Animal sculpture, smoked ceramic, a living gaze: Régis Sinoquet restores nobility to the animal and confronts us with the fragility of the world. A rare encounter with a sculptor who embodies the very breath of life.

The animal : memory and presence

Some artists give shape to ideas. Others give flesh to emotion. Régis Sinoquet sculpts presence. For him, the animal is not a motif—it is memory, breath, otherness. His ceramics do not imitate; they incarnate. They look at you, question you, and reconnect you with that part of the living we too often forget to see.

Clay as memory of the gesture

Clay is a living material; it retains impulses, hesitations, the speed of the hand. Sinoquet embraces the trace—that nervy modeling, that textured skin—as a form of writing. The posture emerges, precise, before the firing fixes the tension. Through high-temperature carbon smoking, contrasts of matte and sheen reveal musculature and movement. Bronze sometimes beckons, as do wood and stone, yet everything returns to ceramic—earth transfigured by fire.

Panther : the majestic shadow

A totemic figure in the artist’s work, the panther becomes the majestic shadow of a world that is contracting. Restored to its wild, fragile truth, it crystallizes the message: a precise gaze, two orbits like planets, a silent face-off that lets emotion settle in. The sculpture observes you as much as you observe it.

Fidelity without academicism

No showy virtuosity, no stylistic tricks. Sinoquet seeks inhabited accuracy: a pricked ear, a lifted paw, an arching spine—everything balanced between tension and grace. Knowledge of animal anatomy is matched by a vibrant expressiveness. His signature is unmistakable: living matter, grain, breath.

An art of vigilance

Restoring the animal’s nobility also names what our species threatens, abandons, or forgets. The sculpture becomes watchful, a discreet yet powerful homage to a world on the brink. Looking is no longer enough: we must recognize and defend. Sometimes, a panther in clay says more than a thousand speeches.

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FAQ

Who is Régis Sinoquet ?
A contemporary sculptor whose animal-focused practice—primarily in ceramic—explores the presence of the living through matter and gaze. magazine-art-mag.fr-Régis Sinoq…

What techniques does he use ?
Clay modeling, firing, and carbon smoking that produces matte/gloss contrasts; occasional dialogues with bronze, wood, and stone. magazine-art-mag.fr-Régis Sinoq…

Why does the panther recur so often ?
A totem and mirror of our bond with the wild—energy, discretion, fragility—an icon that prompts vigilance. magazine-art-mag.fr-Régis Sinoq…

Is ceramic animal sculpture fragile ?
The pieces are kiln-fired and stable; with proper transport and installation, they integrate durably into a collection. magazine-art-mag.fr-Régis Sinoq…

In Saint-Pierre-des-Corps, near Tours, Les Ateliers de la Morinerie have become a genuine laboratory for contemporary art.
Just before the open studio event, artists Pierre-Jean Chabert (animal sculptor), Sarah Scouarnec (visual artist), and Thibault Jandot (painter) unveiled an intimate yet powerful exhibition — an artistic immersion exploring the bond between material, gesture, and life itself.

Metal, clay, and color converse here with a shared vitality, forming a dialogue where the gesture becomes language and matter becomes memory.

Pierre-Jean Chabert: The Telluric Force of the Bestiary

Sculptor Pierre-Jean Chabert introduces a strikingly raw and organic world.
His bronze animal sculptures — rhinoceroses, gorillas, mandrills — seem frozen in suspended motion, radiating strength and vulnerability at once.

Chabert doesn’t represent the animal — he reveals its essence.
Each piece, cast in one of the five foundries he collaborates with, captures the tension and pulse of life, preserving the energy of the artist’s hand within the metal’s density.
It is sculpture as living matter — an elegant balance between primal power and quiet grace.

Sarah Scouarnec : The Dreamlike Feminine

In contrast, Sarah Scouarnec offers a poetic counterpoint.
Her sculptures, inspired by mythology and surrealism, embody a dreamlike femininity rooted in nature.
Organic forms intertwine with human faces, evoking an archaic and shamanic energy.

Traces of modeling remain visible, as if the clay still breathed.
Through this tactile presence, Scouarnec explores the boundary between body and landscape, spirit and matter, in a deeply human gesture../

Thibault Jandot : Urban Energy and Instinct

A painter from the graffiti scene, Thibault Jandot infuses the space with a vibrant, urban pulse.
His canvases, charged with color and movement, echo Chabert’s animal intensity while anchoring it in the rhythm of the city.

Jandot’s expressive brushstrokes convey a sense of instinctive urgency — an electric connection between the natural and the urban, between raw emotion and artistic control.

A Symbiosis of Forces: Nature, Presence, and Creation

This three-way dialogue reveals a rare coherence.
Together, Chabert, Scouarnec, and Jandot celebrate the power of life through matter.
One sculpts the body, another sculpts the soul, the third gives both movement and color.
At Les Ateliers de la Morinerie, art becomes a sensorial experience, a meditation on presence, and a celebration of the creative energy that animates all living things.

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From vintage metal to animal poetry

Jean-Pierre Jurisic Has’ Art Creation second life forgotten objects perfectly describes the journey of this self-taught artist, a former antiques dealer turned sculptor. From his workshop in Haute-Saône, he transforms chandelier fragments and brass furniture ornaments into elegant animal sculptures, giving a second life to materials long forgotten.

A unique path from antiques to creation

Born in Reims in 1977, Jean-Pierre Jurisic left his native region in 2002 to settle in the countryside. For years, he honed his eye in the world of antiques before devoting himself entirely to art in July 2024, under the evocative name Has’ Art Creation. Each piece he creates tells a story of transmission, resilience, and rebirth.

