NATHANAËLLE HERBELIN
Born in Israel in 1989 to a French father and an Israeli mother, Nathanaëlle Herbelin has always been drawn to make work that reflects her position within and between the two cultures. Her works contain subtle hints—both in subject matter and form—as windows into a world imbued with a quiet melancholy. Herbelin encourages the viewer to slow down, as a way of embracing the intimacy involved in viewing art. She has developed a formal style unique within the contemporary tendency towards figurative painting. Certain patterns and colours appear more defined than others in the softened memories that she so delicately captures. Earth tones give the works a quality evocative of a reverie and her loose brushwork recalls post-impressionist techniques. Herbelin has cited Les Nabis—a group of young painters active in Paris during the late 19th century—as a central influence in her practice. Most notably, she takes inspiration from the stylistic poetry that art historical figures such as Pierre Bonnard applied to domestic scenes.
Nathanaëlle Herbelin obtained a Master of Fine Arts degree from the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris in 2016, during which time she was invited to participate in an exchange program at The Cooper Union, New York. Recent solo and group exhibitions include the Musée d’Orsay, Paris (2024), French Institute of Tel Aviv (2022), Fondation d’Entreprise Ricard, Paris (2022), Umm Al Fahem Art Center (2021), Yishu 8 prize, George V Art Centre, Beijing (2021), Passerelle Art Center, Brest (2020), Bétonsalon, Paris (2019), the Beaux-Arts Museum of Rennes (2018) and Collection Lambert, Avignon (2017).
EDUCATION AND FELLOWSHIPS
2011-2016
DNSAP with honours École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-arts de Paris / MFA
2014-2016
Tim Eitel’s workshop, École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris, France
2015
University exchange at the Cooper Union, New York, United States of America
2011- 2014
Philippe Cognée’s workshop, École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris, France
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025
— He Art Museum, Shunde, China
2024
— Etre ici est une splendeur, Musée d’Orsay, Paris, France
2023
— Undivided Attention, Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium
2022
— À la surface, le fond de l’oeil, French institute of Tel-Aviv, Israel
2021
— L’eau douce pénètre en profondeur, Nosbaum Reding, Luxemburg
— In Situ, Hôtel de Guise, curated by Philippe Segalot & Charles Zana furniture Paris, France
— Sur le fil, Dilecta gallery , Paris, France
— Et peut-être que ces choses n’ont jamais eu lieu, galerie Jousse Entreprise, Paris, France
— Devenir peinture, at Tante Martine, Yishu 8, Paris, France
— Perhaps it was never so, Umm El Fahem Art Gallery, Umm El Fahem, Israel
2020
— Devenir peinture, George VArt Centre, Beijing, China
2019
— Ritual for long distances, Emmanuel Barbault Gallery, New York, USA
— Mise en scène, Villa Saint-Cyr, Bourg-la-Reine, France
2018
— Onze mètres carré, IN-BOX, Brussels, Belgium
— Tentative de positionnement, Espace d’exposition Le Bonnevalle, Noisy-le-Sec, France
2017
— VERSIONS, galerie Jousse Entreprise, Paris, France
2016
— Diploma exhibition, École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris, France
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
— Love is Louder, BOZAR, Brussels, Belgium
— Day of Painters, Musée d’Orsay, Paris, France
— Une chambre à soi, curated by Margaux Plessy, Chateau La Coste, France
— Self Portraits, Grimm Gallery, New York, USA
— Material Fair, Mexico City, Mexico
— Sophie, group show in tribute to Sophie Vigourous, galerie Jousse Entreprise, Paris
2023
— Beautés, FRAC Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France
— Immortelle, MO.CO Panacée, Montpellier, France
— Cache-Cache, galerie Perrotin, Paris, France
— Voir en peinture, La jeune figuration en France, travelling exhibition Musée des Sables d’Olonnes, musée Estrine de Saint-Rémy de Provence, musée des Beaux-Arts de Dôle, France
2022
— Bon baisers de Pékin – Yishu8 – histoire d’une résidence d’artistes, Musée Guimet, Paris, France
— L’ami.e modèle, MUCEM Musée des civilisations de l’Europe et de la Méditerranée, in partnership with Fondation Pernod Ricard, Marseille, France
— Shelf Life, Marlborough gallery, London, UK
— Il faudrait que je me calme, Mendes Wood gallery, Brussels, Belgium
— Entre tes yeux et les images que j’y vois *, Fondation Pernod Ricard, Paris, France
— Ianua, galerie Jousse Entreprise, Paris, France
— Il était une fois…, FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France
2021
— 10, Galerie PM/AM, London, UK
— Worst Case Scenario, Paris, France
— Ils ont dit oui, galerie Marguerite Milin, Paris, France
— Tentatives de positionnement, galerie Jousse Entreprise, Paris, France
