NES - Tableau sculpture murale n°1- Métal

Tableau n°1

Wall sculpture

27x30.5x4 cm
2025

Unique work signed by NES, a French female sculptor artist working with metal
Sculpture in Steel/Metal
Metal sculpture technique, welding
Varnished - Steel color slightly doré in places.
Delivered with invoice and certificate of authenticity
Excellent condition
Weight of the sculpture 1.587 kg. The sculpture can be wall-mounted in 4 different positions.
Delivered by Colissimo with tracking and insurance

Biography

Nes is a Bordeaux-born artist based in the Médoc. She was born in 1979. A metal designer, she creates sculptures and furniture from recovered metal pieces. Her work has a strong presence, a definite identity drawing on a baroque universe and heavily inspired by punk iconography.
From an early age this young woman oriented herself toward artistic creation. It was in 2003, while completing university studies with a degree in Applied Foreign Languages, that she discovered metalworking during a trip to Cuba. This discovery, which she experienced as a true revelation, led her to redirect her studies. She completed a qualifying training in metallurgy at IFIP in 2004, then a specialization in 2006 as an industrial and space-oriented welding technician. While continuing to explore contemporary artistic creation self-taught, she completed her training by becoming a qualified pyrotechnician in 2008.
Her works quickly caught the art world's attention through a strong singularity, earning her several press articles (see press dossier). In 2007, she won a Défi-Jeunes, a program set up by the Ministry of Youth. For her, it was a true catalyst propelling her toward professionalism. From then on, she is frequently solicited at regional, national and international levels. In 2009 she represented France at the International Jeux de la Francophonie competition and exhibited at the UNESCO Palace in Beirut. In 2010, she was invited to UNESCO in Paris where she presented her work in a solo exhibition. As a national laureate of the Envie d’Agir program, she received the 2nd prize in cultural creation awarded by the High Commissioner for Youth. Regionally, in Aquitaine and Charente, she received the 2nd prize for art design from Rotary District 1690.
Drouot grading during the public auction “Young Contemporary Creation” (March 22, 2014, Hôtel Drouot, Paris).

Artistic approach

“At 5 years old, I visited with my parents the torture museum of the Inquisition in Santillana del Mar. The capacity of human beings to make others suffer horrified and fascinated me at the same time. I was frightened by the ingenuity with which humans have developed so much monstrosity. My work transcends this monstrosity with an appearance of gentleness that hides what humanity can carry in terms of violence. I want to show the dark side of humanity, the human experience of suffering, the capacity of man to hide the horror he buries deep inside himself, to highlight the passage from shadow to light.”

By releasing her gesture, Nes reveals through her sculptures a baroque and poetic universe. She draws on the strength of metal to lead the viewer into her world of arabesques, curves and chains. Power in the material, fragility in the airy forms that spring from a complex imagination. From darkness to light, from chain to steel lace…
A baroque universe, another more playful one, both converge toward the same goal: to give a soul back to forgotten industrial elements. Playing with appearances, shadows, light and contrasts, working with hostile materials until they are artistically guided toward gentleness and lightness. Her artistic signature, expressed through the use of chainsaw chains, earned her the press nickname “the iron lace-maker.” Ambivalence between form and matter, subtlety of plastic language, misappropriation of materials.

“The questions that drive me: how to exercise discernment and live in society while considering that everyone may have a part of monstrosity in them? What are the limits of humanity’s extreme behaviors? How to detach from daily reality, from the illusions of our perception to lessen this suffering, to stop concealing this dark part of ourselves? How to free oneself from prejudices and challenge appearances? How to live with this darker side of the soul? Meditate, accept, deny, rebel, renounce?”

