Riryoku (2020) Sculpture by Laurence Schlimm Boland

Born in Paris in 1961, I oscillate between my dental practice and my Nantes artist studio to end up, in 2016, by ceasing my professional activity, in order to devote myself entirely to her passion: sculpture, thanks to the work from the earth...

Strongly influenced by my father, a photographer and sculptor, and always passionate about Japanese art, I go to Japan to "snap" the sumo wrestlers during their training and tried, on my return, to reproduce through my sculptures their power, their energy, and their fascinating flexibility...

It was in Nantes that I learned the Japanese technique of raku and adapted it to my models. In addition, enrolled at the Académie du Moulin since 2010, I learned the many uses of pigments and lacquers, which I immediately put into practice, but this time on my animal sculptures: bulldogs, octopuses and fish...

• Nationality: FRANCE
• Date of birth : 1961
• Artistic domains: Works by professional artists,
• Groups: Professional Artist Contemporary French Artists