— Jeunes peintres, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes, Rennes, France
— Bonheur du jour – chapitre I & II, galerie Quatre-Vingt-Onze, Paris, France
— How to disappear, 8 rue Frédéric Sauton, Paris, France
— Square 1 – Going Back to the Start, by Lital Megidish , Lotant, Tel Aviv
— The Matsutani Award Exhibition, by Tom Laurent, Paris, France
2020
— Amies, Muses, ARTISTES, Tajan The Gallery, Paris, France
— Face à la mer, Passerelle – Centre d’art contemporain, Brest, France
— Reality Is Not What It Seems, galerie Jousse Entreprise, Paris, France
— J’aime, je n’aime pas, galerie Eigen + Art, Leipzig, Germany
— Portraits Forever, Tajan The Gallery, Paris, France
2019
— Home is a home is a home is a home, galerie Jousse Entreprise, Paris, France
— Dabbling Duck, Cité internationale des arts, Paris, France
— Aux sources des années 1980, Eighties & Echoes, musée de l’Abbaye Sainte-Croix, Les Sables d’Olonne, France
— Position latérale de sécurité, Bétonsalon, Paris, France
— On view, galerie Vitrine 65, Paris, France
— Friend of a friend, The Invisible dog Art Center, Brooklyn, New York, USA
— Mais pas du tout, c’est platement figuratif ! Toi tu es spirituelle mon amour !, galerie Jousse Entreprise, Paris, France
2018
— Jennifer Caubet, Eva Nielsen, Seulgi Lee, Nathanaëlle Herbelin, galerie Jousse Entreprise, Paris, France
— AFFINITé(S), galerie Jousse Entreprise, Paris, France
— Construire une collection, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes, Rennes, France
— RÊVEZ #2, Collection Lambert, Avignon, France
— NGORONGORO II, Berlin, Germany
— Slightly Seared on the Reality Grill, Unit 5 Gallery, London, UK2018 / Triangle / Jousse Entreprise Gallery / Paris
2017
— Nos ombres devant nous, Fondation d’entreprise Ricard, Paris, France
— Seuls ensemble, H Gallery, Paris, France
— Felicità 17, Palais des expositions des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France
— Premier Degré, Prix Science po pour l’art contemporain, Université Sciences Politiques, Paris, France
— Micro salon #7, galerie l’inlassable, Paris, France
— Collection Luciano Benetton, Palermo, Italy
2016
— MFA, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris, Paris, France
— Match, Vincent Ballard & Nathanaëlle Herbelin, 94 Rue du Temple, Paris, France
— SAVOIR/DESSINER, Atelier 103B, Montreuil, France
— Matin Midi Soir, la Galerie Honoré Visconti, Paris, France
— Full House, Le Cabinet Dentaire, Paris, France
— Nature and Me, The Echigo-Tsumari Triennale, Bunagaike pond Nature park, Kamoo, Tokamachi-city, Japan
— Iris.Time, L’inlassable Museum by l’Inlassable galerie, New York, USA
— Selective Memory, Griffin Gallery, London, UK
— Micro Salon #5, Galerie l’inlassable, Paris, France
2014
— Carte blanche to Hector Obalk, Galerie Farideh Cadot, Paris, France
— Leviathan, Galerie Droite ENSBA, École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris, Paris, France
2009
— Artishowk fair #3, Florentine, The Comfort, Tel-Aviv, Israel 2008
— Artishowk fair #2, Florentine, The Comfort, Tel-Aviv, Israel
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
— Centre National des Arts Plastiques, Paris, France
— FRAC Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France
— FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France
— Musée de l’Abbaye Sainte-Croix, Sables d’Olonne, France
— Musée d’Art Moderne de la ville de Paris, France
— Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes, Rennes, France
— S.M.A.K, Ghent, Belgique
— Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
— Collection Pinault, France
— Lafayette Anticipations – Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin, Paris, France
— Fondation Thalie, Bruxelles, Belgique
AWARDS
2019
— Yishu 8, Paris, France
— Matsutani – Orient, Fondation Shoes, Paris, France
— Nomination for the Antoine Marin Award, galerie municipale Julio Gonzales, Arcueil, France
2017
— Nomination for the Science Po pour l’art contemporain Award, Paris, France
2015
— Lauréat, Fondation Colas pour l’art contemporain Award, Paris, France
RESIDENCIES
2022
— Uma Penha / Lisbon / Portugal
2020
— Therapeia / Paxos Island / Greece
2019
— Yishu8 / Beijing, China
2019
— Residence Invisible-dog / New York
2018
— Residency Arad / Negev / Israël
— PAF / St-Ermes / France
OTHER PROJECTS
2020
— Cover illustration for « גם אני הייתי שם» / “I Was There” by Yehonathan Herbelin, Kineret Zmora Dvir.
2016
— Cover Illustration for “La Métaphysique” by Peter Van Inwagen / Editions Ithaque
2014
— TO BE BROKEN / Project by Pascal Goblot : Manufacturing an exact replica in scale 1:1 of the The Large Glass by Marcel Duchamp With the Exceptional support of Marcel Duchampand Association, assignee of the artist.
All work shown on this website is made by Nathanaelle Herbelin, cannot be used without permission. © Nathanaelle Herbelin 2024.