Figures
Fishermen
Large-scale sculptures
Animals
Biography
Contemporary French artist Marine de Soos is based in Paris and creates poetic sculptures in bronze, flooded with emotion. She derives her inspiration from the many memories of her extensive travels. She shares with us, through her artwork, all that she has both felt and appreciated about the things she has seen and moments she has lived.
Marine de Soos was born in Paris in 1967, spent several years of her youth in Africa and keeps, to this day, myriad memories which unquestionably influence her bronze artwork. A keen introspection seems to orient her art, forever searching the great continent of her upbringing.
Back in Paris Marine de Soos initially tackled the world of marketing before entirely focusing on the art of sculpture in 1991 when she trained with American sculptor Jonathan Hirschfeld. Since 1999, Marine de Soos regularly exhibits her monumental and outdoor sculpture in France and abroad.
From Africa to the Orient, Marine de Soos relates true stories and conveys moments of pure joy, rehashed from souvenirs gathered from here and there : the position of a hand, a foot, the tilt of a head… Whatever the starting image an emotion is unequivocally connected : ” I can only work when I am feeling emotional” says the artist who admits not having “a vision of what [she is] going to create.” Her only guide… the emotion and, ultimately, an invitation to take a rare poetic journey which thrusts the viewer into a contemplative state.
CV
Education
- Training with Jonathan Hirschfeld
Exhibitions
- 2023 – Biennale of Bois-Guilbert, group show, Bois-Guilbert (France)
- 2023 : “Conversations”, outdoor solo show, Les Fondettes, France
- 2022 : Galerie Toulouse-Lauwers, Saumur
- 2022 : Maison des Quais, Port-Joinville
- 2022 : PAD Paris Art + Design, Philippe Heim gallery, Paris
- 2021 : Les Rendez-vous d’Art contemporain vendômois, Artins
- 2021 : Hôtel du Castellet, Le Castellet
- 2021 : Les Dominicaines et Les Jardins de la ville, Pont-L’Évêque
- 2021 : Biennale de Montreux, Montreux, Switzerland
- 2021 : Galerie Estades, Paris
- 2020 : Toulouse Lauwers gallery, Saumur, France
- 2020 : Gardens of the Ernest-Cognacq museum, Saint-Martin-de-Ré (France)
- 2020 : Hégoa gallery, Paris
- 2020 : BRAFA, Bruxelles
- 2020 : Galerie Estades, Lyon (France)
- 2019 : Maison des Quais, Joinville, Île d’Yeu (France)
- 2019 : Commarin Castle, Bourgogne (France)
- 2019: 11° Sculpture Biennial at Sculptures Garden, Bois Guilbert Castle
- 2019 : Château de La Possonnière, Loir-et-Cher (France)
- 2019 : OFI Asset Management, Paris (France)
- 2019 : Château de la Messardière, Saint Tropez (France)
- 2019 : PAD Paris, Paris (France)
- 2018 : Estelle Lebas Gallery, Le Touquet (France)
- 2018 : Minimes Convent, Mane-en-Provence (France)
- 2018 : Hôtel du Castellet, Le Castellet (France)
- 2018 : Hégoa Gallery, Paris
- 2018 : Jardins en art Gallery, Paris
- 2018 : Toulouse Lauwers Gallery, Nantes (France)
- 2018 : Michel Estades Gallery, Paris, Lyon, Toulon
- 2018: Sculpture exhibition, Château de Villandry (France)
- 2018 : Art Up, Lille (France)
- 2017 : Biennal of Sologne, group show, Chaumont sur Tharonne (France)
