Katia JACQUET
She creates stigmatized objects from primitive materials, totems that carry the energy infused during their creation. Fascinated by the artisan's gesture, she aspires to reconnect with the material and create sculptural pieces that can become useful and durable objects. Katia Jacquet's quest for purity leads her to design functional ceramics in her own unique style.
Katia Jacquet works with wood and earth, relying on simple geometric shapes to design tactile objects in search of balance. The sculptural ceramics are also functional, made of stoneware, modeled and turned in an artisanal manner, then covered with enamels resulting from her research. Firing them at 1250°C gives them rare resistance and permanence.
An ensemble of sculptural fruit bowls and lamps, entitled Hilla and numbered, will be presented during the Private Choice 2024 edition. These are inspired by the photographic work of the couple Bernd and Hilla Becher, particularly their series of water towers, referenced in an encyclopedic and systematic way. The enameled ceramics adopt the geometry of industrial buildings and the clean aesthetic of modernist architecture, which continues to fuel the artist's imagination.
