Jacqueline Poitevin was born in the autumn of 1948, in a farm where there was a water mill, near the castles of the Loire. She grew up in the middle of fields and meadows along the Indrois river where she devoted herself to drawing and painting on all the supports she found in her environment.
From 1960 to 1968, she was a boarder in a school where she studied until her baccalaureate... there her universe narrowed... she wrote and drew on sheets of squared notebook.
1969, it is the arrival in Paris! She abandons her "artisic activities" but takes great pleasure in visiting museums. The attic studio where she lives is so uncomfortable and small... but she dreams that the world belongs to her!
The days are laborious, the years pass with their lot of changes... fortunately, she had the opportunity to travel: Spain, Italy, Canada, Peru, USA, Colombia, Beijing, Tunisia, Egypt...
From 1998 to 2000, enthusiastically, she left to work in Colombia as a teacher.
In 2000, she returned to France for a short period, where she had difficulty finding her place!
In 2002, she returned to Colombia. This time, to accompany Afro-descendant and indigenous communities in a conflict zone, more precisely in the Chocó, where she rediscovered nature, a luxuriant nature, exuberant in the middle of primary forests, on the banks of the Atrato, a river of an excepOonal width. The Colombian populaOons are very cheerful and welcoming... she felt very comfortable and was nourished by the richness of the environment.
Later, she will tell her experiences with the communities in a booklet "Anecdotas y algo más" and its adaptaOon in French... which will never be published. Now she is preparing a documentary "20 years later..." to discover what has happened to the communities she has accompanied over the years?
She stayed in Colombia until the end of 2005, forced to return to Paris after a bad relapse... This special period allowed her to reflect on the quality of her life and to imagine new projects, but it would take time before she could make them a reality!
From 2007 to 2010, she worked with young victims of abuse.
Later, already retired, she studied perspective drawing and interior decorating, then abstract painting in a studio where she painted on the floor, on large canvases. It is a discovery that gives her intense pleasure!
Finally, it will be an important step for her to accept to share her artistic universe by showing her work and... to let it go, to go to other places.
Recently, in October and November 2022, she participated in two exhibitions in the Marais in Paris.
Her new projects are :
- from February 10 to 24, 2023 Galleria Cael Milan - Italy,
- from February 16 to 22 a virtual exhibition "Interferences" with M.A.D.S. - from May 15 to 27, 2023 Galerie Mona Lisa Paris 7ème,
- Autumn 2023, an exhibition project in Colombia (dates to be confirmed),
- various projects in France and in other European countries.
She is a member of the Maison des artistes (41916).
Jacqueline Poitevin's artistic declaration:
"My universe, nourished by the richness of my experiences, is a jumble of nature in which the human being finds its place.
It starts with the stapling of the canvas on the wooden frame...then coating it with
Then it is coated with "geso", spreading acrylic paint more or less mixed with medium and water, using brushes, spatulas, and sometimes also with the hands... a colored pale... the colors collide, tame, and finally brush against each other to commune with sensuality, and reach a mystical, even spiritual dimension!
With humility and passion, my emotions spread on the canvas in search of a certain harmony and serenity.
AbstracOon has been a revelation that has opened up immense fields of expression for me. The result always surprises me and, many times, after the spontaneity of the work, without a really precise object, I make almost figurative discoveries..."
