Dominique Labauvie’s art embodies a minimal aesthetic within the realm of the sublime. His process primarily explores the medium of steel, which he manipulates to reveal its inherent fragility by using linework as a conduit for thought within a narrative context. By hand-cutting, welding, and shaping steel, he creates linear sculptures with an intriguing interplay of levity and gravity. Although inspired by natural landscapes, Labauvie’s work is continually shaped by reflections on his environment, socio-political issues, life, and love. Labauvie has been making prints since the 1980s, but his most recent work represents a transformative approach to printmaking. In this new series, he manipulates materials in his studio with a sculptor’s sensibility, allowing him to sustain his frontal engagement with space through both drawing and printmaking.

Dominique Labauvie was born in 1948 in Strasbourg, France. Before dedicating himself to sculpture, he studied literature, philosophy, and art history.

In 1997, Labauvie was commissioned by the city of Paris to create a monumental cast iron sculpture, Suspended Skyline, which stands on the Quai de Seine at the entrance to the Park of La Villette.

His work has been widely exhibited in Europe, Japan, and the US.

Dominique Labauvie’s sculptures reside in public collections such as The Maeght Foundation in St. Paul de Vence, France, the Runnymede Sculpture Farm in San Francisco, CA, the BNY Mellon Corporate Collection in Pittsburgh, PA, and the Museum of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg, Florida, among others.