Léa Dumayet
T. +33 673149610
lea.dumayet@gmail.com
www.leadumayet.com
Léa Dumayet’s art practice is essentially sculptural. Its starting point is an instinctive and empirical research of the characteristics of materials, especially metal, from which she studies the potentialities and breaking points.
Her sculptures and installations are often fragile, bearing an unstable equilibrium. Nevertheless, Léa Dumayet invites the spectator to experience the tensions and sense of danger.
Léa Dumayet’s work constantly oscillates between contradictory notions: lightness and weight, balance and vertigo, natural and industrial, attraction and risk...
It is up to the active viewer to discover its hidden meaning.
Maya Sachweh
Exhibitions
2021 Format cabine, Centre d’Art Contemporain Tignous, Montreuil Intim-us, Jardino, Milan
Snap time is over, Chez Valentin Gallery, Paris 2020 Youkali opens, Festival Walk-in Studio, Milan
L’écho du Silence, Espace K16, Kremlin-Bicêtre 2019 Noël à la Villa, Villa Belleville Résidence, Paris
Pororoca, Laure Roynette Gallery, Paris Open Studio, Via Farini Residency, Milan Pendant qu’on y est, Maison des Arts, Bages Point zéro, Chloé Salgado Gallery, Paris
2018 Less is more / Weniger ist mehr, CROUS Gallery, Paris When mechanics fail, Arondit Gallery, Paris
Ghost, Guest Projects space, London Urbexpo, Jefferson Market Library, New York CRAC, Champigny Biennale
Sortir du Schéma, Un-Spaced Gallery, Paris RATAFIA, Espace Collectif 23, Paris
2017 La Petite Collection, Bertrand Grimont Gallery, Paris Inconnues au Bataillon #2, Rivoli 59 Gallery, Paris Paysage pas si sage, Issy les Moulineaux Biennale Summer camp, curated by Artmate, Cap Ferret
À l’étage, Onzième Lieu, curated by Madame Lupin, Paris Inconnues au Bataillon, Jour et Nuit Gallery, Paris Moquettes et papiers peints, Dumayet apartment, Paris Kandjin, curated by Madame Lupin, Asnière
Plongée, Espace Ourcq Blanc, Paris 2016 Art is hope, Perrotin Gallery, Paris
Le Midi, Open Studios Montreuil
La fille qui joue de l’air, curated by Madame Lupin, secret location, Paris Ola Kala, Centre d’Art Contemporain de Saint Restitut, Drôme Provencale Welcome Bienvenu, curated by Artmate, Mercier et Associés Gallery, Paris Biennale de la sculpture, curated by Paul-Louis Rinuy, Propriété Caillebotte, Yerres 2015 Les Voyageurs, curated by Hou Hanru, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Paris
Hand in glove, Virginie Louvet Gallery, Paris
Faut que ça tienne?, solo show, CROUS Gallery, Paris 2014 Chez Dan, 14 rue Rambuteau, Paris
Moment Grec, Égine Museum, curated by Pierre-Alexis Dumas, Greece Intestino e onda, gardens of the Parque Lage school, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Publications
2021 Matthieu Corradino’s text, à la recherche de l’équilibre, Artaïs Art contemporain magazine
2020 Interview with Davide Dal Sasso, Dialoghi di estetica, Artribune Magazine Interview with Fomo-vox, Impression de Milan
2019 Camille Bardin’s text, Pororoca : de la codépendance à la symbiose Léa Bismuth’s text, Point zéro, Chloé Salgado Gallery
Catalogue Pendant qu’on y est, Maison des Arts, Bages 2017 Camille de Singly’s text, Que ce que, Editions Pollen
Interview with Marie-Elisabeth de La Fresnaye, Smarty magazine Catalogue CRAC Champigny
2016 Anaël Pigeat’s text, Moment Grec, Éditions du Regard
Biennale de sculpture de Yerres, Beaux Arts Magazine special issue 2015 Hélène Sirven’s text, 50/52, 11-13 Editions
Raphaël Brunel’s text, Les Voyageurs, Éditions Beaux-Arts de Paris 2010 10 ans, TRAVIOLES Magazine
Residencies, Grants
2021 Finaliste de la dixième édition du concours «Talents contemporains» de la Fondation François Schneider
2020 Fonderia Battaglia Residency, Milan, Italy 2019 Via Farini Residency, Milan, Italy
2018 Marche / Ecritures / Arts Residency, Carrare, Italy
2017 Hatvany Award for the projects presented by Association Le Midi, Montreuil Studio Land Art residency with the Loba Diaries collective, Obonajn, Croatia
