Marc Thebault
Sculpture / Graphic Works / Photography
Sculpture is the suggestion of an object in space.
Marc Thebault’s approach seeks to reverse this premise, suggesting a space* through an object.
From fleeting, inexpressible emotions experienced in a specific moment and place, he selects those he wishes to remember. Through plays of shadow and light, transparency and reflection, matter and materials, he strives to translate them into images or sculptures.
His artistic propositions are conceived as points of passage between spaces* and objects. These objects function as motifs, giving form and expression to the spaces they evoke.
*whether natural or cultural, poetic or scientific
Poetic writings underpin and accompany his visual work (Ed. The Onslaught Press, Oxford).
Under the label ∂cm, since 2011 he has been developing artistic projects in dialogue with contemporary science, in collaboration with Carole Ecoffet (CNRS researcher – IS2M, Mulhouse).
A resident at Motoco since August 2013, he uses his studio to conceive, experiment, and model his projects. Their actual production is carried out in specialized workshops or companies depending on the chosen materials (Cadindus, Mulhouse / CIAV Meisenthal / ET2R, Illzach / Brasserie du G’sundgo, Eschentzwiller, etc.), or more recently during international residencies (Suzhou and Dingsu, China / Studio Bilwara, Bangalore, India).
Career
Professor at the Écoles Nationales Supérieures d’Art (ENSA)
2004–2018: Paris – Lecturer, Art & Space Department
1999–2004: Nancy – Director of the École Nationale Supérieure d’Art de Nancy; Co-founder of the ARTEM Alliance, Nancy
1995–1999: Paris – Project Officer at the General Inspectorate of Artistic Education (IGEA/DAP), Ministry of Culture – Initiator and coordinator of “Design 10 ans” – Reform of art education, March 1997
1995–1999: Limoges – Lecturer and Design Department Coordinator, École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs
1983–1987: Saint-Brieuc – Visual Arts Project Officer, Côtes-d’Armor Department (C.G. 22); Founder and Director of the Ateliers Contemporains d’Arts Plastiques