Nathlie Provosty
Nathlie Provosty is an emerging American visual artist known for her illusioniste abstract paintings using dark blues, bright whites, and occasionally high-key colors, to create outstanding letter-like forms.
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Nathlie ProvostyPhotopia, 2018oil on linen234 x 213 cm
92 2/16 x 83 13/16 in -
Nathlie ProvostyTriptych (ii), 2018o /l48 x 76 cm
18 14/16 x 29 14/16 in
each 48 x 38 cm -
Nathlie ProvostyTriptych (iii), 2018o /l48 x 77 cm
18 14/16 x 30 5/16 in
each 48 x 38 cm -
Nathlie ProvostyNightshade, 2016o /l213.36 x 233.68 cm
84 x 92 in -
Nathlie ProvostyTechniques of Recognition, 2016o /l48.3 x 38.1 cm
19 1/16 x 15 in -
Nathlie ProvostyTechniques of Recognition II, 2016o /l48.3 x 38.1 cm
19 1/16 x 15 in -
Nathlie ProvostyUntitled (Bevel VI), 2015Oil on linen on custom beveled stretcher48 x 38 cm
18 14/16 x 14 15/16 in -
Nathlie ProvostyDial II, 2014Oil on linen on custom beveled stretcher38 x 30 cm
14 15/16 x 11 12/16 in -
Nathlie ProvostyDial III, 2014Oil on linen on custom beveled stretcher38 x 30 cm
14 15/16 x 11 12/16 in -
Nathlie ProvostyDoubleu (Strawman), 2014oil on linen213 x 234 x 4.2 cm
83 13/16 x 92 2/16 x 1 10/16 in -
Nathlie ProvostySubject Without a Skin III, 2014Oil on linen213 x 244 cm
83 13/16 x 96 1/16 in -
Nathlie ProvostyThrice II, 2014oil on linen213.36 x 233.68 cm
84 x 92 in -
Nathlie ProvostyTaste, 2013-2015Oil on linen on custom beveled stretcher38 x 30 cm
14 15/16 x 11 12/16 in
Nathlie Provosty was born in 1981 in Cincinnati, Ohio. She studied at the Maryland Institute College of Art and the University of Pennsylvania, as well as obtaining the U.S. Fulbright Fellowship in Painting, India.
While Provosty's work is aesthetically simple when viewed from a distance, but become more complex upon closer inspection despite the apparent reductivism of her monochromatic color palette. Made with exceptional artistic rigor and vision, her work hovers between illusion and abstraction, evoking elusive fluctuations of physical, spatial, and conceptual depth. To enhance this effect, she often plays with the matte and glossy finishes of paint, adding an almost reflective quality that helps to draw the viewer into and across the works’ layers. The poet Robert Kelly was so moved by her work that he responded to them with several poems, which were published in the book The Color Mill (2014).
Provosty lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
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Phong Bui - Bill Jensen - Margrit Lewczuk - Nathlie Provosty
Bui Jensen Lewczuk Provosty 18.04 - 16.05.2018 Gallery - Brussels - BelgiumThe idea of this exhibit arose from their long-nurtured friendships and genuine shared love of art and culture. Together they explore the themes of pairs, parallels, and patterns in this...Read more -
Man Alive
Curated by WENDY WHITE 12.01 - 15.03.2017 Gallery - Brussels - BelgiumAbstract painters Keltie Ferris, Joanne Greenbaum, and Ruth Root aren’t looking to embellish the foyer or match the sofa, but rather to consistently redefine the boundaries of taste and propriety....Read more -
Introduction
Nathlie Provosty 4.04 - 4.05.2015 Gallery - Knokke - Belgium