Eidôlon # 2 (2019) Painting by Dyai Saugey

I was born in Geneva in 1980 and grew up in Bogotá, where I took my first steps in art alongside my mother, Francine Saugey, a painter and the daughter of architect Marc J. Saugey. She introduced me to painting, allowing me the freedom to experiment and learn through trial and error, encouraging my curiosity and creativity.

In 2000, I returned to Switzerland to pursue studies in economics. Despite my immersion in a cultural and literary environment that nurtured my critical thinking, art took a backseat for a time. However, the return of my mother to Switzerland and the completion of my studies marked a turning point, reigniting my ion for creation.

As an artist, I have grown through encounters, discussions, and readings, acquiring my technique in a largely self-taught manner. To further refine my practice, I decided in 2017 to begin formal art studies, and in 2020, I earned a degree in Fine Arts from Paris-Sorbonne.

My artistic work delves into the unconscious through an introspective process that manifests in abstract forms, created freely and automatically. These forms, initially disconnected from any tangible reality, gradually integrate into my inner world, giving rise to altered visions of reality. Human figures, simplified and distorted, become vessels for emotions and sensations, while the linework, fluid and organic, gains importance and thickness.

Over time, I have shifted my focus to the nature of materials and themes of chaos, ephemerality, uncertainty, and emptiness. My work questions the randomness of creation and artistic perception: how much control do we really have over what we create or perceive? Inspired by artists such as Anselm Kiefer, Philippe Cognée, Joseph Beuys, and Cy Twombly, I explore various materials and mediums, adapting them to the themes analyzed, while embracing a significant degree of chance in their manipulation. This process allows for a coexistence between order and chaos, between the figurative and the abstract, resulting in a perpetual oscillation.

In pursuit of sustainability, I have abandoned new materials, opting instead for reclaimed items such as cardboard, sheet metal, and glass, sourced from the streets or from companies. Currently, I am experimenting with creating natural pigments from plants, striving to make my entire production process self-sustaining and environmentally friendly.

My work aims to question the viewer's relationship with themselves, with others, with those who are no longer present, and with reality. By addressing perception and the environment, I seek to highlight how our vision is influenced and altered by others. My goal is to foster subjective reconstruction, to make contemporary alienation my own—not to denounce it, but to reflect it through my personal experience. This process is rooted in systems of repetition and ongoing ontological inquiry.

• Nationality: SWITZERLAND
• Date of birth : 1980
• Artistic domains: Represented by a Gallery,
• Groups: Artists presented by a gallery