Artists

Born in Belgium in 1960, Jérôme Cordier now lives in Ottawa, Canada. Over the last thirty years, his work has been published in magazines, newspapers, and exhibits. His work is in private collections in Canada, Austria, Belgium, France, and the United States.
All Cordier's art is photography-based. In the past he used a 35 mm film camera and the darkroom to create selenium-toned fiber based prints. Now he produces high resolution scans of those same negatives and prints with archival quality inks on fine art and photo-base paper. Cordier uses the computer to manipulate the digital image into the "real" or his "surreal" vision.

"Although my portfolio is diverse, over the years "the Nude" has been a special subject. The body and art are synonymous. The French poet Paul Valery noted that the nude is for the artist what love is for the poet."

Né en Belgique en 1960, Jérôme Cordier vit à Ottawa (Canada).
Depuis les trente dernières années, il a été publié dans des magazines et journaux et a participé à des expositions. Les oeuvres de Cordier se retrouvent également dans des collections privées en Amérique du Nord et en Europe. La photographie est à la base de tout l'art de Cordier. Dans le passé, il utilisait un appareil photo 35 mm et la chambre noire pour produire des épreuves virées au sélénium sur papier argentique baryté. Depuis quelques années, il crée de somptueux tirages photographiques d'après un balayage numérique de ces mêmes négatifs, qu'il imprime ensuite avec un encre à pigment sur du papier de qualité conservation. Ce procédé offre une grande longévité pour la réalisation de tirages d'exposition ou d'art. Cordier utilise l'ordinateur pour manipuler l'image selon sa conception unique du "réel" et sa vision "surréaliste".

"Au sein de mon portfolio varié, au fil des ans, Le Nu a occupé une place importante. Le Nu -- le corps et son image-- est synonyme de l'art et comme le déclarait le poète français Paul Valéry: Le Nu est pour l'artiste ce que l'amour est au poète."

"Music has been an emotion that I have nurtured all my life. There has always been a duality in my music. First, there is the mathematical grammar that allows me to join notes together to achieve a logical sequence. Second, there is the unexplainable connection that comes when the grammar evolves into a discussion of thoughts, a sense of being.
Being mostly self-taught as far as my music and painting are concerned, I
continue to discuss these thoughts with my abstracts. There is always a rhythm that occurs while I paint. Musical notes appear as if I am writing a score, playing, painting the grammar on my canvas. Improvisation allows the logical to become liberated.
Music is a bridge that we have been exploring for thousands of years. This
bridge between knowing and understanding is what I try to achieve with color. It is
not the need to do that I wish to explore but more the need to feel this connection, share my music in a most intimate way. My paintings are a reflection of my improvisation, my connection with the unexplainable and the grammar. This place that I understand without being able to explain it but rather having no need to..."