- 2017 : Artimoine, Château de Lassay sur Croisne (France)
- 2017 : Pieces of art installation, Château de Lassay sur Croisne
- 2017 : l’Oréal, Clichy
- 2017 : Le Couvent des Minimes, Mane en Provence
- 2017 : “Parcours Saint-Germain”, groupe show, Gardens of the l’Hôtel des Marronniers, Paris (France)
- 2017 : Art Up Lille, group show, Galerie Estelle Lebas (France)
- 2017 : “Jardins d’ailleurs” 3rd edition, group show, Jardins en art, Paris (France)
- 2016 : Galerie Hégoa, Paris
- 2016 : Maison des Quais, île d’Yeu
- 2016 : l’Oréal, Clichy
- 2016 : Jardins en Art, Paris
- 2016 : Galerie Toulouse Lauwers, Nantes
- 2016 : Le Couvent des Minimes, Mane en Provence
- 2015 : Le Cercle de l’Union, Lyon
- 2015 : l’Oréal, Clichy
- 2015 : Domaine des Crayères, Reims
- 2015 : Le Couvent des Minimes, Mane en Provence
- 2015 : Biennal of the “Jardin des Sculptures de Bois Guilbert”
- 2015 : Fort du Vert Galant, Wambrechies
- 2015 : Espace Emeraude, solo show, Le Touquet (France)
- 2015 : 9ème Biennale de Sculpture, group show, les Jardins de Bois-Guilbert (France)
- 2014 : l’Oréal, Clichy
- 2014 : Galerie Hégoa, Paris
- 2014 : Galerie 49, Saumur
- 2014 : Star’t , Strasbourg
- 2014 : Galerie des Lumières et des Ailes, Paris
- 2014 : Galerie du château de Bois-Guilbert, group show (France)
- 2013 : Le Bon Marché, Paris
- 2013 : Galerie Emeraude, Le Touquet
- 2013 : Maison des Quais, île d’Yeu
- 2013 : Natixis, Paris
- 2013 : Biennal of the « Jardin des Sculptures de Bois Guilbert »
- 2013: Galerie 49, Saumur
- 2013 : Art Gent, Gand
- 2013 : Galerie Marie Laure de l’Ecotais, group show, Paris (France)
- 2013 : Art Monaco
- 2012 : Montségur Finance, Paris
- 2012 : Galerie 49, Saumur
- 2012 : Galerie Glineur, Saint Martin en Ré
- 2012 : Galerie Emeraude, Le Touquet
- 2012 : Barnes, Neuilly sur Seine
- 2012 : Galerie du Pont Neuf, Artlandowski , Paris
- 2011 : Lille Art Fair
- 2011 : Galerie Emeraude, Le Touquet
- 2010 : Château de Chailly sur Armançon
- 2010 : Demeure des Comtes de Champagne, Taittinger, Reims
- 2010 : Maison des Quais, île d’Yeu
- 2010 : Galerie Gilbert Dufois, Senlis
- 2009 : Galerie François Giraudeau, Les Portes en Ré
- 2009 : Galerie Emeraude, Le Touquet
- 2009 : Le Chabichou, Courchevel
- 2006 : Cultural Center, Fatehpur et Ambassade de France, New-Delhi
- 2006 : Galerie Hors Série Lille et Bruxelles
- 2006 Galerie Emeraude, Le Touquet
- 2005 Galerie Bertin-Toublanc, Paris
- 2004 : Ofivalmo, Paris
- 2003 : Ebène Macassar, Paris
- 2002 : Ebène Macassar, Paris
- 2001: Ebène Macassar, Paris
- 2001 : Galerie Martine Moisan, Paris
Awards & Residencies
- 2018 : Alain Brugnon Sculpture Prize, Fondation Taylon
Articles
Marine de Soos : Conversations – Sculpture Open Air Exhibition
Eight bronze sculptures by Marine de Soos have been positioned in public spaces in the city of Fondettes, near Tours, France. Arrayed from Halle de...
Contemporary statues: The views of three women artists
These days, the word statue evokes monumental and solemn sculptures found in public squares, immobile celebration of heroes whose names are often...
Introducing Marine de Soos
From her childhood spent in Africa, Marine de Soos kept images and an open-mindedness, which still fuels her artistic work. Like shamanic objects...