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Florence Lemiegre is a ceramic sculptor who lives and works in Upper Normandy. Her Jules Verne studio, located in Assigny Petit-Caux, a small village in Normandy near Dieppe, has been awarded the Ateliers d’Art de France label.
At around the age of 9, she discovered clay, drawing, and painting as a student at the László Mindszenti Academy in Rouen, alongside her evening classes at the Rouen School of Fine Arts. After graduating from high school, Florence naturally turned to art studies.
With a master’s degree in Fine Arts and Art Sciences from the Sorbonne Paris I, she enrolled at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris and graduated with honors in industrial design under the supervision of Roger Tallon. She obtained a scholarship and continued her studies at Georgia Tech University in Atlanta, USA, before returning to France to pursue her passion. For thirty years, the artist has been exploring clay and enjoying experimentation. Dreaming of clay in a different way… Attempting to make the invisible visible through matter. To achieve this, the magic of Raku (a glazing technique developed in 16th-century Japan) was the obvious choice. From 1995 to 2017, she trained with Olivier Oet, a grand master of this discipline.
In 2017, she decided to explore exclusively the work of earthenware at the Ateliers Terre et Feu in Paris, in Henri Matisse’s former studio. Through 30 hours of training per week, her teachers, practicing artists such as Emmanuelle Daverton, Mona Oren, and Jacques Rieu, passed on their knowledge, expertise, techniques, tips, recipes, and other invaluable secrets. This rich adventure enriched her personal library of new technical possibilities and gave her a new creative impetus.
In Florence’s work, everything is alive and inhabited. Technical mastery (sculpture and modeling, but also pastillage, stamping, nériage, sgraffito, mishima, etc.) and the sublimation of matter are omnipresent. The artist constructs a sensual and dreamlike world that speaks of balance or imbalance, desires, feelings, emotions, fears, and fragile and ephemeral splendors.
UNIVERSES AND COLLECTIONS
Her worlds,: “La Forêt imaginaire et enchantée“ – The imaginary and enchanted Forest“ , “Les Culbutos” – The Tumblers , “Les Moons“, “Les Noli me tangere“ – Don’t touch me , “Les Pavés“ – The pavements, “Les Têtes de la décennie du O“ – The O decade’s heads, leave the imagination with unlimited possibilities. Each one powerfully invites us on a poetic journey that makes us question ourselves.
It was in 2009 that Florence Lemiegre agreed to share her worlds with the public for the first time. Today, her works in earthenware or stoneware – contemporary raku – have been awarded prizes and exhibited in numerous galleries, biennials, salons, and contemporary art centers in France and abroad, notably in Brazil, Russia, Canada, Italy, Spain, Cyprus, Belgium, China, and most recently in South Korea.
Since 15 years, the artist is permanently represented by the Galerie Isabelle Laverny in Paris’s 17th arrondissement.
SELECTED SELECTION:
2010
. TThe artist embarks on a new dynamic and shares her artistic worlds with the public for the very first time. Her sculptures are spotted by an art enthusiast who exhibits her work for several years in unusual Parisian venues and pop-up galleries. Then she meets one of the prominent members of the Support-Surface movement, André-Pierre Arnal. Together, they collaborate on the creation of a “poor book“ – Le livre pauvre, an artistic project supported by Daniel Leuwers.
2013
. Her universe “Les Pavés” is awarded the PUBLIC AWARD in the national competition “Body and Souls“ – Corps et Âmes, at La Ralentie Gallery in Paris. She also participates in exhibitions in Upper Normandy, the region of her childhood.
2014
. First personal exhibition with more than 140 ceramic sculptures, as well as an acquisition by the Mers-les-Bains City Hall – Upper Normandy region.
2016
. For the very first, Florence Lemiegre’s work is part of the Salon d’Automne of Paris. The same year, the artist decides to devote herself full time to her passion and her art. Although an expert of sandstone clay with raku firing, a process that she’s been using for over 25 years, she continues her studies at the school Terre et Feu to specialize in the earthenware technique and and sculpture modeling with an intensive training of 30 hours per week during a year. She follows the teaching of artists and teachers, Emmanuelle Daverton, Mona Oren and Jacques Rieu.
. Since 2016, the artist exhibits annually at the Etienne de the Etienne de Causan gallery and the Vivienne Art gallery, respectively in the 6th and 2nd arrondissements of Paris, through the Friends of the Salon d’Automne of Paris Society. Association chaired by the director and painter Jean Desvilles.
