Damien Gernay
Damien Gernay (c) Julien Renault
Close to the considerations of a painter or a sculptor, the imponderable plays a decisive role in Damien Gernay's practice. Error is accepted and incorporated, making each piece unique with its own history, complexities, and intimate paradoxes.
Bio
Damien Gernay’s work is highly experimental, driven by his desire to challenge boundaries between art and design. To date, his practice has included furniture, lighting, and accessories. His pieces often reflect a reverence for nature and the enigmatic; his larger oeuvre focuses on materiality, texture, and ambiguity. Close to the considerations of a painter or a sculptor, the imponderable plays a decisive role in his practice. Error is accepted and incorporated, making each piece unique with its own history, complexities, and intimate paradoxes. He pairs control with spontaneity, mixing the smooth with the rough. Gernay exhibits frequently, including within fairs, such as PAD London & Paris, ICFF in New York, Milan Design Week, and other institutions like Triennale de Milano in Milan, Design museum in Ghent or Bozar in Brussels to name a few.
