BIOGRAPHY:
Laurence Perratzi is a figurative artist exploring the body's expression. Her work is a reflection on movement strongly influenced by her athletic background where poise and balance are paramount. The figures challenge gravity with subtle poses or sometimes snapshots of body in action.
Laurence is continuously researching for movement, lightness, energy and spontaneity in contrast with static poses often represented in sculpture.
"Being able to express yourself with no boundaries or constraint is a rare privilege and I feel like today is still the beginning of my artistic journey as sculpting is an endless evolution process."
Most of Laurence's work is bronze, in limited edition of 8, except her Trees which are unique editions.
Laurence Perratzi graduated from a French business school in 1993 and has since been travelling all over the world. She lived in Paris, Hong Kong, San Francisco and now in London. She decided to move away from business in 2001 and dedicate herself to her true passion sculpture. She started to work under the tuition of various sculptors such as Jean-Charles Mainardis, Jan Buckley and Hywell Pratley, did her first exhibition in 2003 in Paris and is now exhibited in major London Fairs (London Art Fair, Lapada, The British Art Fair, The New Chelsea Art and Miami Art Basel.