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ABOUT NATHALIE GODARD
Quebec painter
Since 2006, I have had the pleasure of exhibiting my works throughout Quebec as well as in France. Here is an overview of my professional career.
Nathalie Godard is represented by Gallea , le4673 , Saatchi , Artogalleria
AWARDS AND MENTIONS
Art has been a part of me since childhood, like an essential breath. My career as a visual arts teacher was a true catalyst for personal growth and an inexhaustible source of inspiration.
My practice is part of a contemporary approach to organic abstraction, at the crossroads of intuitive gesture and a sensitive search for matter.
My source of inspiration is nature—more specifically, those landscapes where ocean and sky intertwine, merge, and become metaphors for the human soul. My works explore inner landscapes as spaces of transformation, memory, and passage. These shifting spaces, sometimes peaceful, sometimes turbulent, reflect the flow of life: they stir, evaporate, and ignite. Movement is omnipresent, carrying energy and vitality.
Using mixed media (acrylic, pigments, collage, printing techniques, and textures), my works are built up through accumulation, erasure, and revelation. My process is based on a slow construction, allowing room for chance, transformation, and the emergence of unexpected structures reminiscent of natural formations or landscapes yet to be invented.
AWARDS AND MENTIONS
2026 : 1st prize for the work Mirage, Visual Arts Exhibition of Sainte-Anne-Des-Plaines, Centre Jean-Guy Cardinal, Sainte-Anne-Des-Plaines.
2024 : The People's Choice Award, The Grand Salon, Peaceful Hopes, Mont Saint-Hilaire Museum of Fine Arts 2024 Award from the federal Member of Parliament for Terrebonne (Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné), Terrebonne Symposium.
2024 : Jury's Choice Award, 3rd Prize, Sainte-Anne-Des-Plaines Visual Arts Exhibition.
2023: Talent Prize Award in 9th ABSTRACT 2023, International juried art competition, Teravarna Art Gallery.
2022 : Special mention for the work "Origine", Musée des beaux-arts de Mont Saint-Hilaire, Saint-Hilaire.
2022 : 3rd prize overall, professional artists, Desjardins Le Manoir Scholarship. Mascouche Arts Festival.
2022 : Award from the federal Member of Parliament for Terrebonne (Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné), Terrebonne Visual Artists Symposium.
2021: Desjardins Coup de coeur grant, Artistes de coeur, St-Lambert.
2021: Terrebonne MP Pierre Fitzgibbon Award, Mascouche Arts Festival.
2019 : 2nd prize abstract painting Desjardins Scholarship, La Prairie Exhibition and Competition.
2018 : Gold Medal, CAPSQ International Exhibition, Fontdouce Abbey, Charente-Maritime-France.
2017 : 1st grand prize in distinct technique, Cercle des artistes et sculpteurs du Québec.
2016 : Mathieu Traversy Scholarship, AAAVT Symposium, Terrebonne.
2014: 2nd prize in visual arts, Festivart Symposium of Frelighsburg.
2014: Guest artist of honour at the AAAVT Symposium
2013: Honorable Mention, Mascouche Painting Festival, Mascouche
2013: Jury Prize at the AAAVT Symposium, Terrebonne
1990-1991: Recipient of a scholarship from the Laval Arts Support Foundation
1989-1990 : Recipient of a scholarship from the Laval Arts Support Foundation
1988-1989 : Recipient of a scholarship from the Laval Arts Support Foundation