Nathalie Decoster

Nathalie Decoster has lived and worked in Paris since 1985. 

After having started out in decorative art studios, she perfected her technique with an experienced sculptor. It has advanced her skills that then allowed her to develop her own creations and new materials. 

As a well-known French sculptor, her works have been showcased in many cities all over the world, such as New York, Los Angeles, Vancouver, São Paulo, London, Paris, Milan, Geneva, Vienna, Venice, Luxembourg, Mauritius, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Shenzhen and Macau.

She creates her sculptures, peopled with bronze figures, which tell universal philosophical or humorous tales,. places human figures in the context of huge geometric shapes, using materials such as bronze, concrete and even mattress springs in her works. 

Her sculptures are whimsical at the same time embodying the essence of timelessness, universality, and humanity.

She has long worked essentially with steel, bronze and also aluminium, stainless steel, and concrete, completing her work on transparency with pieces in which spaces cut through substantial volumes. 

Recently, she has also introduced the primary red (a symbol of life) into her art language.

She uses a vocabulary which is recognizably her own. 

She sets her very ‘Art Brut’ figure (her messenger) in minimalist geometric form to convey philosophical messages of the human condition. 

With a dash of humour, viewers are drawn to be conscious of the absurdities in the modern human lives, allowing us to identify ourselves, and giving us the secret to serenity.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 

2019 Group Exhibition, Leo Gallery, Hong Kong / Solo Exhibition, Palazzo Morosini, Venice, Italy 

2018 Installation of a monumental sculpture, Pacific Place, Hong Kong / Installation of a monumental sculpture, Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport, Paris, France 

2017 Monographic exhibition of monumental pieces on the seaside, Arcachon, France / Monumental exhibition, HEC University, Paris, France 

2014 Production and installation of a monumental sculpture for the city, Shanghai, China / Production and installation of two monumental sculptures, Roissy Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris, France 

2013 Monographic exhibition of monumental sculptures, Neuilly sur Seine, France / Production of a monumental sculpture, French Consulate House, Hong Kong / Monographic exhibition, Pavillon des Centenaires, Luxembourg / Exhibition of monumental sculptures in the Château de Bonaguil, Bonaguil, France / Exposition of monumental sculptures at the Mission Hill Winery, Vancouver, Canada 

2012 8 monumental pieces with a monographic exhibition, Macau Museum of Art, Macau /  Creation and donation of a dedicated sculpture, UNICEF, Paris, France 

2011 Exhibition of monumental sculptures, Reserve Hotel, Geneva, Switzerland / Exhibition of sculptures on the occasion of the Cannes Film Festival, Cannes, France 

2010 Monographic exhibition of monumental pieces, Brazilian Museum of Sculpture, Sao Paulo, Brazil / Monographic exhibition in the Jardin de Bagatelle, Paris, France 

2009 Exhibition of 8 monumental pieces, Champs Elysees, Paris, France / Monographic exhibition, Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte / Caudalie, Bordeaux, France / Monographic Exhibition at the Montparnasse Museum, Paris, France / Special monumental sculpture “Object of Desire” for Louis Vuitton, Venice, Italy / Monographic exhibition, Lodève Museum, Lodève, France / Creation of a monumental sculpture in The Mandarin Oriental hotel, Paris / France Monographic exhibition, Couvent des Minimes, Mane en Provence 

2008 Monographic exhibition, Villa Ephrussi de Roschild, Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, France / Creation of a limited edition watch with the jeweler Arthus Bertrand, Paris, France / Exhibition of sculpture at Ernst & Young headquarters, Paris, France 

2007 Exhibition of monumental pieces, Le Saint Geran Hotel, Mauritius 

2006 Exhibitions of monumental sculptures, Clam Gallas Palace, Vienna, Austria / Installation of sculptures, Club de France in the Marcel Dassault building, Paris, France 

2005 Installation of a monumental sculpture, Jardin des Tuileries, Paris, France / Exhibition of monumental sculptures in the courtyard, Le Crillon Hotel, Paris, France / Exhibition at the Bastide de Moustier Hotel, Bastide de Moustier, France / Installation of 20 sculptures, Atelier Grognard Museum, Rueil-Malmaison, France / Production and installation of 10 monumental sculptures, the Grove Hotel, London, UK 

2004 Exhibition at Rabih Hage Gallery, Chelsea, London, UK / Exhibition at the Hôtel des Doge, Venice, Italy / Exhibition in the garden of the Hotel Abbaye de la Celle, Brignoles, France / Exhibition of 20 sculpture, Gallery HD, Los Angeles, USA / Exhibition of monumental sculptures in the Château de Bonaguil, Bonaguil, France 

2003 Exhibition at the gallery Art & Architecture, Saint-Germain des Prés, Paris, France / Public exhibition of monumental pieces Place Saint Sulpice, Paris, France / Exhibition in the garden of the Hotel Abbaye de la Celle, Brignoles, France 

2002 Exhibition in the courtyard of the hotel, The Plaza Athénée Hotel, Paris, France / Monographic Exhibition, Château de la Messardière, St Tropez Bay, France 

2001 Public Exhibition, Little Venice Westbourn Terrace Garden, London, UK / Exhibition, Gallery AXA, Hasselt, Belgium 

2000 Production of monumental sculptures for all campuses of EDHEC Business School, France Creation and Donation of a special sculpture for the UNESCO combatting HIV, France