Ceramicist
A Franco-Canadian artist, Sophie Manessiez lives and works in Quebec. Trained in visual arts and communication, she began her career in the event before turning fully to ceramics in 2007. She was trained over the years in various workshops in France and Quebec, and in 2021 obtained a degree in ceramic art techniques in Montreal.
In Chronolithique II, the artist creates a sensitive dialogue between matter and memory. By juxtaposing 420 pellets of sandstone and porcelain in vertical strata, it recomposes a fictitious geological carrot, both an archive of time and a metaphor for the identity of the present. This work questions the trace and the bonds we leave in the thickness of the world. Suspended by a thread, Chronolithic invites to a meditation on the memory and brevity of the materials of living existence, facing geological immensity.
Porcelain, stoneware, and wire • One-of-a-kind piece • 30 x 200 cm
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