Jean-Pierre Jurisic and the elegance of the living

His favorite material is brass, which he salvages, assembles, and transforms. Inspired by the animal kingdom—birds in flight, felines in motion—he captures the exact gesture and suspended instant. His assembly technique, without bending or welding, recalls the Meccano constructions of his childhood, giving his sculptures an almost organic lightness.

An art that reincarnates rather than stylizes

While his forms evoke the purity of François Pompon, a major figure in Art Deco animal sculpture, Jean-Pierre Jurisic follows his own path: not simply stylizing, but reincarnating. Each creation bridges past and present, anchoring itself in memory while opening a door to the imagination.

Has’ Art Creation, a sensitive dialogue

Calling himself a “re-creator of emotions,” he seeks to create a bond between object and viewer. His sculptures don’t overwhelm with volume—they invite contemplation. They whisper rather than shout, and in that restraint lies their evocative power.

A future to build

Still rarely exhibited but already the recipient of an artists’ award in the Vosges, Jean-Pierre Jurisic now hopes to expand his audience, collaborate with galleries, connect with fellow creators like Patrick Villas, and perhaps see his work enter a major art house.

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An Immersive Experience at Les Ateliers de la Morinerie

In Saint-Pierre-des-Corps, the vast creative hub of Les Ateliers de la Morinerie recently came alive with a rare artistic encounter. Just days before its open studios, wildlife sculptor Pierre-Jean Chabert and visual artist Sarah Scouarnec welcomed a select group of guests to explore their new workspace.

Spanning 340 m² of studio space, over one hundred works engaged in a vibrant dialogue: majestic bronze sculptures, expressive terracotta pieces, colorful oil paintings, and mythological figures—all infused with the vital breath of life.

A striking bestiary

Rhinos, gorillas, lions, and mandrills seemed ready to leap from the material. Pierre-Jean Chabert doesn’t merely depict animals—he reveals their soul. In every gaze and muscle tension, one feels untamed vitality, brought to life by the expert casting of Rosini and Gaillard foundries.

Dialogues between worlds

The event also showcased Thibault Jandot, a painter with roots in graffiti whose vibrant animal portraits radiate electric energy, and Sarah Scouarnec, whose mythological, nature-inspired sculptures evoke an ancient, dreamlike femininity. Together, the trio created a harmonious experience blending animal, human, and myth.

An artistic manifesto

More than an exhibition, the evening was a manifesto—a statement of contemporary art that is grounded, sensitive, and profoundly human. It was a moment when art reclaimed its essential role: forging connections, enriched by heartfelt exchanges and the raw emotion of the works.

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Originally from Alsace, Amal Arezki has swapped legal texts for paintbrushes and recycled materials, building a surprising bridge between law, communication and the plastic arts. This transition is a perfect illustration of how passions can redefine career paths, leading to unexpected and rewarding careers.

From lawyer to artist: Amal Arezki’s transformation

Initially destined for a conventional career after studying law and communications, Amal Arezki was irresistibly drawn to art. Her passion for creative recycling led her to explore sculpture and pop art, radically transforming her career and her way of communicating with the world.

The art of recycling: creativity and communication through sculpture

Amal is known for her vibrant works that transform everyday objects into pop art sculptures, often one metre high. From colourful sweets transformed into artistic pieces to reinvented luxury handbags, her creations are a joyful and questioning blend of our relationship with contemporary culture.

Recognition that crosses borders

Amal’s artistic approach has quickly attracted attention, touching famous personalities such as singer Vitaa and footballer Karim.

Barbara Wildenboer, a South African artist with a unique body of work, explores the connections between science, philosophy, history and psychology with rare depth. Using a combination of analogue and digital processes, she produces works of great visual and conceptual richness, oscillating between photographic constructions, animated collages and arresting installations. Bringing together objects that are both scientific and spiritual, her work reflects a search for hidden meaning in the visible world and beyond.

Barbara explores a liminal space where empirical reality and the inexplicable collide. Telescopes, occult devices, ancient books and fertility figures are just some of the objects she uses to question our relationship with knowledge and superstition. This multi-dimensional approach allows the artist to weave a web of connections between fields that at first glance appear dissociated.

Her ‘altered books’ are a striking example of this. Both poetic and metaphorical, these works accompany his other creations and provide food for thought on subjects as diverse as fractal geometry, psychoanalysis and archaeology.

Vincent Libecq‘s studio produces sculptures that are much more than mere objets d’art. They are vectors of emotion, bridges between the artist and the viewer. Born in 1966, Libecq learnt the art of sculpting at the age of 20. But beyond technique, transmitting his raw emotions to touch the universal is close to his heart !

Vincent Libecq, the transmitter of emotion

Describing himself as a “sculptor who passes on emotion”, he doesn’t see technique as an end in itself, but as a means of deeply touching those who stand before his works. The emotions of the world, captured by his observant eye, take shape in sculptures that speak of joy, beauty, sadness, fear, poetry and humour. In this approach, Libecq succeeds in making the intimate and the universal resonate, asserting that art is that emotion which intimately links us to the whole of humanity.

Dynamism and light in Libecq’s sculpture

His works, such as Le Loup and Le Taureau, are powerful expressions of the strength and energy of these animals. They are shaped with a personal touch that introduces openwork metal not only as a material, but also as a dynamic sculptural element that interacts with light to create a living, expressive presence.