Yolaine Rilhac, born in 1969 in Lorient, is dedicated to sculpture after more than twenty years as a press photographer. Formed from 2015 to The Art League School She developed a practice focused on the matter and construction of the object. She fully realizes her sculptures, including the bases, thanks to her mastery of steel work. His works, very mineral, combine cement, wood or alabaster in a search for balance between shadow and light. His work evokes the fragility of the planet and makes sculpted matter a space of freedom and sensory reflection.
Works Shown
Nature is my first inspiration. It allows me to find my little voice, that of inner freedom. I transpose it into my imagination and it becomes inexhaustible, inaccessible in its entirety. It opens the way to strong but ephemeral sensations.
Transported, I nourish my artist aspirations in a fairy tale that I build and deconstruct according to the
My inspirations. Figing the beautiful is an opportunity to recall the fragility of the moment, the difficulty of grasping nature in its original paradox: permanence and change.
The wonder of nature lies in its change. Life is moving forward and not waiting. Nature is changing,
Like us men. That's why I need to keep these states and emotions that are
That's impossible. I find it necessary to keep the state still by sculpting the material with solid elements such as wood, stone, cement and plaster; creating a brand, an emotional memory, as
photos of our childhood albums.
Recent exposures
2025 – Société des Poètes Français – Paris
2024/02 – Salon des Astistes Français – Art Capital – Paris
2024/01 – Automne Salon – Parc de La Vilette – Paris
2024 – Gallery 102 – Viroflay – France
2023 – Lyons Club de Domfront pays du Domfrontais (Solo Show)
2023 and 2022/09 – Société des Poètes Français – Espace Mompezat – Paris
2023 – Trade Show Autumn – Vaucresson – France
2023 – Lyons Domfront Club – Domfrontese Country
