RÉJEAN PEYTAVIN
Ghost
Porcelain is one of the most durable materials. It is used, for example, on the nosecones of rockets to withstand the temperature fluctuations caused by re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere. It is also being considered for sealing nuclear waste repositories. Porcelain is, therefore, a material that resists. It resists time, it resists heat, it resists humanity, it resists death.
As it moves through space and time, porcelain becomes a vessel for memory. It carries the trace of the maker, long after the body is gone. What remains is the object, the vase, enduring as a form of resistant memory, a ghost.
Dimensions: 12.2"H x 8.3"D
Material: Porcelain
Artwork ships: Ships June 22, 2026 (when exhibition closes)



Ghost
Artist Statement
About the Artist
Réjean PEYTAVIN, a French-Swiss artist, was born in 1986. A graduate of the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs (Paris), he also attended post-graduate programs at the Nantes School of Fine Arts (Art and Enterprise) and at ENSA Limoges (Kaolin, Art and Design in contemporary ceramics).
Her research focuses primarily on the ceramic medium, its recent and past production systems, and the cultural intersections it embodies. By exploring this medium through visual means while also incorporating other techniques such as video, the artist examines the convergence of globalized cultures and the transfer of knowledge through the migration of techniques.
In his installations, which revolve around the material exploration of the links between form, its fabrication, and its uses, Réjean Peytavin interrogates the medium in terms of what it contains, what it transmits, and what remains legible over time. Thus, his sculptures find their significance in manufacturing protocols and the empirical intersections of technical cultures. He situates this formal experimentation within the field of industry, which he connects to the residencies that host him for his projects. He has worked with companies such as Geberit (sanitary ceramics, Limoges, France) and Gasser Ceramic (industrial tile manufacturer, Bardonnex, Switzerland), with researchers from the Pasteur Institute, and with startups like 60circuits and ODIWI.
Réjean Peytavin continues his research through artistic residencies, recently at the CIAV (International Center for Glass Art) Meisenthal, the CERCCO (HEAD – Geneva), the Maison du Patrimoine in Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche, and the Bruckner Foundation (Carouge, Switzerland). He also received Individual Creation Grant from the DRAC Île-de-France for the SATURNISM project, a fictional work he co-directed with choreographer Alice Bertrand.
He has participated in exhibitions at the Latvian National Museum of Art in Riga (Latvia), the Musée des Arts Asiatiques in Nice, the FRAC Limousin, the Trapholt Museum in Kolding (Denmark), the Musée Adrien Dubouché in Limoges, and the Musée de Picardie in Amiens. His works are included in the collection of the Maison du Patrimoine in Saint-Yrieix, the Musée du Verre et du Cristal in Meisenthal, La Piscine (Musée d'art et d'Industrie André Diligent) in Roubaix, and the MUDAC (Lausanne, Switzerland).
RÉJEAN PEYTAVIN
Graduate of the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs (ENSAD Paris),born in 1986, lives and works in Paris.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026
VASES ETC, Ceramic Brussels, La peau de l'ours, Brussels
2025
TRANSVASER, Puls Ceramics Gallery, Brussels
VASOMANCIE, Terralha, Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie
2024
TRADUSLATIONS, guest of honor at Terralha, Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie;
TRADUSLATIONS, C14, Paris;
VASOMANCIE, Carouge Ceramics Trail, 18th biennial, Galerie H, Carouge;
I SEE THE VASE IN YOU, Galerie La Taille de Mon Âme, Lyon
2023
TRANSLATIONS, C14, Paris
METAST<V>ASES, Oxilia Gallery, Milan
2022
ANASTYLOSE, Eleven Steens, Brussels, Belgium.
TRANSLATION, Galerie la peau de l'ours, Brussels, Belgium.
