Adeline de Monseignat facts for kids

Adeline de Monseignat, a contemporary artist.

Adeline de Monseignat (born in 1987) is a talented artist from the Netherlands and Monaco. She creates amazing visual art and works in both London and Mexico City. Her art often uses natural materials like recycled fur, soil, textiles, glass, and marble. She makes sculptures and art installations that explore ideas from mythology (old stories), anthropology (the study of humans), and psychology (how the mind works). She's especially interested in the "Uncanny," which means something that is strangely familiar but also a bit unsettling.

Becoming an Artist

Adeline de Monseignat studied Language and Culture at University College London. She also spent a year in Italy studying Architecture and Design. After that, she focused on art, completing a Fine Art Foundation Course at the Slade School of Fine Art. She then earned her Master of Fine Arts degree with high honors from the City and Guilds of London Art School in 2011.

Her art show at the end of her degree was so good that a curator named Justin Hammond chose her for the Catlin Guide. This book highlights forty promising new artists in the United Kingdom. Because of this, she was chosen as a finalist for the Catlin Art Prize in 2012, along with nine other artists. She won the Public Vote Prize for the Catlin Art Prize that year.

In 2012, she was also a finalist for the Threadneedle Prize. The next year, in 2013, she received the Bursary Award from the Royal Society of Sculptors.

Early Exhibitions and Materials

In 2013, a curator named James Putnam brought Adeline de Monseignat and artist Berndnaut Smilde together for her first show at Ronchini Gallery. This exhibition was called The Uncanny.

In 2014, the Ronchini Gallery held a solo exhibition (a show just for her art) called Home. An art historian wrote a special book about her work for this show. That same year, the BBC World Service interviewed her about how she uses recycled fur in her art.

In 2015, Adeline de Monseignat learned stone carving from sculptor Gianpietro Carlesso. Since then, and especially after spending time in Mexico starting in 2017, marble has become a very important material in her art.

Her 2018 solo show, O, at Ronchini Gallery, featured sculptures and her film In The Flesh. She filmed this movie in 2016 in the famous Carrara marble quarries in Italy.

Showing Art in Mexico

In 2018, Adeline de Monseignat showed her art in Mexico for the first time. It was at a gallery called Galería de Arte Mexicano. This gallery is famous because it hosted an international Surrealist exhibition in 1940. Her exhibition, called Synergia, included works by several artists. It was so popular that it later moved to the Museo Federico Silva in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. This is the only museum in Latin America dedicated to sculpture.

In 2020, she had many exhibitions in Mexico. She showed her art at places like Salon Acme, Zona Maco, Museo de Geologia UNAM, Studio Block M74, and Masa Galeria. She exhibited alongside other well-known artists like Jose Davila and Perla Krauze.

Selected Exhibitions

• 2011 – Reveal the Tension, solo show at Norman Rea Gallery, York, United Kingdom
• 2012 – Art Moscow, a presentation of her work sponsored by Christie's and the British Council, Moscow, Russia
• 2012 – The Catlin Art Prize, at the Londonewcastle Project Space, London, United Kingdom
• 2012 – Dividing Line, at High House Gallery, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
• 2013 – The Future Can Wait, at Victoria House, London, United Kingdom
• 2013 – The Uncanny, a two-person show with Berndnaut Smilde at the Ronchini Gallery, London, United Kingdom
• 2013 – The London Project, at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
• 2013 – Articulate, Victoria Miro Gallery for Dramatic Need, including works by Anish Kapoor, Antony Gormley, and the Chapman Brothers, London, United Kingdom
• 2014 – Time to Hit the Road, Leila Heller Gallery, New York City, United States
• 2014 – Home, solo show, Ronchini Gallery, London, United Kingdom
• 2015 – Points of Contact, Cob Gallery, London, United Kingdom
• 2015 – Whispers - Project by Adeline de Monseignat, Ronchini Gallery, London, United Kingdom
• 2015 – UK/RAINE, Saatchi Gallery, London, United Kingdom
• 2016 – Beyond Borders, Blain Southern, London, United Kingdom
• 2016 – Art Barter Dubai, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai , United Arab Emirates
• 2016 – I am NOT tino sehgal, curated by Francesco Bonami, Nahmad Projects, London, United Kingdom
• 2016 – Sigmund's Shorts: In the Flesh, Freud Museum, London, United Kingdom
• 2017 – House of Penelope, curated by Alteria Art, supported by the Gaia Art Foundation, Gallery 46, London, United Kingdom
• 2017 – Force of Nature, curated by James Putnam, Mile End Art Pavilion, London, United Kingdom
• 2017 – Contemporary Sculpture Fulmer, curated by Brooke Benington, Fulmer, United Kingdom
• 2017 – L'Attesa, solo show curated by Roberto Lacarbonara, Exchiesetta, Polignano a Mare, Puglia, Italy
• 2018 – Synergia, Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico City, Mexico
• 2018 – O, Ronchini Gallery, London, United Kingdom
• 2018 – Skulpturenpark, Galerie Kandlhofer, Vienna, Austria
• 2018 – Cure3, Bonhams, London, United Kingdom
• 2019 – Through the Looking Glass, curated by Alteria Art and James Putnam, Cob Gallery, London, United Kingdom
• 2019 – Silogismos de la Construcción, curated by Alberto Rios, Studio Block M74, Mexico City, Mexico
• 2019 – Sisyphus in Retrograde, London, United Kingdom
• 2019 – Synergia, Museo Federico Silva, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
• 2020 – Fire Ladders, Museo de Geologia, Mexico City, Mexico
• 2020 – Recover/Uncover, Masa Galeria, Mexico City, Mexico
• 2020 – Salon Acme no.8, Salon Acme, Mexico City, Mexico

Personal Life

In 2019, Adeline de Monseignat married fellow sculptor Pablo de Laborde Lascaris. They met through the Royal Society of Sculptors. Adeline was a key part of setting up Studio Block M74 in Mexico City. This is a large space (900 square meters) dedicated to sculpture. It has studios for many sculptors, artist residency programs, and gallery spaces. Her husband manages this space alongside his own art practice.

See Also

• List of Dutch women artists
• List of female sculptors