Monica Bassett

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Monica BASSETT, Contemporary Artist

Monica was born in 1964 in Chicago, Illinois. She studied fashion, art and design at Northern Illinois University. She worked for a jewelry company in California before moving to France in 1994 when she began painting full time. After having explored techniques in watercolor and oil, she discovered acrylic to be most compatible with her personal vision of nature--full of energy, light, movement and rhythm. She also works as a free-lance designer for a US greeting card company.

(Artist’s Statement presented below)

Awards
1^st place public vote award - Printemps de Neuville 2007
1^st place (OT) – Bourg La Reine 2007
2^nd  place - Saint Pierre du Perray 2007
2^nd place public vote award - Saint Pierre du Perray 2007
1^st place ADAC – Saint-Germain-lès-Corbeil 2006
2^nd place public vote award - Printemps de Neuville 2006
Silver Medal – 5^th Biennale de Lyon 2006
Silver Medal - Centre Mondial de la Paix 2005
Bronze Medal - Salon d’Evian 2005


2007
• Permanent Exhibitions:
KENT Gallery 821 Duval Street Key West FL USA
GRUEN Galleries 226 West Superior Chicago IL USA
Galerie ARTENOO 24 rue du Champs de Mars 75007 Paris
Gallery CORDOUAN 15 avenue d'Angoumois 17570 La Palmyre
Gallery DAMON 14 quai de Bernonville 17410 Saint Martin de Ré
Gallery DAMON 177 Grand-Rue 86000 Poitiers
Gallery PRIVILEGE 43 rue Mazagran 64200 Biarritz
Gallery PRIVILEGE 16 rue Maurice Fonvieille 31000 Toulouse
Gallery RAPHAËL 10 rue Rameau 78000 Versailles
Gallery SPOLNIK 14 Bd des Muriers 94210 La Varenne St Hilaire
n9uf Verrerie 9 rue Verrerie 21000 Dijon
Gallery - Showroom 94470 Boissy-st-Léger

• Temporaries Shows and Exhibitions:
07/07-15/07 : Gallery Cordouan 17570 La Palmyre
01/06-02/07 : Exposition à l’Hôtel Radisson 69003 Lyon
06/05-20/05 : Salon Formes et Couleurs 78140 Vélizy
26/04-01/05 : Salon des Artistes Indépendants 75017 Paris
12/05-20/05 : 29^ème Salon d'Art 91250 Saint-Germain-lès-Corbeil
16/03-26/03 : 32^ème Salon de Printemps 91370 Verrières le Buisson
10/03-18/03 : Printemps de Neuville 95000 Neuville sur Oise (1^st Public vote award)
03/03-18/03 : Salon Ile de France 92340 Bourg La Reine (1^st Price of Office de T.)
03/02-17/02 : 10^ème Salon de peinture 91280 Saint Pierre du Perray (2^nd Jury & Public vote award)
02/02-18/02 : Un autre regard sur la ville 94470 Boissy-Saint-Léger


