We asked Zilia: What are your sources of inspiration in the following areas?
Her home country of Brazil: the sun
France: the culture, the gardens, the romanticism. I have always loved France because of its art and culture, and I have always dreamed of studying here
The arts and making sculpture: films, dreams, exhibitions, nature, love, music (I always listen to Chopin when I sculpt – this really transports me - but I also enjoy Bach, Beethoven and Mozart), Oriental paintings, Camille Claudel, Rodin, Antoine Bourdelle, turning my sculptures into “paintings you can touch”
Travelling: nature, discovering the history of new places (especially from the 19th century)
Hobbies: cinema, going to museums
Friendship: altruism
Love: dedication
Family: union with my children; the respect and admiration I have for them
Her fellow human beings: the vulnerability and sensitivity I see in others
A current project: being an art therapist. One day I read a book called The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat: And Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks and there was a case study about a woman with cerebral paralysis who had never used her hands until the doctor give her some clay to model…and she was able to make such marvelous sculptures. I was absolutely amazed and it inspired me to study art therapy. It made me realize that art has another function: helping and healing people.
For more information about Zília’s work, please contact her at [email protected] .
By Tess Nurman
Photos courtesy of Zilia Nazarian
We asked Zilia: What are your sources of inspiration in the following areas?
Her home country of Brazil: the sun
France: the culture, the gardens, the romanticism. I have always loved France because of its art and culture, and I have always dreamed of studying here
The arts and making sculpture: films, dreams, exhibitions, nature, love, music (I always listen to Chopin when I sculpt – this really transports me - but I also enjoy Bach, Beethoven and Mozart), Oriental paintings, Camille Claudel, Rodin, Antoine Bourdelle, turning my sculptures into “paintings you can touch”
Travelling: nature, discovering the history of new places (especially from the 19th century)
Hobbies: cinema, going to museums
Friendship: altruism
Love: dedication
Family: union with my children; the respect and admiration I have for them
Her fellow human beings: the vulnerability and sensitivity I see in others
A current project: being an art therapist. One day I read a book called The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat: And Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks and there was a case study about a woman with cerebral paralysis who had never used her hands until the doctor give her some clay to model…and she was able to make such marvelous sculptures. I was absolutely amazed and it inspired me to study art therapy. It made me realize that art has another function: helping and healing people.
For more information about Zília’s work, please contact her at [email protected] .
By Tess Nurman
Photos courtesy of Zilia Nazarian
A native of São Paulo, Brazil, artist Zília Nazarian first discovered the arts as a child with courses in painting and piano. An Artist in all forms, she also studied ballet for a number of years and sang background vocals for the Brazilian singer Eduardo Dusek in her early 20s. When she became a mother, Zília redirected her focus from the arts itself to the art of love by dedicating her time to raising her children. In 1992, she rediscovered art with the film Camille Claudel. It was at that moment that she decided to be a sculptor.
In addition to studying with the great Brazilian sculptor Domenico Serio Calabrone and taking drawing classes with Sonia Schaffer and Edson Beleza in São Paulo, Zília studied art at several institutions in the city, such as the Tomie Ohtake Cultural Institute, the Art Scriptorium, and the School of Fine Arts. Her sculptures have been exhibited in Sao Paulo at the Librairie Française, the British Cultural Center and Entrecores Espaço de Arte as well as around the world in France (Maison et Objet-Metiers D’Art), Monaco (C&C ART Galler, Hotel Lê Metrópole), Italy (Muzeo Nazionale de Villa D’Este in Tivoli), and the United States (District Court of Washington). She has won several prestigious awards for her work from Brazilian institutions such as Galpão das Artes-Casa do Restaurador, the Fine Arts Society in Rio de Janeiro, the Amazonas Art Fair, Teatro Municipal de Cabo Frio as well as from the Geneva Arts Fair in Switzerland.
Since September 2012, Zília has been in a part-time resident in Tours, France, where she has been studying art therapy at the AFRATAPEM School. Art & Inspiration had the pleasure to spend a moment with Zília and get a glimpse of the artist behind the sculptures.
Her favorite color: blue
Some of her archetypes: Artist, Mother, Healer
What makes her feel happy and complete in life: art, her children, helping others
How her family and friends would describe her: A tender person
Originaire de la ville de São Paulo au Brésil, l’artiste Zília Nazarian s’est initiée à l’art dès l’enfance grâce à des cours de peinture et de piano. Artiste multiple, elle a également fait de la danse classique pendant plusieurs années et vers vingt ans, elle a fait partie des chœurs du chanteur brésilien Eduardo Dusek. Une fois mère, Zília est passée de l’art à l’art d’aimer et elle s’est entièrement dévouée à l’éducation de son enfant. En 1992, elle a redécouvert l’art grâce au film Camille Claudel. C’est là qu’elle a décidé de devenir sculpteur.
Zília a non seulement étudié à São Paulo auprès du fameux sculpteur brésilien Domenico Serio Calabrone, et pris des cours de dessin auprès de Sonia Schaffer et Edson Beleza, mais elle a aussi fait ses classes dans différentes institutions de la ville, telles que l’Institut Culturel Tomie Ohtake, l’Art Scriptorium, et la School of Fine Arts. Ses sculptures ont été exposées à la Librairie Française de São Paul, au British Cultural Center et à l’Entrecores Espaço de Arte, ainsi que tout autour du monde : en France (Maison et Objet-Metiers D’Art), à Monaco (C&C ART Galler, Hotel Lê Metrópole), en Italie (Muzeo Nazionale de Villa D’Este in Tivoli), et aux Etats-Unis (District Court of Washington). Elle s’est vue décerner de nombreux prix prestigieux pour ses œuvres, aussi bien par des institutions brésiliennes telles que le Galpão das Artes-Casa do Restaurador, La Fine Arts Society à Rio de Janeiro, l’Amazonas Art Fair, Le Teatro Municipal de Cabo Frio, que par la Geneva Arts Fair en Suisse.
Depuis septembre 2012, Zília étudie l’art-thérapie à temps partiel à Tours, en France, dans l’école AFRAPTAPEM. Art & Inspiration est heureux de passer un peu de temps avec Zília pour jeter à l’œil à l’artiste qui se cache derrières ses sculptures.
Sa couleur préférée: le bleu
Quelques-uns de ses archétypes : Artiste, Mère, Guérisseuse
Et ce qui la rend heureuse et épanouie dans la vie : l’art, aider les autres, ses enfants
Comment sa famille et ses amis la décrivent : quelqu’un de doux
10 Sculptures and Inspirations of Zília Nazarian
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