Sylvie Rivillon (born 1959) is an internationally acclaimed French sculptor. Her works in stone, terracotta, wood and bronze often display layers of shapes. Often rippling and natural-looking contours are contained within, emerge from, and merge with shapes suggesting boxes, casings, and architectural structures. Works by Rivillon have been exhibited or installed at exhibits in France, Germany, Belgium, Andorra, Spain, Greece, the USA, Korea, Taiwan and Japan. Since 2005 her activity has included the creation of monumental sculptures. Her initial works in the genre, Elevation and Construction Around a Wave, are installed in the cities of Kaohsiung and Hualien in Taiwan.
Rivillon received her education in Paris. She graduated from L'École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts (ENSBA) in 1978 and from L'Ecole nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs (ENSAD), where she subsequently worked, in 1983. Since 1990 she has made her home in the south of France. She is married to the Romanian-born sculptor Ariel Moscovici.
Installations and exhibits
Group exhibits
1981 Les metiers de l'art, Arts Decoratifs Nat. Museum, Paris, France
1982 L'er salon de sculpture contemporaine, Croissy/Seine, France
1983 Maison des Beaux Arts, Paris, France
1984 Epipeda Gallery, Athens, Greece
1985 ENSAD, Paris, France
1986 Epipeda Gallery, Athens, Greece
1993 M. Guerin Gallery, Limetz, France
1994
2e Salon des Arts plastiques, Abzac, FranceLINEART art fair, Triskel Gallery, Ghent, Belgium1995
Myth in Modern Times, Eastwick Art Gallery, Chicago, Illinois USAM. Guerin Gallery, Limetz, FranceMyth in Modern Times, Riverrun Gallery, Lamberville, New Jersey USA1996
Stone's memory, Montauban, FranceLagrasse Abbay, Lagrasse, FranceM. Guerin Gallery, Limetz, France1997
SAGA Art fair, M. Guerin Gallery, Paris, FranceToyamura Int. sculpture biennale, Hokkaidō, Japan1998
Art contemporary mouvement, Chamaliere, FranceAyuntamente de Arucas, Grand Canaria, SpainMic'art Gallery, Lille, France6e Salon de sculpture, Abzac, FranceLa cour du ciecle, Massillargues-Atuech, FranceEstampa Art Fair, M. Guerin Gallery, Madrid, Spain1999
Pierre and Marie Vitoux Gallery, Paris, FranceM. Guerin Gallery, Limetz, France2000
Les Punches Gallery, Barcelona, SpainGarden, M. Guerin Gallery, Limetz, FranceAyuntamente de Girona, Girona, SpainArt Expo, M. Villalba Gallery, Barcelona, Spain2001
White-Black, M. Guerin Gallery, Limetz, FranceArt Expo, M. Villalba Gallery, Barcelona, SpainDEARTE art fair, M. Villalba Gallery, Madrid, Spain2002
La maison du chevalier Gallery, Carcassonne, FranceCastang Gallery, Perpignan, FranceArt Expo, M. Villalba Gallery, Barcelona, Spain2003
AC Gallery, Madrid, SpainGarden, M. Guerin Gallery, Limetz, FranceLa maison du chevalier Gallery, Carcassonne, FranceST'ART Art fair, M. Villalba Gallery, Strasbourg, FranceEspace 21 Museum, Shikoku, Japan2004
Miami Art Fair, M. Villaba Gallery, Miami, Florida USAST'ART fair, M. Villaba Gallery, Strasbourg, FranceEver Harvest Gallery, Taipei, TaiwanEspace sculptural Gallery, Ploegsteert, BelgiumCastang Gallery, Perpignan, France2005
Hualien Cultural Center, Hualien, TaiwanIncarnat Gallery, Grignan, FranceEspace Sculpture Gallery, Ploegsteert, BelgiumMaria Villalba Gallery, Barcelona, SpainCastang Gallery, Perpignan, France2006
Karlsruhe Art Fair, M. Guerin Gallery, Karlsruhe, GermanyLa maison du chevalier Gallery, Carcassonne, FranceCampo Santo, Castang Gallery, Perpignan, FranceMaria Villalba Gallery, Barcelona, Spain2007
Naufu Gallery, Gifu, JapanM. Guerin Gallery, Limetz, FranceKIAF Art fair, Adriana Schmidt Gallery, Seoul, KoreaSolo exhibits
1994
M. Guerin Gallery, Limetz, FranceLa maison du chevalier Gallery, Carcassonne, FranceNaito Gallery, Nagoya, Japan1995 Era Bauro Gallery, Andorra
1996 Co-Op Kyoto Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
1997
Galerie 141, Nagoya, JapanMic'art Gallery, Lille, France1999
M. Guerin Gallery, Limetz, FranceMiyabi Gallery, Nagoya, Japan2000 Maria Villalba Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2001
Miyabi Gallery, Nagoya, JapanMssokhan Gallery, Kobe, JapanChisai Oyorokobi, Oono, JapanArt Gallery Le Puget, Alzonne, France2002
La maison du roy, Sigean, FranceMaria Villalba Gallery, Barcelona, Spain2003
Michele Guerin Gallery, Limetz, FranceArtislong Gallery, Kyoto, JapanMiyabi Gallery, Nagoya, JapanToday's Gallery, Shikoku, Japan2004 Maria Villalba Gallery, Barcelona, Spain.
2006 ArteNim Grenoble art fair, Grenoble, France
2007
Maria Villalba Gallery, Barcelona, SpainMiyabi Gallery, Nagoya, JapanKarlsruhe art fair,M. Villalba Gallery, Germany
Monumental Sculptures
2005
'Elevation, Carrara white marble, Kaohsiung, TaiwanConstruction around a wave, Hualien white marble, Hualien, Taiwan