QUENTIN GAREL

BESTIARY

535 west 25th street, nyc | 212.627.4444www.bdgny.com

cover/above: Eléphant II 92½” x 26” x 26” Bronze

2 | Masque de gorille lV (Unique) 22½” x 11” x 11” Wood & Polychrome Palimpseste IX (Gorille) 79” x 59” Charcoal on paper | 3

4 | Palimpseste XIII 27½” x 39½” Charcoal on paper Palimpseste X (Girafe) 39½” x 59” Charcoal on paper | 5

6 | Girafe 109” x 47” x 25½” Bronze | 7

8 | Rhinocéros II 86½” x 45½” x 23½” Bronze Palimpseste VIII (Rhino) 79” x 59” Charcoal on paper | 9

10 | Palimpseste XII 39½” x 59” Charcoal on paper Palimpseste XI (Poisson) 27½” x 39½” Charcoal on paper | 11

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QUENTIN GAREL (b. 1975 Paris, France) French sculptor Quentin Garel received 5 prestigious awards for drawing and sculpting between 2001 and

2005 from institutions including the Académie des Beaux-Arts, Paris and the Salon de Mai, Paris. His work

appears in public and private collections in the US, Italy, France and Spain. He lives and works in Normandy.

Quentin Garel’s bronze sculptures constantly encourage questions. Are they actual fossils? Are they

wood? Intricate details and textures on Garel’s sculptures intrigue viewers who are often surprised

to learn that they are, in fact, bronze sculptures. Garel first begins with a drawing, and then makes a carving

in wood. From there he makes the mold to cast the bronze sculpture. The result is a beautifully

realistic shining skull of a bird, dolphin or gorilla. Others, originally sculpted in Styrofoam, appear to be

real bone. They too are bronze. Quentin’s unique sculptures, or “trophies” as he calls them, seem organic in

material and origin but unlike real wood or bone, these works of art will stand the test of time.

14 | Crâne de flamand rose (Unique) 67” x 39½” x 15¾” Wood & Polychrome | 15

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Autruche III 89” x 18” x 31” Bronze | 17

18 | Orang-outan (Unique) 59” x 59” x 27½” Wood & Polychrome | 19

20 | Grenouille 25½” x 17½” x 16½” Bronze | 21Tortue 36½” x 30½” x 9” Bronze

22 | Hippopotame 33½” x 39” x 22” Cast iron Title 00" x 00½" | 23

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2014 Bestiary, Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, New York, NY

2013 Gueule de Bois, Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, New York, NY

2012 Gremillion & Co. Fine Art, Houston, TX

2012 Hôtel de Région Haute-Normandie, Rouen, France

2011 Musée Départemental de l’Abbaye de Saint-Riquier, Somme, France

2010 Quentin Garel, Galerie L.J., Paris, France

2010 Trophées, Mazel Galerie, Brussels, Belgium

2009 Quentin Garel, La Lune en Parachute, Epinal, France

2009 Quentin Garel, Galerie Daniel Duchoze, Rouen, France

2009 Dessins et Sculptures, Galerie L.J., Paris, France

2009 Dessins et Sculptures, Galleria Forni, Milan, Italy

2007 Sculpture Installation, Palazzo Poggi, Bologna, Italy

2006 Etudes Préparatoires, Galerie RL Beaubourg, Paris, France

2005 Trofei, Galleria Forni, Bologna, Italy

2004 Galerie Vent d’Ocres, Paris, France

2004 Trophées, Galerie RL Beaubourg, Paris, France

2003 Centre d’Art Contemporain de Saint-Cyprien, France

2002 Trophées, Galerie Vent d’Ocres, Paris, France

COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS

2014 Garel & Garel, Galleria Forni, Bologna, Italy

2014 Axelle Fine Arts, Boston, MA

2014 2D vs 3D, Mazel Galerie, Brussels, Belgium

2014 Axelle Fine Arts, New York, NY

2013 Centre d’Art Contemporain de la Matmut, Saint-Pierre-de-Varengeville, France

2013 Dialogues de bêtes, Centre Culturel Aragon, Oyonnax, France

2013 Galerie Duchoze, Rouen, France

2013 Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, New York, NY

2013 Axelle Fine Arts, New York, NY

2012 Galerie Duchoze, Rouen, NY

2012 Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, New York, NY

2012 Tensions, Mazel Galerie, Brussels, Belgium

2011 Remix, Mazel Galerie, Brussels, Belgium

2011 Zoo O Logis, Mazel Galerie, Brussels, Belgium

2010 19, Mazel Galerie, Brussels, Belgium

2009 2nd Sculpture Biennial, Yerres, France

2007 1st Sculpture Biennial, Yerres, France

2007 Il Settimo Splendore. La modernita della malinconia, Verona, Italy

2005 Salon de Mai, Paris, France

2005 Le cochon, portrait d’un séducteur, St-Riquier, France

2004 Animalia, Galleria Forni, Milan, Italy

2004 Paysage en bataille, St-Riquier, France

2003 Animal et Territoire, Luxembourg Garden, Paris, France

2002 Salon d’Art Contemporain, Montrouge, France

2000 Encuentro, Casa Velazquez, Madrid, Spain

2000 Institut de France, Paris, France

1999 Centro Cultural del Conde Duque, Madrid, Spain

1999 Casa Velazquez, Madrid, Spain

1999 Institut de France, Paris, France

1996 Art Institute, Chicago, IL

ART FAIRS

2014 Boston Design Show, Boston, MA

2014 Art Palm Beach, Palm Beach, FL

2013 Miami International Art Fair, Miami, FL

2013 Red Dot, Miami, FL

2012 Arte Fiera, Bologna, Italy

2011 Art Elysées, Paris, France

2011 Arte Fiera, Bologna, Italy

2010 Arte Fiera, Bologna, Italy

2009 SLICK, Paris, France

2009 Art Paris, Paris, France

2009 Arte Fiera, Bologna, Italy

2008 Arte Fiera, Bologna, Italy

2007 Arte Fiera, Bologna, Italy

2006 Art Paris, Paris, France

2005 Art Paris, Paris, France

2005 Arte Fiera, Bologna, Italy

2004 Art Paris, Paris, France

2003 Arte Fiera, Bologna, Italy

2003 Art Paris, Paris, France

2002 Art Paris, Paris, France

COLLECTIONS AND COMMISSIONS

2014 Cirque du Soleil

2014 Jardin de la tour Carpe Diem, Paris, France

2014 Water Table, Place de la Paix, Mulhouse, France

2012 Arbranimal, Pôle Régional des Savoirs, Rouen, France

2009 Jardin des Géants, Lille Municipal Garden, Lille, France

2007 Musée d’Art Contemporain de Vérone, Verona, Italy

2006 Sculpture Installation, Le Parc du Chemin de l’Ile, Nanterre, France

2003 Les Collections de Saint-Cyprien, Saint-Cyprien, France

© 2014 Quentin G

arel

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Crâne d’albatros 22½” x 29½” x 9½”

Bronze

Poisson 21½” x 17” x 9½”

Bronze

Crane d’ours 67” x 43” x 24” Bronze | 25Tigre à dents de sabre 29½” x 10½” x 23” Bronze