2016 Pollen Residency, Monflanquin, France
2014 Colin-Lefranc Grant, studies exchange at Parque Lage school, Rio de Janeiro, Bresil
SOUFFLES Bronze 50 x 50 x 1 cm each Residency Fonderia Battaglia Milan, 2020
TRANSI Bronze 23 x 26 x 35 cm École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts Paris, 2014
https://www.wipart.fr/news Vidéo WIP Art :
OBLIGÉ A RIEN Metal, stone 120 x 80 x 80 cm
APOSTROPHE Elastic, copper tube, millstone
350 x 70 x 80 cm Exhibition Pororoca Laure Roynette Gallery, Paris, 2019
UN SOIR Inox 60 x 285 x 21 cm Exhibition Point zéro Chloé Salgado Gallery, Paris, 2019
ALTEZZA Elastic tensioner, copper tube, cast iron weight, stone Site specific installation Exhibition L’écho du Silence Espace K16, Kremlin-Bicêtre, 2020
BRAQUE Stainless steel plates, stone Exhibition L’écho du Silence Espace K16, Kremlin-Bicêtre, 2020
ÉCLIPSE Brass 48 x 280 x 48 cm Exhibition Youkali opens Walk-in Studio Festival, Milan, 2020
LIEN Brass, string, buccin 16 x 30 x 48 cm Exhibition Portes Ouvertes Atelier Le Midi, Montreuil, 2020
À RIEN Cooper, elastic tensioner 45 x 105 x 40 cm Exhibition Youkali opens Walk-in Studio Festival, Milan, 2020
TILIA Aluminium, linden seed 35 x 45 x 28 cm Exhibition Youkali opens Walk-in Studio Festival, Milan, 2020
QUI DE NOUS DEUX Brass, buccin 56 x 75 x 50 cm Exhibition Youkali opens Walk-in Studio Festival, Milan, 2020
CULBUTO Wood, inox 35 x 45 x 28 cm Exhibition Youkali opens Walk-in Studio Festival, Milan, 2020
GRANDE NACRE Steel and Pinna nobilis 62 x 30 x 45 cm Exhibition Portes Ouvertes Atelier Le Midi, Montreuil, 2020
SAISIE Copper and Pinna nobilis 36 x 34 x 42 cm Exhibition Snap time is over Chez Valentin’s gallery, 2021
ALINEA Brass, coral 70 x 30 x 35 cm Exhibition Snap time is over Chez Valentin’s gallery, 2021
LE BRUIT DE L’EAU, LIMULE, SONGE, PAUSE, BUCCIN, QUAND ELLE ME TIENT, TONNERRE, L’ACROBATE (from left to right) Small sculptures made during the first lockdown from March to May 2020
For the website https://smartys-arty.bemyguestproduction.com/
DELICIA, L’OS, L’UN DANS L’AUTRE, TIENE, UN ANGE PASSE, IL ET ELLE, ÇA S’EN VA ET ÇA REVIENT (from left to right) Small sculptures made in Youkali Studio, Milan 2020
CARESSE Brick and stone Exhibition Open Studio Via Farini Residency Milan, 2019
QUAND À ELLE Aluminium, branch 120 x 55 x 73 cm Exhibition Youkali opens Walk-in Studio Festival, Milan, 2020
IN FINE Aluminium, elastic tensioner
86 x 100 x 50 cm Exhibition Youkali opens Walk-in Studio Festival, Milan, 2020
ROTTURA Glass, wood, and hemp tow Exhibition Open Studio Via Farini Residency Milan, 2019
TOULINE Cooper, rope and flower Exhibition Open Studio Via Farini Residency Milan, 2019
IL EN FAUT PEU Brass and rope Exhibition Open Studio Via Farini Residency Milan, 2019
MONUMENTALE Elastic and wood Exhibition Open Studio Via Farini Residency Milan, 2019
PORTE-À-FAUX Metal rod and razor shell 130 x 70 x 10 cm Exhibition Pendant qu’on y est Maison des Arts de Bages, Aude, 2019
CYCLE Brass and razor shell 125 x 80 x 46 cm Exhibition Youkali opens Festival Walk-in Studio, Milan, 2020
CYCLE Razor clams, silk threads,
weights, stones Site specific installation
Exhibition GHOST Guest Project Space, London, 2018
LES ACROABTES Ray eggs Site specific installation Exhibition Project Room #3 La Forest Divonne Gallery, Paris, 2018
ENTRE DEUX Métal Site specific installation
Exhibition Chez Dan Private apartment, Paris, 2014
A TON TOUR Hoops metal, clamps, toy crane, wire, coral Site specific installation Exhibition When mechanics fail Arondit Gallery, Paris, 2018-2019
DIPLOMA Metal rods, magnets Site specific installation Exhibition Une question de mort ou de vie
Beaux-Arts School, Paris, 2014 The metal strips create a kinetic effecting, playing with the
dimensions of this mural sculpture and affecting the audience’s perception of space.
