ABOUT WERIEM
ABOUT WERIEM
Visual Artist ○ Artiste Visuelle
ENGLISH (en français plus bas)
ARTIST STATEMENT:
With a passion for the performing arts, an eye for detail, and a love for historical elements, WERIEM likes to capture the theatricality of life. Colored pencils allow her to play with successive layers of pigments to add depth, saturation and energy to her drawings. When she uses black ink only, the striking contrast creates bold, graphic compositions. In each piece, she invites us to connect with our own imaginary theater, and perhaps, a soupçon of drama!
BIO:
WERIEM is a French and Tunisian artist praised for her « gorgeous and evocative», « spectacular » and « sumptuous array of period-perfect » costumes by the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, respectively. She has a decade of experience in designing costumes for live performances (Royal Swedish Opera, the Boston Early Music Festival, Haymarket Opera, Opera Lafayette, among others).
Simultaneously, WERIEM's artistic journey has encompassed various commissioned illustrations and the use of her work as projections during concerts and on CD covers. In 2022, she embarked on a new chapter in her career as an independent visual artist, selling her original art and prints to art enthusiasts both in-person throughout Chicago and worldwide via her website, weriem.com.
WERIEM is a self-taught artist. Prior to delving into the arts and relocating from France to her current home in Chicago, she earned a PhD in science from Université de Lille, France.
Currently, she is working on a new collection of original drawings. Contact her by email to learn more about the upcoming collection!
AND NOW...
SOME FUN FACTS!
○ As a child and teenager, she appeared in ads and movies, including Star Wars Episodes I and II, without really understanding what all the hype was about. She just thought the costumes looked cool!
○ During her PhD days, she would swap her lab coat for glitter and feathers on the weekends to perform as a samba dancer! Can you guess which she preferred?
○ When the COVID-19 pandemic threatened her costume design projects, she co-founded a successful online music school with her classical musician husband. Little did people know, she secretly loves to dance to reggaeton beats!
SOME FUN FACTS!
○ As a child and teenager, she appeared in ads and movies, including Star Wars Episodes I and II, without really understanding what all the hype was about. She just thought the costumes looked cool!
○ During her PhD days, she would swap her lab coat for glitter and feathers on the weekends to perform as a samba dancer! Can you guess which she preferred?
○ When the COVID-19 pandemic threatened her costume design projects, she co-founded a successful online music school with her classical musician husband. Little did people know, she secretly loves to dance to reggaeton beats!
FRANÇAIS
DEMARCHE ARTISTIQUE:
Avec une passion pour les arts de la scène, un souci du détail et un amour pour les éléments historiques, WERIEM aime capturer la théâtralité de la vie. Les crayons de couleur lui permettent de jouer avec des couches successives de pigments pour ajouter de la profondeur, de la saturation et de l'énergie à ses dessins. Lorsqu'elle n'utilise que de l'encre noire, le contraste crée des compositions audacieuses et graphiques. Dans chaque pièce, elle nous invite à nous connecter avec notre propre théâtre imaginaire, avec parfois, un soupçon de drame !
BIOGRAPHIE:
WERIEM est une artiste franco-tunisienne saluée pour ses costumes "magnifiques et évocateurs", "spectaculaires" et "somptueux et parfaitement d'époque" par le New York Times, le Wall Street Journal et le Chicago Tribune, respectivement. Avec une décennie d'expérience dans la conception de costumes pour la scène (L’Opéra Royal de Suède, le Boston Early Music Festival, Haymarket Opera, Opera Lafayette, parmi d’autres), ses dessins ont également été présentés sous forme de projections lors de concerts, de pochettes de CD et d'autres illustrations personnalisées. WERIEM est une artiste autodidacte et avant de se consacrer à sa passion pour les arts visuels (et de déménager de France vers sa ville actuelle, Chicago), WERIEM a obtenu un doctorat en sciences de l'Université de Lille.
Actuellement, elle travaille sur une nouvelle collection de dessins originaux. Contactez-la par mail pour en savoir plus sur la prochaine collection !
Photo credits: Devinne Stevens & Jen's lens