GOSTI Jean-Yves, sculpture

Biography

Jean-Yves Gosti was born on July 2nd, 1960 in Paris.

He obtained a BTS Plasticien Volume and also trained at the Ecole nationale supérieure des arts appliqués et des métiers d'art, Olivier de Serres.

For a long time, Jean-Yves Gosti's life was like a reconstruction site, just like his early sculptures: assemblages of stone chips to which he tries to give life, homogeneity, coherence and above all feelings. As basic materials, stone is essential in his work.
He carves certain elements that he then casts in bronze, whether it is the head alone or the whole body. He then assembles these pieces separately or uses them to form a new sculpture by combining other elements in marble, basalt or granite.

Jean-Yves Gosti also likes working with rusty metal. He leaves the cutting of the material rough in order to offer to the glances a collided vision. Because the sculptural effect always prevails, he draws with his flashlight like a painter with his brush: drawings in space where shadows prevail over volume.

Exhibitions (since 2009)

2020  Exhibition for the 40th anniversary of the gallery, Galerie Danielle Bourdette, Honfleur, France

2018  Personal exhibition with the publication of a catalog, Galerie Cipengo, Paris, France

2017  Galerie Florence, Noirmoutier, France
Territoire d’expression Hasegawa, Zao Woo Ki et Gosti, Nantes, France
Galerie  Christine Coon, Liège, Belgium
Galerie Van Der Planken, Antwerpen, Belgiqum
Not a Gallery, Paris, France
St’art avec la Galerie Slotine de Paris, Strasbourg, France
Exposition d’été, Galerie Estelle Lebas, Lille, France

2016  Galerie Estelle Lebas, Lille, France
Galerie Florence B, Noirmoutier, France
Galerie Audrey Marty, Saint Malo, France
Galerie Eric Dumont, Troyes, France
Galerie Au-delà des Apparences, Annecy, France
Galerie Izart, Pont Aven, France
Galerie Eclat d’Art, Colmar, France
Galerie Cipengo, Paris, France

2015  Le troisième œil, Bordeaux, France
ARKAN les arts, Caen, France
Galerie Danielle Bourdette, Honfleur, France
Galerie Anna Tschopp, Marseille, France

2014  L’usine à Zabu spécial sculpteurs, France
Regards intimes sur l’œuvre de Jean Yves Gosti, Espace Jourdain, Paris, France
Toronto’s Art Fair with the Galerie Van der Planken of Antwerpen, Belgium

2013  Galerie Izart, Pont Aven, France
Galerie Besseiche, Paris then Geneva, France and Switzerland

2012  Personal exhibition of drawings and sculptures at the Usine à Zabu, Saint-Germain-des-Angles, France
Carte blanche à Gosti - Gosti’s friends, Galerie de Tourgeville, France
Prieuré de Mantes, France

2011  St’art avec la Galerie Slotine de Paris, Strasbourg
Parc Lefèvre Livry, Gargan, France
Galerie Anna Tschopp, Marseille, France
Résidence d’artiste au Musée des arts buissonniers, Saint Sever du Moustier, France

2010  Galerie Auvers sur Oise, France
Invité d’honneur au Salon Art Metz, France
Galerie Eric Baudet, Le Havre, France
Galerie Hans Persoon, Veldoven, Netherlands
Exposition au Château de Mme de Graffigny, Villers les Nancy, France
Galerie Biz’art biz’art, Le Vaudioux, France

2009  Outdoor installation in the Parc de Clères, France
Galerie Daniel Besseiche, Paris then Geneva, France and Switzerland
Galerie Eclat d’Art, Colmar, France
Australie – France : regards croisés - Galerie Arts d’Australie & Galerie Nathalie Béreau, Espace Beaurepaire, Paris, France