Isabelle Hayeur was born in Montreal Canada, in 1969. She has a BFA (1996) and a MFA (2002) from Universite du Quebec a Montreal. Since the late 90s, Isabelle has developed a distinctive photographic practice. She is primarily known for her large digital montages but she has also produced several site-specific installations, public artworks and videos. Her approach to photography goes beyond documentation. Doctoring her images, she fabricates seamless representations by merging various sites into a single territory. Her work is situated within a critical approach to the environment and urban development. Over the past few years, she has been investigating the ways in which we invest in and occupy space, trying to gain a deeper understanding of landscape states in order to comprehend our societies’ relationships to their environments. Her works have been widely exhibited across Canada, Europe, the United States, Mexico, Argentina and Japan. She has exhibited at Le Musee d’art contemporain de Montreal (MACM), The Massachusetts Museum of contemporary art (MassMoca), The Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago (MoCP), Prefix ICA in Toronto, Noorderlicht Photography in Groningen, Netherlands, The Neuer Berliner Kuntsverein in Berlin and at Les Rencontres internationales de la photographie in Arles, France.

Website: Isabelle Hayeur
Contact email: hayeur@gmail.com

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Biography:
Born in Israel, Dalia Rubin is a self-educated artist who began painting while in her adolescence. For many years she designd jewellery, mostly of silver and gems, and this was her main occupation and source of income. Recently she closed a full circle and resumed painting, and once again painting became her main interest. It is evident that her long career as a jeweler influences her canvases: the shapes, the unique textures of her paintings, the colurs of gems and her affection to metallic tint - are reminiscence of her other occupation, giving them their unique touch and quality.
The main theme of her work is nature, Creation: she’s exploring the beauty of life using vibrant colors and layered textures.

Me and art:

The creative process
Anyone defining himself/herself as an “artist” must supply solid proof for their creativity. This can take the form of a novel, a poem, a paining or a sculpture, but the secret behind creativity is Creative Thinking. Creative Thinking is a mental tool that all humans own, although not all of us are aware of it or know how to use it. Creativite Thinking is the tool that helps us improve ourselves, provides a fresh look on situations in life and helps us solve problems. Improving that tool can take the form of not only an artistic creation but also the form of healthy life in both body and soul. It is never too late to be creative. Anyone of us, no matter how intelligent, can learn how to use this tool and teach others, adults and children, how to benefit from creativity.

The language of Art
I often claim that science and art are two sides of the same coin, although they use very different languages - science uses the language of mathematics and art uses the language of the senses. Both science and art require a unique observation of the universe, though the outcome is very different. Nevertheless, there’s a very significant difference between science and art: various scientists will observe the universe and often reach the same conclusion using mathematical calculations, but various artists will each create a completely different expression which is influenced by their own interpretation. This interpretation is in fact the artistic creation, which derives from both outer world and the inner world of the artist.
I do believe that this duality finds its expression in my work, too.

Anything goes…
When I first started painting I believed that paint is all that was needed to make a painting. For many years I thought that adding any other material to a painting is wrong, and a proof of the painters lack of artistic skills…
Now, many years later, I find that my artistic language benefits from the wide choice of extra textures that enhance the effect of my paintings. In my work I use many substences, such as constructing materials, sand, stones, paper, ink, metallic tint, modeling pastes - anithing goes…

Website: Dalia Rubin
Contact email: dalia3@netvision.net.il