In Art as Transformation, two participants engage in a shared act of creation. Without prior plan, each paints an element, then passes the canvas to the other — gesture answering gesture, color meeting color. Through this exchange, form emerges from relation rather than design.

When the process concluded, both works revealed the symbol of infinity (∞), as if reflecting the continuous movement between giving and receiving. In one painting, the figures appeared held within a protective, serpentine form — a presence that could be read as a dragon or a maternal force, embracing creation itself.

The project unfolds in two phases: the act of letting go, and the act of seeing anew. Meaning arises in dialogue, not in isolation.

Participatory painting process. 
Pigment, paper, intuition, and dialogue.

Blue Painting: “Infinity Space” (2025)
Pigment, paper, collaborative process
In this companion work, abstract forms unfolded into vast celestial imagery — a protective, serpentine presence encircling a luminous field. The gesture evokes the archetype of the dragon or the divine mother, both symbols of creation and transformation.
The painting reflects the dialogue between two participants, where intuition replaces control and meaning arises through exchange. As in flowing water, boundaries dissolve: gesture becomes current, color becomes breath, and the act of creation becomes transformation itself.

Red Painting “Companions of Infinity” (2025)
Pigment, paper, collaborative process
Created in shared improvisation, Companions of Infinity emerged through alternating gestures between two participants. Within its spontaneous forms, the image of a boy and his dog appeared — figures of trust, presence, and playful connection.
Across the surface, the curve of infinity (∞) links them, suggesting the boundless continuity between human and animal, artist and world.

Blurring the boundaries between artist and participant, Art as Transformation invites viewers to experience art as a living field of connection — between imagination, emotion, and the unseen forces that hold us.

The Four Directions, Artist Nathalie Ishizuka, Brussels Collection, Acrylic and Gold paper from Singapore 120cm x 100 cm.

Artist Nathalie Ishizuka, Group Exhibition

Nathalie Ishizuka est une artiste franco-japonaise dont le travail fusionne influences orientales et occidentales dans une quête artistique et spirituelle profonde. Inspirée par son héritage multiculturel et des événements et crises marquants comme la catastrophe de Fukushima, elle explore la peinture comme une forme de méditation et de transformation intérieure. Son art, mêlant encre, aquarelle et acrylique, vise à capter l’essence des quatre éléments et à transcender les crises par la beauté et le silence. Exposée en Europe, aux États-Unis et en Asie, elle collabore régulièrement avec des photographes, musiciens, danseurs et artistes multidisciplinaires afin d’enrichir l’expérience sensorielle de son œuvre et de créer des dialogues artistiques innovants.

— Cultural Section, Auderghem Brussels Belgium

DATE OF EXPOSITION: October 4th – October 12th 2025

ADDRESS OF EXHIBITION:

Maison du Prieur Rue du Rouge-Cloître 8 1160 Auderghem (Brussels, BELGIUM)

TIMES OF EXHIBITION: Hours of Maison du Prieur.

Open: Mercredi, Jeudi, Vendredi, Samedi et Dimanche de 11:00 – 20:00.

Closed : Lundi et Mardi.

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