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C. Safia Hijos

"Supernatures"

published at 02/02/2021
Supernatures, installation de Safia Hijos pour le Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire, 2021 - © Éric Sander
“At my own pace, I create my interior garden, part plant, part animal, to be displayed on the walls inside the home. They are in fact ornaments and are a blend of everything: rococo from the Pompadour flower manufacture, the vegetal arabesques of Grotesque art, Luca Della Robbia’s vivid lemons, scrolls of flowers and leaves that decorate the façades of the cities, chimeric scales and claws and even Sonic the hedgehog from the video game...
Children’s literature through ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ by Maurice Sendak is also present with the incongruous appearance of nature indoors, and the phrase ‘And suddenly a forest grew in Max’s bedroom’ is reflected in the installation.
Again in popular culture, there is an English film called ‘The Emerald Forest’ by John Boorman - rather unsuccessful in the 80s - and the somewhat poetic title is the only thing you need to remember, mainly because it refers to the colour and depth of this precious stone that also has an interior garden, inclusions that give it all its beauty, that is what I wanted to portray in the enamels covering the sculptures.
In the disproportionately elongated shape of the pieces, I like to make a discreet allusion to the philosophy of Epicurus’ Garden. The Roman windows overlooking the gardens were apparently narrow to offer a deeper feeling of approval and finesse when looking out to the garden. I am quoting one of my favourite authors, Pascal Quignard, from ‘Sex and Terror’, from which a lot of my inspiration is drawn. He wrote “What is a garden in Rome? ... Stay perfectly still, like foliage before the storm”. The petrified clay in my ceramics is a tribute to him.
Finally, I always keep this passage full of hope by Wilhelm Müller and Franz Schubert close by, from ‘Winter Journey’: “Wann grünt ihr Blätter am Fenster?” (When will the leaves be seen again from my window?)”. Safia Hijos

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES

Safia HIJOS
FRANCE
 
 

Safia Hijos lives and works in Nîmes. After studying law and then several years in legal practice, she decided to devote herself to ceramics. She was awarded a Master’s degree in Ceramics from La Cambre, Brussels in 2014.

In 2019, her installation Émeraude supersonique, sonique et aux feuilles rouges earned her the Grand Prix at the Vallauris Biennale.

Today, this ceramicist works in her own studio, exhibits across Europe and further afield on a regular basis, and teaches from time to time in various institutions.

AWARDS

2019
Grand Prize of Vallauris (tied)
 
2017
Honorable mention, International Ceramic Biennial, Gyeonggi, South Korea

PUBLIC COLLECTION

Musée Magnelli, Vallauris, France
Complete Biography

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2020
Away, Away, La peau de l’ours, Brussels, Belgium
 
2019
Will dich im Traum nicht stören, La peau de l’ours, Brussels, Belgium
 
2015
L’amour vient quand il veut, Le fil rouge, Roubaix, France
 
2013
One week only, Les Ateliers Galerie de l’Ô, Brussels, Belgium
 
2012
When Margot Meets Mary, Kapelle Gallery, Brussels, Belgium

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2021
Premio Faenza, International Museum of Ceramic, Faenza, Italy
Élément Terre, Le MUR espace de création | Lieu d'art, Moret-sur-Loing, France
 
2020
Têtes en terre, Terre d’Aligre Gallery, Paris, France
Magie noire, Fours des Casseaux, Limoges, France
It’s green, Handwerk Gallery, Munich, Germany
 
2019
25th Ceramic Biennale, Vallauris, France
Tout doit disparaître, Provost-Hacker Gallery, Lille, France
Alice Mogabgab Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
C14-PARIS | Contemporary Ceramics Salon, Paris, France
Superstore, Espace Vanderborght, La peau de l’ours, Brussels, Belgium
 
2018
Affordable Art Fair, La peau de l’ours, Brussels, Belgium
Ceramic Biennale, Andenne, Belgium
Juxtaposition, La peau de l’ours, Brussels, Belgium
Résidence idéale, ArchiRAAR Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Nage libre, La Piscine - Musée d'art et d'industrie, Roubaix, France
Les assiettes parlantes, Centre Kéramis, La Louvière, Belgium
 
2017
Collect, Saatchi Gallery, London, United Kingdom
9th Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale, South Korea
Ceramic Event VIII, Brussels, Belgium
Salon Contraste(s), Roubaix, France
Académie des Beaux-Arts, Tamines, Belgium
Nage Libre, WCC-BF / Centre d’art, Mons, Belgium
Le cirque des métiers d’art, Abbatiale St Hubert, Belgium
Concours Jeune Céramique Européenne, Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie, France
 
2016
Standaard, LaVallée, Brussels, Belgium
Friche, Brussels, Belgium
À tous les étages, WCC-BF / Centre d’art, Mons, Belgium
 
2015
Now, 50ème Fêtes de la Saint-Martin, Tourinnes-la-Grosse, Belgium
Incertains genres, Centre Keramis, La Louvière, Belgium
Tirage à l’appui, Musée de la Photographie, Charleroi, Belgium
Ceramic Event VII, Brussels, Belgium
Tirage à l’appui, WCC-BF / Centre d’art, Mons, Belgium
Salon Contraste(s), Roubaix, France
 
2014
Les animateurs des ateliers de la rue Voot…, La Médiatine, Brussels, Belgium
Interstices by Quadri #4, Brussels, Belgium
Salon Résonance(s), Strasbourg, France
C14-PARIS | Contemporary Ceramics Salon, Paris, France
Ceramic Event VI, Brussels, Belgium
Clay ! Print ! Space !, Trade Mart, Brussels, Belgium
Vitrine des créateurs, WCC-BF / Centre d’art, Mons, Belgium
Héritage manga, Le Lavoir céramique, Clamart, France
 
2013
C14-PARIS | Contemporary Ceramics Salon, Paris, France
Keep in touch, réseau ECART, Art & Rapy Gallery, Monaco
Terracotta 2013, Maison de l’image, Brussels, Belgium
Culture(s) générale, Voiteur, France
 
2012
KERAMIS, Centre Culturel de la Louvière, Belgium
À table !, CP5 Gallery, Paris, France
Carte blanche, Musée de la Céramique, Andenne, Belgium
Parcours d’Artistes de Saint-Gilles, Belgium
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Supernatures, installation de Safia Hijos pour le Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire, 2021 - © Éric Sander
Supernatures, installation de Safia Hijos pour le Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire, 2021 - © Éric Sander
Supernatures, installation de Safia Hijos pour le Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire, 2021 - © Éric Sander
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