Horses
Bulls
Felines
Gazelles
Ibexes and mouflons
Birds
Stag
Monumental Sculpture
Standing Figures
Groups of Figures
Lying Figures
Seated Figures
Drawings
Biography
Pierre Yermia is a French sculptor who lives and works in the Parisian region. After attending the Écoles des Beaux-Arts in Paris and Toulouse, he chose to work in bronze. For the past 30 years, he has been producing a unique body of work on the contemporary art scene, featuring animal sculpture (statues of animals) and slender female figures. Browse our site to discover his splendid, slender statues, reminiscent of the work of the famous Swiss sculptor Alberto Giacometti.
A work full of curves and tension
“My work is a constant search for a moment of precarious and improbable balance, where strength and fragility are simultaneously in conflict“, he confides. This description makes perfect sense when we look at the Lying Figures and Animals series. The artist plays on physical contrasts (women with slender legs and wide hips, bulls with powerful chests, slender legs and small heads): “My human or animal figures, deeply rooted, stand on their fragile limbs and rise in a slow movement, defying the laws of gravity. The forms are elongated, the frail limbs contrast with the more robust torsos, and the heads are reduced to their essentials, perched on long, tapering necks. The solids and voids respond to each other in a permanent interplay, creating a monumental, open space.”
His Lying Figures, apparently languid female figures, are in fact in positions that are impossible to hold, almost levitating. The tension generated by these improbably balanced figures intrigues and captivates. These figures of women are all curves, movement and lightness, in a search for expressiveness that can sometimes be reminiscent of mannerism. Pierre Yermia’s technique and expertise give the bronze an impression of lightness and momentum.
Work on a monumental scale for outdoor statuary
While there are many small-scale contemporary sculptures in Pierre Yermia’s oeuvre, the contemporary sculptor also sometimes works on a monumental scale: “The small and medium-sized formats I create are the necessary successive stages in my monumental sculptures (on average 3 metres high or 3 metres long)“. Indeed, the artist has produced large-scale statues of animals and human figures that have been exhibited outdoors. The Great Stag, a monumental sculpture measuring three metres and weighing over 250 kg, was acquired by a luxury hotel and installed at the entrance to the estate, where it now welcomes visitors.
Pierre Yermia’s contemporary sculptures, which have been exhibited at a number of art events, bear witness to a humanity that is always in danger, yet at the same time optimistic and serene.
“Great Stag” by Pierre Yermia, at the entrance to the Domaine des Hauts de Loire
“Great Stag” by Pierre Yermia, at the entrance to the Domaine des Hauts de Loire
“Monumental Standing Figure II” by Pierre Yermia, in the Domaine des Hauts de Loire
CV
Education
- From 1984 to 1988 : School of Fines Arts, Paris (France)
- From 1982 to 1984 : School of Fines Arts, Toulouse (France)
Solo exhibitions
- 2026 – Duo show with Émilie Dewaele, Galerie Estelle Lebas, Haubourdin-Lille (France)
- 2022 – Duo show with the painter Guillaume Lavigne, La Chapelle des Ursulines, Lannion (France)
- 2020 – Spring Salon, duo show with the engraver Mikio Watanabé, Espace culturel et congrès La Fleuiaye, Carquefou (France)
- 2020 – Duo show “Passions Animales” with the sculptor Pascal Masi, Galerie des Ormes, Paris (France)
- 2016 – “Présences intemporelles”, solo show, Espace Bansard, Paris (France)
- 2016 – Tribute to Shinsaï Haruta, Galerie des Ormes, Paris (France)
- 2015 – L’Arrivage, Troyes (France)
- 2015 – Gallery Art Aujourd’hui, Paris (France)
- 2014 – Gallery Peinture Fraîche, Paris (France)
- 2014 – Gallery Des Ormes, Domaine Mauvoisin, Lommoye (France)
- 2014 – Gallery Chikabee, De Haan (Belgium)
- 2013 – Carré Des Coignard, Nogent (France)
- 2013 – MIM Gallery, Martel (France)
- 2013 – Taylor Foundation
- 2012 – Primo Piano, Bon Marché, Paris (France)
- 2012 – Paris 17th district’s City Hall (France)
