Catherine Goursolas

Catherine Goursolas is a painter. Her abstract work invites the viewer to enter a pictorial space made of more or less transparent layers applied flat on the canvas. She explores through gesture and color the relationships between form and space with a desire for chromatic minimalism. The paint, often quite fluid for speed and lightness of execution, is made in the studio with pigments and acrylic resins. The figurative work is part of a continuation of the abstract work in the sense that the artist treats the subject primarily as a form in a space without concern for realism. After studying art history, she began to engage in artistic practice, particularly painting. In 1995, seeking a critical perspective on her work and a more contemporary approach, she spent two years in the studios of artists Deborah B. Bowman and Patrick Marty, where she was able to develop a demanding practice. She then continued her pictorial work alone and began to show it. Later, she became involved in various projects (artist-run gallery, art festival) to defend and promote contemporary painting and printmaking. Since 2019, she shares a large studio with her partner, who is also a painter, dedicating herself exclusively to creation and regularly participating in exhibitions and studio openings.