Sylvie Rivillon
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Sylvie Rivillon is an internationally acclaimed French
sculptor. Her works in stone, terracotta, wood and bronze often display layers of shapes. Often rippling and natural-looking contours are contained within, emerge from, and merge with shapes suggesting boxes, casings, and architectural structures. Works by Rivillon have been exhibited or installed at exhibits in France
, Germany
, Belgium
, Andorra
, Spain
, Greece
, the USA, Korea
, Taiwan
and Japan
. Since 2005 her activity has included the creation of monumental sculptures
. Her initial works in the genre, Elevation and Construction Around a Wave, are installed in the cities of Kaohsiung and Hualien in Taiwan.
Rivillon received her education in Paris
. She graduated from L'École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts
(ENSBA) in 1978 and from L'Ecole nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs
(ENSAD), where she subsequently worked, in 1983. Since 1990 she has made her home in the south of France
. She is married to the Romania
n-born sculptor Ariel Moscovici
.
1981 Les metiers de l'art, Arts Decoratifs Nat. Museum, Paris
, France
1982 L'er salon de sculpture contemporaine, Croissy/Seine, France
1983 Maison des Beaux Arts, Paris, France
1984 Epipeda Gallery, Athens
, Greece
1985 ENSAD, Paris, France
1986 Epipeda Gallery, Athens, Greece
1993 M. Guerin Gallery, Limetz, France
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Solo exhibits
1994
1995 Era Bauro Gallery, Andorra
1996 Co-Op Kyoto Gallery, Kyoto
, Japan
1997
1999
2000 Maria Villalba Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2001
2002
2003
2004 Maria Villalba Gallery, Barcelona, Spain.
2006 ArteNim Grenoble art fair, Grenoble
, France
2007
Monumental Sculptures
2005
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
sculptor. Her works in stone, terracotta, wood and bronze often display layers of shapes. Often rippling and natural-looking contours are contained within, emerge from, and merge with shapes suggesting boxes, casings, and architectural structures. Works by Rivillon have been exhibited or installed at exhibits in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
, Andorra
Andorra
Andorra , officially the Principality of Andorra , also called the Principality of the Valleys of Andorra, , is a small landlocked country in southwestern Europe, located in the eastern Pyrenees mountains and bordered by Spain and France. It is the sixth smallest nation in Europe having an area of...
, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
, the USA, Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
, Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
and Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. Since 2005 her activity has included the creation of monumental sculptures
Public art
The term public art properly refers to works of art in any media that have been planned and executed with the specific intention of being sited or staged in the physical public domain, usually outside and accessible to all...
. Her initial works in the genre, Elevation and Construction Around a Wave, are installed in the cities of Kaohsiung and Hualien in Taiwan.
Rivillon received her education in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
. She graduated from L'École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts
École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts
The École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-arts is the distinguished National School of Fine Arts in Paris, France.The École des Beaux-arts is made up of a vast complex of buildings located at 14 rue Bonaparte, between the quai Malaquais and the rue Bonaparte, in the heart of Saint-Germain-des-Près,...
(ENSBA) in 1978 and from L'Ecole nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs
École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs
The École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs is a public university of art and design and is one of the most prestigious French grande école...
(ENSAD), where she subsequently worked, in 1983. Since 1990 she has made her home in the south of France
Southern France
Southern France , colloquially known as le Midi is defined geographical area consisting of the regions of France that border the Atlantic Ocean south of the Gironde, Spain, the Mediterranean, and Italy...
. She is married to the Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
n-born sculptor Ariel Moscovici
Ariel Moscovici
Ariel Moscovici is a sculptor born in Romania and based in France. His drawings and sculptures have appeared in France at Salons de Mai, Grands et Jeunes d'aujourd'hui, Salon des Réalités Nouvelles, 33rd Salon de la Jeune Sculpture, 3Oth Salon de Montrouge, and Figuration...
.
Installations and exhibits
Group exhibits1981 Les metiers de l'art, Arts Decoratifs Nat. Museum, Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
1982 L'er salon de sculpture contemporaine, Croissy/Seine, France
1983 Maison des Beaux Arts, Paris, France
1984 Epipeda Gallery, Athens
Athens
Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
, Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
1985 ENSAD, Paris, France
1986 Epipeda Gallery, Athens, Greece
1993 M. Guerin Gallery, Limetz, France
1994
- 2e Salon des Arts plastiques, AbzacAbzacAbzac is the name of the following communes in France:* Abzac, Charente, in the Charente department* Abzac, Gironde, in the Gironde department...
