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, France
LINEART art fair, Triskel Gallery, Ghent, Belgium
1995
Myth in Modern Times, Eastwick Art Gallery, Chicago, Illinois USA
M. Guerin Gallery, Limetz, France
Myth in Modern Times, Riverrun Gallery, Lamberville, New Jersey USA
1996
Stone's memory, Montauban, France
Lagrasse Abbay, Lagrasse, France
M. Guerin Gallery, Limetz, France
1997
SAGA Art fair, M. Guerin Gallery, Paris, France
Toyamura Int. sculpture biennale, Hokkaidō, Japan
1998
Art contemporary mouvement, Chamaliere, France
Ayuntamente de Arucas, Grand Canaria, Spain
Mic'art Gallery, Lille, France
6e Salon de sculpture, Abzac, France
La cour du ciecle, Massillargues-Atuech, France
Estampa Art Fair, M. Guerin Gallery, Madrid, Spain
1999
Pierre and Marie Vitoux Gallery, Paris, France
M. Guerin Gallery, Limetz, France
2000
Les Punches Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
Garden, M. Guerin Gallery, Limetz, France
Ayuntamente de Girona, Girona, Spain
Art Expo, M. Villalba Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2001
White-Black, M. Guerin Gallery, Limetz, France
Art Expo, M. Villalba Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
DEARTE art fair, M. Villalba Gallery, Madrid, Spain
2002
La maison du chevalier Gallery, Carcassonne, France
Castang Gallery, Perpignan, France
Art Expo, M. Villalba Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2003
AC Gallery, Madrid, Spain
Garden, M. Guerin Gallery, Limetz, France
La maison du chevalier Gallery, Carcassonne, France
ST'ART Art fair, M. Villalba Gallery, Strasbourg, France
Espace 21 Museum, Shikoku, Japan
2004
Miami Art Fair, M. Villaba Gallery, Miami, Florida USA
ST'ART fair, M. Villaba Gallery, Strasbourg, France
Ever Harvest Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
Espace sculptural Gallery, Ploegsteert, Belgium
Castang Gallery, Perpignan, France
2005
Hualien Cultural Center, Hualien, Taiwan
Incarnat Gallery, Grignan, France
Espace Sculpture Gallery, Ploegsteert, Belgium
Maria Villalba Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
Castang Gallery, Perpignan, France
2006
Karlsruhe Art Fair, M. Guerin Gallery, Karlsruhe, Germany
La maison du chevalier Gallery, Carcassonne, France
Campo Santo, Castang Gallery, Perpignan, France
Maria Villalba Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2007
Naufu Gallery, Gifu, Japan
M. Guerin Gallery, Limetz, France
KIAF Art fair, Adriana Schmidt Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Solo exhibits
1994
M. Guerin Gallery, Limetz, France
La maison du chevalier Gallery, Carcassonne, France
Naito Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
1995 Era Bauro Gallery, Andorra
1996 Co-Op Kyoto Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
1997
Galerie 141, Nagoya, Japan
Mic'art Gallery, Lille, France
1999
M. Guerin Gallery, Limetz, France
Miyabi Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
2000 Maria Villalba Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2001
Miyabi Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
Mssokhan Gallery, Kobe, Japan
Chisai Oyorokobi, Oono, Japan
Art Gallery Le Puget, Alzonne, France
2002
La maison du roy, Sigean, France
Maria Villalba Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2003
Michele Guerin Gallery, Limetz, France
Artislong Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
Miyabi Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
Today's Gallery, Shikoku, Japan
2004 Maria Villalba Gallery, Barcelona, Spain.
2006 ArteNim Grenoble art fair, Grenoble, France
2007
Maria Villalba Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
Miyabi Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
Karlsruhe art fair,M. Villalba Gallery, Germany
Monumental Sculptures
2005
'Elevation, Carrara white marble, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Construction around a wave, Hualien white marble, Hualien, Taiwan