Eléonore Nsanabandi

Eléonore Nsanabandi is a self-taught artist. Her work is rooted in her childhood gardens and a deep love for flora. Creation is experienced as an initiation, a space for transformation and healing.
Her world is often monochromatic, dominated by black, with drawing taking precedence over color. Her lines are firm, deliberate, driven by a love of craftsmanship. Her approach is refined, sensitive, attentive to beauty, aesthetics, and an inner truth—almost a quest. Between Rwanda and France, her work is built at the crossroads of two worlds. It belongs to an Africa that loves the West and has always engaged in dialogue with the East. The great Asian masters, notably Zhang Daqian, have nurtured this free-spirited perspective. The conservative artist in her doesn't hesitate to step outside her comfort zone; she tackles other subjects with intrepidity: the nude figures of Parisian studios, the faces of those around her, and those of her Catholic faith.