Laurent Guez
(Canadian & French )
First exercised his talent for building forward thinking
structures as boy when he constructed imaginative
lego cities.His desire to combine aesthetics and
engineering led him to earn a degree in industrial
design at the École Nationale des Arts Appliqués et
des Métiers d’Arts in Paris where he lived from 1975 to
2000.
Drawn to creating environments that were beautiful
and encapsulated a company’s brand, he formulated
displays that ranged from department store kiosks to
stand alone shops. As the co-head of the Tux Creative
Agency he acquired world-wide clients primarily in the
cosmetic and drugstore industries.
In 2022, he heeded his urge to express his creativity
without the restraints imposed by commerce and
became full time artist .
He chose a three dimensional medium, clay and its
more refined form-porcelain to use his experience as a
builder and problem solver to make large, complex
pieces that embody his philosophy of life and the
struggles that living entails, heightened by his unique
vision.He incorporated mold and castings as well as paper,
wood, metal in his work to achieve the organic shapes
he desires and to advance his ceramics beyond the
expected in his fine art work and ceramic tables.
Guez is an expansive dreamer as well as a pragmatic
rationalist.These opposing aspects are at play in his
current ceramic work:
Guez’s cactus série
Laurent Guez
CV
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/
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Site web : www.laurentguezceramics.com
Nationality : Canadian & French1981, started works in Paris as designer, art director or
design development director in agencies such
Malherbes Design.
2000, moved to Canada, founded Guez
communication & Design, Montreal
2010, joints in the creation of Tux Creative Agency
2011, become a partner .( https://tux.co/en/
2022, opens his ceramic studio, Abercorn, Quebec,
Canada
Education :
1981, Diploma industrial design, école nationale des
arts appliqués et métiers d’arts, Paris
2014, ceramic course at the Gaia shop
workshop ,Montreal
2015-2018, ceramic courses at the centre Pierre
Charbonneau , Montreal . Throwing, shaping, glazing,
Raku classes taught by Julie Duguay from the
Ceramic center Bonsecours school , Montreal.2022-22023: assistant to ceramist Rachel Grenon ,
Knolwton, Quebec, canada. http://rachelgrenon.com/
en/.Production of tableware collections.
2022: profile New/Early Career Artist at the Canada
Council for the Arts
2025:profile Artist at the Canada Council for the Arts
Exhibitions:
• 2020 July, Abercorn Cultural centre.Art in the park,
solo, ceramic tableware collection
• November 2020: WIP Gallery Montréal: collective
exhibition: Les Matériaux (https://
www.instagram.com/p/CG1E-6-nMcd/? img_index=1 )
• December 2020: WIP Gallery Montreal: The Circular
Market exhibition (https://
www.instagram.com/wip.works/)
• August 2021: Abercorn Cultural Centre: Art in the
park. Exhibition- collective sale of a
ceramic collection• 2021:collective exhibition: WIP The Circular Market
2021
• September 2023: Art Lab Gallery, Knowlton.
collective exhibition. ceramic tea table
https://www.facebook.com/artlab341/?
• September 2023.Sculpture workshop with Mexican
artist Juan Luis Potosi and exhibition
shared with the art lab (https://www.instagram.com/
juanluispotosi/
, https://juanluispotosi.com/ )
• November 2023.Equestrian collective exhibition at
the Artlab-Knowlton gallery. Exhibition
of a horse’s head medium paper, iron wire and
modelling clay
• December 2024. Exhibit at the Spazio ceramica
Faenza. Exhibition of the residency work 2023 &
2024 at FAAC.
• March 2025,Venice international art Fair.Palazzo
Albrizzi-Capello (https://www.itsliquid.com/palazzo-
albrizzi-capello.html)
Residences:
• Artist in residence at the Faenza Ceramic Center
(Italy) 2023 https://www.facc-art.it/ 2 months
Developed ceramic tables ,inspired by the opposition
between organic elements and static structures
• Artist in residence at the Faenza ceramic center (Italy)
2024 https://www.facc-art.it/ 3 months,Porcelain
workshop
(This Project is supported by a grant from the Canada
Council for the Arts).
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