Pourtier (Gilles)
Gilles Pourtier, born in 1980, lives and works in Marseille.
After studying Modern Literature, Gilles Pourtier undertook training as a glass artist in Nancy at the Centre Européen de Recherche et de Formation aux Arts Verriers (CERFAV), which led him to work for four years in London at the Surrey Institute of Art and Design University College.
In 2006, he entered the École Nationale Supérieure de la Photographie (ENSP) in Arles, from which he graduated in 2009—the same year he took part in the Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie. During his three years of study in Arles, he developed a personal body of work combining photography, sculpture, and drawing.
Gilles Pourtier continually questions what constitutes art today. While a large part of his work explores the image, he also develops a sculptural practice that leads him to highlight the shared forms of certain objects by changing their status through the transformation of materials.
Gilles Pourtier has exhibited in various art centers. Notably, his work has been shown at Le Bal (2012), FRAC Sud (2016 and 2019), Le Point du Jour (Cherbourg, 2021), Espace de l’Art Concret (Mouans-Sartoux, 2023), and URDLA (Villeurbanne, 2020 and 2024).
