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Biography

It all could have started with an art school, but no!

My journey began with studies in financial markets, in London and Ningbo, followed by a career in international trade and digital marketing in Hong Kong and Paris.

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One day, a family coincidence led me to the Parisian studio of the sculptor Magali Nourissat. This hands-on abstraction immediately ignited a true passion in me. I love the endless possibilities of working with clay to capture the most genuine emotion and cast it in bronze.

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It's in the tales and fables, carriers of moral education, that I find my main inspiration. Their imaginative power and emotional influence have therapeutic virtues to navigate through the ages and existential doubts. I see them as a form of return to the earliest visual narratives.

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In my work, I enjoy playing on a fine line at the border of two worlds, that of Man and the animal, to reveal both the beastly side of Man and the human side of the animal.

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You can find my work on Rise Art and Art Majeur.

Photo de l'artiste sculptrice Joelle Buard dans son atelier entrain de se préparer à sculpter

Exhibitions & Prizes

Formation

2025
Coming soon - Exposition Intuition
- Carré des Coignard, Nogent-sur-Marne - March 13 to 30
Coming soon - Art Capital, Salon des Artistes Français - Grand Palais, Paris - February 18 to 22


2024
Terre & Flamme Fair
 in Rennes/Chantepie, - October 31 to November 3, 2024
Autumn Salon - Champs Élysées, Paris 8 - October 23 to 27

Art Shopping - Carrousel du Louvre, Paris 1- 18 au 20 octobre

Biennial of Animal Sculpture and Painting in Rambouillet - October 12 to 17, 2024
Expo4Art - Halle des Blancs Manteaux, Paris 4 - September 27 to 29

Finalist for creating a sculpture in the town square of Château Thierry
International Arts Fair at the Nesle Gallery in Paris 6th - May 23 to 26, 2024
1st Prize in Sculpture awarded by the AEAF 

Biennial of Sculpture in Voisins-le-Bretonneux - March 2 to 17, 2024
Art Capital, Salon des Artistes Français at the Grand Palais in Paris - February 2024
Autumn Salon at the Grandes Halles de la Villette in Paris - January 2024


2023
National Salon of Animal Artists in Bry-sur-Marne - November to December 2023
 

2022
'Jury's Favorite' Award from ArtCertificate for the Figurative Art 2022 contest

“Boire de l’art” exhibition, a sculpture/wine pairing in collaboration with the Vino Sapiens cellars in Paris - June 2022
 

2018

Exhibition and competition  “Dissonances” at the Oeil du Huit gallery in Paris - July 2018
 

Florence Academy of Art - Ecorché Sculpture with Maudie Brady - July 2022

Ecole du Louvre - Introductory course in art history - 2021 to 2023
Classes at the Ateliers Beaux-Arts of Montparnasse - Live model with Emilie Benoist - 2018 to 2020
Classes with sculptor Magali Nourissat - since January 2018

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