Jean-François Réant

Born in 1966, in Hazebrouck in the North of France, Jean-François Réant, self-taught artist, very early on developed a passion for the artistic world.

Used to playing with materials such as wood, plastic, resin, polystyrene, he is passionate about PVC. The duality of the material, both rigid and flexible, encourages it to explore its full potential.

His disproportionate affection to beg for a new artistic expression takes him beyond the limits imposed by breaking away from academic artistic codes.

This atypical creator invents a new very personal process of compressing and twisting PVC tubes.

Unusual or everyday objects are revealed in works of tonicity and sensuality put in abyss by this raw material. These tubes are magnified in compositions - everyday objects - which transform an ordinary material into sculptures valued throughout the world.

In his hands, the material comes to life and becomes a work of art. He creates colorful sculptures with rounded lines offering an offbeat universe.

He develops his art around the control of contortion and tube pressure. “I wanted to be a pioneer and innovator in the way I work with a material. The tube is soft, harmonious, sensual… like a woman's body. By heating it, it reveals enormous potential ”.

The work of Jean-François re-interprets our everyday objects such as tables, chairs, pencils in order to reveal them through a technicality that is specific to it. With a positive and hedonistic character, this unclassifiable artist plays with shapes and colors like a hymn to life.