Born in 1976, Laëtitia Vernieux is a visual artist and steel sculptor — but above all, a self-taught creator whose talent asserts itself with strength and precision in each of her works. For thirteen years, she taught Applied Arts in a vocational high school, guiding many students along the path of graphic expression while pursuing her own creative journey. Her artistic adventure truly began in 2006 with Mémoire enracinée, a monumental fresco composed of twenty independent pieces. Created with charcoal, sanguine, bistre and paper, this work — now installed in London — immediately revealed her artistic rigor and her commitment to material.
One of Laëtitia Vernieux’s signature mediums goes against traditional artistic practices: the ballpoint pen. Where others sign contracts or jot down notes, she draws bodies, gazes, fragments of humanity. With almost surgical precision, she sculpts the white of the paper, in a meticulous process that impresses as much as it questions. The rigor of the line becomes an act of resistance — a freehand operation, without a safety net.
