Xavier Veilhan

Xavier Veilhan's body of work encompasses sculpture, painting, installation, performance, video, and photography.

Xavier Veilhan's Art Style

Since the mid-1980s, Xavier Veilhan has built a distinguished portfolio of works, which includes sculpture, painting, installation, performance, video, and photography. His work is characterized by a fascination with the language of modernity—such as speed, motion, and urban life—alongside a reinterpretation of classical statuary through a contemporary lens.

His work honors the inventions and innovators of our modern era, employing a formal artistic language that blends the codes of industry with artistry. Veilhan utilizes a diverse range of techniques and materials to create three-dimensional portraits, landscapes, bestiaries, and architectures that navigate between the familiar and the extraordinary.

Often engaging with public spaces, his exhibitions and site-specific interventions in cities, gardens, and homes challenge our perceptions by transforming spaces into evolving environments where the audience becomes an active participant. Through their aesthetics, which explore a continuum of form, contours, stability, and movement, Veilhan's works invite viewers to reinterpret the space, creating a rich repertoire of symbols—the theater of society.

Notable Veilhan's projects include "Veilhan Versailles" at the Palace and Gardens of the Palais de Versailles (2009); "Architectones," a series of interventions (2012-2014); the films "Vent Moderne" and "Matching Numbers" (2015).

Exhibitions of Veilhan's Works

Solo exhibitions of Veilhan's Works include "Crop Top" at Andréhn-Schiptjenko in Stockholm (2024), "Sculpture Park" at Perrotin in Shanghai (2024), "Portrait Mode" at Perrotin in Paris (2023), "Solo Show" at Galeria Nara Roesler in Rio de Janeiro (2022), "Mobile n°4 (2017)" at Musée du Louvre in Paris (2021), and many more.

Additionally, the artist's works have been featured in numerouv group shows held at various galleries and museums worldwide, including Villa Noailles in Hyères, Fondation Villa Datris in l'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, Kunsthalle Praha in Prague, Perrotin in Paris, Elgiz Museum in Istanbul, Analix Forever in Genève, 313 Art Project in Paris, Fondation Olympique in Tokyo, among other esteemed venues.