Movement Expression Color
Painting life
#I have to feel the heart beating#
Living in Nice area, Monique Gastaud devotes herself to her innate passion for drawing and painting in her forties. Conscious of this inestimable gift that is life itself and out of love for the animals of which the human being is a part, #only animal in the world which thinks not to be one#, it is quite naturally that she makes the living being her favorite theme at a time when animal art and drawing were not at all in the artistic trend.
Encouraged by her numerous national and international awards that her animal paintings quickly obtain, she partly intends her creations for the benefit of the Animal Cause, alongside associations as well as Jeanne Augier, then owner of the Hôtel NEGRESCO in Nice from where will follow a long friendly and artistically fruitful relationship.
- More than 15 works by Monique Gastaud are now part of the prestigious MESNAGE AUGIER NEGRESCO Endowment.
- Several others are referenced in the collection of
Royal Museums of Art and History of Brussels or are part of private collections.
- More than 30 paintings were created and decorated the former Parc Phoenix aquarium in Nice.
- Member of the AIAP National Committee for UNESCO.
- Monique belongs to the French National Academy of Cats, she is - - listed in the centre of Animal Art (Centre de Documentation de l’Art Animalier (CDAA)) and is the official - painter of the AJNAC (Association of the national day of domestic animals).
- Author of several posters for animal defence.
In constant artistic research, her thematic range unfolds, her technique diversifies.
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'Interesting art with a promising future.'
P. Amiel, Côté Art, 2001
Awards & Exhibitions
2022 JAPAN Osaka
> Exhibition OASIS in the ABANO HARUKAS ART MUSEUM OSAKA - May
MONACO
> Exhibition ANIMALIA galerie des pêcheurs Monaco January/june
2021 LUXEMBOURG
> Certificat of merit awarded by the Pinacotheque of the museum of LUXEMBOURG - December
MONACO
> "DANTE" exhibition 18-22 October 4 Quai Antoine 1er
NICE
> personal exhibition Forum Jorge François 28/09-28/10
MONACO
> "La force du détail" exhibition 11-28 february 4 Quai Antoine 1er
2019 Aspremont
> Individual Exhibition at La chapelle des Pénitents Blancs Aug 23rd/sep 22nd Nice
> Exhibition the gallery La Quincaillerie d'Art 1st-30th April
2018 Saint Raphaël
> Salon du Grand Format : 2nd Prize oil painting
2017 Cannes
> Palm Beach, exhibition "Jeux, Hasard & Cinéma" May 5th - June 4th
2015. COLOMBIA Bogotá
> Happening 'La Femme', exhibition in association with Catalina Azuero, reputable fashion designer from Bogotá, Você Studio
> Personal portrait, web video, producer Karine Varango
St Tropez
> Group exhibition, Dreem Street Gallery
Saint Raphaël
> Salon du Grand Format:2nd prize oil painting
2013 Antibes
> Exhibition Congress Palace
2011 Nice
> 30 pieces of work at the parc Phoenix aquariums
PACA France
> Personal interview, Radio France Bleu Azur, 28/02
> Personal interview, M6 TV, Accès Direct 01
2008 - 2011 PACA FRANCE
> Creation of many posters for the National days of the domestic animals (AJNAC) and various animal causes
> Personal Exhibition at the townhall
2007 Nice
> Personal Exhibition at the Negresco Hotel
2006 ITALY
> Nominated official knight of the GRECI-MARINO academy
Nice
> Nude contest at the Expo centre: 2nd prize, President of the Jury Sacha SOSONO
2005 Nice
> Negresco Hotel exhibition: 1st prize for a world without bull-fighting
2003 BELGIUM Brussells
> Work listed at The Royal Art & History Museum of Brussels
JAPAN Tokyo
> International exhibition at the Seiko Museum: Gold Medal
Nice
> International exhibition of 'L’Aigle de Nice': 1st prize
2001 JAPAN Kobe
> Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art: Award of Excellence
Toulon
> National Art exhibition: 1st prize, Pastel
2000 Paris
> Member of the National Academy of Cats, 30 members lifetime
Antibes
> National exhibition of the repatriated of Northern Africa:Creative award Marseille
> Exhibition at Maison Blanche, Townhall
1999 JAPAN Kyoto
> Kyoto National Museum: General Consulate of Belgium Award
Antibes
> National exhibition of repatriated of Northern Africa: 1st Prize
Paris
> National Art exhition of Cats: 1st prize
1998 CHINA Beijing
> Group exhibition at the Yanhuang Art Museum
1990 - nowadays : many awards in the Provence Alpes Côte D'Azur region and many posters created in association with the animal defence causes.
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