Collection: BÉRÉNICE GENTIL

TRAINED AS AN ARCHITECT, BÉRÉNICE GENTIL EXPLORES THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN, AND ART TO CREATE WORKS IN WHICH IMAGINATION ENGAGES IN DIALOGUE WITH REALITY. INTRODUCED TO CERAMICS IN CHILDHOOD, SHE NOW CREATES UNIQUE GLAZED CERAMIC PIECES IN HER PARIS STUDIO, DESCRIBED AS “ESOTERIC AND POETIC.”

WHILE HER REFERENCES RANGE FROM SPECULATIVE FICTION NOVELS TO FANTASY COMEDIES, IT IS IN CLASSICAL ART THAT SHE FINDS A FORMAL LANGUAGE THROUGH WHICH TO REINTERPRET FUNCTION AND USE. BY EXPLORING THE MYTHS AND NARRATIVES OF OUR WESTERN HERITAGE, SHE SEEKS TO CREATE A TIMELESS CONVERSATION THAT IS BOTH INTIMATE AND UNIVERSAL. EACH SCULPTURE IS A FRAGMENT OF A STORY, AN INVITATION TO CONTEMPLATION AND INTERPRETATION, SKETCHING OUT AN ESOTERIC UNIVERSE OPEN TO SHARING.

HER CREATIONS, REGULARLY EXHIBITED AND FEATURED IN THE SPECIALIST PRESS, HAVE BEEN HIGHLIGHTED DURING PARIS DESIGN WEEK AND PARIS DÉCO OFF. THE RECIPIENT OF SEVERAL ARTISTIC RESIDENCIES, SHE HAS SEEN HER WORKS INCLUDED IN DESIGN AND CONTEMPORARY ART AUCTIONS. A LECTURER AT THE ÉCOLE NATIONALE SUPÉRIEURE D’ARCHITECTURE DE PARIS-EST, SHE CONTINUES A LINE OF RESEARCH IN WHICH FUNCTIONAL DRAWING BECOMES POETIC.