Whether in New York, Tokyo or Barcelona, Nathalie Daoust has always asserted a child’s contempt for reality. The young photographer from Montreal has devoted all her art to unveiling the secrets hidden under the apparent stability of forms. Her fascination for hotel rooms attests to her interest in intimacy : that which is fashioned in the blurs, the ghostly shadows and the blotted contours. Sheltered from the light of day, her rooms fashioned after Lewis Carroll notions welcome fuzzy silhouettes, sometimes erotic, pared down, always with a point of humor. Daoust is a conceptual creator, photographer and set designer, an explorer in the artistic adventure. Until now her peregrinations have taken her from New York, the Carlton Arms hotel, to the Love Hotels of Tokyo, the workshop of a printer in Bali, or a high tech lab in Sydney. So many kinds of reality to filter through her fantasies.
2006 : Kunstlerheim-Luise, exhibited In a Peepshow, Berlin, Allemagne 2005 : International Festival of photography, Fotonoviembre, Espagne 2005 : International Festival of photography, Fotoseptiembre, USA 2005 : International Photo Fair in Lodz, Pologne 2005 : Galerie Luksfera, Varsovie, Pologne 2004 : Galerie L'Espace F, Matane, Canada 2004 : International Festival of Photography, Fotoseptiembre, USA 2004 : International Festival of Photography in Lodz, Pologne 2004 : Galerie Saladestar, Barcelone, Espagne 2004 : Musée d¹Art Mont Saint-Hilaire, Canada 2003 : Galerie L¹¦il de Poisson, Québec, Canada 2003 : Maison de Culture Frontenac, Montréal, Canada 2003 : Forest City Gallery, Ontario, Canada 2002 : Centre d'exposition d'Amos, Canada 2002 : International Festival of Photography, Exposure, Angleterre 2002 : Centre des Arts de Shawinigan, Canada 2002 : Centre d'exposition de Rouyn-Noranda, Canada 2002 : Salle Augustin-Chenier de Ville-Marie, Canada 2001 : Centre d'artiste Vaste et Vague, Carleton, Canada 2001 : Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, New York, USA 2001 : L'Espace F, Matane, Canada
Acquisitions : Le musée d’art du mont saint hilaire. Canada Le festival international de la photographie, Pologne FOTOSEPTEMBRE USA-SAFOTO, international photography festival. USA
