mail@marcleschelier.com
BIOGRAPHY ENGLISH VERSION
Marc Leschelier is a French architect based in Paris. He builds architectures without function, entitled pre-architectures, in open spaces, sculpture parks, or any situation exempt from urban regulations. While inventing an architectural genre through the development of alternative constructive systems, Leschelier responds to the sclerosis of the architectural discipline by creating an immediate, naked, speaking architecture. Drawing inspiration from performance art, vernacular architecture, and immediate structures such as tensegrity systems, Leschelier weaves together multiple languages in an attempt to break architecture’s process and bring it into sync with the speed of the present.
Marc Leschelier was a fellow at the Villa Medici in 2017–2018 and at Casa Wabi this year. He is the guest architect for two upcoming installations at Pitti Uomo in 2026, one of which will be installed in the courtyard of Palazzo Strozzi in Florence. In March 2025, he opened a solo show in Paris in dialogue with historic pieces by Jean Prouvé on loan from a private collector. He has exhibited his work at Christophe Gaillard Gallery in Brussels (curated by Olivier Renaud-Clément), Mascota Gallery, Ketabi Bourdet Gallery, and Everyday Gallery. He has participated in international fairs such as Design Miami Paris and Art Brussels in 2023, and in the same year he participated in Salone del Mobile. In 2020, he showed his work at the Tallinn Art Biennale. Over the past six years, he has built nine permanent and ephemeral pavilions.
BIOGRAPHIE vERSION FRANÇAISE
Marc Leschelier est un architecte français basé à Paris. Il construit des architectures sans fonction, intitulées pré-architectures, dans des espaces ouverts, des parcs de sculptures ou dans toute situation exempt de réglementation urbaine. Tout en inventant un genre architectural à travers le développement de systèmes constructifs alternatifs, Leschelier répond à la sclérose de la discipline architecturale en créant une architecture immédiate, nue et parlante. S’inspirant de l’art performatif, de l’architecture vernaculaire et de structures immédiates telles que les systèmes en tenségrité, Leschelier assemble plusieurs langages dans une tentative de briser le processus de l’architecture et de la synchroniser avec la vitesse du présent.
Marc Leschelier a été pensionnaire de la Villa Médicis en 2017–2018 et de la Casa Wabi cette année. Il est l’architecte invité de deux installations à venir au Pitti Uomo en 2026, dont l’une sera installée dans la cour du Palazzo Strozzi à Florence. En mars 2025, il a inauguré une exposition personnelle à Paris en dialogue avec des pièces historiques de Jean Prouvé prêtées par un collectionneur privé. Il a exposé son travail à la Galerie Christophe Gaillard à Bruxelles (organisée par Olivier Renaud-Clément), à la Galerie Mascota, à la Galerie Ketabi Bourdet et à la Galerie Everyday. Il a participé à des foires internationales telles que Design Miami Paris et Art Brussels en 2023, et la même année il a pris part au Salone del Mobile. En 2020, il a présenté son travail à la Biennale d’art de Tallinn. Au cours des six dernières années, il a construit neuf pavillons permanents et éphémères.
PORTRAITS
2025 BY ED MARCOPOULOS
2023 BY WILLIAM JESS LAIR
2023 BY MATTHEW AVIGNONE
2023 BY ADRIAN MESKO
2021 BY NIMROD KEREN
INTERVIEWS AND PRESS ARTICLES BY YEAR
INTERVIEWS
2024 CROSSCURRENT PAPER
2023 STIR ONLINE
2023 OPEN SPACES PAPER
2023 DAIDALOS ONLINE
2022 DEMON ONLINE
2021 PROTOTYPE III PAPER
2020 FIG PAPER
PRESS ARTICLES
2025 DAPPER DAN PAPER
2025 VOGUE ADRIA PAPER
2024 NUMÉRO ART PAPER
2023 STIR ONLINE
2021 NUMÉRO ART ONLINE
2021 DOMUS ONLINE
2021 POINT CONTEMPORAINONLINE
2020 ARCHDAILY ONLINE
2020 OPEN SPACES ONLINE
2020 LE MONDE ONLINE
2020 DAMN MAGAZINE ONLINE
2020 ARCHDAILYONLINE
2020 DOMUS ONLINE
2020 BAUMEISTER PAPER
2019 ARCHDAILYONLINE
2019 DOMUS ONLINE
EDUCATION
2009 Architect degree - École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture Paris-Malaquais
COLLABORATION WITH GALLERIES
Everyday Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium (Since 2021)
Ketabi Bourdet Gallery, Paris, France (Since 2023)
Christophe Gaillard, Bruxelles, Belgium (No representation)
Mascota Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico(No representation)
NOTABLE COLLECTIONS
Rick Owens and Michèle Lamy
Nike European Headquarters
