pascal oudet - del Mano Gallery

PASCAL OUDET
b. 1972, Vesoul, France
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2013
2012
2011-12
2011
2010-11
2010-11
2010
2009-10
2009
2008
2007
Turned Wood - Small Treasures, del Mano - A Gallery of Fine Contemporary Craft, LLC, delmano.com
Hot Tea!, del Mano - A Gallery of Fine Contemporary Craft, LLC, delmano.com
Masters of Contemporary Wood Art - A Secondary Market Exhibition, del Mano - A Gallery of Fine
Contemporary Craft, LLC, delmano.com
Turned Wood – Small Treasures, del Mano - A Gallery of Fine Contemporary Craft, LLC, delmano.com
Beyond Containment, American Association of Woodturners, Saint Paul, MN & San Jose, CA
Eunique show, Karlsruhe, Allemagne
Collect Art Fair, Sarah Myerscough Gallery, London UK
Sculpture Objects & Functional Art Exposition, New York, NY
Turned Wood - Small Treasures, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
New Perspectives in Wood, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
A travers le bois, l’Atelier d’Ateliers d’Art de France, Paris
Expression Bois, Saint Amand en Puysaye (58), France
The Fine Art of Wood, Arboretum, Asheville, NC
Solo Exhibition, Espace Aragon, Villard Bonnot (Grenoble), France
Hot Tea!, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Sculpture Objects & Functional Art Exposition, Chicago, IL
Flora & Fauna, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Sculpture Objects & Functional Art Exposition WEST, Santa Fe, NM
Expression Bois, AFTAB, Villeneuve les Avignon, France
Ultra Dentelles! Collection gallery of Ateliers d’Art de France, Paris, France
Dentelle en Mouvement, Ateliers d'Art de France, Paris, France
The Teapot, American Association of Woodturners Symposium, Hartford, CT
AFTAB (French Woodturning Association) 7th Traveling Exhibition, France
Turned Wood-Small Treasures, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Maison Parisienne, Paris, France
La Veine, galerie l'Araucaria, Grenoble, France
Hors Serie, Ateliers d'Art de France, Paris, France
Spirit of the Southwest, American Association of Woodturners Symposium, Albuquerque, NM
Passion du Bois Wood Show, Artist-in-Residence, Grenoble, France
Turning to the Future, Grovewood Gallery, Asheville, NC
Spindle, AAW Symposium, Albuquerque, NM; AAW Gallery of Wood Art, St. Paul, MN
2nd Traveling Exhibition of the Spanish Woodturners, Spain
AFTAB (French Woodturning Association) 6th Traveling Exhibition, France
Artistic Turning, SEMA (Society for the Promotion of Arts & Crafts), Paris, France
Solo Exhibition, Frotey-les-Vesoul, France
DysFUNctional, Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia, PA
Autour du Bois, Chapelle de l’Observance, Draguignan, France
Passion du Bois Wood Show, 1st Place Award, Grenoble, France
A en perdre la boule…et pourtant elle tourne, City Hall Gallery, Yverdon, Switzerland
Turning Green, Touring
Oregon College of Art & Craft, Portland OR
AAW Gallery of Wood Art, St. Paul, MN
AFTAB (French Woodturning Association) 5th Traveling Exhibition, France
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2011
2010
2009
2008
Marie-Claire Maison, “Tendance nature”, May-June 2011.
France Today, décembre 2011.
Bois tourné, vrai du faux, Ateliers d' Art Magazine n° 87, May-June 2010.
Tournage sur bois: Select 1 (book), Planet Bois editions.
Woodturning Magazine. Christmas. "In Profile: Pascal Oudet."
American Woodturner. Fall. “The French Connection.”
The Art of Turned Bowls: Designing Bowls with a World-Class Turner. Raffan, Richard. Taunton Press,
Newtown, CT.
SELECTED AWARDS
2012
Grand Prix de la Création de la Ville de Paris (City of Paris Creation Award, Craft Category)
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
I love the action sun, rain, frost, have on natural materials. In the mountains where I live, they create beautiful textures and
colours on old wood on barns and on slate layers. I've also enjoyed the weathered aspect of driftwood I’ve seen during a
journey in New Zealand. All these elements reveal and emphasise the inner structure of the material, and are a great source of
inspiration for me.
In my pieces, I also try to work with these characteristics, playing with the grain through various surface treatments (textures,
sandblasting, scorching, colours). Most of the time, I have a precise idea of the piece I want to create, and then look for the
wood that will render the effect I’m after. Creating with wood allows to combine these visual and tactile feelings with a warm
and natural material.
My work is primarily created on the wood lathe, but it involves more and more work done afterwards. I like experimenting
new things, pushing ideas piece after piece. It sometimes open new and different paths, which I’m always excited to explore,
developing special tools or techniques to reach my goals. The tool is never a limit, only the imagination.