CERAMIST artist

Grégoire Scalabre is a French ceramist and sculptor.He took his first steps in the world of ceramic at the age of 16 wheel throwing and exploring a dizzying number of forms for manufacturers. His first interest was in utilitarian containers, the objects that are omnipresent around us and that are part of the rituals of our everyday life. His career features a wealth of formal research which, over time, liberated itself from the notions of utility and domestic rituals to embrace a purely sculptural dimension.Of particular interest are his “Haussmann” project, created at the Manufacture de Sèvres, and The Perpetual Movement series, a tribute to Tony Cragg, an artist for whom he has great admiration.

From 2010 and 2013, he took part in a residency at the Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres, where his original approach of accumulations emerged and which marked the definitive end to any dimension of utility in his work and the start of his ambition of creating monumental pieces with a colossal project entitled “Astrée”. He showed this piece in Paris at the musée des Arts décoratifs, then at the museum national de Sèvres. This residency marked a turning point in his life as an artist.

In 2022, he was awarded the “Intelligence de la Main” prize by the Bettencourt Schueller Foundation with his piece ‘La Dernière Métamorphose de Thétis” and was nominated “Ambassadeur des savoir-faire” by the INSFF. His latest works are exhibited in the Royal Stables of the Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire (until April 2025) and at Abbaye de Maubuisson (autumn 2024).

Alongside his work as an artist, Grégoire Scalabre has taught film over 20 years and recently founded the Scalabre Mercier Studio in Paris with his partner Virginie Mercier.

Grégoire Scalabre is represented by the Todd Merrill Gallery in New York and by Modern Shapes Gallery in Belgium.

His work can be seen in a wide range of public and private collections in France and abroad.