Sachiko Natsume
In her former life, Sachiko Natsume was a researcher, academic and writer.
After having done a PhD at Kyoto University (1997) and Université Paris IV-Sorbonne (2000), Sachiko Natsume published in France writings about Francis Bacon and Alberto Giacometti. Her two books about Giacometti and his Japanese model Yanaihara (l’Echoppe, 2003 & 2007) were translated into Spanish and Italien.
She had tenure at Osaka University of Foreign Studies from 1996 to 2006. During this period, she also taught at Institut franco-japonais de Kyoto.
Along with teaching, she published an essay as well as numerous translations, including a biography about Francis Bacon.
Stéphane Dubé
Born in 1959 in France, Stéphane Dubé studied as a Polish government's scholarship student at Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw in 1979-1981. With Japanese government's scholarship he studied at Kyoto University of Arts in 1989-1991. After five years spent in Ireland (2018-2023), he works in Japan and Ireland.
"I increasingly feel that painting is like searching in the dark: at best, we bring to the surface forms and textures that are neither ideas nor a pre-established program, and that alone is what interests me."
Other Artists
Michel Alexis : @michel.alexis7
Massimo Barlettani : @massimobarlettani
