Fine Arts

Meet the Artist: Nathalie du Pasquier

The French artist on her favourite space, favourite artist, and the best piece of advice she ever received

Nathalie Du Pasquier: her paintings often expand into clustered arrangements or onto the surrounding walls. Picture: Alice Fiorilli

Born in Bordeaux in France, Nathalie du Pasquier’s practice is influenced by the language of classicism and informed by the history of Italian art. Her paintings splice together simplified still life compositions, architectural plans, industrial drawings, and playful fragments of text with boldly simplified blocks of colour.

Exploring the links between objects, geometry, representation of space and psychic life, her paintings often expand into clustered arrangements or onto the surrounding walls, taking a fluid and ...