Adeline de Monseignat (born 1987) is a

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- Monegasque contemporary visual artist who lives and works between

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and

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. Made from

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s such as recycled

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and

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, her

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and installations show an interest in

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ology,

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and

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, especially the

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Education and career

Adeline de Monseignat obtained a

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degree in Language and Culture from

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in 2009, with an Erasmus year in 2007 spent studying Architecture and Design at

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. She then completed her Fine Art Foundation Course at the

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in 2010 before graduating with a

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degree, with distinction, from the

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in 2011. As a result of her degree show, curator Justin Hammond selected her to feature in the ''Catlin Guide'', a book that features forty new promising graduate artists in the United Kingdom. She was thereafter shortlisted for the Catlin Art Prize, alongside nine other fellow artists including

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, Jonny Briggs and Gabriella Boyd. She was awarded the Catlin Art Prize Public Vote Prize in 2012. That same year she was shortlisted for the

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at the

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and was the recipient of the

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Bursary Award in 2013. In 2013, curator James Putnam brought Monseignat and artist Berndnaut Smilde together for her first show at

Ronchini Gallery Ronchini Gallery is a contemporary art gallery founded by Lorenzo Ronchini in Umbria, Italy, in 1992. Artists exhibited at the gallery include: Jacob Hashimoto, Will Cotton, Conrad Marca-Relli, Berndnaut Smilde, Sean Lynch (artist), Paul Jenki ...

, ''The Uncanny''. In 2014,

held a solo exhibition of the artist's work entitled ''Home''. Art historian Jo Applin wrote a text for a catalogue which was published to accompany the exhibition. She was interviewed by the

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that year about her use of recycled fur in her work, which aired on The Forum and later on BBC Radio 4. In 2015, Monseignat did a mentorship with sculptor Gianpietro Carlesso who taught her stone carving. It is since then and since starting to spend time in

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in 2017 that she has made

an integral part of her practice. Her 2018 solo show entitled ''O'' held at

features sculptural works as well as her film ''In The Flesh'' which she shot in 2016 in the marble quarries of

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. That year also marked the first time Monseignat ever shows work in Mexico, in a gallery called

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which held the 1940 International Surrealist Exhibition curated by

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. The exhibition entitled ''Synergia'', with regrouped works by Pablo de Laborde Lascaris, Samuel Zealey, James Capper, Luke Hart, Manuel Munoz G.G. and Amy Stephens attracted such attention that it was taken on the following year by Latin America's only museum dedicated to

sculpture Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

, Museo Federico Silva in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. In 2020, she showed extensively in Mexico, notably at Salon Acme,

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, Museo de Geologia UNAM, Studio Block M74 and Masa Galeria alongside artists such as Jose Davila, Perla Krauze, Gabriel Rico and Tezontle.

Selected exhibitions

* 2011 – ''Reveal the Tension'', solo show curated by Samia Calbayrac at Norman Rea Gallery, York, United Kingdom * 2012 – ''Art Moscow'', a presentation of her work sponsored by

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and the

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, Moscow, Russia * 2012 – ''The Catlin Art Prize'', curated by Justin Hammond at the Londonewcastle Project Space, London, United Kingdom * 2012 – ''Dividing Line'', curated by Sumarria Lunn at High House Gallery,

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, United Kingdom * 2013 – ''The Future Can Wait'', curated by Zavier Ellis at Victoria House, London, United Kingdom * 2013 – ''The Uncanny'', a two-people show alongside artist Berndnaut Smilde curated by James Putnam at the

, London, United Kingdom * 2013 – ''The London Project'', curated by Gerson Zevi at

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, Yorkshire, United Kingdom *2013 – ''Articulate'',

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for

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, an initiative by

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, including works by

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, Whitney McVeigh and the Chapman Brothers, London, United Kingdom * 2014 – ''Time to Hit the Road'', Leila Heller Gallery, New York City, United States * 2014 – ''Home'', solo show,

, London, United Kingdom * 2015 – ''Points of Contact'', Cob Gallery, London, United Kingdom * 2015 �
''Whispers - Project by Adeline de Monseignat''

, London, United Kingdom * 2015 �
''UK/RAINE''

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, London, United Kingdom * 2016 �
''Beyond Borders''
Blain Southern, London, United Kingdom * 2016 �
''Art Barter Dubai''

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, Dubai, United Arab Emirates * 2016 �
am NOT tino sehgal''
curated by

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, Nahmad Projects, London, United Kingdom * 2016 – ''Sigmund's Shorts: In the Flesh'',

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, London, United Kingdom, * 2017 �
''House of Penelope''
curated by Alteria Art, supported by the Gaia Art Foundation, Gallery 46, London, United Kingdom. * 2017 �
''Force of Nature''
curated by James Putnam, Mile End Art Pavilion, London, United Kingdom * 2017 �
''Contemporary Sculpture Fulmer''
curated by Brooke Benington, Fulmer, United Kingdom * 2017 �
''L'Attesa''
solo show curated by Roberto Lacarbonara, Exchiesetta, Polignano a Mare, Puglia, Italy * 2018 – ''Synergia'',

, Mexico City, Mexico * 2018 – ''O'',

, London, United Kingdom * 2018 – ''Skulpturenpark'', Galerie Kandlhofer, Vienna, Austria * 2018 – ''Cure3'',

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, London, United Kingdom * 2019 – ''Through the Looking Glass'', curated by Alteria Art and James Putnam, Cob Gallery, London, United Kingdom * 2019 – ''Silogismos de la Construcción'', curated by Alberto Rios, Studio Block M74, Mexico City, Mexico * 2019 – ''Sisyphus in Retrograde'', London, United Kingdom * 2019 – ''Synergia'', Museo Federico Silva, San Luis Potosi, Mexico * 2020 – ''Fire Ladders'', Museo de Geologia, Mexico City, Mexico * 2020 �
''Recover/Uncover''
Masa Galeria, Mexico City, Mexico * 2020 – ''Salon Acme no.8'', Salon Acme, Mexico City, Mexico

Personal life

In 2019, Adeline de Monseignat married fellow sculptor Pablo de Laborde Lascaris who she met through the

. She was an integral part of the establishment of Studio Block M74 in Mexico City, a 900m2 space dedicated to sculpture which houses a number of sculptors' studios, artist residency and gallery spaces, which her husband runs alongside his own practice.

References

External links

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Education and career

Selected exhibitions

Personal life

See also

References

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