Jean-Michel Othoniel (born 1964, Saint-Étienne, France) is a contemporary artist renowned for his poetic and transformative use of glass. After training at the École des Beaux-Arts in Cergy, he first explored unconventional materials such as sulfur and wax in the late 1980s, before discovering glass in the early 1990s. This...
Richard Höglund
Steeped in philosophy and language, Höglund produces works on paper, videos, performances, installations, and photographs, all based on what he considers the most fundamental expressive form: drawing. “Drawing consists of making marks, and these marks [...] must be sensitive and responsive. The marks must be as unmediated as possible, made...
Ceramics
Steeped in scientific observation and a deep curiosity for nature, Bernard Palissy (1510–1590) was a ceramicist, inventor, writer, and theorist of both art and science. He is best known for his “rustic ware” (rustiques figulines), ceramic dishes and objects decorated with casts of animals, plants, and minerals, blending naturalistic realism...
Fabienne Verdier
Fabienne Verdier (born 1962, Paris, France) is a contemporary painter whose work bridges Eastern and Western traditions through a bold and meditative exploration of gesture. After graduating from the École des Beaux-Arts in Toulouse in the 1980s, she received a rare scholarship to study in China, where she trained for...
Hervé Van der Straeten
Hervé Van der Straeten was born in 1965. Trained at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, he first gained recognition in 1985 with his jewelry collections, which met with immediate success. As an independent designer, he earned international acclaim for his creations in furniture, lighting, and mirrors, which today stand...
Pablo Reinoso
A sculptor by training but fundamentally an artist, Pablo Reinoso has practiced his art in various forms since his earliest years. He created his first sculpture at the age of 13 and his first bench-sculpture at 15, but even at 6 he was already making chairs, bookshelves, and inventing carts...
Ian Davenport
Ian Davenport (né en 1966, Sidcup, Kent, vit et travaille à Londres) est célèbre pour ses peintures abstraites, sur lesquelles la couleur est appliquée en bandes verticales et en ellipses. Il a étudié au Goldsmiths College of Art de Londres, où il a obtenu son diplôme en 1988. Depuis sa...