Hubert Le Gall
Born in 1961, Hubert Le Gall is a French artist and scenographer.
He creates poetic and sculptural furniture, combining materials such as bronze, wood, and glass with a creative freedom that has become his signature. As a designer, he distinguishes himself from his contemporaries through his sculptor’s perspective and his humorous reflection on the form and function of objects. Many of his creations are part of the permanent collections of French and international museums, including the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the La Piscine Museum, the Musée Mandet, and the Château Borély. He has also created several projects for the Mobilier National and for a number of French embassies abroad. In 2009, he was awarded the title of Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters.
When you step through the doors of his atelier in Montmartre in Paris, you feel as if you've stepped into Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
In 2012, he was named Designer of the Year by the design fair Maison & Objet. He has participated in numerous group exhibitions in galleries and museums around the world. In 2014 and 2015, he held two consecutive solo exhibitions at the Musée Mandet and at the Château Borély.
Since 2002, alongside his work as an artist, Hubert Le Gall has also developed a career as a scenographer for some of the most important museums in France and Europe. Among the more than one hundred exhibitions he has designed are “Fabergé: Jeweller to the Tsars” at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, “Edward Burne-Jones (1833-1898), Master of the Imagination” at the Musée d'Orsay, “Napoli, Napoli: A History of Lava, Porcelain and Music” at the Museo di Capodimonte, “Melancholy: Genius and Madness in the West” at the Grand Palais, as well as “Etruscans: A Hymn to Life” and “Pompeii” at the Musée Maillol. In 2015, he collaborated with several luxury houses.
The house of Hermès appointed him artistic director of the exhibition “Wanderland,” which toured internationally (London, Paris, Dubai, Shanghai, Seoul). For the champagne house Ruinart, he created a series of sculptures titled “Calendrier de verre.” In 2021, he presented an exhibition at the Villa Kérylos entitled “Hubert Le Gall – A Greek Fantasy.” Around thirty works inspired by Greek mythology were created for the occasion.
A pioneer of what is now known as exhibition scenography, he has helped give exhibitions the narrative and visual dimension that contributes to their success. Many museums regularly seek his advice for the design and arrangement of their permanent exhibition spaces.
