Emmanuel Saulnier has been developing an essentially sculptural body of work, in a constant dialogue with the practice of drawing. Even though glass is his preferred material, the artist explores the potential of matter in the broadest sense. His work confronts such issues as collective memories, presence and disappearance. - Katell Jaffrès
Emmanuel Saulnier's work has been the subject of numerous solo and group exhibitions, and public commissions. In 2018, he presented a work alongside the artist Rémy Yadan as part of L'art dans les Chapelles in Noyal-Pontivy; In homage to Claude Erignac, he designed the memorial "1 homme, 1 place" in Ajaccio. In 2017, the Ginza Maison Hermès in Tokyo devoted a solo exhibition to him, as well as the Palais de Tokyo with 'Black dancing'. In 2016 he participated in the exhibition 'The Body of Sculpture' at the Biennale of Sculpture in Yerres; in 2015 in 'Simple forms, Contemplating Beauty' at the Mori Museum in Tokyo; in 2014 in 'Simple Forms' at the Centre Pompidou - Metz and 'A posteriori' at the Centre d'art contemporain de la Maréchalerie in Versailles. In 2013, his works were seen at the Musée national d'Art moderne Centre Georges Pompidou. He also runs a workshop at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris.