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Zoe Ouvrier
Paris based artist Zoé Ouvrier uses hand-engraving
techniques to turn plywood into objects of exception.
An Essential Artisan
A graduate of the Beaux Arts School
in Paris, Zoé Ouvrier engraves organic
forests on wooden screens and
panels. The bark, charged with natural
fingerprints, evokes the matrix from which
the forest and humanity spring forth. Her
artwork creates a space between nature
and texture within which the atmosphere
is mysterious, and where time is in
suspension.
In playing with the balance between
shadow and light, Zoé Ouvrier creates
engraved screens and panels that lead
us into an atmosphere where both the
strength and the serenity of nature reign.
NATURE AS INSPIRATION
As a visual story-teller, she carves life into
commissioned works for a number of
From an early age, Zoé Ouvrier learned
wood, contouring the scars of powerful
special installations. Today, Zoé specializes
to respect nature in her native city
memories along the way. The result is a
in creating unique and made-to-order
of Montpellier, France. Her deep
stunning visual representation of the life
pieces, and collaborates with interior
understanding of the environment, and
experience.
architects and designers to highlight
notably of trees with their knotted forms
and sprawling roots, has a great influence
on her work today. For Zoé, these natural
objects are essentially allegories of life.
spaces with a mélange of art, design, and
Zoé Ouvrier’s work has been displayed
worldwide in art galleries and as part of
major exhibitions. She has also created
architecture.
www.zoeouvrier.com