Camille Blatrix

Camille Blatrix’s sculptures, which he refers to as “emotional objects”, move tenuously between more affective and descriptive tenors. They are constructed with both a highly technical precision while being subverted by more instinctive intrusions. His works, most often in wood, resin, and aluminum, are assembled and processed by way of advanced machinery and technical processes such as 3D modelling and wood marquetry.

Blatrix (b. 1984, France) lives and works in Paris. He graduated in 2011 from the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris, in 2010 from the Art Center College of Design, Los Angeles, and in 2006 from the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs, Strasbourg. Blatrix has had solo exhibitions at Balice Hertling (Paris, 2022, 2017, 2016, and 2014); the Centre d’Art Contemporain du Synagogue de Delme (Delme, 2021); Kunsthalle Basel (Basel, 2020); Lafayette Anticipations (Paris, 2019); and the CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art (San Francisco, 2016), among others. His work has also appeared in group exhibitions at Balice Hertling (Paris, 2022, 2020, and 2015); Halle Für Kunst Steiermark (Graz, 2021); the Renaissance Society (Chicago, 2021); Kunstmuseum St. Gallen (St. Gallen, 2020); Fri Art Kunsthalle (Fribourg, 2019); Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris - Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris, 2019); Palais de Tokyo (Paris, 2018 and 2015); Lafayette Anticipations (Paris, 2018 and 2016); Hessel Museum of Art (Annandale-on-Hudson, 2018); Villa Medici (Rome, 2017); the Biennale of Rennes, curated by François Piron (Rennes, 2016); FRAC Île-de-France (Paris, 2016); Biennale de Lyon (Lyon, 2015); and Sculpture Center (New York, 2014), among others. In 2014, he was awarded the Ricard Foundation Prize.