Philibert Dubreuil

Philibert Dubreuil is a French sculptor born in Agay, on the Mediterranean coast. From an early age, the red monoliths of Cap Dramont and the volcanic textures of the Rastel and Cap Roux shaped his curious hands. He touched, scraped and climbed the rocks; explored the textures of olive wood, cork oak and driftwood. Matter was his first language, touch his first memory.

As a teenager, Philibert sculpted his first busts. But a phrase from his father — “There is already an artist in the family” — put his vocation on pause. Following family expectations, he studied pharmacy and worked at the CNRS, Inserm and later in the family laboratory in Cannes. Yet the fire of creation smouldered. In 2009, he returned to the visual arts through classes at the Beaux-Arts in Cannes. In 2013, he deepened his practice of drawing and modelling with Anca Sonia in Grasse.

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His work was presented in Monaco in a group exhibition organized by Art Collect®, marking a new step in recognition for the artist.

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The decisive encounter came with Elena Di Giovanni, a sculptor based in Tourrettes-Levens. She introduced him to non-figurative sculpture and to the secrets of working with clay: rhythm, patience, precision, assembling, drying — an entire art of listening to the material.

Since then, Philibert Dubreuil has followed his own path. His works emerge from sketches, formal research, fortunate accidents and experimentation — what he himself calls “serendipity.” His sculptures, always mounted on a base, appear both grounded and weightless. They explore balance, tension, weight and movement. Each piece is an attempt at elevation, a dialogue between gravity and flight.

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“I sculpt to evoke an emotion, a reflection on the human condition, its instincts, its impulses toward the infinite,” he confides. For Philibert Dubreuil, art is as much an inner quest as an invitation to others — a foundation for the soul, a vibration within matter.