Ève Laroche-Joubert

formed a practice based on the concepts of balance and coordination. She sees the body as a structure of perception in constant motion and is deeply interested in how physical awareness fosters creativity. Rooted in the tradition of the artist-engineer, her work lies at the intersection of sculpture, performance, dance, architecture and design, and addresses themes of movement. His large-scale sculptures include a wide range of references – from ancient totem poles to contemporary ergonomic design – but always return to biomorphic forms and structures, functioning as sites for choreographed performances in which the artist or other performers climb, contort and balance their bodies, activating the space. “The structures I build serve to express the elegance of a gesture, a moment of finite balance,” said Eve. In recent projects, she has collaborated with professional dancers in New York and Moscow and is currently developing walkable sculptures for the public. Her current research explores the combination of her understanding of the body with cognitive science.

Ève Laroche-Joubert’s work has been commissioned and exhibited in France, Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Russia and the United States. She has benefited from residencies funded by the Triangle Arts Organization (USA), the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts (USA), the I-Park Foundation (USA), Sculpture Space (USA) and the 3D-Verbier Foundation (Switzerland). Her work has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Artforum, Blouin ArtInfo (Russia), The Brooklyn Rail, Hyperallergic, Title Magazine, Blend Magazine and The Southern Metropolis Weekly (China), among others. Ève holds a Master’s degree in sculpture from the École des Beaux-Arts (Paris, France) and a BFA in architectural metallurgy from the École d’art et de design Olivier de Serres (Paris, France). She received scholarships from the École des Beaux Arts de Paris and the San Francisco Art Institute to study abroad. It was after an exchange program at the San Francisco Art Institute that she began to integrate performance into her sculptural work. Ève studied classical ballet and music theory at the Conservatoire de Lorraine in France. She is also trained in capoeira and acrobatics, disciplines she has practiced in France, Germany, the Netherlands, Hungary and the United States.

Eve’s sculpting techniques are influenced by her professional background as a fabricator. She has built countless prototypes for design and architectural firms, made numerous models and sets for the fine art and entertainment industries, and has experience as a foreman in building renovation. In addition, Eve has taught perspective techniques in Paris, specialising in the construction of anamorphoses. Her interest in methods of representation continues. She wrote an essay on a revolutionary new system in the representation of visual reality, published in the first volume of The Funambulist Papers.