Mariette Teisserenc

Mariette Teisserenc (born March 3, 1940) is a French visual artist, painter and engraver. She is also known as "Teisse" or "Teisse-Renc".

She was born in Grand-Couronne, Seine-Maritime. she gave up a career in the advertising industry in 1978 to dedicate herself to her artistic practice.

As an abstract painter and advocate for recognition of women artists in France and abroad, she was the President of the French women artists' group "".

Her work is characterized by clean shapes, strong lines and the invariable use of the colour black. It expresses tensions between forms and the search for equilibrium.

In 1969, Teisserenc was awarded a Second Prize for Graphic-Design from the company Henkel & Cie GmbH (Düsseldorf, West-Germany). In 1971, she received first prize from the Nordwestdeutsche Austellungsgesellschaft mbH (NOWEA, Messe Düsseldorf). In 1983, she received a silver medal from the Bilan de l'Art Contemporain Foundation (Melun-Almont, France).

Selected exhibitions

1970: "Rythmen und Kompositionen – Bilder von Mariette Teisserenc und Maïkki Strömberg", General Consulate of France, Düsseldorf, Germany 1978: "Berufsverband Bildender Künstler*innen Berlin" (BBK), Villa Engelhardt, Düsseldorf, Germany 1983: "Art expo NY" (Fondation Bilan de l’Art contemporain), Coliseum, Columbus Circle, New York City, United States 1999: "Ariane-Essor", Petronas Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2003: "Plages: Le numéro 100 de la revue" (art magazine), Weiller Gallery, Paris, France 2004: "Silviane Léger et Mariette Teisserenc", Silviane Léger's art studio Tourcoing, Lille, France 2015: "Les 30 ans de la Galerie Riverin-Arlogos: Mariette Teisse-Renc, Jean-Michel Correa, Daniel Lacomme", Riverin-Arlogos Gallery, Eastman, Canada 2021: "Semaine d’Art Contemporain de Saint-Mandé" (37th ed.), Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne, France