{"id":58,"count":45,"description":"Born in Nancy, the historical birthplace of glass and crystal, G\u00e9rald Vatrin is one of those artists who embodies the new energy of French contemporary glass. He graduated from the \u00c9cole Nationale Sup\u00e9rieure des Beaux-Arts in \u00c9pinal. He trained in the arts and techniques of glass with a specialisation in freehand glass blowing.\r\n\r\nTo create his distinctive pieces, G\u00e9rald Vatrin blows a simple form while the material is still molten, which he magnifies by engraving, enamelling, removing or cutting the glass, adding pigments or a woven leather seam that he calls \u201cpassages\u201d.\r\n\r\nHis works reflect his training, his artistic background and the influence of his travels, particularly in Africa and Australia. G\u00e9rald Vatrin\u2019s creations explore new and different universes for the glass field: they are inspired by the tribal world, imitate the vegetal and animals, ressemble ice or lava stone. G\u00e9rald Vatrin\u2019s works, alike glass microcosms, explore a world of visual and tactile sensations.\r\n\r\nG\u00e9rald Vatrin\u2019s work has been awarded numerous prizes, including the M\u00e9daille d\u2019\u00c9tain de la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Acad\u00e9mique des Arts, Sciences et Lettres de Paris (2015) and the Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris (2001).\r\n\r\nHis work is included in the permanent collections of many prestigious institutions, such as the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, the Dutch National Glass Museum in Leerdam (Netherlands) and the Mus\u00e9e du Verre de Sars-Poterie in France.\r\n\r\nIn 2020, the MAD-Mus\u00e9e des Arts D\u00e9coratifs in Paris acquired Trait d\u2019Union for its permanent collections. In 2022, nine of his sculptures entered the collection of the Mus\u00e9e des Beaux-Arts de Nancy.\r\n\r\nIn 2023, G\u00e9rald Vatrin completed a residency at the prestigious Villa Kujoyama in Kyoto, Japan.","link":"https:\/\/maisonparisienne.artview-development.com\/en\/artiste\/gerald-vatrin\/","name":"G\u00e9rald Vatrin","slug":"gerald-vatrin","taxonomy":"artiste","parent":0,"meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maisonparisienne.artview-development.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artiste\/58","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maisonparisienne.artview-development.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artiste"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maisonparisienne.artview-development.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/artiste"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/maisonparisienne.artview-development.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oeuvre?artiste=58"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}