Armel Barraud
Born in 1979 in Le Havre, France, Armel is currently based in Rennes, France. She creates wire lace artworks using the traditional technique of bobbin lace.
Skillfully weaving delicate metallic threads with spindles and fingertips, she crafts her own poetic and dreamlike universe. This is achieved by combining patterns of motifs featuring figures, animals, and plants inspired by fairy tales or Greek myths. It's as if she is telling a story with metal threads.
Her works, secured by pins in several places, evoke a sensation of floating and a sense of fun that tickles the childlike wonder of viewers.
In Japan, she participated in the Artist in Residence program at Villa Kujyoyama within the Kansai Franco-Japanese Cultural Exchange Center in Kyoto in 2010. She was invited there twice for personal exhibitions and art classes at the Seikado gallery, as well as at the Yod Gallery in Osaka.
She also has the opportunity to collaborate regularly with minä perhonen since their meeting in Kujyoyama.
Distinctions
2012 The reflection, 1st prize in the FIMA competition (International Festival of Crafts) Baccarat, France
Talents à la carte, Winner of the competition, Salon Maison et objects, France Young challenge, Fondation d’Art de France, Paris, France
Expositions
2025 Un chemin de fil, msb gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2024 Marelle, ombre et dentelle. Argenteuil, France
2023 Atelier Byzance, fleurs, Paris
2023 ID textile, Aiguille en fête, Paris
2023 Entrelacs et dentelle, Bibliothèque Est Ensemble.
2022 Festival du Textile “Living Lace”, Renaix , Belgique
2022 De Fil en Fil, Galerie de l'Hôpital Camfrout, Bretagne
2021 Ne pas piétiner: espace naturel au repos, solo exposition, Maison des dentelles, Argentan
2020-23 Wir, Galerie Hokema, Allemagne, Schwäbisch Gmünd
Ballade avec Don Quichotte, Textile Box, Musée du costume et de la dentelle, Brussels, Belgium
Exposition de Dentelle contemporaine, Congrés mondial de la dentelle, Bruges, Belgium
2017 Le Multiple, Galerie LOUISE, Paris, France
Galerie FISCH HAUS, Wichita, KS, USA
Empreinte et légèreté poétique, Ateliers Art de France
Exposition anniversaire de la revue composition, Galerie O.F.R, Paris, France
2016 Le corps, Ateliers d’Art de France, Galerie Collection ; Paris, France
Autels, Galerie IKI, Paris, France
2015 Renaissance, MET, Metropolitan Museum of Manila, Manille, Philippines Suivez le fil ! Entrez en matière, Institut National des Métiers d’art, Cité des sciences, Paris, France
Renaissance, Exposition de la pièce Moucharabieh, Musée Bargoin et Festival international des textiles extraordinaires, Clermont Ferrand, France
Dentelles…et plus si affinités, Commissaire d’exposition. Pôle expérimental des Métiers d’art et FRACE, Nontron, France
Folles dentelles, Galerie «A l’écu de France», Viroflay, France
2014 Dans la verdoyance du mille-fleurs, solo exhibition, Seikado, Kyoto, Japan
The French Craft Project, COLLECT(Stand 7.6) , the Staachi Gallery, London, UK
2010 Une histoire racontée à travers des dentelles, solo exhibition, Seikado, Kyoto, Japan
Provided Works
Collaboration works for minä perhonen realized from their own cloth designs.
https://www.armelbarraud.com