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Damien Gernay

Damien Gernay was born in 1975. He studied design at Ecole Supérieure des Arts Saint-Luc Tournai in Belgium. From 2003 to 2005, Gernay was an artist-in-residence at Le Fresnoy, National Studio for Contemporary Arts in Tourcoing. In 2007, he established his own design studio in Brussels.

Damien Gernay’s work is highly experimental. His larger oeuvre focuses on materiality, texture, and ambiguity. Close to the considerations of a painter or a sculptor, the imponderable plays a decisive role in his practice. The error is accepted and assimilated, making each piece unique with its own history, complexities, and intimate paradoxes. He combines control with spontaneity, mixing the smooth with the rough.

Damien Gernay exhibits frequently, including at fairs such as the PAD Paris and London, ICFF in New York, Milan Design Week, and institutions such as Triennale de Milano, Ghent Design museum... His works are now displayed in the permanent collections of Ghent Design Museum and of ADAM - Brussels Design Museum.

Photo credit: Jonas Loellmann

Selected Exhibitions

2020
GALERIE GOSSEREZ : 2010 - 2020 | Galerie Gosserez | Paris, France

2015
Design Derby Nl-Be | Design museum | Gent, Belgium
Manifesto | Brussels, Belgium.

2014
Reflections | Triennale de Milano | Milan, Italy

2012
M&O | Paris, France
Belgian design on tour | Liège, Belgique

Press

2024
MAISON COTE OUEST | N°169 | Pierres et Mystères

2023
CÔTÉ MAISON / CÔTÉ SUD N°202 | L'oeil du Sud
POINT DE VUE | Chez Marie Deroudilhe à Paris

2022
GOODMOODS | Best of PAD London 2022
CÔTÉ MAISON / CÔTÉ SUD N°194 | L'oeil du Sud
DOMODECO - EDITION PARIS N°104 | Pièces d'art... de vivre

2021
AD - COLLECTOR | Hors-Série n°25 Spécial Design | Le Grand Guide 2022
ELLE DECORATION UK | Vive la Différence
ELLE DECORATION España N°198 | Ying & Yang

2020
1 EPOK FORMIDABLE | "J'ai dix ans"
IDEAT CONTEMPORARY LIFE | Dix ans de coeur à l'ouvrage
IDEAT CONTEMPORARY LIFE | PAD Paris 2020 - Le savoir faire à l'honneur

2019
L'ÉVENTAIL | Damien Gernay : la matière comme guide