Jacques
Jarrige 

Born in Paris in 1962, Jacques Jarrige studied architecture at the École des Beaux-Arts in the 1980s before abandoning that path to devote himself to the creation of sculptural objects and experimental furniture.

Influenced by Henry Moore, Alexander Calder, George Nakashima, and Alexandre Noll, he very early on developed a practice centered on raw and simple materials, which he works directly by hand. Wood, aluminum, brass, and bronze become the foundation of an instinctive formal research in which line and gesture occupy an essential place.

In 1991, Jacques Jarrige joined the Parisian gallery En Attendant les Barbares, founded by Frédéric de Luca, an important figure of the French avant-garde. This period marked a turning point in his work. His creations became freer and more organic, combining sculptural furniture with functional objects featuring fluid and asymmetrical forms. His work maintains a constant relationship with the body, movement, and balance. Some pieces even give the impression of drawings unfolding through space.

From the 2010s onward, his work has been regularly exhibited in the United States through his collaboration with the Valerie Goodman Gallery in New York. His sculptures then grew in scale, and his forms became increasingly open and abstract, while still preserving this very direct approach to working with materials.