I am a self-taught French American analog collage artist whose works focus on themes of history, nostalgia, and longing, as well as their effect on femininity, womanhood, and third wave feminism. Using the medium of collage as the glue that bind these experiences together, I hope not only to explore my own life and those who came before, but to also use the medium as a tool for storytelling, conservation, and contemplation of the major shifts of our lives as individuals, families, and societies.
My professional name, La Compasseresse, is also a combination of these ideas; it comes from the feminization of the first part of my last name, Le Compasseur. The feminized name was originally used by my ancestor Jeanne, who lived in Paris in the 14th century, and went forgotten until I found some of her records. I hope to not only honor her and her ingenuity in a system that would normally have reduced her to just a daughter or wife, but also to reclaim a part of my name for myself, and my female ancestors, from the one I was given, especially with naming and genealogical conventions that disregard women’s identities, value and contributions in their families and society at large.
In the 4 years since beginning my art career, I have participated in Photo Trouvée's Artists Residency Program (Spring 2025) and numerous art fairs and group exhibitions in the US and France (A.I.R Gallery's "Wish You Were Here" Show, Paris Collage Collective's "Collage Notes," Collage Artists of America’s “More Than Meets The Eye” Juried show) as well as receiving features in magazines such as: Women's United Art Movement, Art & Type, and Popout Zine.
