Born in April 1969 at Limoges, Nathalie Proumen spent her entire tomboy childhood dreaming of faraway places, painting, drawing and playing on the banks of the river Vienne. For her, there was only one path, that which would lead her to the School of Fine Arts. Unfortunately, Destiny sometimes reasons in ways which Reason ignores. Obliged to renounce her dreams temporarily, she directed herself toward the study of international commerce, taking her far from the smells of oils, charcoal, chalk dust and that of wet clay.

Occasionaly, however, reality nourrishes itself with the power of dreams. In 1993, she escaped her native Limousin to settle in Toulouse, where she immediately found work in a business bank. Here, on the banks of the Garonne, anything and everything seemed possible. Being entirely self-taught and a little vengeful, she haunted the evening courses at the School of Fine Arts in the drawing and painting section, which culminated in a sculpting and modelling workshop. At the same time, consecrating herself fully to sculpture. Her technique refined, her gest became sure and generous. Her regard fell upon Africa, the world at large, man, on the instants of life.