pauline
guerrier
Pauline Guerrier, a contemporary artist, operates between the cities of Paris and Lisbon. She was born in 1990 in Clamart, within a family of passionate artists. The artistic influence of her father, a sculptor, and her mother, a choreographer, as well as that of her grandmother, a ceramist, and her grandfather, a painter, shaped her path from a very young age.
In 2009, she joined the Beaux-Arts de Paris, where she began her studies in Giuseppe Penone’s studio for her first three years, then joined Ann Veronica Janssen’s studio until she graduated with her 5th-year diploma in June 2014.
Pauline Guerrier embodies a nomadic spirit, setting up her studio during her travels through Italy, Morocco, Portugal, Chile, Benin, and Senegal. She draws inspiration and knowledge from these journeys by collaborating with weavers, glassblowers, engravers, glassmakers, and mosaic artists.
In her tireless quest to master the world’s craft techniques, Pauline Guerrier juxtaposes ancestral knowledge with contemporary issues, exploring themes such as ecology, science, faith, and superstition.
She expresses herself through various art forms, from drawing to sculpture, and even performance. For her, the artistic medium is merely a vehicle for a message, a language composed of an alphabet of symbols meant to convey profound ideas.
Today, Pauline Guerrier is a recognized artist, exhibiting in prestigious international art fairs such as Art Paris, Art Genève, ArcoLisboa, Arco Madrid, Istanbul Art Fair, Sp-Arte São Paulo, PAD, and Parcours Saint-Germain. Her work is displayed in various institutions and collections, from Villa Datris to the Fondation Zinsou in Benin, through the Domaine des Étangs, MOCO in Montpellier, Artissima collection, Château La Coste, and the Cobra Museum in Amsterdam. Her artistic career is firmly established through her representation by the Foco gallery in Lisbon for four years, as well as her collaborations with the RX gallery and Clavé Fine Art gallery in Paris.
education
2021 Straw marquetry training at Lison Decaunes, Paris, France
2016 – 2017 Stained glass training, Atelier Delphine Geronazzo, Paris, France.
2009 – 2014 École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts de Paris (DNSAP),
Atelier Ann Veronica Janssens, Atelier Giuseppe Penone / Diplôme National d’Arts
Plastique (DNAP), Paris.
2011 – 2012 University of the Arts (UDK) Berlin, Allemagne.
award and residencies
2024 Residency, Fondation Zinsou, Bénin
2023 Residency, la galerie du 19M, Dakar, Senegal
2021 La Junqueira Residency, Lisbon, Portugal
2019 La Pause Residency, Marrakech, Morocco
2018 Zinsou Foundation, Benin, Africa
2017 "Prix Antoine Marin" 21st edition, represented by Ivan Mesak, Paris, France
2014 Residency at the Asfap gallery, Brussels, Belgium
public collections
2024 FRAC Picardie
2023 Commande du Mobilier National pour le Palais de l’Élysée, Paris
2023 Le Musée d’Arts de Nantes et les Amis du Musée, Nantes
2022 Le Mobilier National - Paris
2021 FRAC Pays de la Loire
2020 Artothèque - Nantes
2019 Mairie de Champigny- sur-Marne
2019 Collection du cabinet des dessins Jean Bonna, Beaux-Arts de Paris
2016 Artothèque - Nantes
solo exhibitions
2024 «Heterotopia», Romero Paprocki Gallery, Paris, France
2023 Performance: "Niglo", Théatre de Chaillot, Paris, France
2023 "Ad Mire II", galerie Clavé Fine Art, Paris, France
2023 "Corde Vocali II", Invisible Collection, London, UK
2023 "Ad Mire", Foco Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal
2022 "La Réconciliation", Gallery RX, Paris, France
2022 Monumental sculpture "Nervure" for BNP head office, Paris, France
2022 "Through the eyes of my Ancestors", ARCO Madrid, Galeria FOCO, Madrid, Spain
2021 "O necessidade do Gesto", la Junqueiras, Lisboa, Portugal
2021 "Through the eyes of my ancestors", ARCO Madrid, Spain
2020 "Corde Vocali", galerie RX, Paris, France
2019 "Imprint", Sisley Foundation, Paris, France
2019 "Sharing a Dream", Zinsou Foundation, Benin
2018 "Sacré", Perpitch & Bringand Gallery, Paris, France
2017 Performance "Dans un instant", Calan d’Art, Eygalières, France
2016 "Carte Blanche", Perpitch & Bringand Gallery, Paris, France
2015 "Nervure", end-of-residency exhibition, ASFAP Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2014 "Empreinte", graduation exhibition, Cour vitrée des beaux arts de Paris, France
