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Art is definitely a question of gift, and Victoire Meyer
was undoubtedly born to express herself into it. Impassioned for drawing
since her childhood, that Swiss painter, born in Geneva in 1945, quickly
drew the attention by sketching her family and friends with great talent
and a strong sense of humour.
Unsurprisingly, her skills led her to become a student
at the Geneva School of Decorative Arts, from where she graduated as an
expert in enamels.
With her diploma in her hands, she then worked for several great jewellers
and watchmakers such as Piaget, Beaume & Mercier and Fabergé,
creating enamels and restoring fine artworks. By the same time, she won
the prestigious Etienne Dufour Prize, and got selected by three times
for the "Montres & Bijoux" exhibition at the Rath Museum,
in Geneva. In addition, she became a teacher, giving drawing classes for
various public and private schools.
Always enthusiastic, and strongly moved by her desire
to expand her love for aesthetics through new boundaries, she also decided
to work with her husband, a well-known leather shops owner. With a sharp
sense for trend and style, she helped him to achieve his own goals, giving
him advice while choosing leather bags and luggage assortments, and for
decorating his shops and windows.
Besides, she made greats deals with antics too, showing
instinctive skills to find rare furniture or singular ornaments.
Though, Victoire continuously felt the need to go back to pure art and
full creativity. A move she finally made in the early nineties, trying
to express her thoughts and feelings through increasingly large formats.
Rather figurative at the beginning, then more and more abstract, her paintings
were soon displayed in various places and galleries, where their bright
colours and positive message met great success.
From the Atelier du Premier Geste, where she first showed her works, to
other Swiss artistic spaces such as the Cercle des Dirigeants d'Entreprise,
L'Envers du Décor and the Aude Hauser Cabinet, Victoire quickly
build a nice notoriety, seducing amateurs as well as experts and collectors.
Reinforced by her achievement, she then decided to export herself to France,
especially to Provence, exhibiting at the historical rupestral church
of Cabrières d'Aigues, among others.
Living now in Thaïland, Victoire still makes her way towards success.
Already shown by the Sheraton and the Gallery Opium in Pattaya, her paintings
are now to discover in Phuket, within the space of the Art Rendez-Vous
Gallery.
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