Marie Ducaté
Marie Ducaté is a celebrated multidisciplinary contemporary artist who lives and works from an extraordinary loft space inside a restored early 20th-century shoe factory in the historical Armenian quarter of Marseille, France. Her poetic art dances between figurative and abstract and she ‘paints’ through many different mediums, including fabric, paper, glass, metal and ceramic.
“Art is unequivocally the great passion of my life and I am dedicated to practising and championing it.”
“I have many wonderful collaborators across the world. We are a team. I know that my work has reached an incredibly wide audience because of my collaborators. They generously open their studios to me and give me the chance to explore and evolve. It’s an exchange and a rare opportunity to extend beyond my creative space in Marseille, beyond my existing skills.”
“The key to a great collaboration is love. I love all my collaborators; they are my friends. We genuinely care for each other. We nourish each other. Because of that, life is interesting. It’s an exchange.”
“As I get older, I feel less constrained by a drive to create. I take my time. There is no longer a pressure to produce so many objects. Making art has become more of a search for peace; it brings me great happiness. I don’t feel like I have to prove anything. It is enough for me to create a poetic mood, a kind of haiku.”
