Clémentine Brandibas
Textiles & embroidery
Brandibas re-invents needlepoint embroidery as an expressive and poetic medium, developing a range of delicate techniques: from her painterly use of dying fabrics, through to the creative fine needlework of the embroidery itself.
The artist draws inspiration from the natural world, often re-imagining vast and extreme landscapes, such as glacial pools, tidal estuaries, coral reefs and submerged atolls. Deep within the textured surface of each work is the sense of dreamlike parallel worlds, where distant universes and hidden microcosms coexist.
Example works & projects
About the Artist
Clémentine Brandibas is a French textile artist who works from her studio in Bordeaux. She obtained a DMA in textiles, specialising in embroidery, at the Duperré School of Applied Arts in 2011. Brandibas has quickly risen to international recognition, and won prestigious national awards such as the Young Creation Métiers d’Art (2018) and the Concours des Ateliers d’Art de France (2018).
Brandibas has exhibited prolifically across France – including at the Grand Palais, Sotheby’s Paris, and the Louvre – as well as internationally, across Europe and the Middle East & GCC. Her work has been commissioned and acquired for many private collections, including in France, the UK, Germany, and the UAE.