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Biography
Yann Guillon is a French sculptor who lives and works in Brittany, France.
After a classical training at the Paris school of Fine Arts, Yann Guillon focused his work on the human body. He uses an expressionist approach to convey the strength and life of the male body. For the female body, his work is softer, less hard, celebrating its sensuality and generosity.
His creations vary in height from 10 centimeters to 2 meters. Yann Guillon often brings to life segments of bodies which, being in bronze and coated by a classical lustre, evoke the sculptures of antiquity with their universal qualities of humanity.
View of Yann Guillon’s exhibition at OFI Invest, Paris, FR, 2023
Lucia ©SNAPePHOTO Inc.
Lucia ©SNAPePHOTO Inc.
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Education
- 1991: Graduated from the School of Fine Arts of Paris
- Training at workshops: DELAHAYE, WALBERG, NOGES, RAMON, JUVIN, PERRIN, fonderie LANDOWSKI
Exhibitions
- 2017 – Sculpture Art fair in Gueslesquin, Charente-Maritime (France)
- 2016 – Sculpture Art fair in Gueslesquin, Charente-Maritime (France)
- 2013 – Workshop Open House Day, Fontainebleau (France)
- 2010 – Exhibition “Etats du corps” Binôme and Ph. Gelot Galleries, Paris (France)
- 2004 – 2008 – Exhibition, Maat Gallery, Paris (France)
Solo exhibitions
- 2023 – Duo show with Oms Rocha at Ofi Asset Management, Paris (France)
- 2022 – Duo show, Guerlesquin (France)
- 2012 – Solo show in Espace Comairas, Fontainebleau (France)
Group exhibitions
- 2024 – “Lucia, An interactive, musical and luminous work of art“, Courtyard of the Place du Jeu de Balle, Brussels (Belgium)
- 2022 – “Yanga : Chemin de la liberté dans les Amériques“, African American Museum, Dallas (USA)
- 2018 – “Figuration contemporaine“, group show, Dampierre sur Boutonne castle, Charente-Maritime (France)
- 2018 – “Art en Capital“, group show, Grand Palais, Paris (France)
- 2014 – “Art en Capital“, group show, Grand Palais, Paris (France)
- 2014 – “Art en Capital“, group show, Grand Palais, Paris (France)
- 2017 – “Art en Capital“, group show, Salon des Artistes Indépnedants, Grand Palais, Paris (France)
Awards & Residencies
- 2001 – Frédéric et Jean de Vernon Prize, Institut de France, Académie des Beaux-Arts; Second prize « Comos 2001 »; Favourite Prize of the Saint Raphaèl, Côte d’azur (France)
- 2000 – Morani Prize, Nice, Côte d’Azur (France)
- 1998 – Special Prize « Grolla d’Oro», International Art Salon of Venice (Italie)
- 1997 – Tempra Muséum Prize, Malta International Art Biennale (Malta)
- 1995 – Second prize at the Sculpture Competition of l’Académie des Beaux-arts, Institut de France, Paris (France)
- 1984 – First prize at the Salon Régional d’Ile-de-France, Fontainebleau (France)
Commissions
- 2024 – Lucia, monumental work exhibited in Brussels as part of the In bocca al lupo Project
- 2023 – Lucia, monumental artwork exhibited in Montréal, St-Hyacinthe, Mont-Tremblant as part of the In bocca al lupo Project
Articles
Sculpture & public art: Yann Guillon creates a ballerina for a traveling music box
Sculptor Yann Guillon, who is represented by Artistics, was commissioned to give form to Lucia, the ballerina featured in a one-of-a-kind initiative:...
Exhibition: Sculptor Yann Guillon at OFI Invest
As part of its arts patronage program, OFI Invest has invited sculptor Yann Guillon, represented by Artistics, to show a selection of his works at...
Introducing Yann Guillon
For 30 years, Yann Guillon has tried myriad techniques to create his sculptures sometimes figurative, sometimes abstract, sometimes miniature...
