Biography

Jean-Marie Appriou is a sculptor whose practice explores myth, nature, and transformation through fantastical worlds inhabited by human, animal, and vegetal figures. Working across aluminium, bronze, glass, clay, and wax, he draws on folklore, ancient mythologies, and science fiction to create dreamlike sculptures where the past and future coexist. His recurring figures and bestiary explore metamorphosis, ecological balance, and the movement between different states of being. Monumental in scale yet intimate in presence, his works retain the visible traces of the artist’s hand. His work has been exhibited at the Fondation Louis Vuitton, Palais de Tokyo, Musée du Louvre, and Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre Pompidou in Paris; TANK Shanghai; and Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi in Florence. Public projects include Central Park, New York; Château de Versailles; and Forever Is Now at the Pyramids of Giza.

Artworks

Hidd Al Saadiyat Promenade

Horizons

Jean-Marie Appriou

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