Xavier Carrère

XAVIER CARRÈRE (Draguignan, 1966).
Untitled.
Blown glass.
Signed and dated.
It presents marks of use and wear.
Measurements: 9,5 x 12 x 7 cm.

Sculptor in glass. He made the apprenticeship in the workshop of his uncle in Biot, near Cannes. Towards 1990 he began his work alone. From 1992 to 1994 he directed the glass workshop of L'ADAC (Association for Development and Cultural Animation) where he taught the different techniques of blowing. He continued with research and deepened his art. In 1996 he founded his own workshop in Soustons (Landes). Among the recently acquired works is a monumental sculpture of 6 meters made in 2000 for Soustons and another in 2001 for the Hôtel de Région in Montpellier. Exhibitions: 1991: Paris, Carpe Diem Gallery. Germany, Gallery Hermann. 1998: Exhibits in Luxembourg, Biarritz, Grasse, Paris and Pau, among others. Biarritz: presents the Installation Ovolites at the Grande Plage. 1999: French Embassy in Belgium. Alzon (Gard): Mas Gauzin Gallery. Saint-Emilion (Gironde): Cloister des Cordeliers. 2000: Saint-Jean-de-Luz, exhibits in the Gallery Catherine et Frédéric Portal. 2001: Baiona from 13 to 16 December presents his glass sculptures in a group exhibition at the Gallery Iban with Michel Duboscq, Anne-Marie Broca, Jean Philippe Plantey, Bernard Perez, Bieysse and Varela among others. Rheden (Germany) solo exhibition at the Paulus Remmers Gallery. Montpellier: Hôtel de Région, Gallery Z. He has also exhibited in Itxassou, Saint-Jean-de-Luz, Paris, Montpellier, Soustons, Saint-Bauzille de Putois, Grasse, Aigues Mortes, Saintes-Channiers, Lyon, Villeurbanne, Germany (Baden-Baden, Hamburg and Essex), and Slovakia (Bratislava).