ABOUT THE ARTIST...


Christine Heegaard was born in Paris, France and lived there for about twenty five years before moving to Switzerland, the Netherlands, and finally to Palo Alto, California. In Paris, she studied arts at the Ecole du Louvre, and while in the Netherlands met Dutch painter Gisele d'Ailly in Amsterdam.
When she arrived in California, with her husband and two sons, she first began to paint mosaic on wood, but quickly specialized in stone-mosaic and sculpture. She always loved to create art that can be touched, carried, and used. She was a student of mosaicist Donna Billik in Mendocino, where she learned to add three dimensions to her mosaic creations.
She also participated in a workshop taught by mosaic artists Dmitry Grudsky, Gérard Brand, Verdiano Marzi. She went to Ravenna to particicipate in a workshop at the Mosaic Art School. Her work has been sold in Bay Area museum shops, private exhibits, Open Studios and craft fairs. She also enjoys working with clients on commissioned art, and shares her passion with others and teaches mosaic in her home studio.

A Few Key Dates...and CURRENTLY

1994: Starts painting on wood
1997: Starts painting mosaics on wood
1998:
Private sale with "Les Artisanes"
Starts making mosaics
1999:
April: Private sale with "Les Artisanes"
September: Starts teaching art in private schools
November: Private sale with "Les Artisanes"
2000:
April: Private sale with "Les Artisanes"
Silicon Valley Open Studio
July: Workshop with mosaic artist Donna Billick
2001:
Website www.mamosaic.com
Member of the Society of American Mosaic Artist
Starts exhibiting with Palo Alto Pacific Art League
April: Silicon Valley Open Studio
Private sale with "Les Artisanes"
August: Workshop with mosaic artist Dmitri Grudsky
November: Peninsula Open studio
Private sale with "Les Artisanes"
2002:
Teach Art in Elementary School, 3-5 grades
Member of Los Gatos Art Association
April: Judged exhibit with Los Gatos Art Association, wins award for sculpture "Portrait"
May: Participate in May-Fete in Barron Park: mosaic project for the children
June: Judged art fair: AVArtfest
August: public unveiling of mosaic tree: "Lives", announced in Palo Alto Weekly Newspaper
2003:
January-June: Teach Art in 3rd, 4th and 5th grades; making of a large mosaic wall with the students for the school's recess area
February: Juried in the public exhibitions and rental program by the Pacific Art League
February-April: Exhibit in the 840 Restaurant in San Jose
April-Mai: Exhibit in the Ridgeside Restaurant in Portola Valley
April: Mosaic Art School in Ravenna/Italy with mosaicist Luciana Notturni on Byzantine Mosaics and Mosaic Restoration
October: Moves to France
2004:
September: registration at the “Maison des Artistes” in Paris; teaches mosaics on 2d and 3D projects
December: private sale at the “Chateau de Bonnefontaine”, Christmas Fair in St Jean de la Poterie
2005:
Registration to the British Association for Modern Mosaic
March: SAMA meeting in Washington.
May: Mosaics walls and counter in restaurant Nota Bene, rue de Rennes in Cesson-Sévigné
June: Journée du Patrimoine in Rennes
September: Exhibit Solidor in Saint-Malo
Exhibit at the “Orangerie du Thabor” in Rennes
Registration to Aime comme mosaïque
October: mosaic walls and counter in Restaurant Nota Bene, rue Saint Denis, in Nantes.
Workshop on 3D mosaic in Paray le Monial with mosaic artist Gérard Brand
Registration to Notre Mosaïque
Workshop in la Gacilly with glass artist Yvon Leconte
December 3-4: Exhibit in Bruz
December 8-11: Exhibit at Les Arts du Feu in Rennes
2006:
April: Workshop in Paray le Monial with mosaic artist Verdiano Marzi
July: Exhibit "Pièces Uniques" in Châteaugiron
Mosaic wall in private garden in Saint Malo
September: Exhibit "Solidor" in Saint Malo
Exhibit in Arcachon
October 13-16: Exhibit "Artisanales" in Chartres
October 28-November 27: International Mosaics Exhibit" in Chartres
November 17-19: Exhibit in la Rochelle
November 24-26: Exhibit in la Forêt-Fouesnant
December 1-3: Exhibit in Nantes
December 8-11: Exhibit in Brest
December 14-17: Exhibit "les Arts du Feu" in Rennes
2007
Member of "Ateliers d'Art de France
March: Art show:"International Women's Day"
April: Mosaic lessons at Compagnons Batisseurs
July-August: Exhibit with "Aime comme Mosaïque" in Paray-le-Monial
September 15-23 September: solo exhibit, Orangerie du Thabor, Rennes
October 27-28: Exhibit "Artshopping" in Paris (www.salon-artshopping.com)
December 13-16: Exhibit "les Arts du Feu" à Rennes (www.lesartsdufeu.com)
CURRENTLY 2008/2009
2008:
October 16-17 : Journées des Métiers d'art (www.jma2008.fr) Open workshop: Thursday 10AM to 4PM, Friday 10AM to 12noon, and 2PM to 7PM
October 25 to November 23 : 7èmes rencontres internationales de mosaïque in Chartres, chapelle du lycée Fulbert, rue St Chéron.
November 6-9 : exhibit in Betton, route de Vau Chalet, facing the médiatèque (www.anacrouse-betton.com)
November 29-30 : 18 ème salon art et décoration, château de Bonnefontaine, 35560 Antrain (www.bonnefontaine.com)
December 11-14 : Arts du Feu, place de la mairie in Rennes, 9AM-7PM (www.lesartsdufeu.com)
2009:
March 19-29: Exhibitn in l'Orangerie du Thabor, rue de Paris in Rennes



Artist's Statement

Since childhood,
my eyes have always been captivated by colors and shapes,
my heart has been moved by mountains and lakes,
my brain has been calmed by puzzles and games.
Mosaic combines all this: using nature's elements like glass, rocks, sand, colors to make shapes and forms, matching pieces for unity or chaos.

Mosaic is a building-game with few rules: you choose how to combine the colors and material you have in hand, how to arrange them, where to start, where to finish, you choose to grout or not to, and which color grout -or colors-

Mosaic is alive, warm in the sun, cold in the shade. After more than five thousand years, it is still evolving: old and new techniques, old and new materials.

I often have mirror in my pieces, so the viewer can take and give back this liveliness, by seeing himself in the piece, with the mood he wears that day, giving movement and soul to the piece.

Mosaic is sensual; you can touch it, caress it, weigh it, detail it, use it, reuse it and abuse it.
Mosaic is the only thing -with my family!- that keeps me awake

Some Customers Feedbacks

Hello, Christine, Yes, I m in bliss... I do love our critters... thank you soooo much it is very clear to me that these critters were a labor of love for you... there are so many good thoughts and ideas in them, I will be discovering new fun aspects for weeks, then I ll be savoring the delight of them forever. I could not possibly be happier with your creations... they are beyond my wildest expectations and dreams.
Thank you so much...(gee, words seem very inadequate...)
Thank you a b-zillion times over for your artful magnificance...I'm in love with pegasus, the meditation chaise, and the beautiful table. Each is a masterpiece, together they represent the major important elements of my life.
How could I ever thank you.
Thank you thank you! with all my appreciation and love,
Bobbi

It was a very enjoyable experience to work with Christine. She immediately gradsped what I wanted, and she went beyond the expected .
Iris