
BERENICE GENTIL
A TRAINED ARCHITECT, BÉRÉNICE GENTIL EXPLORES THE LINKS BETWEEN ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN AND ART TO CREATE WORKS WHERE THE IMAGINATION DIALOGUES WITH REALITY. INTRODUCED TO CERAMICS AS A CHILD, SHE NOW CREATES UNIQUE ENAMELLED CERAMIC PIECES IN HER PARISIAN STUDIO, DESCRIBED AS "ESOTERIC AND POETIC".
WHILE HER REFERENCES RANGE FROM SCIENCE FICTION NOVELS TO FANTASTICAL COMEDIES, IT IS IN CLASSICAL ART THAT SHE FINDS A FORMAL LANGUAGE TO REINVENT USAGE. BY EXPLORING THE MYTHS AND NARRATIVES OF OUR WESTERN HERITAGE, SHE SEEKS TO CREATE A TIMELESS CONVERSATION, BOTH INTIMATE AND UNIVERSAL. EACH SCULPTURE IS A FRAGMENT OF HISTORY, AN INVITATION TO CONTEMPLATION AND INTERPRETATION, SKETCHING OUT AN ESOTERIC UNIVERSE OPEN TO SHARING.
HER CREATIONS, REGULARLY EXHIBITED AND PUBLISHED IN SPECIALIZED PRESS, HAVE BEEN HIGHLIGHTED DURING PARIS DESIGN WEEK AND PARIS DÉCO OFF. A WINNER OF ARTISTIC RESIDENCIES, HER PIECES HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN DESIGN AND CONTEMPORARY ART AUCTIONS. AS A LECTURER AT THE ÉCOLE NATIONALE SUPÉRIEURE D’ARCHITECTURE DE PARIS-EST, SHE CONTINUES HER RESEARCH WHERE FUNCTIONAL DRAWING BECOMES POETIC.
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