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Joy de Rohan Chabot
While Joy de Rohan Chabot’s little
gardens, which thus naturally became a
Today her work is internationally
classmates were starting to write their
recurrent theme in her collections.
renowned. In 2008, the Musée
first phrases, her artistic nature began
Jacquemart-André paid tribute to her
to appear. Indeed, drawing and the
An exceptional and multidisciplinary
and, a year later, on the occasion of the
imagination took a far greater place for
artist, she lets her talent find expression
official Year of France in Brazil, Joy de
Joy than did writing, which was a real
using a very wide range of materials
Rohan Chabot was the guest artist of
nightmare for her, due to her suffering
including iron, wood, glass and aluminum.
Jorge Elias, who exhibited a large number
from a certain form of dyslexia. To
She carves wood, polishes glass, cuts
of her works in his Gallery in the heart of
compensate for this problem, drawing
metal, applies lacquer, paints sheet
São Paulo.
very quickly emerged as her means of
metal, gilds using gold leaf etc. Her hands
expression.
and skillful brushes give birth to original
Today, Joy de Rohan Chabot is embarking
and dream-like pieces, which invite us
on creating sculptures in cast iron
When only just 17 years of age, Joy de
to discover the highly personal universe
aluminum that will be on display
Rohan Chabot was admitted to the École
that distinguishes her.
from November 2012 at the ‘Galerie
des Arts Décoratifs (renowned French
Matignon’. Joy’s previous exhibition,
grand école of art and design) with the
Through her work, the artist’s intention
Lucioles, also held at the Galerie
ambition of making her passion into her
is to show how simple materials can gain
Matignon and which finished earlier this
profession.
a sophisticated, decorative and timeless
year, was met with great success.
identity.
Joy has green fingers, in fact, if it had
In light of their passion for Joy’s work,
not been for painting she would have
Joy de Rohan Chabot is a consummate
the Galerie Matignon equally presented
liked to become a gardener. Moreover,
artist, who forms her vision of her works
her work during Art Paris Art Fair at
nature became her principal inspiration.
and does not relinquish until the final
the Grand Palais in Paris from the 29th
She describes her work as poeticising
stroke of the brush or chisel. She is
March to the 1st April 2012.
reality. From her earliest childhood Joy
equally at ease with both technical and
de Rohan Chabot dreamed of imaginary
decorative work.
www.joyderohanchabot.com