Carole Forges

Renowned Artist

Sèvres (92), France
19 works

These are all moments of emotion that punctuate a woman’s life.  From seduction to sexuality, from childbirth to tearing, from eternal youth to old age. And to talk about these links, I collect pieces of life, memories buried in lace, pieces of plants, photos, texts, dresses like so many female fates. These exuviae, stored in memory boxes and recorded in recipe books, form the basis of my work. So I transform, on paper that has become skin, with my engravings, my drawings, my photos, my sculptures, all these collected links that unite us. These stories thus told, unique or plural, happy or broken, are the witnesses of my thoughts for Being and  devenir. It is by becoming aware of my physical and psychological vulnerability, by accepting the imprint left by a narrow and authoritarian upbringing, by delving into the depths of my personal construction, that I draw my inspiration. Il had to admit that I am not a man, and that in the eyes of the father, I will always have this second place. So I fulfilled myself in these different roles. CF

2007-2011: École des Beaux Arts de Versailles, graduate in engraving section.

1999-2000: Professional training at the I.PE.DEC (Institute of Decorative Painting).

ARTIST RESIDENCE March 2018: Cholamendal Village, Chennai, Screen Printing,

PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS

2018 : Workshop open house, Ville d’Avray (92), September

2015: Galerie l’âne bleu, Marciac (32) Gers, France, December / Opening of artists’ studios, Sèvres (92), France, September / Théâtre Rutebeuf, Clichy (92), France, February

2014: G.M.A.C, Place de la Bastille, Paris, France.sss, May / Galerie 3F, 58 rue des Trois Frères, 75018 Paris, France, March

2012: Opening of the Artists’ Workshops in Sèvres (92), France, September / Exhibition at the Société Générale de Sèvres (92), France, October

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2019: "Rouge" Gallery l’Écu de France, Viroflay (78), France, January

2018: Contemporary prints at the DAKSHINA CHITRA Museum, CHENNAI, SOUTH INDIA, February-March

2016: Prints in Yvelines, Biennale de Gravure / Biennale internationale de l’Estampe de Dreux (28) / Triennale de l’estampe contemporaine, Toulouse (31)

2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016 : Salon des beaux Arts de Garches (92)

2012,2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 : Autumn Exhibition, Engraving Section, Paris

2013, 2014, 2015: Salon National Des Beaux Arts, Carousel du Louvre, Paris

2013, 2016, 2017: Biennale de gravure de l’estampe de Chaville (92)

Carole Forges's artwork

Totem

$640

Woodcut (60 x 80 cm)