Sébastien de Ganay

Sébastien de Ganay (* 1962, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR) deliberately locates his works between artistic genres and thus creates works that elude a clear categorization in image, relief, object or furniture and blur the boundaries between the genres. As an innovative representative of experimental painting and sculpture, de Ganay combines abstract, figurative & functional elements - often in rich colors - to activate the senses and challenge conformist behaviors.

The geometric shapes of his works are reminiscent of the reduced aesthetics and formal language of minimal art. De Ganay, however, extends this understanding, since his works of art do not reveal themselves at first glance, but rather invite the viewer to participate mentally and to get to the bottom of things.

De Ganay studied political science and film at Columbia University in New York and is co-founder of the art book publishing house onestar press. In addition to numerous exhibition participations, including the Centre Pompidou in Paris and the Landesmuseum Österreich in St. Pölten, Austria, the Institut Français in Vienna showed a comprehensive solo exhibition of the artist in 2014. In 2017, de Ganay realized a highly acclaimed installation for the Kunsthalle Krems in a former Dominican church, which was accompanied by an overview catalog of his work.


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