Guillaume Werle

Guillaume Werle, a figurative sculptor, explores the relationship between human beings and time, their presence in the world, and their impact upon it. He develops a formal vocabulary composed of solid forms, which he calls Envelopes, and hollow forms, which he calls Imprints. Emptiness and space are also integral to his artistic language. He composes or recomposes sculptures in bas-relief and in the round within choreographies that also incorporate stillness.

To this end, he developed techniques in which each step calls upon his knowledge of clay modeling, plaster sculpting, mold making, wax work, and metalwork.

His recent works consist of sensual bodies that he models in clay. They are sometimes life-size, in a close, physical engagement with the material, and sometimes small, striving towards monumentality.
The principle of the primacy of life, which Guillaume Werle emphasizes in his work, transcends Louis Cane's idea that the canvas is the Shroud and the frame, the cross. The latter is introduced into his work, as a historical concept, using a linen canvas that he mounts on a frame. This specific canvas plays with transparencies and echoes the deceptive reflections of light on the prints.

The finely crafted plaster casts, re...

A self-taught artist, Guillaume Werle graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Literature and Languages, specializing in Visual Arts, from the Sorbonne in 2018, Paris. He was the head of Louis Cane's sculpture workshop from 1995 to 2000. He has also collaborated with André Barelier, Jean-Michel Folon, Robert Combas, and Antoine Poncet (grandson of Maurice Denis).

Solo Exhibitions:

2025
Imprints-Envelopes, Le Beffroi, Montrouge. Curated by Raphael Cuir.

2023
Imprints-Envelopes, the prevalence of life, July 27 – August 7, Orangerie du Sénat, Paris.

2020
Guest of honor at the Molineuf Artistic Walk

2020
More Apples!, Montrouge.

2019
Suspended Time, Montrouge.

Suspended Time, La Chapelle de Bury, as part of the Molineuf Artistic Walks.

2018
Sculpting Dance Exhibition, Montrouge Municipal Conservatory.

2017
Inspired by Love Exhibition, Montrouge.

2014
Exhibition "Imprints" – Envelopes, Sculptures, Videos, Happening, Montrouge.

Exhibition "Imprints" – Envelopes, Sculptures, Videos, Happening, La Ruche Foundation, Paris.

2010
Exhibition at the Mona Lisa Gallery, Paris.

2009
Solo exhibition at the studio, Montrouge.

2008
"Dance," Viaduc des Arts, Paris.

2007
"Dance, a tribute to Maurice Béjart," Les Pas de Troyes, Troyes Media Library.

"Dance, a tribute to Maurice Béjart," Montrouge.

2005
"Tutus, Steel and Bronzes," Atelier Danse, Montrouge.

2004
"Shadows and Lights," Espace Beaujon, Paris.

1997
First solo exhibition, La Maison de l’Acteur, Montrouge.