Crystals – enneagon
2010–2020

Crystals, glass, aluminum

210 × 290 × 290 cm

Exhibition view at the Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire, 2020
Mica line
2021

Backlit assembly of mica blocks cleaved into 12 sequences

32 × 1,404 cm

Work produced for the exhibition at the Musée Ziem (Martigues)
Odonates
2019

Thermo-coated steel

380 × 170 cm

Commissioned by the Pays Rhénan. Work carried out as part of the 1% artistic contribution program
Page of wings
2005

Wings of Calliphora vicina flies assembled on an A4 page, edge to edge

7 pages of wings, one per year

29.7 x 21 cm / 60 x 49.5 x 7.5 cm (with frame)
140 crystal threads
2008-2014

Crystal whose height is determined by the threads’ capacity to stand upright

300 × 600 × 400 cm

Vranken-Pommery collection
Caul surface
2007

Assemblage of caul fat

280 × 280 cm

Exhibition view at Xippas Gallery (Paris, 2014)
Aluminum leaf
2021

Aluminum sheet stamped with a Monstera deliciosa leaf

100 × 192 cm

Work produced in collaboration with the HH Services classic car restorer (Strasbourg), with the support of the botanical garden of the University of Strasbourg, on the occasion of the exhibition at the Ziem Museum (Martigues)
MicaPenrose (triptych)
2019

Backlit mica, glass, aluminum alloy

62 x 246 cm

Project developed with Sylvain Ravy, CNRS researcher and director of research at the solid state physics laboratory of the University of Paris-Saclay, with the support of the Diagonale Paris-Saclay, the Grand Est region, and the expertise of Denis Gratias, researcher at the CNRS, co-discoverer of quasicrystals and member of the French Acaemy of Sciences. On loan from the Eurométropole de Strasbourg to the Musée d’Art moderne et contemporain de Strasbourg
Assemblage (triptych)
2020

Aluminum stamped with the 3 constituent grape varieties of Monbazillac wine

50 × 33 cm (each element)

Work produced in collaboration with the HH Services classic car restorer (Strasbourg), with the support of the Dordogne-Périgord cultural agency (Périgueux),
Les Rives de l’art (Bergerac), and the cooperative cellar of Château de Monbazillac
Comet dust from the Stardust space mission
2015

Oil pastel, dry chalk on cotton paper

102 x 70 cm

Work produced with the support of NASA and the Musée de l'Hospice Saint-Roch (Issoudun)
Page of Papaveraceae
2011

Assemblage of poppy petals

27 x 18 cm
Gold leaf, 4 micrometres thick
2012

6-karat white gold leaf, spider thread, wooden frame

210 x 115.6 x 12.1 cm

Exhibition view at the Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar (Saarbrücken, Germany, 2012)
Light-sensitive recordings of crystals,
2013

Image resulting from a camera obscura device, gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper

80 x 80 cm (each element)

Work made with the support of the DRAC Alsace, individual creative assistance (AIC) 2013
MicaPenrose
2019

Backlit mica, glass, aluminum alloy

62 x 62 cm (each element)

Project developed with Sylvain Ravy, CNRS researcher and director of research at the solid state physics laboratory of the University of Paris-Saclay, with the support of the Diagonale Paris-Saclay, the Grand Est Region, and the expertise of Denis Gratias, researcher at the CNRS, co-discoverer of quasicrystals and member of the French Academy of Sciences
Crystal threads
2007

Crystal

91 x 31 x 31 cm
Panoramic flock
2015

Paper strips, linseed oil, shellac (cochineal secretion)

244 x 244 x 244 cm

Exhibition view at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs (Paris, 2015)
Work produced in collaboration with Atelier d'Offard, a workshop for the manufacture and creation of wallpaper (Tours), on the occasion of the exhibition Mutations, conceived and organized by the Musée des Arts Décoratifs and the Institut National des Métiers d'Art (Paris), with the support of Vacheron Constantin, 2015.
Vacheron Constantin collection
Marble leaf
2011

White Carrara marble sanded until translucent

29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm
Dandelion clocks
2012

Dandelions inserted by their stems through a wooden board

210 x 97 x 45 cm

Exhibition view at the 58th Salon de Montrouge (Montrouge, 2013)
Magnolia macrophylla – the masks (triptych)
2017

