Clarence Guéna

Clarence Guéna is a multi-faceted artist. At once a painter, craftsman and technician, he establishes a dialogue between matter, form and color through engraving.

After studying at the Villa Arson in Nice in 2011, he decided to build his own engraving machine for his studio. Thanks to this tool, which he accompanies with his gesture, he draws from a constellation of images that he never ceases to collect, to draw the threads of a new narrative.

There's no need for preparatory drawings, just a vector program to guide the laser and discover the colors of the randomly superimposed layers of resin. Letting go and the absence of anticipation give way to a tactile score with a three-dimensional, abstract lyricism. Clarence Guéna imbues her process with a quasi-archaeological gesture, where the removal of material ultimately reveals the motif.

Clarence Guéna is currently represented by Galerie Françoise Livinec.