LES DANSEUSES Dibond mirror plates, cast iron weight 250 x 78 x 130 cm Exhibition Project Room #3 La Forest Divonne Gallery, Paris, 2018
PERFORMANCE Plexiglass plates, elastic tensioners, cast iron
weights, ropes, millstones, ladder 17 minutes Exhibition Project Room #3 La Forest Divonne Gallery, Paris, 2018
PERFORMANCE RESULT Plexiglass plates, elastic tensioners, cast iron
weights, ropes, millstones, ladder Exhibition Project Room #3 La Forest Divonne Gallery, Paris, 2018
ANEMONE Plexiglass plates, tensioners, cast iron weight Exhibition Pendant qu’on y est Maison des Arts de Bages, Aude, 2019
POURQUOI TOI Plexiglass plates, cast iron weight, rope 130 x 130 x 149 Exhibition Sortir du schéma Un-Spaced Gallery, Paris, 2018
OBLIGÉ À RIEN Stainless steel plate, millstone 115 x 130 x 56 cm Exhibition Le Midi ouvre Montreuil, 2017
IL S’ENSUIT Aluminum, lead 70 x 100 x 45 cm Exhibition Sortir du schéma Un-Spaced Gallery, Paris, 2018
EN MÊME TEMPS Plexiglass plates, turnbuckles, cast iron weights Exhibition Inconnues au Bataillon #2
59 Rivoli Gallery, Paris, 2017
SOL Galvanized metal, filleted rod, nuts 155 x 140 x 70 cm Pollen Residency, Monflanquin, 2016
A MIDI TA TRACE DANS L’HORIZON Mirolège, video projector
Site specific installation Exhibition Sortir du schéma Un-Spaced Gallery, Paris, 2018 Vidéo : http://leadumayet.com/a-midi-dans-lhorizon/
VIA Mirolège, glass plates Site specific installation
Exhibition A l’étage Onzième Lieu, Paris, 2017
AU LARGE Mirror, cable, weight, blower, projectors Site specific installation Pollen Residency, Monflanquin, 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOBiobkj66Q&feature=emb_logo
VU DU PONT Anti freez fabric, elastic tensioners, weights, three video projectors Site specific installation
Exhibition Plongée Ourcq Blanc Space, Paris, 2017 https://vimeo.com/205529894
LA COUARDE Stingray egg capsules On site installation Exhibition Plongée Ourcq Blanc Space, Paris, 2017
NUÉE Cuttlebone, expansive foam 70 cm x 150 x 210 cm Yerres Biennale, Propriété Caillebotte, 2016
Photographs
SILENCE
Photographic paper on dibond 65 x 50 cm - 5 editions Exhibition Inconnues au bataillon Jour et Nuit Culture Gallery, Paris, 2017
RIDEAU Photographic paper on dibond 48 x 65 cm - 5 editions Exhibition Pollen Residency Monflanquin, 2016
FUGUE
Photographic paper on dibond 39 x 29 cm - 5 editions 2020
SABRE Photographic paper on dibond 40 x 53 cm - 5 editions Exhibition Sortir du schéma Un-Spaced Gallery, Paris, 2018
CIEL
Photographic paper on dibond 50 x 70 cm - 5 editions Exhibition Pollen Residency Monflanquin, 2016
L’OREILLE Photographic paper on dibond 40 x 30 cm - 5 editions Exhibition Inconnues au bataillon Jour et Nuit Culture Gallery, Paris, 2017