2021
1 LITTLE + 2 JINGJING?, La Taille De Mon Âme Gallery, Lyon
2020
BEQUEM CONFORT COMODO, La Manufacture, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland;
FEU, École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs, Paris;
ÉTATS DES CIEUX, Le Bailliage, Aire-sur-la-Lys, France
2019
KARYOTYPES FREAKS, Galerie 8+4, Paris;
TER(R)ATOLOGY, Galerie Le Fil Rouge, Roubaix, France
2018
TERATOLOGY, TERRALHA, Festival of Ceramic Arts, Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie, France;
TERATOLOGY, Fracas Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
DUO SHOWS
2025
SUMMER VIBES, with Bouchra Boudoua, Galerie Daguet-Bresson, Domaine Fondugues-Pradugues, Ramatuelle
2024
TANDEM, with Frederik Fialin, Oxilia Gallery, Milan
2018
SATURNISM 2, with Alice Bertrand, Le Midi-Minuit, Grenoble, France
2017
SATURNISM, with Alice Bertrand, invitation of Paul Devautour, Bazaar Compatible Program, Shanghai, China
2013
ON THE STRAW, with Raphaël Groelly, Maison&Objet, Villepinte, France
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
CERAMICS LEGENDS 2, Alain Cervantes Collection, Château de Menthon-Saint-Bernard, Annecy
BLUE LIKE THE MOON, CabanaMAD, Lisbon, Portugal
2024
MEMORIES OF A FANTASY EXPEDITION, QG Art Center, La Chaux-de-Fonds, CH
DO YOU SPEAK FLOWER? BIO – Design Biennial, Curated by Alexandra Midal, Museum of Architecture and Design, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2023
NEW EDGES, Glass and Crystal Museum, Meisenthal;
JUBILER ENCORE, 75th Biennial, Museum of Fine Arts of La Chaux-de-Fonds
2022
FLOW, BLOW, PRESS, PUSH, Le Bel Ordinaire, Curated by Syndicat, Pau
CROSSROADS, Galerie La Taille de mon Âme, Curated by Guillaume Ducongé, Lyon
ALLIED LANDS, Galerie La Taille de mon Âme, Curated by Dominique Ducongé, Lyon
APOPHENIA, Ground Solyanka, Curated by Monica Norse and Maya Nesterenko, Moscow, Russia
NATURE, Khaos Gallery, Curated by Kiama Colas, Barcelona, Spain
THANK YOU FOR DISTURBING! CONTEMPORARY CERAMICS, Musée de Picardie, Curated by Maya Derrien, Amiens
2021
SAGA, La Station, Curated by Rafaela Lopez, Baptiste Masson and David Perreard, Nice;
IF THE HOUSE GETS ON FIRE, Galerie Chapelle XIV, Curated by Rosanna Lefeuvre, Paris;
GROUP SHOW, MATÌ Gallery, Geneva
2020
YOUR FRIENDS & NEIGHBOURS, High Art, Paris
2019
LA SEYNIE TODAY, Heritage House, Curated by Zoé Darcy, Saint-Yrieix
CHAIR AS AN ARTWORK, Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia
TEMPLE MARKET, Temple&Fils, Villa Belleville, Paris
YOUNG EUROPEAN CERAMICS, Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie
BAZAAAAR, Curated by Arnaud Grapain, Halle Roublot, Fontenay-sous-bois
2018
SPIRIT OF HARMONY, Museum of Asian Arts, Nice;
A SWEET TASTE OF CONSPIRACY, Fuego, Curated by Anaïs Lepage, Mexico City;
DARWIN'S TREE, FRAC Limousin, Curated by Michel Paysant, Limoges;
KAOLIN, Galerie Louise-Michel, Curated by Dominique Trucot, Poitiers;
Al2SiO5, Adrien Dubouché National Museum, Curated by François Bauchet, Limoges;
SÉJOUR-SÉJOUR, Galerie POC, Marseille
2017
SOMETHING IN A BOX, Hoxton Hotel, Paris;
THE SUMMER OF UNDERTONE , Galerie POC, Marseille
; THE DESIGNER STUDIO, Galerie Le Coeur, Paris;
PIÈCE À VIVRE, Galerie POC, Marseille, France;
CINÉTRICYCLE, San Lun Che, Curated by Marine Calamai and Arnaud Grapain, Shanghai, China;
UNDERTONE, EROTICISM OF THE OBJECT, THE ART OF THE UNDERSTOOD, Espace Sans-Titre 2016, Paris
2016
SAN LUN CHE, Reformer Art Space, Shanghai, China
; ÉMERGENCES BIENNIAL, Curated by Frédéric Bouchet, Centre National de la Danse, Pantin;
HAND MADE, Galerie FRACAS, Brussels, Belgium;
SAGA, Curated by Rafaela Lopez, Baptiste Masson and David Perreard, Art-o-rama, Marseille;
TROPISM, Curated by HEIWATA, Pavillon des Italiens, Cité des Arts de Montmartre, Paris;
#LESRÉALISATEURS, Galerie Paradise, Curated by Fabrice Hyber, Nantes, France;
OVERLAPS, Curated by Antenor Advisory, Centre Montparnasse, Paris, France;
