoniesinhumanconstruc/ons
associatedwithorganicformsofplantorprocessingasimplevegetalviewintoajunglefantasy.Thechoiceofa
singlethemeallowsforgeongaboutthesubjectinordertofocusonlyonthepain/ngitself.Wearecomingfrom
thenatureandsoisourhabitat.Cityandarchitecturearethenature;thereisnoopposi/on
KarineRoche
Bornin1977,inFrance,IliveandworkinAbuDhabifor5years.Ihaveadiplomain
VisualoftheArchitecturalEnvironmentfromthecollegeofappliedartsandcra_s
Olivier de Serres in Paris. In UAE, I have exhibited at the Sharjah
Art Museum in
JanuaryandAugust2014.inAbuDhabiwiththeIns/tutFrancaisin2013andin2011
intheNa/onaltheater.MyartworksarerepresentedbyArtSawagallery(Dubai)