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Nicole Azoulay : Painting as an Act of Freedom and Resilience

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A self-taught artist revealed by ART MAG

In recent years, the name Nicole Azoulay has been making its way into the world of contemporary art. A self-taught painter, she works with acrylics and a palette knife on large canvases where color takes on a luminous, almost incandescent power. Her works, balancing between abstraction and raw emotion, captivate viewers with their intensity and authenticity.

First introduced by ART MAG in September 2024, Nicole Azoulay moves audiences with a singular life story marked by silence and hardship. Painting has become her vital language: a space of freedom where the urgency to create meets the necessity to exist.

Painting by Nicole Azoulay titled Tropical Bursts, acrylic with palette knife on canvas, featuring vivid and contrasting colors inspired by tropical atmosphere
Tropical Bursts, acrylic with palette knife on canvas

A vibrant and instinctive palette

Her paintings are not meant to depict the visible world but to convey an inner vibration. Deep blues, symbols of calm and horizon, collide with bright reds and bursts of light. Each canvas is a cry, a revenge against absence and invisibility—an invitation to feel rather than to analyze.

Painting by Nicole Azoulay titled Summer Glow, acrylic with palette knife on canvas, 80 x 80 cm, featuring vibrant and luminous colors.
Summer Glow, acrylic with palette knife on canvas, 80 x 80 cm

Nicole Azoulay does not build her works as images to simply contemplate; she lives them, releases them, and lets color speak. This raw sincerity is perhaps what touches the viewer most, beyond artistic codes and trends.

An exclusive interview in ART MAG

In an exclusive interview with ART MAG, Nicole Azoulay opens up for the very first time about her journey, her struggles, and her way of painting “to exist.” She shares her relationship with color, her quest for freedom, and the way each canvas becomes an act of resilience.

👉 To discover her full testimony and immerse yourself in her artistic universe, don’t miss the latest issue of ART MAG.

Pour lire la suite, téléchargez ART MAG N°28