Philippe Pasqua - Sculpture
France, 1965
Artist's works
Artist Profile
Vanité – 205
Marble Ashtray - 146
Marble Ashtray - 225
Introduction and Experience
Philippe Pasqua (b. 1965, Grasse, France) is a self-taught French painter and sculptor renowned for his uncompromising and radical exploration of the human condition. Working primarily through monumental portraiture, Pasqua confronts themes of identity, fragility, marginality, and mortality, often depicting figures—such as the disabled, the transitional, and the social outlier—who exist beyond conventional aesthetic frameworks.
His practice is defined by a raw, expressive intensity, combining virtuosic technique with a visceral, carnal materiality that heightens the psychological presence of his subjects. Through the interplay of painting and sculpture, Pasqua challenges our perceptions of the body, transforming vulnerability into a powerful site of dialectic tension and profound empathy.
Pasqua’s work has been exhibited extensively worldwide and is held in prestigious public and private collections, establishing him as one of the most singular and influential voices in contemporary figurative art.
Exhibitions and Awards
Selected Exhibitions
Museum Exhibitions
2020
El lado oscuro —Contemporary Art Center of Malaga (CAC), Malaga, Spain
2017
Borderline —Oceanographic Museum of Monaco, Monaco
2015
Oceanographic Museum of Monaco (Presentation of "Mâchoire de Mégalodon")—Monaco
2012
Fernet-Branca Foundation—Saint-Louis, France
2010
Painting and Drawing —Moscow Museum of Modern Art (MMOMA), Moscow, Russia
2002
Les miroirs de l’âme (Portraits 1989-2001)—Palais Bénédictine, Fécamp, France
1999
La Machine à Eau (Contemporary Art Center)—Mons, Belgium
1998
Collection Ahrenberg: 50 Years of Art History —Museum of Fine Arts, Mons, Belgium
1994
Artists Shoes —Miro Foundation, Barcelona, Spain
Solo Exhibitions
2021
Face-à-face —Art Absolument, Paris, France
2020
Monomania —Galerie RX, Paris, France
2018
Allegoria —Charmarande Domain, Chamarande, France
2017
Recomposition —Galerie RX, Paris, France
Momento Mori —Zemack Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
2015
Chambord Domain—France
2012
Galerie RX—Paris, France
Work in Progress —The Storage, Paris, France
Gallery Hyundai—Seoul, South Korea
2011
604 Gallery—Busan / Seoul, South Korea
2009 - 2010
Crâne —ArtCurial, Paris, France
Group Exhibitions
2021
Divine féminine —Lions Club Fort Royal, Schoelcher, Martinique, France
2019
Togeth’her —Monnaie de Paris, Paris, France
Versus —The Storage, Saint-Ouen-L’Aumône, France
Oeuvres Choisies —Galerie RX, Paris, France
2018
Action! La Nouvelle Ecole française: permière époque —Bastille Design Center, Paris, France
2016
Winter —Galerie RX, Paris, France
2015
Luciano Benetton Collection—CAC, Màlaga, Spain
2012
Damien Hirst vs Philippe Pasqua SKULL —Galerie Laurent Strouk, Paris, France
Plaisir —Galerie RX, Paris, France
Popening —Galerie Laurent Strouk, Paris, France
2011
Drawing now —Galerie RX, Paris, France
2010
Newera —Galerie RX, Paris, France
Pasqua - Mc Quinn —Singapore
Vanité —Maillol Museum, Paris, France
2009
Biennial, Monumental Sculpture—Venice, Italy
Art Fairs
2018
Art Miami—Zemack Contemporary Art, Miami, USA
2016
ART 16 (London's Global Art Fair)—Olympia London with Galerie RX, London, UK
2013
Art Stage—Singapore
2012
Art Revolution Taipei (A.R.T.)—Taipei, Taiwan
2011
Art Paris—Strouk Gallery / Galerie RX, Paris, France
Art Miami—Galerie RX, Miami, USA
2010
FIAC—Patrick Painter, Paris, France
Art Paris—Galerie RX, Paris, France
2008 – 2009
FIAC—Patrick Painter, Paris, France
FRIEZE Art Fair—Patrick Painter, London, UK
Art Paris—Galerie RX, Paris, France
Collections
Private Collections
- Edouard Carmignac
- Bernard Magrez
- Ariane and Benjamin De Rothschild
- Guy Laliberte (Cirque du Soleil)—Paris, France
- José Mugrabi