, France - LINEART art fair, Triskel Gallery, GhentGhentGhent is a city and a municipality located in the Flemish region of Belgium. It is the capital and biggest city of the East Flanders province. The city started as a settlement at the confluence of the Rivers Scheldt and Lys and in the Middle Ages became one of the largest and richest cities of...
, BelgiumBelgiumBelgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
1995
- Myth in Modern Times, Eastwick Art Gallery, ChicagoChicagoChicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, IllinoisIllinoisIllinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
USA - M. Guerin Gallery, Limetz, France
- Myth in Modern Times, Riverrun Gallery, Lamberville, New JerseyNew JerseyNew Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
USA
1996
- Stone's memory, MontaubanMontaubanMontauban is a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department in the Midi-Pyrénées region in southern France. It is the capital of the department and lies north of Toulouse....
, France - Lagrasse Abbay, LagrasseLagrasseLagrasse is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.Lagrasse is part of the Les Plus Beaux Villages de France association .-Geography:...
, France - M. Guerin Gallery, Limetz, France
1997
- SAGA Art fair, M. Guerin Gallery, Paris, France
- Toyamura Int. sculpture biennale, HokkaidōHokkaido, formerly known as Ezo, Yezo, Yeso, or Yesso, is Japan's second largest island; it is also the largest and northernmost of Japan's 47 prefectural-level subdivisions. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaido from Honshu, although the two islands are connected by the underwater railway Seikan Tunnel...
, JapanJapanJapan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
1998
- Art contemporary mouvement, Chamaliere, France
- Ayuntamente de Arucas, Grand Canaria, SpainSpainSpain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
- Mic'art Gallery, LilleLilleLille is a city in northern France . It is the principal city of the Lille Métropole, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the country behind those of Paris, Lyon and Marseille. Lille is situated on the Deûle River, near France's border with Belgium...
, France - 6e Salon de sculpture, Abzac, France
- La cour du ciecle, Massillargues-Atuech, France
- Estampa Art Fair, M. Guerin Gallery, MadridMadridMadrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
, Spain
1999
- Pierre and Marie Vitoux Gallery, Paris, France
- M. Guerin Gallery, Limetz, France
2000
- Les Punches Gallery, BarcelonaBarcelonaBarcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
, Spain - Garden, M. Guerin Gallery, Limetz, France
- Ayuntamente de Girona, GironaGironaGirona is a city in the northeast of Catalonia, Spain at the confluence of the rivers Ter, Onyar, Galligants and Güell, with an official population of 96,236 in January 2009. It is the capital of the province of the same name and of the comarca of the Gironès...
, Spain - Art Expo, M. Villalba Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2001
- White-Black, M. Guerin Gallery, Limetz, France
- Art Expo, M. Villalba Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
- DEARTE art fair, M. Villalba Gallery, Madrid, Spain
2002
- La maison du chevalier Gallery, CarcassonneCarcassonneCarcassonne is a fortified French town in the Aude department, of which it is the prefecture, in the former province of Languedoc.It is divided into the fortified Cité de Carcassonne and the more expansive lower city, the ville basse. Carcassone was founded by the Visigoths in the fifth century,...
, France - Castang Gallery, Perpignan, France
- Art Expo, M. Villalba Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2003
- AC Gallery, Madrid, Spain
- Garden, M. Guerin Gallery, Limetz, France
- La maison du chevalier Gallery, Carcassonne, France
- ST'ART Art fair, M. Villalba Gallery, StrasbourgStrasbourgStrasbourg is the capital and principal city of the Alsace region in eastern France and is the official seat of the European Parliament. Located close to the border with Germany, it is the capital of the Bas-Rhin département. The city and the region of Alsace are historically German-speaking,...
, France - Espace 21 Museum, ShikokuShikokuis the smallest and least populous of the four main islands of Japan, located south of Honshū and east of the island of Kyūshū. Its ancient names include Iyo-no-futana-shima , Iyo-shima , and Futana-shima...
, Japan
2004
- Miami Art Fair, M. Villaba Gallery, Miami, FloridaFloridaFlorida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
USA - ST'ART fair, M. Villaba Gallery, Strasbourg, France
- Ever Harvest Gallery, Taipei, TaiwanTaiwanTaiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
- Espace sculptural Gallery, PloegsteertPloegsteertPloegsteert is a village in Belgium located in the municipality of Comines-Warneton in the Hainaut province. It is approximately 2 kilometres north of the French border. Created in 1850 on part of the territory of Warneton, it includes the hamlet of Le Bizet....
, BelgiumBelgiumBelgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many... - Castang Gallery, PerpignanPerpignan-Sport:Perpignan is a rugby stronghold: their rugby union side, USA Perpignan, is a regular competitor in the Heineken Cup and seven times champion of the Top 14 , while their rugby league side plays in the engage Super League under the name Catalans Dragons.-Culture:Since 2004, every year in the...
, France
2005
- Hualien Cultural Center, Hualien, Taiwan
- Incarnat Gallery, GrignanGrignanGrignan is a commune in the Drôme department in the Rhône-Alpes region in southeastern France.It has a magnificent Renaissance castle and is mentioned in the letters that Madame de Sévigné wrote to her daughter, Madame de Grignan, in the 17th century....
, France - Espace Sculpture Gallery, Ploegsteert, Belgium
- Maria Villalba Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
- Castang Gallery, Perpignan, France
2006
- Karlsruhe Art Fair, M. Guerin Gallery, KarlsruheKarlsruheThe City of Karlsruhe is a city in the southwest of Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg, located near the French-German border.Karlsruhe was founded in 1715 as Karlsruhe Palace, when Germany was a series of principalities and city states...
, GermanyGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... - La maison du chevalier Gallery, CarcassonneCarcassonneCarcassonne is a fortified French town in the Aude department, of which it is the prefecture, in the former province of Languedoc.It is divided into the fortified Cité de Carcassonne and the more expansive lower city, the ville basse. Carcassone was founded by the Visigoths in the fifth century,...
, France - Campo Santo, Castang Gallery, Perpignan, France
- Maria Villalba Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2007
- Naufu Gallery, GifuGifu, Gifuis a city located in the south-central portion of Gifu Prefecture, Japan, and serves as the prefectural capital. The city has played an important role in Japan's history because of its location in the middle of the country. During the Sengoku period, various warlords, including Oda Nobunaga, used...
, Japan - M. Guerin Gallery, Limetz, France
- KIAF Art fair, Adriana Schmidt Gallery, SeoulSeoulSeoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...
, KoreaSouth KoreaThe Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
Solo exhibits
1994
- M. Guerin Gallery, Limetz, France
- La maison du chevalier Gallery, Carcassonne, France
- Naito Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
1995 Era Bauro Gallery, Andorra
Andorra
Andorra , officially the Principality of Andorra , also called the Principality of the Valleys of Andorra, , is a small landlocked country in southwestern Europe, located in the eastern Pyrenees mountains and bordered by Spain and France. It is the sixth smallest nation in Europe having an area of...
1996 Co-Op Kyoto Gallery, Kyoto
Kyoto
is a city in the central part of the island of Honshū, Japan. It has a population close to 1.5 million. Formerly the imperial capital of Japan, it is now the capital of Kyoto Prefecture, as well as a major part of the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto metropolitan area.-History:...
, Japan
1997
- Galerie 141, Nagoya, Japan
- Mic'art Gallery, Lille, France
1999
- M. Guerin Gallery, Limetz, France
- Miyabi Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
2000 Maria Villalba Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2001
- Miyabi Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
- Mssokhan Gallery, KobeKobe, pronounced , is the fifth-largest city in Japan and is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture on the southern side of the main island of Honshū, approximately west of Osaka...
, Japan - Chisai Oyorokobi, Oono, Japan
- Art Gallery Le Puget, AlzonneAlzonneAlzonne is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.-Population:-References:*...
, France
2002
- La maison du roy, SigeanSigeanSigean is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.-Population:-Culture:* The Musée des Corbières in Sigean is a museum dedicated to history and archaeology....
, France - Maria Villalba Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2003
- Michele Guerin Gallery, Limetz, France
- Artislong Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
- Miyabi Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
- Today's Gallery, Shikoku, Japan
2004 Maria Villalba Gallery, Barcelona, Spain.
2006 ArteNim Grenoble art fair, Grenoble
Grenoble
Grenoble is a city in southeastern France, at the foot of the French Alps where the river Drac joins the Isère. Located in the Rhône-Alpes region, Grenoble is the capital of the department of Isère...
, France
2007
- Maria Villalba Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
- Miyabi Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
- Karlsruhe art fair,M. Villalba Gallery, Germany
Monumental Sculptures
2005
- 'Elevation, Carrara white marble, Kaohsiung, TaiwanTaiwanTaiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
- Construction around a wave, Hualien white marble, Hualien, Taiwan