Laurence Perratzi is a French fig­u­ra­tive artist who explores the expres­sion of the body. His work is a reflec­tion on move­ment, strongly influ­enced by his back­ground as an ath­lete, where poise and bal­ance are paramount.

The fig­ures defy grav­ity with sub­tle poses or some­times snap­shots of the body in action.

Progressively, the bal­ance and flu­id­ity of these bod­ies become an inter­pre­ta­tion that inte­grates them into a story, stag­ing them in a sit­u­a­tion that chal­lenges, makes us smile or some­times questions.

Laurence uses cir­cles, frames, nylon threads rep­re­sent­ing rain and clouds to stage these bod­ies and bring out the inter­ac­tion between them and the world around them.

This great free­dom to work extends to the explo­ration of new ele­ments such as mat­ter and tex­ture. Texture evolves from smooth to rougher, more irreg­u­lar, more expres­sive and lively, accord­ing to Laurence. 

She also plays with the some­times sur­pris­ing dia­logue between mate­ri­als such as paper, fab­ric, jes­monite and polyurethane foam, mate­ri­als that are unex­pected or con­sid­ered “incom­pat­i­ble” with the nobil­ity of bronze. These asso­ci­a­tions enable her to breathe sim­plic­ity, free­dom, life and warmth into bronze, which is so vibrant and extra­or­di­nary when cast, but regains a cer­tain rigid­ity when cooled. Laurence loves to cre­ate new bal­ances that defy grav­ity, make the body speak, and move towards an aes­thetic that’s unin­hib­ited by let­ting go.
Laurence Perratzi grad­u­ated from the École Supérieure de Commerce in 1993 and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics, and began her pro­fes­sional life in Finance. She first worked for BNP in Hong Kong (in Private Banking), then for Gap in San Francisco (in International Treasury) and finally for Letsbuyit, in France, Spain and Italy (as Managing Director).

Although enthu­si­as­tic about her finan­cial career, Laurence dis­cov­ered her pas­sion for sculp­ture in 2000, and thus began her artis­tic tra­jec­tory. She really devel­oped it when she arrived in London in 2005, where she lived for some fif­teen years. Today Laurence is back in Paris. Her stu­dio is at Les Frigos de Paris. 

Laurence exhibits in numer­ous con­tem­po­rary art fairs and gal­leries around the world.