2006
Gallery MODUS 23 Place des Vosges 75003 Paris
Gallery CORDOUAN 15 avenue d'Angoumois 17570 La Palmyre
Gallery DAMON 14 quai de Bernonville 17410 Saint Martin de Ré
Gallery DAMON 177 Grand-Rue 86000 Poitiers
Gallery PRIVILEGE 43 rue Mazagran 64200 Biarritz
Gallery PRIVILEGE 16 rue Maurice Fonvieille 31000 Toulouse
Gallery RAPHAËL 10 rue Rameau 78000 Versailles
Gallery SPOLNIK 14 Bd des Mûriers 94210 La Varenne St Hilaire
Gallery des Pyramides 78560 Port Marly
Gallery d'ES Shanghai (Chine)
Gallery Art et Culture 36200 St Marcel
Gallery Art et Culture 36200 St Marcel
Gallery L'Écu de France 78220 Viroflay
Gallery-Librairie Cassandre 78000 Versailles 
Gallery WICE 75017 Paris
Gallery - Showroom 94470 Boissy St Léger
n9uf Verrerie 9 rue Verrerie 21000 Dijon
Salon Art Capital – Grand Palais 75008 Paris
Salon Violet- Espace Châtelet 75001 Paris
Salon Artistes Indépendants 75017 Paris
Salon d'automne 94470 Boissy-Saint-Léger
Salon International de Vittel 88800 Vittel
Salon International de Nancy 54000 Nancy
Salon de printemps 91410 Dourdan
Salon d'Art 91250 Saint-Germain-lès-Corbeil (1^st place ADAC)
31^ième Salon de Printemps 91370 Verrières le Buisson
53^ème Salon de Charenton 94220 Charenton-le-Pont
L'Art en Mouvement 91080 Courcouronnes
5^éme Biennale de Lyon 69005 Lyon (Silver Medal)
Printemps de Neuville 95000 Neuville sur Oise (2^nd Public vote award)
Hôpital Bretonneau 75018 Paris
Les thermes 74190 Saint-Gervais
Parcours dans l'Art Actuel 78000 Versailles


2005
Gallery d'ES Shanghai (Chine)
Gallery Art et Culture 36200 Saint-Marcel
Gallery l’Écu de France 78220 Viroflay
Salon Artistes Indépendants 75017 Paris
Salon International de Vittel 88800 Vitte
Salon d'automne 94470 Boissy-Saint-Léger
Salon International 36200 Saint-Marcel
Art Shanghai 2005 Shanghai (Chine)
Grand Marché d’Art Contemporain 75012 Paris
Centre Mondial de la Paix 55100 Verdun (Silver Medal)
Evian 2005 74500 Evian (Bronze Medal)
Cercle d’Art of Lauda Königshofen (Allemagne)
Sumai’s Café 75006 Paris
Le Marcande 75008 Paris

2004
Grand Marché d’Art Contemporain 75012 Paris
Centre Port Royal 78470 St-Lambert-des-Bois
2003
Portes ouvertes des ateliers 94470 Boissy
Centre Port Royal 78470 St-Lambert-des-Bois
ACP Art show 75006 Paris
Artistes pour la Solidarité 94500 Champigny
2002
Exposition du Château 77170 Brie-Comte-Robert
2001
ACP Art show 75006 Paris
Restaurant de la Ferme 91330 Yerres
2000
Les Ateliers de Sucy 94370 Sucy-en-Brie
1999
Derrière les portes des ateliers 94370 Sucy
1998
ACP Art show 75006 Paris
Derrière les portes de 8 ateliers 94370 Sucy
Restaurant de la Ferme 91330 Yerres
1997
Exposition INSTN 91190 Saclay
ACP Art show 75006 Paris
Art show Traverse City Michigan (USA)
Exposition du Château 77170 Brie-Comte-Robert
1996
L'Orangerie du Château 94370 Sucy-en-Brie
Centre Culturel 94370 Sucy-en-Brie


Artist’s Statement
I’ve always been connected to nature, landscape, and light. I love being out-of-doors and revel in each season. The theme of the tree is found throughout my paintings because this image allows me to feel what I need to paint. The tree symbolizes life and the journey of each one of us—ever changing and evolving, finding our place in the world and putting down roots.

Being in nature allows me space to feel free, to breathe deeply, to relax and to feel joy. When I paint I try to recapture this uninhibited feeling allowing my emotions to take me to a deeper understanding of myself. Capturing the color, balance and energy in nature is important in my semi-figurative work.

Painting is a form of meditation and I feel guided by a higher source. I try to make art that is balanced yet spontaneous and consider myself a partner in this process creating a special kind of dance together. Trusting the process and taking risks are essential to each painting. Each piece is some sort of reflection of me in my environment that tells its own tale. This story is enhanced and perhaps retold differently by the experiences of those who relate to it.

Monica Bassett©   -  Paris, April 2006
When colors reach the sky ©