Frédéric de Goldschmidt
Asiat Public Park, Vilvoorde, Belgium
Piacé Le Radieux, Public Sculpture Park, Piacé, France
Private collection, Château du Feÿ, Sens, France
EXHIBITIONS
SOLO SHOWS
2025 MERCIER ET ASSOCIÉS Paris Invited by: Elena Bonaccini, Hugo Abraham
2024 DOVER STREET MARKET Paris Invited by: Thibaud Deruel
2022 THE SKATEROOM Brussels Invited by: Charles-Antoine Bodson, Fabian Jean Villanueva
2022 SPAZIO MAIOCCHI Milano Commissioned by: Alberto Deon
2021 LE BOX Toulouse Curators: Paul Callu, Kristopher Hart
2020 ARCHITEKTUR IM MAGAZIN Vienna Curators: Jérome Becker, Matthias Moroder
GROUP SHOWS
2024 Lucid Interval (Paris) Curators: Fanny Giniès, Ana Karkar
2024 Versus Art Project (Istanbul) Curator: Bahar Avanoglu
2024 Loy Gallery (Singapour) Curator: Lexing Zhang
2024 Hôtel Le Crillon w/ The Skateroom (Paris) Invited by: Charles-Antoine Bodson, Fabian Jean Villanueva
2024 Ketabi Bourdet Gallery (Paris)
2024 Christophe Gaillard Gallery (Bruxelles) Curator: Olivier Renaud-Clément
2023 Design Miami - Design at Large (Paris) Ketabi Bourdet Gallery
2023 Studio Orta Les Moulins (Boissy-le-Châtel) Curator: Léo Orta
2023 3537 - Dover Street Market (Paris) Curator: Latif Samassi
2023 Horst Festival (Vilvoorde) Curator: Evelyn Simons
2023 Art Brussels (Brussels) Everyday Gallery booth
2022 Château de Vez (Vez) Selected by: Francis Briest
2022 Cloud Seven (Brussels) Curator: Léo Orta
2022 The SkateRoom (Brussels) Invited by Michèle Lamy
2022 Sized (Los Angeles) Curator: Alexander May
2021 Everyday Gallery (Antwerp) Curator: Boris Devis
2021 Alcova - Salone del Mobile (Milan) Curators: Valentina Ciuffi, Joseph Grima
2021 Venice Biennale - Italian Virtual Pavilion (Venice) Curators: Tom Kovac, David Gersten
2021 Worst Case Scenario (Paris) Curator: Chloé Bonnie More
2020 Tallinn Art Biennale (Tallinn) Curators: Roland Reemaa, Laura Linsi
2020 Villa Noailles (Hyères) Curators: Benjamin Lafore, Sébastien Martinez
2019 Lake Como Design Fair (Como) Curators: Margherita Ratti, Andreas Kofler
2019 Parc des hauteurs (Lyon) Invited by the city of Lyon and F. Limonet
2018 A Performance Affair (Bruxelles) Curators: L. Vaisberg, F. de Goldschmidt
2018 Viva Villa (Marseille) Curators: Cécile Debray, Federico Nicolao
2018 Take me I’m yours - Villa Medici (Rome) Curators: Hans Ulrich Obrist, Chiara Parisi, Christian Boltanski
PERMANENT CONSTRUCTIONS
2023 Asiat Public Park (Vilvoorde) Commissioned by Evelyn Simons
2021 Piacé Le Radieux - Sculpture Park (Piacé) Commissioned by Jean-Philippe Lalonde
2019 Château du Feÿ (Joigny) Commissioned by Jessica Angel
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2025 Casa Wabi (Puerto Escondido)
2019 Graham Foundation (Chicago)
2017-2018 Fellow at Villa Medici (Rome)
2015 Foundation Jorn Utzon, Residency at Villa Can Lis (Majorque)
LECTURES
2025 USI (Mendrisio)
2025 Unireu (Puerto escondido)
2023 Marseille School of Architecture (Marseille)
2023 Alcova (Milan)
2023 Maat Museum (Lisbon)
2022 Spazio Maiocchi (Milano)
2022 Die Grube - Peter Noever (Breitenbrunn)
2020 Architektur Im Magazin (Vienna)
2020 Die Grube - Peter Noever (Breitenbrunn)
2020 Tallinn Art Biennale (Tallinn)
2020 Villa Noailles (Hyères)
2020 EPFL (Lausanne)
2019 Bigli University (Istanbul)
2019 Versus Art Project (Istanbul)
2018 Viva Villa (Marseille)
2018 EHESS (Paris)
2018 Villa Medici (Rome)
2017 Fondation Hartung Bergman (Antibes)
BOOKS
2025 Autobiography (Artist book series) - Tonini Editore (to be published)
2022 Plan Libre (Paris)
2021 Out of the Blue - Art and Architecture - Peter Noever, Schlebrügge Editor
2021 Prototype III - Chris Glickman and Salomon (New York - Annecy)
2021 L’Univers sans L’homme - Le Bal
mail@marcleschelier.com
BIOGRAPHY ENGLISH VERSION
Marc Leschelier is a French architect based in Paris. He builds architectures without function, entitled pre-architectures, in open spaces, sculpture parks, or any situation exempt from urban regulations. While inventing an architectural genre through the development of alternative constructive systems, Leschelier responds to the sclerosis of the architectural discipline by creating an immediate, naked, speaking architecture. Drawing inspiration from performance art, vernacular architecture, and immediate structures such as tensegrity systems, Leschelier weaves together multiple languages in an attempt to break architecture’s process and bring it into sync with the speed of the present.