Aluminum

84.8 x 42.6 x 3.6 cm (each element)

Work made in collaboration with the HH Services classic car restorer (Strasbourg)
Crystals (triptych)
2017

Calcite, glass, aluminum

210 x 90 cm (each element)

Exhibition view at the Fernet-Branca Foundation (Saint-Louis, 2018)
Contemporary fossil
2017

Aluminum

54 x 31 cm

Work made in collaboration with the HH Services classic car restorer (Strasbourg)
Marble veining
2017

Marble powder, sandpaper, aluminum, lead frames with anti-reflective glass

27.5 x 22.5 cm
Drawings of a mandarin (diptych)
2010

Filaments from a mandarin orange and Indian ink drawing on paper

38 x 28 cm (each element) / 44.5 x 34.5 x 3 cm (with frame)

FRAC Alsace collection, Sélestat
Mica line (wall/ground)
2023
Backlit mica, glass, wood
122 × 32 × 5 cm

The colors change according to the movement of the viewer.
Optics
2015

12 photographs of crystals seen through a lens, print on Hahnemühle fibre-based paper,
lead frames with anti-reflective glass

18.5 x 13.5 cm (each element)

Photographic credit Dohyang Lee gallery
Thread of wings
2011

Wings of Protophormia terraenovae flies assembled in a thread connecting the floor to the building frame

1,500 x 0.3 cm
One hundred metres of spider silk
2011

Spider silk, glass coil

36 x 20 x 20 cm
Algae surface
2014

Assemblage of seaweed whose colors vary according to the amount of exposure to light

240 x 230 cm

Exhibition view at the Centre européen d'actions artistiques contemporaines (Strasbourg, 2015)
Dust square
2006

Dust of the place gathered in a central square with the dimensions of a stretcher frame

112 x 112 cm
Asymmetry (diptych)
2016

Assemblage of skins from the underside of asymmetrical flat fish

101 x 67 cm (each element)
Filicinae
2019

Aluminum

48 x 31 centimètres, 50 x 59 cm (with frame)

Work produced in collaboration with the HH Services classic car restorer (Strasbourg)
Photographic credit : Crédit Anthony Girardi for Sinople

Elaeagnus domes

2012

Assemblage of Elaeagnus leaves with naturally shiny backsides.

30 x 60 x 60 cm (each element)

Exhibition view at the Halle verrière (Meisenthal, 2012)
Crystals - seven crystal systems
2017

Calcite, glass, aluminium.

60 x 60 cm
Series of 7 crystals
Drawing on metal sheet
2021

Steel, Stylommatophora mucus

101 × 200 cm (each element)

Exhibition view at Domaine de Kerguéhennec (Bignan, 2022)
Plane tree
2020

Receptacles of plane tree seeds, hair assembled into a thread, plane tree stump

194 x 33 cm
Flint fragments
2020

Flintstones, flint shards, glass

100 × 210 cm

Work produced for the exhibition at the Château de Monbazillac, produced by the Agence culturelle Dordogne-Périgord and Rives de l'Art, with the expertise of Didier Sébastianutti, prehistorian, and Alain Turq, chief curator of heritage, Musée national de Préhistoire
Thread of a single dandelion
2012

All the akenes of a single dandelion fixed one
after another in a three metres long thread.
The akene at the summit supports the weight
of all the others inside a glass tube. Steel plinth.

300 cm high, 21 cm diameter
Silk and crystal
2011

Nephilidae spider web, crystal frame

90 x 110 x 15 cm

Exhibition view at the Muséum national d’histoire naturelle (Paris, 2011)
Pine needles
2009

Pine needles fixed to the wall and presented inverted

270 x 170 x 5 cm

In situ installation / exhibition view at the Saint-Quirin chapel (Sélestat, 2009)
Lair
2019

Backlit mica, glass, aluminum alloy

131,5 × 35 × 3,5 cm

The colors change according to the movement of the viewer.
Picture 1 : from the front. Picture 2 : from the side
Surface of dandelion akenes
2010

3,700 dandelions attached by the akene every centimeter on a glass plate

108 x 182 x 1.5 cm
Val d’Argent Landscape
2016

Galena powder on glass plates

70 x 100 x 80 cm

Work produced with the support of the FRAC Alsace (Sélestat)
Catherine Dobler Collection
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