2017
. First personal exhibition in Paris on the Champs Elysées at the Christiane Peugeot space, with Laura Le Corre Arkaval as the curator.
. During this period, her ceramic sculptures are presented at the exhibition “My Venetian Gold“ at the Centre d’Art Contemporain Spazio Thetis at the Arsenal in Venice, Italy. The Thetis Foundation acquires four of her works.
. For the second time she’s also part of the Salon d’Automne of Paris, 114th edition.
. From February 2017 to September 2018, the prestigious Barclays Bank exhibits her work at the parent company – Victor Hugo Avenue- as well as within Exelmans agencies in Paris.
. In July 2017, she was selected as one of the finalists in the Ateliers d’Art de France competition to represent the Île-de-France region with the ceramic tree essence “Rencontre sous l’Œillet en floraison” from her “Imaginary and Enchanted Forest”.
. In September 2017, on the occasion of the artistic and cultural event #PARISARTISTES 2017, she receives the PUBLIC AWARD for her ceramic sculptures the “Culbutos“, and the 8th district City Hall of Paris hosts 50 of her sculptures.
. In October 2017, she is awarded the SCULPTURE PRIZE – Bernard Szymanek by the organization Les Amis du Salon d’Automne of Paris for her ceramic sculptures using the Raku technique ‘’Les Moons’’.
. In 2017, year during which Pafos is elected European Capital of Culture, her “Culbutos“ are selected by the Society of the Salon d’Automne in Cyprus for an itinerant exhibition from december 2017 to april 2018 organized by the French Institute of Nicosia, Cypriot capital.
2018
In 2018, she is sculpture prize laureate of the exhibitions commission of the Taylor Foundation of Paris for her work “La Forêt imaginaire et enchantée“ – “The imaginary and enchanted forest“. More than thirty trees, that she has been working on for 15 years, are shown for the very first time at the Foundation’s gallery for a month. The Taylor Foundation is one of the most important institutions working to defend artists. Its mission to support artistic creation and develop knowledge of the arts is reflected in the organization of exhibitions and the awarding of grants and prizes.
. For the third time, her work is selected for the Salon d’Automne of Paris, 115th edition. On that occasion, the artist shows her “Noli me tangere“ (« Don’t touch me ») work.
. Her “Culbutos“ are also shown at Point-à-Pitre for the 9th edition of the Pool Art Fair of Guadeloupe.
. She’s one of the guest artist of the exhibit « White gold from the manufacture to the school » at the Château of Vincennes.
. Her work is selected for the 50th anniversary of the Art Friends of the Briançon Castle Society in Criel-sur-Mer in Normandy.
. She’s also part of the Third Contemporary Art Biennial of Versailles with her work “Noli me Tangere“. The “Culbutos“, “Moons“ and “Pavés“ are honored during the “L’un à l’autre, l’un sans l’autre“ and “Oh Heaven“ exhibits at the Isabelle Laverny Gallery, where Florence Lemiegre is a permanent artist.
2019
. First exhibition at the Grand Palais of Champs Elysées – Art Capital – Salon des Artistes Français.
. The Isabelle Laverny Gallery of Paris presents her contemporary ceramic sculptures, “Culbutos” and “Moons” at the Affordable Art Fair of Brussels.
. From March to May 2019, “FLORAL“ exhibition and first collaboration with the Nag Not a gallery, gallery of Natacha Dassault.
. For six months, from May to November, her work is selected to represent France at at the Salon d’Automne in Xi’an. In collaboration with the Association of Artists of the Province of SHAANXI, chaired by Master WANG Xijing. The opening took place in the presence of many Chinese personalities and Mrs. Jeanne d’Hauteserre, Mayor of the 8th district of Paris.
. In october, the artist, now a member of the Salon d’Automne in Paris, exhibited for the 4th year.
. “Nature” exhibition in the native region of the artist. From November 8 to 17 in Pourville-sur-Mer in upper Normandy region. Artistic event organized by Mr. Jean-Jacques Brument, Mayor of Hautot-sur-Mer, members of the municipal council and in partnership with Villa Perrotte.
. In November and until December and as every year for four years, the works of Florence Lemiegre are selected for the exhibition of les Amis du Salon d’Automne de Paris at the Étienne de Causans gallery in Paris, rue de Seine.
2020
. In 2020, Florence Lemiegre is a finalist in the Normandy region of the national competition of Ateliers d’Art de France with “Hortus”, ceramic sculpture of a tree from her “Imaginary and enchanted Forest“.
