Morgane Tschiember

Born in 1976 in Brest (France) and a graduate of the École supérieure d'art de Bretagne (Quimper) and the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris, Morgane Tschiember lives and works in the Paris region.

Morgane Tschiember's work transcends the boundaries between sculpture, painting and installation, and questions issues of perception - olfactory, sonic and visual - as well as meta-physical notions. The artist uses industrial and unconventional materials such as resin, wax, foam, glass and metal to transform them and create pieces that defy traditional norms of form and structure. Her works explore new mixtures of materials and manufacturing processes, subtly revealing the energy that runs through them. Through experimentation and by pushing back the limits of the materials she uses, Morgane Tschiember gives them a form of sensuality.

Morgane Tschiember's work, and more specifically her ‘Skin Poems’, is currently on show at the Fondation EDF (Paris) as part of the exhibition ‘Ce que l'horizon promet’ curated by San-dra Barroero, Nathalie Bazoche and sociologist Gérald Bronner. A solo exhibition entitled ‘Let's dance’ is dedicated to her at the ‘New space’ in Liège, until 26 April 2025.

She has also had exhibitions at renowned institutions such as the Fondation Yves Saint-Laurent, the Fondation Pernod Ricard, the MAC/VAL, the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dôle (France), the MOCA of Tucson (USA), the Vilnius Contemporary Art Center (Lithuania), the Elevation Biennale in Gstaad (Switzerland), the Oaxaca MACO Museum (Mexico) and the Riso Palazzo Museum of Palermo (Italy). Her work was the subject of an exhibition at Dilecta in 2016-2017.

Her work is part of many prestigious collections in the United States: Andy Warhol Foundation (New York), Design Center of the Americas (Miami), 21C Museum (Louisville); in Europe: MAMCO (Geneva, Switzerland), CAB Foundation (Brussels, Belgium), CNAP, MAC/VAL, Dior, Société Générale, Pinault Collec-tion, Yves Saint-Laurent (Paris, France) and FIAF French Institute Alliance Française (New York, United States).

The ‘Skin Poems’ series is made up of twelve sheets of pink-tinged polyester foam impregnated with wax. The creative process involves several stages, starting with the manufacture of the foam itself, followed by drying the sheets in the sun. This exposure to light, combined with the pressure exerted by the material as the artist moves across the surface of the work, creates veins in the material similar to those found in marble, evoking the crevices of the skin. In the third and final stage, each piece is branded, revealing a short poem by the artist. Like an invitation to the viewer, each phrase resonates with a musical sensuality, offering as many scores as there are works - unique ones, in other words.