Joanne Grimonprez
lives and works near Toulouse (FR)
Her pieces are spaces to inhabit, sculptures whose mechanical anatomy dialogues with the suppleness of the body that wears them. Inspired by architecture and industrial mechanisms, her work exploits constraint as a way of generating form and giving life to matter. A refined beauty is revealed in the fine junction of two tubes, the silkiness of the rope or the dark velvet of the lacquered surface.
After studying design, Joanne Grimonprez trained at the ESAD in Strasbourg (now the Haute École des Arts du Rhin) and then at the Kunstakademie in Munich, where she became involved in a real studio practice and in questioning contemporary jewellery. With a degree in applied arts, she continues and shares her ideas through teaching. Moving to Austin (TX) in the USA, she developed the technique of powder coating, which she uses in her pieces to obtain a characteristic black surface with a smooth, matt finish. Now based in the south of France, Joanne Grimonprez continues to question the status of the object that adorns and its special relationship with the body. Her work is regularly exhibited worldwide, especially in Europe and North America.
Kunstakademie – Munich (DE)
Ecole des Arts Décoratifs – Strasbourg (FR)
Ecole Massana – Barcelone (ES)
Université Jean Jaurès – Toulouse (FR)
2023
Sinople – Paris (FR)
Don’t stop me now – Parcours Bijoux – galerie Fougue – Paris (FR)
Chut(es) – Parcours Bijoux – Maison Tartaix – Paris (FR)
2022
À vos corps – Eleven Steen – Bruxelles (BE)
2020
Texas-Paris – Parcours Bijoux – galerie Huit de Coeur – Paris (FR)
Disrupt – Vancouver Metal Arts Association (CA)
2019
Sofa – galerie Noel Guyomarc’h – Chicago (USA)
Regalos – galerie Hecho a mano – Santa Fe (USA)
U-Haul – exhibition in the streets of Chicago (USA)
Not-So-Lone Star Studios : A Gathering of Texas Makers – travelling exhibition – San Jacinto College South Campus Gallery, Houston, El Paso, Lubbock, TX (USA)
2018
Not-So-Lone Star Studios : A Gathering of Texas Makers – travelling exhibition – San Jacinto College South Campus Gallery, Houston, El Paso, Lubbock, TX (USA)
2013
Dans la ligne de mire, scènes du bijou contemporain en France – Musée des Arts Décoratifs – Paris (FR)
Parade(s), Les ateliers Bijou – galerie de Valois du Palais Royal – Paris (FR)
2012
Solstice – galerie Vice-Versa – Lausanne (CH)
2011
Le Rouge – galerie Hebert – Paris (FR)
Lady’s Box – galerie Maurer Zilioli – Munich (DE)
Tier Parade – Institut Culturel Français – Munich (DE)
2010
Pezzi di luna – Maribor (SI)
Premio per il gioiello contemporaneo – Fondation Cominelli – Brescia (IT)
Le Rouge – Chateau de Bonaguil (FR)
Power of Copying 2010 – International Contemporary Design from Selected Art Academies – Xuzhou Museum of Art (CN)
My suitcase is my Oyster – Pinakothek der Modern – Munich (DE)
Also known as jewellery – travelling exhibition of contemporary French jewellers – Les Ateliers de Paris (FR) / Falkenberg Museum (SE) / Villa Bengel, Idar Oberstein (DE) / Institut culturel français – Munich (DE)
2009
Moonlight Jewelry – Theatro Verdi – Padoue (IT)
Paper Jewellery – Triennale Design Museum – Milan (IT)
Also known as jewellery – travelling exhibition of contemporary French jewellers – Flow Gallery – Londres (UK) / Alternatives Gallery – Rome (IT) / Gallery Velvet Da Vinci – San Francisco (USA)
2008
Contemporanei – Fioretto Arte associazione culturale – Padoue (IT)
New play in art-The unexpected jewel – Gardone Riviera – Brescia (IT)
De main à main – MUDAC – Lausanne (CH)
2007
À la découverte des écoles de bijou – Baccara (FR)
Graduate show – galerie Marzee – Nijmegen (NL)
Nanogravures – Centre National pour le Recherche Scientifique – Strasbourg (FR)
Rencontres insolites – Musée de l’Oeuvre Notre-Dame – Strasbourg (FR)
2006
The Finger Fashion Show – galerie Vice-Versa – Lausanne (CH)
Objets de vie, Parcours design – La Chaufferie, galerie de l’ESAD – Strasbourg (FR)
Musée des Arts Décoratifs (MAD) – Paris (FR)
