ROSETTE DE STEFANO
Belgium, 1955
As a multidisciplinary artist, Rosette De Stefano works across sculpture, ceramics, installation, and graphic arts. Her practice explores the relationships between material, memory, and transformation, with environmental concerns and the reuse of materials at its core.
Her monumental installations, created from reclaimed materials, reflect an ongoing exploration of heritage, transmission, and the capacity of materials to generate new meanings. The Seven Doors, conceived from the former doors of the old prison of Mons and exhibited at BAM (Beaux-Arts Mons), is one of the most emblematic examples of this approach. Through this installation, De Stefano pays tribute to Paul Verlaine while examining themes of confinement, transition and memory.
Her sculptures investigate the tension between geometry and organic form, structure and fragmentation, combining technical mastery with formal experimentation. The Geometry Red series, devoted to the deconstruction of the rectangle, exemplifies her sustained reflection on form and processes of transformation—an exploration that defines her artistic practice as a whole.
Alongside her installation practice, Rosette De Stefano has developed an extensive body of work in ceramics. The ceramics are conceived as sculptures, built by hand in clay and glazed. The forms are bold and sculptural, marked by a strong material presence and a subtle balance between volume, texture, and colour.
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