. About thirty of her creations, the “Culbutos Chamarrés” and the “Noli me tangere Pistils” are selected for the FEMINAE exhibition at the Espace d’art le Comoedia from September to December 2020.
. In September, the artist receives the Arcité Prize at the Artcité fair in Fontenay-sous-Bois with her “Culbutos – Serendipity”.
. For the first time, hes works are to be discovered during three months at Empreintes, concept store of Ateliers d’Art de France in Paris in the Marais.
2021
. Florence Lemiegre represents France at the Cheongju Craft Biennale 2021 in Cheongju, South Korea. An installation of 17 ceramic sculptures from her collection “Les Culbutos – Chamarrés” is selected for this major event dedicated to contemporary crafts in the world. The editorial line of this 2021 edition is “Tools for Conviviality”. France, represented by Ateliers d’Art de France, is the guest of honor of the 12th edition of the Cheongju International Craft Biennale, in South Korea, from September 8 to October 17, 2021.
. The artist has been selected for a one-year accompaniment at the Collection Gallery of the Ateliers d’Art de France, in the Marais, 3rd district of Paris, .
. In the exceptional setting of the Saint-Chapelle of the Château de Vincennes, during the exhibition “L’or blanc, L’Influence d’une Manufacture en Europe“, the artist presents during a month, tree species from her “Forêt imaginaire et enchantée”. Hungary is the guest country of this second edition of White Gold with exceptional pieces from various museums and Hungarian manufactures.
For the second consecutive year, she is a finalist in the Normandy region of the national competition of the Ateliers d’Art de France with an installation of “Noli me tangere Candidus”, which testifies to the vulnerability of our oceans.
An opus of more than eighty pieces presents the whole of its universes at the time of two personal exposures: “Jean-Jacques Lapoirie & Florence Lemiegre” in House of the citizen of Fontenay-sous-Bois and “Equilibres” in the Church Saint-Pierre of Touques in Normandy.
2022
. In February 2022, the artist, invited by the Sculptures Plurielles group of the sculptor William Noblet, is present at the Comparaisons d’ART CAPITAL show at the ephemeral Grand Palais on the Champ de Mars, work of the architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte.
. From February 5 to May 15, 2022, an installation of about twenty tree species of his “Forest imaginary and enchanted” is to be discovered at the museum of the Briqueterie in Brittany.
. From May 19 to June 6, ten of her “Noli me tangere” and “Noli me tangere Pistils” are selected to participate in ArtCeram 2022, a major event of International Contemporary Ceramics at the SEL in Sevres. Florence Lemiegre participates in this seventh biennial alongside the guest of honor, Andrée Hirlet.
. In June her work represented by the gallery Collection des Ateliers d’Art de France in Paris is exhibited at the international biennial of art creations of the salon Révélations at the Grand Palais Éphémère.
. From June 23 to July 17, the gallery owner and curator Françoise Souchaud presents for the first time the works of Florence Lemiegre during “Grève blanche jusqu’à l’Estran“ exhibition. Her collection “Noli me tangere” are exhibited in the magnificent Notre-Dame de l’île Barbe Chapel in Lyon.
. From September 3 to 18, the artist exhibits in her native region about thirty of her creations during the exhibition “Histoire d’eau” in Pourville-sur-Mer with the gallery Art VP.
. From October 21 to 23, 2022, the artist member of the very famous Salon d’Automne de Paris, will exhibit his new creations under the glass roof of the great Halles de la Villette in Paris.
2023
. From February 15 to 19, 2023, for the fifth consecutive year, Florence Lemiegre is one of the artists invited by sculptor William Noblet, group leader of “plural sculpture” at the Comparaisons d’ART CAPITAL exhibition at the Grand Palais Éphémère on the Champs de Mars in Paris.
. From March 3 to April 23, 2023, the Galerie des Créateurs in Touques will dedicate its exhibition “La magie du Raku” (The Magic of Raku) exclusively to the raku firing technique, in which artist Florence Lemiegre has excelled for over 20 years. Her raku pieces are made in her Jules Verne studio in Normandy.
. From April 13 to July 22, 2023, “Autre Noir & Couleurs sculptées” (Other Black & Sculpted Colors) at the Le Comœdia contemporary art gallery in Brest.
. From September 16 to October 22, 2023, “Vibration plurielle” (Plural Vibration), a solo exhibition by the artist invited by the Centre-Val de Loire region to exhibit a selection of around fifty ceramic sculptures and photographs at the Moulin de la Filature du Blanc.
