Nathalie Daoust - Whether in New York, Tokyo or Barcelona, Nathalie Daoust has always asserted a child’s contempt for reality. The young photographer from Montreal has devoted all her art to unveiling the secrets hidden under the apparent stability of forms. Her fascination for hotel rooms attests to her interest in intimacy : that which is fashioned in the blurs, the ghostly shadows and the blotted contours. Sheltered from the light of day, her rooms fashioned after Lewis Carroll notions welcome fuzzy silhouettes, sometimes erotic, pared down, always with a point of humor. Daoust is a conceptual creator, photographer and set designer, an explorer in the artistic adventure. Until now her peregrinations have taken her from New York, the Carlton Arms hotel, to the Love Hotels of Tokyo, the workshop of a printer in Bali, or a high tech lab in Sydney. So many kinds of reality to filter through her fantasies. carlton arms hotel, book new york hotel story, 3d imgages, dark room photographer, analog special effects, Thomas Csano, Adam Bilinski, mike tyler, dan bern, bernstein, brigitte henry, romie gracia, gabriel coutu-dumont, andre bowen, jessica bowen, andre charles, robin banksy,Irene Dogmatic,Thais Charbonnet, Jane Laine, Bruno Hadjadj, Tokyo Girls, Lenticular Images, Lenticulaire, 3D Martin Benoit, Luksfera Gallery, Franka francoise targowski, Matt Jones, Tim McClean, Misato Ikeda, Philbert Ono, Josh, Stephanie Martin, Aaron King, Nowen Media, Qprint, Foma, Entre Quatre Murs, Orthochromatic film Marianna Moerkoere, jill klinkert, Kim Noven, Helena Trierscheid, Bertrand Saintguilhem, Florian Hayler, Feng Mi, Antoine Tanguay Alto, Diana Chen, Brazil project: Fotoamerica, Veronica Besiner, Canadian embassy, Adriana woll, Tamas Wormser from Traveling lights, Mairi Beautyman, Mike Tyler, Daspu, Davida, Joao Kulcsar, Tomas Carvalho, Thomaz Brandao, Rachel Balassiano, Paulo Rossi, Erica Rodrigues, Fotosite, Flavio Lenz, Modafusion, Past exhibitions: Fondation Christoph Merin, Basel, Switzerland, New York Arts Beijing Residency, China, Red Gate Residency, China,Third Space Gallery, Contact, International Photography Festival, Two Rivers Gallery,Salle Augustin-Chenier Gallery de Ville-Marie, Fringe Festival, Singapore, McNish Gallery, California, National Academy of Photography, Bulgaria, International Photography festival FotoEncuentro, La Paz, Bolivia, Centre d'exposition de Val-d'Or, Senac, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Chapel Gallery, Saskatchewan, Regart Gallery, Lévis, International Photography Festival Fotoamerica, Santiago, Chile, Vitrine Gallery, Bruges, Belgium, Una Foto Galeria, Panara, Argentina, Photography Center of UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil, International Photography Festival FotoFestiwal, Lodz, , Wanted Paris Gallery, Paris, France, Northern Photographic Centre, Finland, Espace Virtuel Gallery, Chicoutimi, , Kunstlerheim-Luise, art installation, Berlin, Germany, International Festival of Photography, Fotonoviembre, Spain, International Festival of Photography, Fotoseptiembre, USA, International Photo Fair in Lodz, , Gallery Luksfera, Warsaw, , L’Espace F Gallery, Matane, , Mac Zona, Barcelona, Spain, Galeria Saladestar, Barcelona, Spain, Museum Mont Saint-Hilaire, L’œil de Poisson, Québec, Medicine Hat Museum and Art Gallery, Calgary, USA, Maison de Culture Frontenac, Forest City Gallery, Ontario, , MultyArt, Montréal, International Festival of Photography, Exposure, England, Centre des Arts de Shawinigan, Metropolitan Museum of Photography of Tokyo, Japan, Centre d’exposition d’Amos, , Les Fameuse (Pratt & Whitney) Montréal, , Centre d'exposition de Rouyn-Noranda, Salle Augustin-Chenier de Ville-Marie, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, New York, Centre d'artiste Vaste et Vague, Matane, , Cave Gallery, New York, USA, Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, USA, SideShow Gallery, New York, USA, James Baird Gallery, Newfoundland, L'Usine C Gallery, Carlton Arms Gallery, PhotoArt Magazine, Czech Republic, Photosélection Magazine, , Enroute Magazine, Promart Grant, Foreign Affairs Canada, Pozytyw Photo Magazine, Express-Newspaper, «Entre Quatres Murs», USAFOTO magazine, , Zoom Photography magazine, , TV Review on TV4 and TVN, , Newsweek, Wik, Przekroj, Voice and Gazeta Newspapers, , Afisha, Moscow, Russia, magazine Cyfrowa Foto, Poland, PHOTO, France, Border Crossings art magazine, Photo Sélection magazine, PhotoEd magazine, Œil Régional, National Post Photographer's, Forum Magazine, Lux Québec, Sombra magazine, Argentina, British Journal of Photography, England, Art Jonction, France, TV review on Musique Plus, Idée mode, Radio show, Macadam Tribus, Radio-Canada, TV review on ZED TV CBC, LA PRESSE, Montréal, The Summit Creative Awards USA2003 Article in the PHOTO magazine, France Shots USA photography magazine, Grafika Magazine, Reporter Magazine, CMYK, Photography Magazine, Anafylia Magazine #18, Rotterdam, Photographer's Forum Magazine, Art Grant from La Fondation Desjardins promotion section, TV Review on Salut Bonjour, Art Grant from La Fondation du Maire de Montréal, TV Review on Les choix de Sophie, Cultural promotion Tele Québec Zone Culturelle, L’Actualité magazine, IIAC/IIPC 6th international Art/Photo contest, Japan, Jeune Volontaire, Prize for the international Nikon competition, Japan, Publication in the French PHOTO magazine (Helmut Newton competition), France, Applied Art magazine, PhotoMetro magazine (Duane Michal 18th Annual competition), USA Australian magazine Numero Uno, Artistic decoration project, Room 11B and Lobby of the Carlton Arms Hotel in New York, USA,First prize Quartier Latin Contest