THERESE CHOTTEAU

THERESE CHOTTEAU

Born in Brussels in 1951, Thérèse Chotteau studied sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts of Brussels. Her drawings and photographs are profoundly linked to sculpture as written and condensed thought of the project. During her long process of sculpting, she becomes immersed in the poetry of things. An immersion assumed by the artist through her practices. She expresses her artistic interventions in exhibitions or in designing public spaces.

She taught drawing and sculpture at ERG and at the Superior Institute of Architecture Saint-Luc. She participated to the Dynamusée workshop organized by the Royal Museums of Art and History of Brussels (1972). Moreover, she organized several exhibitions in Brussels and abroad - including London Art Schools in Brussels (1988) and Asakusaé-50°Nord in Tokyo and Brussels (1991).

Her works are showcased in public and private collections including the Lannan Foundation in Miami, the Louvain-la-Neuve Museum, the Kitakyushu Museum in Japan, the Wallonia-Brussels Federation, Dexia-Brussels, the Henri Poincaré Institute of Paris, the Brabant Wallon province, the Council of State in Brussels.
Since 1988, her interventions in private and public spaces are numerous. From 1993 to 1995, she conceived notable sculptures such as: La Quadrature de l'Arbre on the Tervuren Avenue in Brussels, Kelda for the Tournay-Solvay Parc in 1998, Le Temple de la Nature in 2000 in Woluwe-Saint-Lambert and Le Cycle du Temps in 2008 in Uccle.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2016
10 petits belges sur a montagne, Dynastie, Brussels, Belgium

2015
(D) Constructing, Galerie Nardone, Bruxelles

2014
Epilogue, Hommage à Camille de Taeye, Galerie 2016 Bruxelles Art et Math, ULB

2012
Extraits de Presse DS Galerie 2011, OFF La Bourse, Bruxelles

2011
Le corps voyageur, Wolubilis

2008
Figura Humana, Galerie Antonio Nardone, Bruxelles

2001
Confrontation, Espace L’Harmattan, Paris

2000
Le Temple de la Nature, Le Monument Ravensbrück à Woluwé-Saint-Lambert, Bruxelles

1998
20 years of sculpture, Zédès Art Galery, Bruxelles

1996
Formes et Figures, Institut Henri Poincaré, Paris

1991
Asakusaé-Orientation 50° Nord, Tokyo et Bruxelles

1988
Sculptures, ces Autres Figures, Musée d’Art Moderne, Bruxelles

1987
La Grande Absente, Musée d’Ixelles, Bruxelles

1984-86
Surface Sculpturale, Atelier 340 Jette et Musée d’Art Moderne Liège

1983
Dessins de Terre et de Plâtre, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Bruxelles