2024
. From January 17 to 21, 2024, the Salon d’Automne in Paris will celebrate its 120th anniversary under the glass roofs of the Grande Halle de La Villette, a jewel of 19th-century iron and glass architecture, and its large nave.
• From January 27 to February 4, 2024, the Art & Matière exhibition in Maisse in the Essonne region. This 48th edition of the Art & Matière exhibition, whose guests of honor are ceramic sculptor Florence Lemiegre and painter Jean-François Larrieu, invites visitors to observe nature and perceive biodiversity in a sensitive way.
. From February 14 to 18, 2024, for the sixth consecutive year, Florence Lemiegre is one of the artists invited by sculptor William Noblet, group leader of “plural sculpture” at the Comparaisons d’Art Capital 2024 exhibition at the Grand Palais Éphémère in Paris on the Champs de Mars. The artist has chosen to present “Noli me tangere Pistils Big mama deep blues,” a sculpture made of red Normandy earthenware glazed with an opaque, luminous white.
. From May 30 to July 31, 2024, the Galerie Isabelle Laverny, which has been supporting the artist since 2012, is organizing the exhibition “Dialogues” between Florence Lemiegre & Franck Coudreau.
. From June 21 to September 20, 2024, the exhibition “JEUX… CÉRAMIQUES” (GAMES… CERAMICS) at the Terres d’Aligre gallery and bookstore gives carte blanche to thirty guest artists who draw inspiration from the topical theme of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The exhibition has been awarded the official “Cultural Olympiad” label for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Florence Lemiegre will present two “Olympic Ceramic Stars” and her work “Olympic Ceramic Pavers,” creations made especially for this event.
. From October 22 to 27, 2024, the 121st edition of the Salon d’Automne in Paris will mark a return to its roots: the Salon is reviving its autumnal traditions and will be held on the Champs-Élysées. The artist, a member of the Salon d’Automne de Paris since 2018, is exhibiting her spectacular “Noli me tangere Pistils Big Mama deep blues” in red Normandy earthenware. This contemporary ceramic sculpture is part of her ongoing work to protect nature and, more specifically, to highlight the fragility of our oceans.
. From November 4 to 10, 2024, the Pontoise ArtActuel 2024 Biennial for this artistic event, sculptor and ceramist Florence Lemiegre will present three Culbutos Serendipity sculptures, created in her Jules Verne studio in Assigny, Normandy. She will be exhibiting the spectacular piece “Culbutos Serendipity Snow Bloom,” made of stoneware and fired using the raku technique.
2025
. From February 18 to 22, 2025, Art Capital returns to the Grand Palais Historique, Europe’s largest glass roof, and will be on display from February 19 to 22, 2025. This iconic exhibition is an integral part of France’s intangible heritage, and its DNA is none other than creativity, bringing together more than 2,000 international artists each year. For the seventh consecutive year, Florence Lemiegre is one of the artists invited by sculptor William Noblet, group leader of “Sculpture plurielle” at the Comparaisons d’Art Capital 2025 exhibition in Paris. The artist will present “La Florentine” from her “Noli me tangere” collection to the public.
. From April 26 to September 28, 2025, the Museum of Norman Traditions and Arts at Martainville Castle in Seine-Maritime will present the exhibition “Le beau geste” (The Beautiful Gesture). It’s an invitation to rediscover the museum’s historical collections through the lens of contemporary crafts. Florence Lemiegre, selected for this public commission, presents five ceramic sculptures created especially for this cultural event at the Museum of Norman Traditions and Arts. Through her works, the artist aims to forge links between Norman heritage and contemporary creation, exploring the universal themes of nature, transmission, and the beauty of craftsmanship. For the first time, the public will discover three of her poetic and dreamlike “Bouquets d’âmes sœurs” (Bouquets of Soulmates) and a pair of her ‘Chandoiseaux’ candlesticks in red Norman earthenware, made in her Jules Verne workshop in Upper Normandy. In September 2025, the Museums of France will acquire “Chandoiseaux I & II.”
. From June 7 to July 5, 2025, “Entresonge” at the Galerie la Tour d’Ivoire, Dieppe. Normandy. For this exhibition, Florence Lemiegre presents around forty of her works. As in a cabinet of curiosities, her worlds are displayed on Charles X marquetry pedestals. Their preciousness wonderfully highlights the color harmonies of the shimmering enamels and the delicate engravings of the stoneware and earthenware sculptures.
