Nathalie Du Pasquier is a French painter and designer, who lives in Milan and is one of the founding members of the legendary Memphis Design Group. Working within various practices, Du Pasquier is intrigued by the relationship between physical form and its surface and while known for her ostensibly abstract paintings and motifs, it is really only reality that interests her.  Du Pasquier’s ongoing investigation into form and function is manifested in paintings, sculptures, furniture, patterns, constructions, carpets, books, and ceramics—constantly acting between the representational and non-representational, the tangible and intangible, reality, and imagination, and two- and three-dimensional forms.  There is no faked solemnity in her work.  While seeking to solve the form/ornament dilemma posed by Adolf Loos, Du Pasquier fearlessly utilizes saturated pop-groove color and classically mesmerizing avant-baroque patterns to achieve something that is both dead-serious and whimsical.  For BravinLee, she has created a rug about which she says:  "This carpet was designed in winter. It is called America because it is modern.  It could be a flag for a modernity which is not linked with technology, but which puts together elements from different times like the collage from which it originated."
Du Pasquier’s Website
Architectural Digest, Brook Mason, Nathalie Du Pasquier gets Her Moment in The Spotlight

BravinLee editions is a proud member of GoodWeave

GoodWeave’s founder Kailash Satyarthi was recently awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in honor of his career dedicated to ending the exploitation of children around the world. GoodWeave, an international nonprofit organization geared toward abolishing child labor in the carpet industry, has liberated and educated thousands of children, bringing them from carpet looms to classrooms.  Satyarthi and GoodWeave work to guide consumers to its Child Labor Free Certified rugs and replicate their market-based approach of certification in other sectors.  Kailash said at the ceremony, “I refuse to accept that the shackles of slavery can ever be stronger than the quest for freedom.” He asked those in attendance to place their hands over their hearts and “listen to the child inside.”

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2018

“Uscita d'insicurezza”, Apalazzo, Brescia, Italy

“No turning here”,
Greta Meert, Bruxelles, Belgium

“Fair game”, a cura di Kate Sutton, MGLC, Ljubljana, Slovenia

2017

“Other Rooms”, Camden Arts Centre, Londra

“BIG OBJECTS NOT ALWAYS SILENT”,
ICA, Philadelphia,USA

“From time to time”, Pace gallery, Londra

“From Some Paintings”, La Loge, Bruxelles

“Collezioni Private”, Kunsthalle Lissabon, Lisbon

2016

“Quadri Mobili e Immobili”, A Palazzo Gallery, Brescia

“Le Mie Credenze”a cura di Davide Giannella, Mega, Milano

“Meteorites & Constructions II” Exile, Berlin

“very flat constructions” Assab One, Milano

“big objects not always silent” curated by Luca Lo Pinto, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna

2015

"it is hard to get excited about a growth of less than 3% with no sign of imminent improvement",
Chamber NYC, New York

"The big game",Exile, Berlin

"Construction",Fotokino, Marseille

"Cultura materiale” a cura di Elisa Langlois and Pierre Leguillon",Haute Ecole d’Art et de Design, Genève

"Tomorrow I could say something else",a cura di Dafne Boggeri, Sprint, Milano