CEVE

CÉVÉ was born in Paris in 1951. She specializes in contemporary animal sculpture and her style is recognized by the purity of the line and the smooth-tensioned bronze finish.

A renowned animal sculptor, CÉVÉ is a member of the jury and curator of numerous exhibitions in France and around the world.

Over the past ten years, she has participated in more than one hundred exhibitions, and has been invited to exhibit exclusively on nine occasions where she has received twenty-seven awards.

With a strong international presence among art collectors, 2018 marks a turning point in the artist's career, exporting her work to New York, Los Angeles and Miami as well as Shanghai and Hong-Kong, with the launch of the "Young Forever" collection.

In less than two years, "Young Forever" has become the largest collection ever created by the artist.

This collection has its origins in the artist's past career: an orthoptist by training, CÉVÉ graduated from the Faculty of Medicine in Paris. CÉVÉ was head of department at the Broussais Hospital in Paris and at the National Center for Visually Impaired Children in Montgeron (91).

It is through her experience in the medical environment of visually impaired people that we find the reason why the artist is attached to the pure and smooth lines of her sculptures: indeed, for CÉVÉ, the sculpture must not only be looked at, each work must also make you want to be touched. The artist's work results from this will.

With a real attachment to young children, she began drawing teddy bears and other symbols of childhood innocence at an early age. She went on to bring her drawings to life as sculptures.

In 2018, while visiting her son in New York and bringing him a "bear" sculpture as a souvenir from France, a longtime friend of hers gave her the idea to reproduce it in different sizes and bright colors.

A few months later, the "Young Forever" collection was born. Meticulously made and assembled in France, these sculptures are all in bronze or resin with a glossy silver finish.