. From November 6 to 23, 2025, solo exhibition, “Variations poétiques” by Florence Lemiegre & Marc Landowski. Galerie L’Entracte – Ville d’Avray
. From November 7 to 9, 2025, 11th Biennale de la République de Montmartre 2025 – Villa Radet, Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris. Invited to participate in this Montmartre event for the first time, Florence Lemiegre presents two “Bouquets d’âmes sœurs” (Bouquets of Soulmates).
. From October 29 to November 2, 2025, the artist participates in the 122nd edition of the Salon d’Automne de Paris, Place Concorde, Paris 8th arrondissement.
2026
. A new year that promises to be full of new artistic adventures.
. From February 12 to 15, 2025, for the eighth consecutive year, Florence Lemiegre is one of the artists invited by sculptor William Noblet, group leader of “Sculpture plurielle” at the Comparaisons d’ART CAPITAL 2026 exhibition in Paris. The artist will present “Noli me tangere Pistils Corocora” to the public. Comparaisons Nouvelles Exhibition – Art Capital – Nef du Grand Palais, Paris 8th arrondissement.
. From May 13 to 31, 2026, Florence Lemiegre is selected as a finalist in the Ateliers Art de France national competition in the creation category. La Fabrique des Métiers d’art is hosting the regional exhibition for the Normandy region at Carré St-Cyr, a gallery dedicated to excellence in the arts and crafts.
. From May 21 to June 7, 2026, Florence Lemiegre is selected to participate in the 10th international contemporary ceramics biennial organized by the ArtCeram2 association in Sèvres.
AWARDS – PRIZES – COMPETITIONS – GUEST OF HONOR:
2025
ACQUISITION BY THE FRENCH MUSEUMS COMMISSION of the sculptures “Chandoiseaux I and II” – Collections and permanent exhibitions at the Museum of Norman Traditions and Arts – Château de Martainville – Normandy.
2024
GUEST OF HONOR SCULPTURE – 48th Art & Matière de Maisse exhibition – Île-de-France. France
2021
ARTIST REPRESENTING FRANCE – Cheongju International Craft Biennale. South Korea.
FINALIST FOR THE NORMANDY REGION – National competition of the Ateliers d’Art de France. Villedieu-les-Poêles.
2020
SCULPTURE PRIZE – Artcité Exhibition – Fontenay-sous-Bois. France.
FINALIST FOR THE NORMANDY REGION – National Competition of Ateliers d’Art de France. France.
2018
SCULPTURE WINNER – Competition of the Exhibition Commission of the TAYLOR Foundation – Paris 9th arrondissement. France.
2017
SCULPTURE AWARD – Awarded by the Friends of the Paris Autumn Salon – 114th edition of the Paris Autumn Salon – Champs-Élysées. France.
PUBLIC PRIZE – #PARISARTISTES 2017 – France.
2013
PUBLIC PRIZE – “Corps et Âme” – Body & Soul competition, La Ralentie gallery, Paris 11th arrondissement. France.
ACQUISITIONS
2025 Acquisition of the sculptures “Chandoiseaux I and II” by the Commission of the museums of France” – Collections and permanent exhibitions of the Museum of Norman Traditions and Arts – Château de Martainville – Normandy.
2017 Acquisition of three works for the Foundation Thétis art collection. Venice. Italy.
2014 Acquisition by the town of Mers-les-Bains. Picardy. France.
PERMANENT ARTIST:
2012 – 2026 • Galerie Isabelle Laverny, Paris 17th. France.
2021 – 2022 • Collection Gallery – Empreintes Gallery of the Ateliers d’Art de France – Paris 3rd. France.
2018 – 2020 • DEGO import-export and Ceramic Trends, online gallery
2018 – 2019 • La Place, Paris 2nd. France.
2017 – 2019 • Avant-Port Gallery, La Flotte, Île de Ré. France.
2014 – 2016 • Quai Est Gallery, Ivry-sur-Seine, France.
2010 – 2015 • Sophie Gallery, etc., Paris 11th. France.
MEMBER OF
2019 – 2026 Corporate member of the Salon d’Automne de Paris
2018 – 2019 Association the “T”
2016 – 2026 The Friends of the Paris Autumn Salon
2015 – 2026 Corporate member of the Taylor Foundation
2015 – 2026 ENSAD ALUMNI PARIS – Alumni of the Decorative Arts of Paris
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