Maria Guilbert

Born in 1973 in Gdansk, Poland
Graduated from the University of Plastic Arts of Strasbourg
Lives and works in Vaucluse

“Tales, myths and legends inspire me a lot. They convey images that are both rich in meaning and mysterious. The association between man and animal in particular and more broadly nature has always fascinated me. But tales and myths also interest me for their inexhaustible power of suggestion. In essence, they evade representation, they activate the imagination from canvas to canvas. They are linked to the experience of painting which is perpetually mutating. »
Maria Guilbert

“…At the end of a branch, above a shoulder, below a dress, a cat, a bird, a hare... Faithful companions of play and meditation.
A box, a vial, a mirror, a flower... so many mysterious accessories which give us a clue to follow Maria's red thread on the paths of her imagination and her thoughts.

Complicity, interiority, silences, secrets, enchantment, appeasement, serenity, spirituality, how many precious words come to me traveling in Maria's painting.
Christian Guex