DANIEL PONTOREAU
BIOGRAPHY
Born in Paris in 1947, Daniel Pontoreau is a French sculptor.
He began making ceramic sculptures in the 1970s.
He travelled extensively, visiting sub-Saharan Africa, the United States, India and China in particular.
In 1988, he perfected a monumental casting technique.
In 2012, he began building a house-studio in Asfalou, Morocco, with architect Marc Barani. Since then, he has lived and worked between France and Morocco.
2020
- Keramis Museum, La Louvière, Belgium
2019
- Domaine de Kerguéhennec, France
- Soutousya Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
2013
- Doki Doki, Gifu museum, Japan
2007
- A French artist and the Gutaï group, Tamura Gallery, Nishinomiya, Japan
2006
- Tamura Gallery, Nishinomya, Japan
1998
- Commissioned by EDF (French electricity), Comme un arbre d’or, EDF, Paris, France
1988
- Commissioned by the Ministry of Finance, Paris, France
1981
- Céramique française contemporaine. Sources et courants, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France
1979
- Galerie La Main, Brussels, Belgium
- Accompanied choreographer Kilina Cremona in New York and Montreal to design the sets for her shows
1975
- 18 artistes et la terre, Galerie Noella Gest, Saint-Rémy de Provence, France
1974
- De la céramique à la sculpture, Bagnolet Cultural Center, Bagnolet, France
1971
- Salon de Mai, Paris, France
- Salon des Réalités Nouvelles, Paris, France
- Salon de la Jeune Sculpture, Paris, France