Timothée Humbert

Timothée Humbert (born in 1981) lives and works between Bonnieux and Paris. His universe, both baroque and dreamlike, transforms ceramics into a free field of experimentation, where humor, color, and poetry converge in a theater of shifting forms. A graduate of the École Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs de Strasbourg, he settled in Bonnieux in 2005, where he founded his studio-gallery POéTic, a space for exchange and creation in the heart of the Vaucluse.

His work draws from a rich and eclectic imagination, inspired as much by manga, graffiti, and animation as by tribal art and Pre-Columbian sculpture. He composes extravagant characters, fantastical figures that form, deform, and transform, actors in an inner theater, at once humorous and mysterious.

Breaking away from traditional techniques, Humbert builds his sculptures from stoneware strips coated with subtly toned matte glazes. This process allows him to play with textures and visual illusions, creating works that hover between apparition and object, between playfulness and emotion. A multidisciplinary artist, sculptor, painter, ceramist, and draftsman, he explores matter and imagination without hierarchy.

His encounter with Florian Daguet-Bresson in 2021 marked a turning point: the series presented at Ceramics Now 2022 met with immediate success. Winner of the 1st Prize of the City of Carouge (2024), he has since exhibited at Galerie Daguet-Bresson (Parade, PAD Paris, PAD London), as well as at Galerie de la Bourgade and the Salon Saint-Sulpice. Present at major fairs such as Collectible Brussels and Nomad St. Moritz, he now stands as one of the rising figures in contemporary ceramics, combining the freedom of gesture with the jubilation of form.