EVERYTHING MUST GO, Curated by Antenor Advisory, Centre Montparnasse, Paris
2015
KALOS KAGATHOS, Curated by Anaïs Lepage and Elsa Delage, ChezKit, Pantin
EXTRA-LUCIDE, FIAC & OFFICIELLE, Les Docks – Cité de la Mode et du Design, Paris
OH MY CABINET! Galerie Maison Parisienne, Maison Assouline, Piccadilly, London
PUNCH N'LINES, Curated by Raphaël Emine, Galerie MLS, Bordeaux
MULTIPLE IDEA, Galerie des Galeries, Paris, France
FETISHISM, Curated by Li Edelkoort, Trapholt Museum, Kolding, Denmark
2014
AT HOME, PARIS AT MAMO, Art Center of the Cité Radieuse, Marseille
SOUL FLAKES, Maison Parisienne Gallery, Place du Grand Sablon, Brussels, Belgium
AT HOME, PARIS, Paris
2013
ROUGE PLAZA, Galerie Maison Parisienne, Studio Harcourt, Paris;
DUPIN POP UP STORE #1, Galerie YOU-ADS, Paris;
OBJETS DU DÉSIR, Galerie Maison Parisienne, Place du Grand Sablon, Brussels
2011
DUTY FREE, Espace TER, La Plaine Saint-Denis, France
FAIRS, BIENNALES, EXHIBITIONS
2025
Ceramic Art Fair, Galerie Daguet-Bresson, Paris
2024
PAD London, Galerie Daguet-Bresson, Paris;
PAD Paris, Galerie Italienne, Paris
2023
Museum of Fine Arts of La Chaux-de-Fonds 75th Biennial
2020
ART PARIS, Galerie 8+4/Bernard Chauveau, Paris
BIENNALE ÉMERGENCE, CND, Pantin
GALERISTES, Galerie 8+4/Bernard Chauveau, Paris
2019
MAD (MULTIPLE ART DAYS) EXHIBITION, Galerie 8+4/Bernard Chauveau, Paris
2018
INTERSTICES, Emergence Biennial, National Dance Center, Pantin;
PAD PARIS, Gosserez Gallery, Paris
2015
COLLECTIVE DESIGN, Galerie Gosserez, New York, USA
PAD PARIS, Galerie Gosserez, Jardin des Tuileries, Paris, France
RESIDENCES, SCHOLARSHIPS, PROGRAMS
2025
VILLA ALBERS, 2-month residency at THREAD, Senegal;
CULTURE MOVES EUROPE, Mobility project in IBIZA, Goethe Institute and European Commission;
MUSÉE DE LA MANUFACTURE, Performance residency, Roubaix
2023
C14 Jury Prize
2022
Cité Internationale des Arts, Residency as part of the 2-12 program, Paris.
FSDIE grant, University of Paris 8, for the Saturnism3 project.
2021
AIC Grant (Individual Grant for Creation) 2021, DRAC Île-de-France for the Saturnism3 project;
Bruckner Foundation, Grant and ceramic creation residency, Carouge, Switzerland;
Swiss Embassy in Morocco, Production grant for Reproduction4;
Villa Hujja, production and research residency, Marrakech, Morocco
2020
LA MANUFACTURE, Research Residency, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
SWISS EMBASSY IN GREECE, Production Grant for Reproduction3
2019
ID POOL, VISTA ALEGRE, Porcelain Research Residency, Ilhavo, Portugal;
MAISON DU PATRIMOINE, Production Grant (porcelain and digital tapestry), Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche, France
2018
WORKSPACE AT CERCCO – HEAD Geneva, Switzerland. Research residency in contemporary ceramics, Geneva, Switzerland
2017-2019
CIAV – INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR GLASS ART – Meisenthal, France
Research residency and production grant in blown glass
2016
Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute (JCI) – Jingdezhen, China
Contemporary Ceramics Research Residency
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
La Piscine – André-Diligent Museum of Art and Industry, Roubaix;
Glass and Crystal Museum, Meisenthal;
Heritage House, Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche;
MUDAC, Lausanne;
CNAP, Paris
PUBLICATIONS
2023
C14 PARIS 2023, Contemporary Ceramics Fair (ISBN 978-2-9584547-4-6)
2023
TRANSLATIONS, Manus Grattum Editions (ISBN 978-2958871-50-5)
JUBILER ENCORE, 75th Biennale La Chaux-de-Fonds
C14 PARIS 2023, Contemporary Ceramics Fair (ISBN 978-2-9584547-3-9)
2021
The Roubaix Swimming Pool, Gallimard Editions (ISBN 978-2-072819-77-3)
2019
CCE Ceramics as Experience, Naima Editions (ISBN 987-2-374400-96-9)
THE CHAIR AS ARTWORK, Arterritory Editions (ISBN 987-9-934882-51-7)
Singular Masculine, Flammarion Editions (ISBN 978-2-081459-72-4)
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