Lady N, a nod to Mother Nature
Biography
Art is a way for me to express my vision of the world and to share my passion for beauty, nature, and humanity through sculpture. Signing my work under the name “Thalz,” with the letter “z” marking a renewal in my life’s journey, I have developed my artistic path in parallel with my first professional career as a civil engineer.
Self‑taught, I have taken various private workshops and attended art schools, learning from artists who shared with me their passion for clay. This training has been diverse, ranging from the Segal Centre (formerly the Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts), to the School of Visual Arts at UQAM, and the École des beaux‑arts in Montreal.
In 2025, my work was exhibited to the public for the first time as part of group shows. I notably took part in the group exhibition Art Show St-Honoré in Paris in November 2025, organized by Art & Design. Since March 2025, I have exhibited in a gallery in Old Montreal, and I am now represented by the wonderful Galerie Le Chien d’Or in Old Quebec.
My work was highlighted in the French magazine Art & Design in the December 2025–February 2026 issue, with a two‑page feature devoted to my bronze sculptures, my journey from engineer to sculptor, and my artistic approach. I also received a Certificate of Artistic Merit with “Jury Selection” at the 11th edition of the Luxembourg Art Prize 2025, as well as jury mentions in 2026 at the St-Hyacinthe Art Symposium and at the LOVE exhibition presented by the Women’s Art Society of Montreal (WASM) at the Conseil des arts de Montréal.
The year 2026 is shaping up to be full of projects, particularly with an exhibition schedule that is already quite full and my upcoming participation in the Salon des métiers d’art du Québec – a recognition that has enabled me to join the Conseil des métiers d’art du Québec (CMAQ) as a professional member.
Artistic Approach
Through my artistic practice, I am interested in a duality that characterizes our era: the rollback of women’s rights around the world and the climate crisis. These issues are at the heart of my artistic practice and reveal the same discordance: knowing without acting and understanding without transforming. Through sculpture, I seek to make this individual and collective fragility perceptible, where social and environmental gains remain unstable and vulnerable.
Sculptor working with clay and bronze, I draw my inspiration as much from nature as from human questions, from their duality, between fragility and strength, destruction and resilience. For me, clay, an organic and malleable material, is the site of gesture, emotion, and the search for fragile balance. Bronze, a witness to time, transforms this exploration into lasting memory, inscribing these urgencies into continuity. This dialogue between a ephemeral matter and enduring matter deepens the reflection on the vulnerability of what has been gained, while questioning our responsibility in the face of these societal tensions.
My artistic expression is centered on the representation of the human body, captured in movement, torsion, and imbalance. The body becomes a language: movement shifts between momentum and restraint; gesture oscillates between resistance and surrender; posture combines strength and vulnerability, while emotion evokes hope and resilience. These figures convey the intensity of the body in action and offer a sensitive space for reflection on the tensions that run through our society, such as eco-anxiety, socio-economic inequalities, geopolitical issues, health crises, repression of women’s rights, and the rise of masculinist discourse.