Carole NONA 

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Carole’s educational background is deeply rooted in the natural sciences, holding a Ph.D. in Theoretical Chemistry from the University of Cambridge. Alongside her scientific training, she has been engaged in artistic creation since childhood, with her mother, graduate of l’École de Beaux Arts and visual arts teacher, she developed her artistic sensitivity and has nurtured a lifelong reflection on the nature and language of art.

 

Carole’s artistic practice is driven by a desire to dissolve boundaries between artistic disciplines and to embrace and explore the intersections of art, craft, and fundamental science. She is particularly interested in how the poetics of making can coexist within a coherent visual language.

 

Craftsmanship plays a central role in her work. Her process is meticulous and meditative, often using only

essential tools such as a single pigment (typically PR254 or PB27), one brush, or a compass. This minimalist

approach reflects her fascination with semantics, mathematical and musical vernaculars and the way language shapes cognition. Her work embodies a radical yet universal aesthetic that aligns closely with Bauhaus principles — a return to the essential, where form meets function and concept.

 

Influenced by the conceptual foundations of Vassily Kandinsky and the poïetic philosophies of Paul Valéry, Carole Nona’s practice is both intellectual and intuitive, grounded in a search for the fundamental  structures that underlie perception, meaning and beauty.

 

 

Visit her on Instagram @carolenona