Both in Normandy and at national and international levels, Jackye Soloy-Guiet represents an out-of-the-ordinary perception of contemporary creation through the development of her work and the lasting nature of a quality that forms the basic framework of her works.
Although her discretion is widely acknowledged, the impact of her discoveries and interpretations, all her achievements since 1971, are equally recognised, especially since Jackye Soloy-Guiet has shown a particular skill at subjecting the most unusual materials to her will in order to inform her period of interrogations and inevitable reflections.
Loyal to the U.A.P. of St-Etienne-de-Rouvray, this artist started by focusing on engraving, collage and tapestry before discovering she had a talent for what is convenient to refer to as sculpture. I remember the presentations of white paper, folded and pleated like a fragile and surprising chrysalis made of purity and mystery, which she produced a few years ago before numerous blue totems imposed themselves as dazzling signals of hope and harmony. To these, Jackye Soloy-Guiet has recently added the brio of new colours with the quiet audacity of an artist determined to break the taboos of a society and replace them with dreams and the magic of mysteries finally mastered.
André RUELLAN, art critic