Teste's practice draws from her knowledge of styles, periods and genres to create pieces that feel as innovative as they are timeless.
Whether from Chinese culture or the aesthetic of Greek ruins, Teste amalgamates different forms and influences, often instinctively and playfully. This results in striking, experimental forms that are filled with historical allusion and yet unrestrained by formal conventions.
Teste’s practice reflects her fascination for the relationship between objects and time : how an antique can retain the same freshness as on the day of its creation.
She often creates pieces that are related to the idea of the rite, of celebration, of the moment in time. Harnessing the power of colour – a central component in her process – Teste also builds her own palettes of enamels. From muted ashy tones to pastels and faux noirs, she is interested in their alchemical qualities.
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Teste lives in Paris and works in Le Pré St Gervais, where she co-founded ARC (Atelier Recherche et Conception)
in 2019 with Clément Garcia-Le Gouez. ARC hosts 11 artists, and is now run with Aline Girard.
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read La poursuite des formes, a text by curator Henri Guette (in French) here
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exhibitions
2025
2024
2023
Distant though near, Rosemarie Auberson, Francis Gallery, december - January 2023, Bath
Blended Tongue, with ARC, curated by This Humid House, Paris
Distant though near, Rosemarie Auberson, Francis Gallery, december - January 2023, Bath
Blended Tongue, with ARC, curated by This Humid House, Paris
Distant though near, Rosemarie Auberson, Francis Gallery, december - January 2023, Bath
Blended Tongue, with ARC, curated by This Humid House, Paris
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Contributions festival, Sleeping with ghosts, group show with Pauline Esparon and Michelle Blades, Paris, October 20-23th
ARC chez ARP, collective show, Oct 2nd -13th, curated by Jean-Jacques Wattel & Rémi Lambert, ARP Auctions, Paris
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Légendes botaniques, Alain Cervantès collection - group show, Menthon St Bernard castle, September 26- Oct. 5th
Peculiar manufactures - group show, with Zoé Mohm, curated by Marie Catalano, Catskill Octagon House, NY, July 17-21
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Avant l'apprêt - group show, with Adrien Lamm & Prudence Dudan,
Galerie A, 18 rue de Tocqueville, Paris
partie 1 > April 17th-May 17th /// partie 2 > May 23th-June 23th
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​​Salone del Mobile, Glas Italia, curated by Cameranesi/Pompili, March, Milan
YOU AND I ARE EARTH - solo show, Atelier Lardeur, November 6-10th, Paris
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Tulip Fever - C14, group show, October 3-6th, Paris
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Déjà Vu - group show, Zodiac pictures, September 29th_October 26th, Los Angeles
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Treehouse, group show, Lindon Gallery, June, London
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Plates & Creuses, group show curated by Sophie Toulouse for Hyperbien gallery, June-September, Montreuil
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Douze, group show for Nuit Blanche exhibition curated by OJAN, June 1st, Paris
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Salone del Mobile, Glas Italia, curated by Cameranesi/Pompili, March, Milan
Itinérance Expressive design, september 2023, Paris
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Objects without thoughts never to heaven go,
491 projects, June, Paris
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100 years, solo show, June, Paris
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Salone del Mobile, Glas Italia, curated by Cameranesi/Pompili, march 2023, Milan
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Pique-nique dans un million d'années, with Aline Girard & Clément Garcia Le Gouez supported by Gaudel de Stampa, 49 quai des Grands Augustins, March, Paris
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Absent de Paris, Cité Internationale des Arts, group show curated by Henri Guette, March, Paris
2022
Distant though near, Rosemarie Auberson, Francis Gallery, december - January 2023, Bath
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Blended Tongue, with ARC, curated by This Humid House, Paris
2019
Passe avant minuit, with Rosemarie Auberson,
0fr, 2019, Paris
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Teste's work has been featured in AD, D la Repubblica, Galerie Magazine, Milk, Vogue, Sight Unseen, Wallpaper,
and mentioned in ArtForum, Beaux-Arts magazine, Family Style, Harper's Bazaar US, M le Monde, and Mastermind magazine.