Gaultier Rimbault Joffard

b. 1987 Based in Paris, France

Gaultier Rimbault-Joffard, (1987) lives and works in Paris, France, graduated from ESAG Penninghen. The first part of his career was marked by architecture, where he worked for several years with Christian Liaigre and Pierre Yovanovitch. This architectural dimension shaped his approach to composition and materiality.

Gaultier Rimbault-Joffard’s practice is rooted in a continuous exploration of light and materiality. His work unfolds across several distinct yet interconnected series, reflecting a deep engagement with the relationships between surface, perception, and temporality.

A key aspect of his practice lies in the use of custom-made tools, which allow him to layer and manipulate paint in ways that are both precise and organic.

These tools generate rhythmic textures that become fields of visual and tactile exploration, blurring the line between image and object. Some works feature gradients where color dissolves into soft luminosity, while others, marked by dense and vibrant surfaces, challenge perception through contrasts and overlays.

Rimbault-Joffard also extends this research into the design of furniture and sculptural pieces. Tables, benches, sideboards, function becomes a pretext to create volumetric dialogues between materials, where wooden structures, composite materials, or metal reflect his aesthetic concerns, capable of absorbing or reflecting light, in constant interaction with space and movement. These creations further his reflection on surface, dissolving the boundaries between art and design.

Across his entire body of work, the artist constructs immersive pieces that evolve with their environment, light, and viewpoint, offering a spatial, sensory, and contemplative experience in which perception remains in flux.

"My work explores the notions of freedom and materiality through pieces whose texture and geometry are at the heart of everything. The painting, the wood or metal is constrained through tools and strong composition, from then the matter will find its own way to express, find its freedom and reveal its nature. This is this truth that I am looking for : The essence of Nature through the eyes and hands of Man. How both cohabit in a same environment and where is the balance between wildness and domestication? The light that emanates from the painting as much as that which bounces off the roughness of the material amplifies the sensory and haptic aspect. To create these effects and vibrations, acrylic paint is used in solids or gradients,the matter is sculpted with the help of custom tools. The optical effects created by the work can only be apprehended by the spectator by turning around, by approaching, touching, thus creating a personal link between the piece and the individual."

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