Marie-Ghislaine Beaucé
Marie-Ghislaine Beaucé is a French artist whose journey is deeply rooted in her fascination with textile materials and their artistic potential. Her exploration of different textures, colours, and forms has led her to develop a distinct visual language that merges the tactile quality of textiles with the conceptual rigor of geometric abstraction.
These compositions are punctuated and delimited by rhythmic layers of fabrics, employing woven techniques of ribbons and superposition of padded tubes, suggesting a sense of movement and progression, showcasing the artist's unique approach to textile art.
The artworks are characterized by their exploration of themes related to structure, fluidity and interconnectedness. The interplay of different textures, colours, and forms is a recurring motif in her work, reflecting her fascination with the material properties of textiles. one of the central themes in Marie-Ghislaine Beaucé's work is the relationship between order and chaos.
Her compositions often feature a structured, geometric framework that is softened by the fluid nature of the textile fibers. Her work delves into the intersection of traditional textile techniques of weaving, knitting, and contemporary art, resulting in hybrid creations that straddle the line between patchwork and plasticism.
Marie-Marie-Ghislaine Beaucé, a French artist currently living in London, has been passionate about textile fibers since childhood; at 12 years old her ambition was to become a fashion designer. At the National School of Fine Arts in Nantes, she experimented weaving various materials such as hemp, 8 mm film reels, ribbons cut from fabrics and painted cardboard tubes.
During that period she had the opportunity to visit an exhibition by the Catalan textile artist Grau-Garriga whose work became a great inspiration. She pursued a carrier working as an artisan in soft furnishing for houses, apartments and yachts, advising private clients. Since 2015, she as been active as a textile artist and her work has been widely recognized for its innovative approach to textile art, exhibited in various galleries and art shows around the world.
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Blue City 2, 2023, mixed media, 80 x 80 cm.
Mali, 2021, mixed fabrics, 91 x 102 cm.
June, 2014, mixed fabrics, 100 x 100 cm.
Off the Wild, 2024, mixed fabrics, 84 x 84 cm.
Rhapsody in White, 2017, mixed fabrics, 52 x 52 cm.
Mali, 2021, mixed fabrTissage 3, 2016, mixed fabrics, 101 x 101 cm.ics, 91 x 102 cm.
Tissage 4, 2018, mixed fabrics, 101 x 101 cm.
Tissage 6, 2023, mixed fabrics, 80 x 80 cm.
Break Wild, 2025, mixed fabrics, 80 x 80 cm