- 2012 – Glory Animals, Gallery Des Ormes, Courtenay (France)
- 2012 – Gallery Peinture Fraîche, Paris (France)
- 2011 – Gallery Des Ormes, Courtenay (France)
- 2011 – Gallery MIM, Martel (France)
- 2010 – Art’Pros, with Perrine Rabouin and Bruno Mallart, Orsay (France)
- 2009 – OFI, Paris (France)
- 2008 – Gallery des Ormes, Courtenay, Paris (France)
- 2008 – Gallery Marbeau, Paris (France)
- 2008 – Gallery Actée, Charenton (France)
- 2008 – “Lignes de Temps”, Viaduc des Arts, Paris (France)
- 2008 – Aeroneff, Pantin (France)
- 2007 – Galerie des Ormes, Courtenay (France)
- 2006 – Gallery Art 21, Palo Alto (USA)
- 2005 – Galerie des Ormes, Courtenay (France)
- 2005 – Hom’Art, Ivry sur Seine (France)
- 2005 – Gallery Simonoff, Paris (France)
- 2005 – Abbay of Talloire, Annecy (France)
- 2004 – Communider , Paris (France)
- 2004 – Maison des Artistes, Charenton (France)
- 2003 – Ofivalmo, Paris (France)
- 2003 – Gallery Lazoukine, Deauville (France)
- 2003 – Gallery Bianca Landgraaf, Laren (Netherlands)
- 2002 – Gallery Nichido, Paris (Paris)
- 2002 – Cultural Centre of Mers-les-Bains (France)
- 2001 – Gallery Bianca Landgraaf, Laren (Netherlands)
- 2001 – Gallery Odile Mauve, Paris (France)
- 1999 – Gallery De Buci, Paris (France)
- 1999 – Garath Center, Dusseldorf (Germany)
- 1997 – Gallery 17, Clermont Ferrand (France)
- 1997 – Gallery de la Maison des Artistes, Charenton (France)
- 1996 – Espace Prévert, Savigny-le-temple (France)
- 1993 – Salle Voltaire, Sens (France)
- 1992 – Société Générale des Champs Elysées, Paris (France)
- 1991 – Gallery Art-Cadres, Laval (France)
- 1991 – Gallery Anex, Montrouge (France)
- 1990 – “Du Temps pour l’Art”, sculptures and drawings, Paris (France)
- 1990 – Drawing exhibition, Relais Saint Romain, Laigueville (France)
Group exhibitions
- 2025: “Aujourd’hui… autrefois”, group show, Marion and Patrick François Gallery (Vichy, France)
- 2025: “Tendre chimère suprême bestiaire“, group show, Marion & Patrick François Gallery, Vichy (France)
- 2023 – Biennale of Bois-Guilbert, group show, Bois-Guilbert (France)
- 2023 – “Les Aliénés du Mobilier national », group show, Mobilier national, Paris (France)
- 2023 – « Animal…Yé », group show, Marion & Patrick François Gallery, Vichy (France)
- 2022 – Special guest at the Salon d’automne at the Espace Culturel Alain Vanzo, Gournay-sur-Marne (France)
- 2021 – “7th Sologne Biennale”, Château de la ferté Beauharnais (France)
- 2020 – “Expressions plurielles”, season 2, group show, Charenton-le-Pont (France)
- 2019 – 11° Sculpture Biennal at the Sculpture garden, Bois-Guilbert Castle (France)
- 2019 – “Mosaïques”, group show, Pont-Sainte-Marie (France)
- 2018 – ” Sauvages”, group show, Atelier Grognard, Rueil-Malmaison (France)
- 2017 – 10th Biennale of sculpture of Bois-Guilbert, The Garden of Sculptures, Bois-Guilbert Castle (France)
- 2017 – “Expressions plurielles”, group show, Charenton-le-Pont (France)
- 2017 – “Intangible”, group show, Bruxelles (Belgium)
- 2017 – Group show, 64ème Salon de Charenton (France)
- 2016 – Group show, Gallery l’Angélus, Barbizon (France)
- 2015 – Biennale de Sologne “Contemporary Art and Landscape”, group show, Chaumont-sur-Tharonne (France)
- 2015 – 9th Biennale of Sculpture, woods of Bois-Guilbert (France)
- 2014 – Workshops Open doors, Maison des artistes de Charenton-le-Pont (France)
- 2014 – “Bête Off”, group show, Espace Art et Liberté / La Coupole, Charenton-le-Pont (France)
- 2013 – 8th Biennal of Sculpture, woods of Bois-Guilbert (France)
- 2009 – Affordable Art Fear, Gallery Dima, London (UK)
- 2004 – MAC 2000, Paris (France)
- 2002 – MAC 2000, Paris (France)
- 2000 – Cultural Centre of Mers-les-Bains (France)
- 1999 – MAC 2000, Paris (France)
- 1998 – MAC 2000, Paris (France)
Awards & Residencies
- 2020 – Sculpture prize at the 67° Salon de Charenton
- 2019 – City of Charenton’s award
- 2016 – City of Charenton’s award
- 2011 – City of Charanton Lion’s Club award
- 2000 – City of Ernée award
- 1991 – Vermeille medal with honours of the Lutèce Internationale Academy
- 1990 – Sculpture award, Lauriers Wiso
Articles
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