°1968, Mouscron
When Bernadette was a child, she used to play for hours in the
"mudbox" under the old magnolia.
However she started her professional career as a physiotherapist and then, in her thirties, she became very keen to work with clay and started to train as a ceramist at the Academy of Fine Arts in Leuven.
As an independant ceramist she divides her time between her own artistic work and the many courses for children and adults.
As for many ceramists I suppose, working with clay has over time become my anchor point and my source of calm. I build my pieces with the colombin technique, slowly ... each day a little higher.
The general shape appears pretty quickly, but I spend a lot of time finishing it, stretching the curves that intertwine, they move away and find each other again.
I never have a predefined plan when I start working, I just want to put the clay in motion, to make it dance. I choose to leave the clay bare, porous, vibrant...
Selections & Awards
2020 15ème Salon de la Céramique Contemporaine de Normandie - France International Glass & Ceramic Biennial - Belgium
2017 International Ceramic Biennial - Belgium
2016 Céramique 14 - Paris – France
2015 Klei in Beweging – Jubileum wedstrijd – Haarlem – Netherlands
First prize
2014 The 10 th International Ceramics Competition - Mino – Japan
Mention honorable
2012 Biennale Internationale de Vallauris – France
2012 The IV postmodern Festival of Ceramics - Varazdin – Croatie
2011 International Triennal of Silicate arts – Kecskemet – Hungary
2011 7th International Biennal of Ceramics – Kapfenberg – Austria
2010 Mixed Media – Ceramics Plus – Westerwald – Germany
Exhibitions
2024 Galerie Pi Kwadraat - Erpe Mere
2023 Clay expressions - Leuven - Antwerpen
Kunstroute Leuven
2022 Clay expressions - Sint Truiden - Huy - Oostende
Kunstroute Leuven
2021 Clay expressions - Rijmenam - Ekeren - Liège
Kunstvoer - Korbeek Dijle
Galerie Pi Kwadraat - Erpe Mere
2020 Salon de la céramique contemporaine - Pont de l'Arche (France)
2019 Galerie Theemaas- Rotterdam (Pays Bas)
Beelden in Gees - Gees (Pays Bas)
Kunstroute Leuven
2018 Galerie Argile Libre - Paris (France)
Clays on wheel - Rijmenam
2017 International Keramiek Biennal - Haacht
Clay expressions - Bierbeek
Salon Céramique 14 - Paris (France)
2015 Fêtes de la Saint Martin - Tourinnes la Grosse
Klei in beweging: Keramiekecentrum - Genk
Klei in beweging : Keramikos - Haarlem (Netherlands )
Biennale de la Céramique d'Andenne
Kunstroute Leuven
2014 Kunst in het dorp - Oud Heverlee
The 10th International Ceramics Competition Mino (Japan)
Kunstroute Leuven
Clay expression: De Borre - Bierbeek
2013 Beelden In Gees - Gees - (Netherlands )
Plooi - Stedelijke Academie Leuven
Parcours d'artistes - Court Saint Etienne
2012 Fêtes de la Saint Martin - Tourinnes la Grosse
Kunst in het dorp - Oud Heverlee
The IV International Festival of Postmoderm ceramics -
Biennale Internationale de Vallauris - Vallauris (France )
2011 Keramiek Biennale of Kapfenberg - Varazdin (Croatie)
Fêtes de la St Martin - Tourinnes la Grosse
7th International Biennale of Ceramics - Kapfenberg (Autriche )
Promenade des artistes - Chastres
International Triennal of Silicate Arts - Kecskemet (Hongrie )
2010 Fêtes de la Saint Martin - Tourinnes la Grosse
Expo - Galerie Cypres - Leuven
Mixed Media - Ceramics plus - Westerwald (Germany)
2009 Tourinnes-la-Grosse Fêtes de la Saint Martin
Bruxelles Ceramic Event
2008 Vrouwenkrachtdag - Provinciehuis - Leuven
Exposition des lauréats de l’académie des Beaux-Arts de Leuven