From February 13 through March 28, 2025

SAUVAGE | Solo Exhibition

The Espace VERRE gallery will present SAUVAGE, a solo exhibition featuring the newer works of Florentin Chaumet’s. Divided in three parts, the exhibition profoundly and sensitively explores the many facets of the human condition in a contemporary world, while proposing a critique on the derivatives of our modern societies.

As a glassblower and sculptor, Florentin Chaumet has found a universal language in glass, a material whose character, both solid and fragile, perfectly reflects the tensions that mark our existence. Through SAUVAGE, he questions the foundations of our humanity in the face of its frequent alienation of societal structures. His quest for meaning and sharing guides his creative process and is reflected in each of his works.

The three parts have the common thread of exploring the human being:

  • Spirit Garden: a wall installation composed of blown glass heads, celebrating the richness and diversity of human spirits;
  • (R)evolution: a sculptural triptych that examines the transformation of the individual in a society that he himself has built, oscillating between enslavement, desire for escape and quest for freedom;
  • Inhumans: a body of work combining human and animal symbolism to denounce common suffering imposed by societal pressures.

Florentin Chaumet combines technical prowess and aesthetics to push the limits of his medium. His work, imbued with a strong emotional and conceptual charge, invites the public to question themselves, to feel, and to reconnect with their deep essence.

Originally from France, Florentin Chaumet was awarded the title of Meilleur Apprenti de France in 2012. In 2017, he relocated to Quebec to pursue his glass arts studies at Espace VERRE, where he obtained a DEC in fine crafts – glass option, in 2020. He participated in his first group exhibition, L’Étrange couleur de la transparence, in 2024. SAUVAGE is his first solo exhibition.

Opening on Thursday, February 13th, at 6 p.m.