Derrière la montagne (2023) Collages by Laurence Hochin

Laurence Hochin calls herself an ecologist, nature and ecology being at the center of her approach, and her works being created exclusively from the collage of leaflets.

Laurence followed a university course in Art and attended various artistic workshops, she trained in different techniques: painting, engraving, ceramics, etc. Today she devotes herself mainly to collage and other techniques around recycling.

Her favorite subject is often nature: forests, plants, landscapes and animals.

When we see her canvases representing immense forests for the first time, it seems to us that we are seeing paintings. And then when we get closer, we realize that they are actually made up of a multitude of small pieces of paper, different logos, images, objects, words from our daily lives emerge from these undergrowth. The encounter with a work by Laurence Hochin always happens in two stages, from a distance where we appreciate the subject represented then we want to see more closely and there surprised, we get lost in the details.

Laurence also creates sculptures from papier-mâché, uses sewing, and different mixed techniques.

Laurence works in her studio in Saint-Ouen, home of recycling near Paris. She also gives classes and courses in visual arts to children and adults.

She exhibits regularly in Paris, France and abroad.

She participated in the 11th International Paper Triennial in Switzerland, among other things, and received the Art'ifice Prize from the city of Montgeron and the International Collage Days Prize from the Monet-Rollinat Museum.

Her works are in private and institutional collections.

• Nationality: FRANCE
• Date of birth : unknown date
• Artistic domains: Works by professional artists,
• Groups: Professional Artist Contemporary French Artists