Clara Rivault France, b. 1991

View works. Clara Rivault, Lidagat, 2023
Clara Rivault, Lidagat, 2023
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Clara Rivault, born in 1991, lives and works in Paris.

 

A graduate of the Montpellier Contemporary School of Fine Arts and with a Master's degree from La Cambre in Brussels, Clara Rivault then joined the research laboratory "Ceramics As Experience" led by the artist Michel Paysant, where she discovered glass at the International Center for Glass Arts in Meisenthal.

 

Benefiting from a diverse academic background, Clara Rivault explores a variety of complex traditional techniques related to the arts of fire, such as bronze, glass, or porcelain. Her interest in learning new techniques using various mediums quickly leads her to engage in residency programs abroad. As an active member of POUSH Manifesto (Aubervilliers), she is interested in collaborative practices and establishes bridges between contemporary art and craftsmanship.

 

Specializing in the art of stained glass, the artist devotes herself to this lengthy creative process initiated by photographic samplings, which she dissects, reassembles, and crystallizes to propose a narrative blending mythologies and the real world.

 

The meticulous observation of organic materials and living tissues enriches a palette of forms and textures that the artist infuses into the glass, giving them a sculptural dimension. The notion of the body resembles the nourishing common thread of Clara Rivault's polymorphic work.

 

Recently, she participated in the exhibition 100% at La Grande Halle de la Villette, dedicated to the young French scene, and she is the laureate of the "HEDERA" project, a monumental work soon to be installed on the facade of the new headquarters of the French Institute in Paris.

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