Rachel Altabas
Rachel Altabas is a native of Tarn, a French Département in southwest of France. This region is located near the border with Spain, a country that fostered her inspiration and awakening sensitivity to colors, painting, architecture, and adornment.
Such artists as Picasso, Miro, and Gaudi have left their deeply rooted stamps in her memories. Drawing and painting have been her favorite means of expression since she was a child. She has always taken a deep interest in her environment. She has developed an early passion for objects and textiles which led her, at the age of 15, to start studying Applied Arts, first in Toulouse and later at the Duperré Art School in Paris, where she respectively followed the Fashion and Design and Fashion and Environment courses. It was at this time that she started exploring new forms of research in modeling arts applied to clothing and garments. She comes to maturity and blossoms in various fashion houses like Christian Dior, and Martin Margiela, However, it was in the silk department of Christian Dior that she specialized in coloring and textile designs.
In 2015, she decided to open her own creation studio. Both figurative and abstract forms pervade and often entwine in her entire work thus enhancing the powerful impressions conveyed by color. The luxuriant vegetal ornamentation and sophisticated design mingle with the presentation of geometrical polychrome patterns inspired by the powerful works of Ettore Sottsass. Her work is characterized by the wide diversity of mediums she uses: painting, pencils, pastels, textiles, and even screen printing. A rich and varied range of motifs rests on the refined work deliberately made by hand. Today, she develops new collaborations notably in the domain of fashion and decoration by creating designs for Christian Dior, Inouitoosh and Kilometre, Paris, Coralie Marabelle...
Such artists as Picasso, Miro, and Gaudi have left their deeply rooted stamps in her memories. Drawing and painting have been her favorite means of expression since she was a child. She has always taken a deep interest in her environment. She has developed an early passion for objects and textiles which led her, at the age of 15, to start studying Applied Arts, first in Toulouse and later at the Duperré Art School in Paris, where she respectively followed the Fashion and Design and Fashion and Environment courses. It was at this time that she started exploring new forms of research in modeling arts applied to clothing and garments. She comes to maturity and blossoms in various fashion houses like Christian Dior, and Martin Margiela, However, it was in the silk department of Christian Dior that she specialized in coloring and textile designs.
In 2015, she decided to open her own creation studio. Both figurative and abstract forms pervade and often entwine in her entire work thus enhancing the powerful impressions conveyed by color. The luxuriant vegetal ornamentation and sophisticated design mingle with the presentation of geometrical polychrome patterns inspired by the powerful works of Ettore Sottsass. Her work is characterized by the wide diversity of mediums she uses: painting, pencils, pastels, textiles, and even screen printing. A rich and varied range of motifs rests on the refined work deliberately made by hand. Today, she develops new collaborations notably in the domain of fashion and decoration by creating designs for Christian Dior, Inouitoosh and Kilometre, Paris, Coralie Marabelle...
