Jörg Gessner - Galerie Fatiha Selam

Jörg Gessner
Born in 1967 in Rudesheim am Rhein (Germany), Jörg Gessner lives and works in Paris since
1989. That year, he began studying fashion design and fashion model in Studio Berçot. He
continued his studies in textile design at Studio Melvin Anderson (Milan).
Jörg Gessner’s designer career took a new direction in 2004 during a visit to Japan, where he
met Yoshinao Sugihara, tenth generation descendant of Hanshirou Sugihara, founder of the real
factory of washi. Thus, after a rich career in textile design and design of objects, Jörg Gessner
chose to dedicate himself to Japanese paper. He became one of best connoisseurs. He
experiences paper to compose a demanding work. Since that turning point, Jörg Gessner is
associated with traditional washi-making workshops in the province of Echizen. He also works
with Hermès since 2010 and since 2011 with Guerlain.
EXHIBITIONS
Art Paris 2015, represented by Galerie Fatiha Selam, Grand Palais, Paris, 26-29 March 2015
« Voilà les Delton », Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature, Paris, 21 – 26 October 2014
During the YIA Art Fair, Jörg Gessner, in collaboration with Mathilde Castello Branco, realized an
art installation into this museum on the theme of “The woman riding a horse”
« Story of a white sheet », Galerie Fatiha Selam, Paris, 6 September – 18 October 2014
The artist’s first solo exhibition, this event at Galerie Fatiha Selam shows Jörg Gessner’s paper
works. This pieces of washi paper, of sumi and, above all, of light are shown on wood chassis
on the walls or on wood structures on the floor.
Galerie Le Réverbère, Lyon, September 2014
Showcase production, Guerlain store Versailles, 6 January – 28 February 2014
« Hugo meets Dostoïevski », Musée Victor Hugo, Paris, 19 February – 7 April 2013
Showcase production, Guerlain stores Champs-Elysées and Vendôme, 7 January – 10
February 2013
Town hall of the sixth arrondissement, Lyon, 2012
Showroom ID Company Milan, 2011
Kanazu Forest of Creation, Japan, 2010
Futaba-En, Tokyo, 2009
Calligrane – Art and creation stationer, Paris, 2008
Galerie En Marge, 2007
In addition to this career, add a myriad of small exhibitions in shops, law firms, design salons, furniture salons
since 1993. Since 2008, all presences of the artist in salons are associated with its Japanese partners .
DISTINCTIONS
2013 : Kyoto Contemporary Price
2006 : Villa Medicis Hors les Murs Price
CONFERENCES
« Washi Story », Kurume University, Fukuoka
« Le Yuton », Goethe Institut, Paris
« La voie du thé » (The way of tea), Musée Guimet, Paris
« La voie du papier » (The way of paper), Ecole Estienne, Paris
RESEARCH
Rembrandthuis, Amsterdam University of Amsterdam – Ateliergebouw, Rijksmuseum,
Amsterdam.