Yann Bagot is a French artist born in 1983. Graduated from the Ecole nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs de Paris (EnsAD) in 2008, he now lives in the Fontainebleau region, and his studio is based in Montreuil.
Yann Bagot develops a drawing practice based on in situ experiences in contact with nature. During immersive residences on the coast, in the forest, in the mountains, he seeks to be at one with the place, to live the intensity of the moment.
Put to the test in the field, his drawings explore the reactions between Indian ink, water and salt on paper. Drawing as close as possible to the rising tide, at nightfall, in the rain, immersing the drawings in the sea or under a waterfall: the constraints of the open air activate radical choices, natural movements burst into the works and upset the lines. In a symbiotic exchange, ink and paper freeze their random and fleeting imprint.
Series of observational drawings seek to render nature present: rocks, trees, waves. Shaped in seawater, other series connect with the darkness of aquatic frontiers, composing a face of the distant and the inaccessible: glaciers, underground waters, abysses. Produced on the floor of the studio, series of large formats attempt to restore the immersive scale and physical intensity of natural elements.
Yann Bagot presents his work in solo and group exhibitions in France, Europe and Asia. In dialogue with the identity of the territories that welcome him in residence, his drawings are gathered in installations in places where human activity has crossed history: a Merovingian crypt, a medieval forge, a shelter from the First World War, a fountain or a semaphore.
He also devotes himself to engraving, to the creation of artists' books and regularly collaborates with musicians and contemporary authors. In parallel to his personal creations, he draws within the artists' collective Ensaders with whom he participates in performances, exhibitions and conducts drawing workshops.