Evoking a distant and disappeared world, dreamlike and realistic, the work of Marine de Soos distils a nostalgic poetry which, in this materialistic world of the 21st century, is rich in meaning.
Marine de Soos evokes the possible pursuit of the impossible, the suspension of time.
Her sculptures thus draw from the sources of geography and history: whether they are inspired by the wise men of Africa and Indonesia, or by the women with their ancestral gestures and queen-like figures through the centuries, this artist excels in the restitution of distant emotions that she makes immediately palpable to us. We thus share the serenity of these small fishermen on stilts, fragile and loose miniatures captured in Indonesia, of these Maasai shepherds immobile with gentleness, of this man from Cape Verde still full of childhood. We are trying to unravel the mystery of Burmese, Maasai women, healers, whose faces pass through us but do not see us, trapped in an improbable world that belongs only to them.
After delicately exploring the universality of the human condition, Marine de Soos directs her work towards a bestiary - sacred cows from India, African elephants that abound in symbolism and majesty
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Marine de SoosPalabres, 2018Bronze150 x 80 x 65 cm (59 x 31,4 x 25,5 in) -
Marine de SoosHope, 2015Bronze65 x 24 x 14 cm (25 x 9 x 5 in)
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Marine de SoosGrand pousseur de lune, 2014Bronze128 x 162 x 29 cm (50 x 64 X 11)
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Marine de SoosAu fil des sables, 2010Bronze56 x 75 x 16 cm (22 x 29 x 6 in)
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Marine de SoosLe jardin des méditations, 2010Bronze26 x 13 x 7 cm (10.2 x 5 x 2.7 in)
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Marine de SoosLe petit matin, 2010Bronze24 x 17 x 11.5 cm (9.4 x 6.7 x 4.5 in)
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Marine de SoosEntre ciel et terre, 2010Bronze112 x 21 x 29 cm (44.1 x 8.3 x 11.4 in)
Born in 1967 in Paris, Marine de Soos spent a part of her childhood in Africa, whose influence can be seen in her work. Back in Paris, where she now lives and works, she started to work in marketing before devoting herself to sculpture in 1991.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2022
Modern Art Fair Paris
2021
Estades Gallery, Paris
Hotel of Castellet, Le Castellet
2020
Gardens of the museum Ernest-Cognacq, Saint-Martin-de-Ré, France
Hégoa Gallery, Paris
BRAFA, Brussels
Estades Gallery, Lyon
2019
Maison des Quais, Joinville, Yeu Island, France
Commarin castle, France
Bois Guilbert castle, 11th Scultpure Biennale at the sculpture Garden
Castle of la Possonière, France
OFI Asset Managment, Paris
Castle of Messardière, Saint-Tropez, France
PAD Paris
Commarin castle, France
2018
Convent of the Minimes, Mane-en-Provence
Hotel of Castellet, Le Castellet
Hégoa Gallery, Paris
Toulouse Lauwers Gallery, Nantes
Michel Estades Gallery, Paris, Lyon, Toulon
Sculpturs exhibitions, jardins du château de Villandry
2017
Biennale de Sculpt’en Sologne, Chaumont sur Tharonne
Artrimoine, Château de Lassay sur Croisne
Biennale du Jardin des Sculptures de Bois Guilbert
Parcours Saint Germain, Paris
L'Oréal, Clichy
Lille Art Up
Jardins en Art Gallery, Paris
Toulouse Lauwers Gallery, Nantes
Le Passage de la Cadène Gallery, Saint Emilion
Estades Gallery, Paris, Lyon, Toulon
Convent of the Minimes, Mane en Provence
2016
EGOA Gallery at Carré Rive Gauche, Paris VII
Maison des Quais, île d’Yeu
L'Oréal, Clichy
Jardins en Art, Paris
Toulouse Lauwers Gallery, Nantes
Le Passage de la Cadène Gallery, Saint Emilion
Convent of the Minimes, Mane en Provence
2015
Le Cercle de l’Union, Lyon
L'Oréal, Clichy
Domaine des Crayères, Reims
Convent of the Minimes, Mane en Provence
Biennale du Jardin des Sculptures de Bois Guilbert
Fort du Vert Galant, Wambrechies
Jardins en Art, Paris
Toulouse Lauwers Gallery, Nantes
2014
Commission for L'Oreal Headquarters, Clichy
Glineur Gallery, Saint Martin de Ré
Hégoa Gallery, Paris
Star’t , Strasbourg
Gallery des Lumières et des Ailes, Paris
Gallery 49, Saumur
2013
8eme Biennale of Sculpture, Chateau du Bois Guilbert
Sculpture exhibition, Maison des Quais, Ile d'Yeu
Gallery Marie-Laure de L'Ecotais, Paris (06)
Le Bon Marché, Paris
Gallery Emeraude, Le Touquet
Natixis, Paris
Art Gent, Gand
Art Monaco
Gallery 49, Saumur
2012
Art Gent, Gand, Belgique
St Art, Strasbourg
Barnes, Neuilly sur Seine
Gallery 49, Saumur, Exhitbition "Le bon Marche" in February
Montségur Finance, Paris
Glineur Gallery, Saint Martin en Ré
Emeraude Gallery, Le Touquet
Pont Neuf Gallery, Artlandowski , Paris
2011
Montségur Finance, Paris
Glineur Gallery, Saint Martin de Ré
Pont Neuf Gallery, Artlandowski, Paris
Lille Art fair, Lille
Emeraude Gallery, Le Touquet
2010
Taittinger, Demeure des Comtes de Champagne, Reims
Maison des Quais, Ile d'Yeu
Hotel Golf, Chateau de Chailly sur Armançon
Gilbert Dufois Gallery, Senlis
2009
Le Chabichou, Courchevel
François Giraudeau Gallery, Les Portes en Ré
Gilbert Dufois Gallery, Senlis
Emeraude Gallery, Le Touquet
2008
Emeraude Gallery, Le Touquet
Oddo, Paris
Daniel Besseiche Gallery, Courchevel
La Galerie, Saint Wandrille
2006
Cultural Center, Fatehpur & Ambassade de France, New Delhi
Hors Série Gallery, Bruxelles
Hors Série Gallery, Lille
Bertin-Toublanc Gallery, Paris
Emeraude Gallery, Le Touquet
2005
Bertin-Toublanc Gallery, Paris
2004
Ofivalmo, Paris
2003
Ebène Macassar, Paris
Martine Moisan Gallery, Paris
"Le Prieuré Saint Georges", La Chapelle en Serval
2002
"Ebène Macassar", Paris
"Salon Couleur et Forme du Mesnil-le-Roi" (Prix du Public), Le Mesnil-le-Roi
2001
Mairie du 5ème, Paris
"Ebène Macassar", Paris
Martine Moisan Gallery, Paris