Exhibitions

Exhibition “Resonances” for the 500 years of Sainte-Chapelle and artist residency (09/09-06/11/21; residency: 21-25/09/21, Le Trampoline, Vic-le-Comte (63))
Exhibition and selection at the “3rd International Sculpture Competition” of the Biennale Europea d’Arte Fabbrile di Stia (02/09-05/09/21, Stia, Italy)
International symposium “Metal sympozium” and exhibition on the “Metal Trail” (11/06/18-15/06/18, Mlada Boleslav, Bohemia Central, Czech Republic)
Exhibition during the 2018 SNBA Fine Arts Show (13/12-16/12/18, Carrousel du Louvre, Paris)
Exhibition “Arts du feu” at the H.R GIGER museum (17/10-23/10/15, Gruyères, Switzerland)
Capa Esculturas gallery exhibition (12/09-21/10/2014, Madrid, Spain)
Exhibition “Pas à pas” (09/05-09/06/14, Louveigné, Belgium)
Exhibition at the “Feria Internacional del Arte de Granada” (07/05-12/05/12, Churriana de la Vega, Granada, Spain)
Exhibition at “FIARTE 2012” (08/04-20/04/12, Churriana de la Vega, Granada, Spain)
Exhibition at the “Salón Internacional de Mujeres Artistas” (06/03-22/03/12, Maracena, Granada, Spain)
Permanent installation of the sculpture “Carpe Diem”: private collection of the Riviera Hotel & Beach Lounge (since 14/05/11, Corniche El Manara, P.O. Box 11-4021 Riad El Solh 1107 2150, Beirut, Lebanon)
Exhibition of fresh works created during the art symposium “Riviera Fusion” (12/05-30/06/11, Riviera Hotel & Beach Lounge, Corniche El Manara, Beirut, Lebanon)
Exhibition and selection for the international Jeux de la Francophonie competition. Residency. School intervention in Saïda. (27/09/09-06/10/09, UNESCO Palace, Beirut, Lebanon)
Permanent exhibition of the sculpture “Pulsations et Convergences”: private collection of the Grand Lycée Franco-Libanais (from 06/10/09, Beirut, Lebanon)

Public/Public collections

Public commission from the town hall of Lacanau: monumental sculpture “Fòrga” created in tribute to the heritage site “La Forge” - Permanent exhibition in front of the town hall (07/24, Lacanau (33))
Commission from the Interregional Directorate for Juvenile Justice Protection (DIRPJJ) – South-West (Trophies for the “Parcours du goût” - (13.5x17x35 cm-11.5x16x29.5 cm-11.5x14.5x26.5 cm)) (07/23))
Acquisition of the sculpture “La Force d’âme” by the town of Vic-le-Comte and the Departmental Council of Puy-de-Dôme (Le Trampoline, place de l’Olme, Vic-le-Comte (63)) (11/13/21)
Acquisition of the sculpture “Thétis” by the Departmental Council of Charente-Maritime (Atrium of the Maison de la Charente, La Rochelle (17)) (08/20/18)
Acquisition of the sculpture “The Dark Tower” by the town of Aiguillon (47) (12/10/16)
Acquisition of the sculpture “Les Trois Portes” by the Beychac et Cailleau library/art library (10/05/16)
Public commission: the town hall of Soulac-sur-Mer: sculpture created during the urban residency and public performance “Urban Welding Art” (05/03-12/05/13, Place de la Basilique, Soulac-sur-Mer)
Public commission: UEAJ 33. Practical internship with youths from the Judicial Protection Service for a goal of social and professional integration (2013, UEAJ 33, Bordeaux)
Public commission: Gironde Departmental Council. Trophies “Mission Agenda 21” (10/15/2012, Gironde Departmental Council, Bordeaux)
Public commission: UEAJ 33: creation of paintings for the training restaurant “Le P’tit Creux.” Practical internship with youths from the Judicial Protection Service for social and professional integration (09-10-11/05/12; 14-15/05/12; 05-06-07-08/06/12; 11-12-13-14-15-18-19/06/12, Listrac-Médoc workshop)
Public commission: Lacanau town hall: 20th anniversary of twinning with Castrillo de Murcia (04/2012)
Creation of a monumental mission cross (02/2012, Cussac-Médoc town hall (33))
Public commission: creation of a monumental sculpture for the entrance of a media library (Inauguration on 10/09/11, Beychac et Cailleau)
Creation of trophies for the Michelet Challenge. Practical internship with youths from the Judicial Protection Service for social and professional integration. (2010/2011, UEAJ 33)
Creation of sculptures for the school parking lot. Project with the participation of children. (2009, Avensan town hall (33))