Godeleine de Rosamel (b. 1968, Lille, France) is a sculptor and painter whose work is rooted in material engagement and the dialogue between drawing, ceramics, and found objects. Working in paint, clay, or assemblage, de Rosamel foregrounds geometric clarity and embraces the earthy, tactile qualities of her media, producing pieces that balance formal restraint and expressive potential. 

Her early work in clay fuses archetypal plant and animal forms into energetic ensembles, blending natural and fantastical elements into uniquely peculiar, folk-art-inspired hybrids. Botanical and zoological shapes, with Noguchi-esque biomorphic sensibilities, now recur in increasingly abstracted and pared-back iterations within her ceramic-assemblage pieces.

A minimalist formal logic guides both her sculpture and her painting, yet this restraint is tempered by dynamic gestural applications of pigment and glaze, and vivid textural juxtapositions– using wood grain, rough stone, sticks, and wire— introducing vitality and ambiguity. Her materials often reference the beauty and fragility of life along the coasts she loves: Cape Cod, Southern California, and northern France, where she divides her time.

Recent paintings in highly chromatic jewel tones echo the vocabulary of de Rosamel’s sculptural forms. These reductive still-life studies feature geometric volumes—first crafted in clay or gathered as found objects during long walks—then referenced on paper, reconfigured, and stacked to create new relationships and tensions.

Godeleine de Rosamel studied at the École de Recherche Graphique (ERG) in Brussels, earning a fine arts degree in 1990. Since 2011 she has dedicated herself full-time to her studio practice, exhibiting widely across the United States and France. Her work has been showcased at such notable venues as The Bunker Art Space, West Palm Beach, Florida (2019). Solo exhibitions include the Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, California (2024). 

She maintains studios in Los Angeles, California, and Wellfleet, Massachusetts.

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