GAËLLE LEGRAND
BIO
Gaëlle Legrand is an artist who lives and works between Tiohtià:ke (Montréal, Canada) and her native village Magnicourt-en-Comté, in northern France. Currently completing her BFA in Sculpture at Concordia University, she has exhibited at the Art Mur Gallery (2024) and at the VAV Gallery (2024), and has recently been selected to participate in the Summer Institute: Magic Creek program at Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art in Winnipeg (August 2025).She is currently a research fellow at Post Image Lab at Concordia University and is the recipient of several grants and scholarships, such as the FASA Special Project Grant.
ARTIST STATEMENT
I am a multidisciplinary artist working in sculpture, video and photography. Rooted in contemplation and observation, my practice explores sensibilities of existence from human and non-human perspectives. Through the study of ecological and geological shapes, my research focuses on the connections, entanglements, and patterns that weave our world.I work mostly with wood and metal to create organic and formal sculptures, often unfolding in series and installations. Inspired by the shapes of many beings - from flowers and rivers, to particle trajectories and planetary orbits, I investigate the expressive potential of the line and its capacity to evoke movement within the dense and mysterious presence of matter. I am particularly interested in the interactions between space and objects, examining how forms generate rhythms within their environment.