QUENTIN GAREL
BESTIARY
535 west 25th street, nyc | 212.627.4444www.bdgny.com
cover/above: Eléphant II 92½” x 26” x 26” Bronze
2 | Masque de gorille lV (Unique) 22½” x 11” x 11” Wood & Polychrome Palimpseste IX (Gorille) 79” x 59” Charcoal on paper | 3
4 | Palimpseste XIII 27½” x 39½” Charcoal on paper Palimpseste X (Girafe) 39½” x 59” Charcoal on paper | 5
8 | Rhinocéros II 86½” x 45½” x 23½” Bronze Palimpseste VIII (Rhino) 79” x 59” Charcoal on paper | 9
10 | Palimpseste XII 39½” x 59” Charcoal on paper Palimpseste XI (Poisson) 27½” x 39½” Charcoal on paper | 11
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QUENTIN GAREL (b. 1975 Paris, France) French sculptor Quentin Garel received 5 prestigious awards for drawing and sculpting between 2001 and
2005 from institutions including the Académie des Beaux-Arts, Paris and the Salon de Mai, Paris. His work
appears in public and private collections in the US, Italy, France and Spain. He lives and works in Normandy.
Quentin Garel’s bronze sculptures constantly encourage questions. Are they actual fossils? Are they
wood? Intricate details and textures on Garel’s sculptures intrigue viewers who are often surprised
to learn that they are, in fact, bronze sculptures. Garel first begins with a drawing, and then makes a carving
in wood. From there he makes the mold to cast the bronze sculpture. The result is a beautifully
realistic shining skull of a bird, dolphin or gorilla. Others, originally sculpted in Styrofoam, appear to be
real bone. They too are bronze. Quentin’s unique sculptures, or “trophies” as he calls them, seem organic in
material and origin but unlike real wood or bone, these works of art will stand the test of time.
22 | Hippopotame 33½” x 39” x 22” Cast iron Title 00" x 00½" | 23
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014 Bestiary, Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, New York, NY
2013 Gueule de Bois, Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, New York, NY
2012 Gremillion & Co. Fine Art, Houston, TX
2012 Hôtel de Région Haute-Normandie, Rouen, France
2011 Musée Départemental de l’Abbaye de Saint-Riquier, Somme, France
2010 Quentin Garel, Galerie L.J., Paris, France
2010 Trophées, Mazel Galerie, Brussels, Belgium
2009 Quentin Garel, La Lune en Parachute, Epinal, France
2009 Quentin Garel, Galerie Daniel Duchoze, Rouen, France
2009 Dessins et Sculptures, Galerie L.J., Paris, France
2009 Dessins et Sculptures, Galleria Forni, Milan, Italy
2007 Sculpture Installation, Palazzo Poggi, Bologna, Italy
2006 Etudes Préparatoires, Galerie RL Beaubourg, Paris, France
2005 Trofei, Galleria Forni, Bologna, Italy
2004 Galerie Vent d’Ocres, Paris, France
2004 Trophées, Galerie RL Beaubourg, Paris, France
2003 Centre d’Art Contemporain de Saint-Cyprien, France
2002 Trophées, Galerie Vent d’Ocres, Paris, France
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
2014 Garel & Garel, Galleria Forni, Bologna, Italy
2014 Axelle Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2014 2D vs 3D, Mazel Galerie, Brussels, Belgium
2014 Axelle Fine Arts, New York, NY
2013 Centre d’Art Contemporain de la Matmut, Saint-Pierre-de-Varengeville, France
2013 Dialogues de bêtes, Centre Culturel Aragon, Oyonnax, France
2013 Galerie Duchoze, Rouen, France
2013 Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, New York, NY
2013 Axelle Fine Arts, New York, NY
2012 Galerie Duchoze, Rouen, NY
2012 Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, New York, NY
2012 Tensions, Mazel Galerie, Brussels, Belgium
2011 Remix, Mazel Galerie, Brussels, Belgium
2011 Zoo O Logis, Mazel Galerie, Brussels, Belgium
2010 19, Mazel Galerie, Brussels, Belgium
2009 2nd Sculpture Biennial, Yerres, France
2007 1st Sculpture Biennial, Yerres, France
2007 Il Settimo Splendore. La modernita della malinconia, Verona, Italy
2005 Salon de Mai, Paris, France
2005 Le cochon, portrait d’un séducteur, St-Riquier, France
2004 Animalia, Galleria Forni, Milan, Italy
2004 Paysage en bataille, St-Riquier, France
2003 Animal et Territoire, Luxembourg Garden, Paris, France
2002 Salon d’Art Contemporain, Montrouge, France
2000 Encuentro, Casa Velazquez, Madrid, Spain
2000 Institut de France, Paris, France
1999 Centro Cultural del Conde Duque, Madrid, Spain
1999 Casa Velazquez, Madrid, Spain
1999 Institut de France, Paris, France
1996 Art Institute, Chicago, IL
ART FAIRS
2014 Boston Design Show, Boston, MA
2014 Art Palm Beach, Palm Beach, FL
2013 Miami International Art Fair, Miami, FL
2013 Red Dot, Miami, FL
2012 Arte Fiera, Bologna, Italy
2011 Art Elysées, Paris, France
2011 Arte Fiera, Bologna, Italy
2010 Arte Fiera, Bologna, Italy
2009 SLICK, Paris, France
2009 Art Paris, Paris, France
2009 Arte Fiera, Bologna, Italy
2008 Arte Fiera, Bologna, Italy
2007 Arte Fiera, Bologna, Italy
2006 Art Paris, Paris, France
2005 Art Paris, Paris, France
2005 Arte Fiera, Bologna, Italy
2004 Art Paris, Paris, France
2003 Arte Fiera, Bologna, Italy
2003 Art Paris, Paris, France
2002 Art Paris, Paris, France
COLLECTIONS AND COMMISSIONS
2014 Cirque du Soleil
2014 Jardin de la tour Carpe Diem, Paris, France
2014 Water Table, Place de la Paix, Mulhouse, France
2012 Arbranimal, Pôle Régional des Savoirs, Rouen, France
2009 Jardin des Géants, Lille Municipal Garden, Lille, France
2007 Musée d’Art Contemporain de Vérone, Verona, Italy
2006 Sculpture Installation, Le Parc du Chemin de l’Ile, Nanterre, France
2003 Les Collections de Saint-Cyprien, Saint-Cyprien, France
© 2014 Quentin G
arel
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Crâne d’albatros 22½” x 29½” x 9½”
Bronze
Poisson 21½” x 17” x 9½”
Bronze
Crane d’ours 67” x 43” x 24” Bronze | 25Tigre à dents de sabre 29½” x 10½” x 23” Bronze