Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur
Katia Bourdarel
Born in 1970
Lives and works in Marseilles and Paris

Exhibition view L’épreuve du silence, Galerie Porte Avion, Marseille, 2018
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La belle endormie, 2018
Oil on canvas, 65 x 100 cm
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Since the start of her production, Katia Bourdarel has worked on the polymorphism of mediums. From painting to video installation, her practice adapts to the concept and sensitivity of the project.
Drawing inspiration both from popular culture and her own history, she questions our general capacity to marvel and create works about our personal or collective memory. Her work deals with various opposing themes such as life and death, good and evil, innocence and guilt. She plays on similarities, intimacies, and the family fabric. Everything is superficial; everything seems simple. But something is askew and takes us to the other side, where the singularity of her work emerges.
Biographical notes translated with the support of the Centre national des arts plastiques - Cnap.