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.
Fêtiche V, 2025
Ink on cotton, silk, and linen
200 x 112 cm
Sé, 2025
Watercolor on cotton paper, oak frame, UV-protective and anti-reflective glass
47 x 35,5 cm
Portrait of Pauline Guerrier.
Les sens, 2025
Straw marquetry, oak frame
83 x 58 cm
La folie, 2023
Watercolour and graphite on arches paper
56 x 38 cm
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
awards and residencies
2025
Residency, Villa Swagatam, Jaipur, India
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
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
Collection du cabinet des dessins Jean Bonna, Beaux-Arts de Paris
2016
Artothèque - Nantes
solo exhibitions
2025
"Les Offrandes", Romero Paprocki Gallery, Paris, France
2024
"Heterotopia", Romero Paprocki Gallery, Paris, France
2023
Performance: "Niglo", Théatre de Chaillot, Paris, France
"Ad Mire II", galerie Clavé Fine Art, Paris, France
"Corde Vocali II", Invisible Collection, London, UK
"Ad Mire", Foco Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal
2022
"La Réconciliation", Gallery RX, Paris, France
Monumental sculpture "Nervure" for BNP head office, Paris, France
"Through the eyes of my Ancestors", ARCO Madrid, Galeria FOCO, Madrid, Spain
2021
"O necessidade do Gesto", la Junqueiras, Lisboa, Portugal
"Through the eyes of my ancestors", ARCO Madrid, Spain
2020
"Corde Vocali", galerie RX, Paris, France
2019
"Imprint", Sisley Foundation, Paris, France
"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
collective exhibitions
2025
Par quatre chemins, Chateau La Coste - POUSH, France
2024
La Galerie du 19M, MUCEM, Marseille, France
Entre leurs doigts, Pavillon Vendôme, Paris, France
Small is ‘still’ beautiful, Clavé Fine Art Paris, Paris, France
2023
Libres Courbes, Galerie Gosserez, Paris, France
Je est un autre, Château La Coste, France
Sur le fil : de Dakar à Paris, la Galerie du 19M, Paris, France
2022
À Revers, la Galerie du 19M, Paris, France
Cosmogonie, Cobra museum of Modern Art, Amsterdam.
Forest Fantasy, Greenline Foundation, Ognon, France
Cosmogonie, MOCO, Montpelier, France
Border Line, Pavillon Vendôme, Paris, France
2021
Cosmogonies – Zinsou, une collection africaine, MOCO, Montpellier, France
Traversée, Galerie RX, Paris, France
Amuse-Bouche, Galeria Foco, Lisbonne, Portugal
2020
Les Formes de l’amitié, Fondation Pierre & Poppy Salinger, Le Thor, France
2019
Sur Nos Traces, Château Mourgues du Gres, Beaucaire, France
Genesis, Galeria Foco, Lisbonne, Portugal
La Rûche, Fondation GoodPlanet, Paris, France
2018
Nos Armes, Galerie Perpitch & Bringand, Paris, France
Continent Project, Paris, France
2017
The Thought of the Elements, Radio Palace, Lisbonne, Portugal
4G, Galerie 22, Coustellet, France
2016
Les lignes émancipées, Château de Bosc, Domazan, France
2015
Nude, La Galerie d’en Face, Paris, France
2013
Maï-Masques, Maï-Project (ventes de charité), Paris, France
As Far As Possible, ASFAP Gallery, Bruxelles, Belgique
Collective, avec les étudiants d’Ann Veronica Janssens, ENSBA, Paris, France
Sculptor, Fondation Villa Datris, L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, France
2012
Silence, commissariat Giuseppe Penone, La Tourette, Lyon, France
2010
White Spirit, Galerie de l’Échaudé, Paris, France
Grigri I, 2025
Ink on cotton, silk, and linen
190 x 117 cm
Empreinte, 2024
Wool tapestry, traditional hand-made technique, oak frame
202 x 126 cm