The sim­plic­ity and beauty in Nathalie Chikhi’s work is noticed instantly. Her knack for arrange­ment and orga­ni­za­tion of color and form are obvi­ous strengths in her min­i­mal­ist wall hang­ings, col­lage, and sculpture.

I appre­ci­ate Nathalie’s use of non-precious mate­ri­als in her work. She uses Pop­si­cle sticks to cre­ate small scale assem­blages. In paper col­lages, she utl­izies brown paper (hello!) and other basic con­struc­tion paper. Nathalie also extends this idea to sculp­tures, using poly­ester balls and straight pins. With these mate­ri­als, she appro­pri­ates them into pieces that are thought­ful and works of art. It’s a nice juxtaposition.

All images via her Flickr. Visit her web­site.