Jean-Luc Le Mounier (1976 - )

Biography

Jean-Luc Le Mounier was born in Bretagne in 1976. He spent much of his childhood in his grandfather's carpenter workshop, where he discovered woodworking and developed a passion for building small objects.

He set up his workshop in 2003 in his native region, near Dinard, after eight years spent on the Tour de France training to become a Compagnon de Devoir. He began creating exceptional furniture and collaborating with a number of leading designers, including the illustrious Maria Pergay, who pushed him to the limits of his creativity.

Since 2010, Jean-Luc Le Mounier has devoted himself entirely to his own creations. His inspiration comes from nature, architecture and fashion, which he has admired for years.

Each composition reveals a certain audacity and sensitivity. Behind each creation is an idea, a story, often drawn from his home region, encounters or vacation memories. However intimate his ideas, his primary aim is to provoke wonder. For him, a project is only truly successful when his audience is able to explain how they feel when they see the work.

In a subtle blend of tradition and modernity of exceptional quality, each piece is executed by his masterful hand. Using rare essences, precious and avant-garde materials, and increasingly complex techniques, Jean-Luc's works are both surprising and seductive. Each composition offers a unique harmony that reveals the artist's boldness and sensitivity.

His work has been exhibited several times at Design Miami /Basel, PAD London, PAD Paris, PAD Genève, at the Art + Design Fair in New York, at Collectible Bruxelles, and as part of the AD Collections exhibition at the Musée d'Art Moderne in Paris. Since 2017, Jean-Luc Le Mounier's studio has been awarded the Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant label by the French Ministry of the Economy and Finance.


Selected artworks

“Empreinte” Bench

Rose bronze with patina, white marbled velvet faux-uni fabric

Edition 2/20

123 x 36 x 50 cm

“Empreinte” Round table

Pink patinated bronze, black Sahara marble

Edition 1/8

Diameter 110 cm x Height 46 cm

“Filigrane” Console

Pink bronze, ebony

Edition 1/8

170 x 42.5 x 86 cm (179 cm overall)

“Silver River” Console

White bronze, ebony. Padouk interior.

Edition 1/8

176 x 38 x 90 cm