Marc Leschelier was a fellow at the Villa Medici in 2017–2018 and at Casa Wabi this year. He is the guest architect for two upcoming installations at Pitti Uomo in 2026, one of which will be installed in the courtyard of Palazzo Strozzi in Florence. In March 2025, he opened a solo show in Paris in dialogue with historic pieces by Jean Prouvé on loan from a private collector. He has exhibited his work at Christophe Gaillard Gallery in Brussels (curated by Olivier Renaud-Clément), Mascota Gallery, Ketabi Bourdet Gallery, and Everyday Gallery. He has participated in international fairs such as Design Miami Paris and Art Brussels in 2023, and in the same year he participated in Salone del Mobile. In 2020, he showed his work at the Tallinn Art Biennale. Over the past six years, he has built nine permanent and ephemeral pavilions.
BIOGRAPHIE vERSION FRANÇAISE
Marc Leschelier est un architecte français basé à Paris. Il construit des architectures sans fonction, intitulées pré-architectures, dans des espaces ouverts, des parcs de sculptures ou dans toute situation exempt de réglementation urbaine. Tout en inventant un genre architectural à travers le développement de systèmes constructifs alternatifs, Leschelier répond à la sclérose de la discipline architecturale en créant une architecture immédiate, nue et parlante. S’inspirant de l’art performatif, de l’architecture vernaculaire et de structures immédiates telles que les systèmes en tenségrité, Leschelier assemble plusieurs langages dans une tentative de briser le processus de l’architecture et de la synchroniser avec la vitesse du présent.
Marc Leschelier a été pensionnaire de la Villa Médicis en 2017–2018 et de la Casa Wabi cette année. Il est l’architecte invité de deux installations à venir au Pitti Uomo en 2026, dont l’une sera installée dans la cour du Palazzo Strozzi à Florence. En mars 2025, il a inauguré une exposition personnelle à Paris en dialogue avec des pièces historiques de Jean Prouvé prêtées par un collectionneur privé. Il a exposé son travail à la Galerie Christophe Gaillard à Bruxelles (organisée par Olivier Renaud-Clément), à la Galerie Mascota, à la Galerie Ketabi Bourdet et à la Galerie Everyday. Il a participé à des foires internationales telles que Design Miami Paris et Art Brussels en 2023, et la même année il a pris part au Salone del Mobile. En 2020, il a présenté son travail à la Biennale d’art de Tallinn. Au cours des six dernières années, il a construit neuf pavillons permanents et éphémères.
PORTRAITS
2025 BY ED MARCOPOULOS
2023 BY WILLIAM JESS LAIR
2023 BY MATTHEW AVIGNONE
2023 BY ADRIAN MESKO
2021 BY NIMROD KEREN
INTERVIEWS AND PRESS ARTICLES BY YEAR
INTERVIEWS
2024 CROSSCURRENT PAPER
2023 STIR ONLINE
2023 OPEN SPACES PAPER
2023 DAIDALOS ONLINE
2022 DEMON ONLINE
2021 PROTOTYPE III PAPER
2020 FIG PAPER
PRESS ARTICLES
2025 DAPPER DAN PAPER
2025 VOGUE ADRIA PAPER
2024 NUMÉRO ART PAPER
2023 STIR ONLINE
2021 NUMÉRO ART ONLINE
2021 DOMUS ONLINE
2021 POINT CONTEMPORAINONLINE
2020 ARCHDAILY ONLINE
2020 OPEN SPACES ONLINE
2020 LE MONDE ONLINE
2020 DAMN MAGAZINE ONLINE
2020 ARCHDAILYONLINE
2020 DOMUS ONLINE
2020 BAUMEISTER PAPER
2019 ARCHDAILYONLINE
2019 DOMUS ONLINE
EDUCATION
2009 Architect degree - École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture Paris-Malaquais
COLLABORATION WITH GALLERIES
Everyday Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium (Since 2021)
Ketabi Bourdet Gallery, Paris, France (Since 2023)
Christophe Gaillard, Bruxelles, Belgium (No representation)
Mascota Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico(No representation)
NOTABLE COLLECTIONS
Rick Owens and Michèle Lamy
Nike European Headquarters
Frédéric de Goldschmidt
Asiat Public Park, Vilvoorde, Belgium
Piacé Le Radieux, Public Sculpture Park, Piacé, France
Private collection, Château du Feÿ, Sens, France
EXHIBITIONS
SOLO SHOWS
2025 MERCIER ET ASSOCIÉS Paris Invited by: Elena Bonaccini, Hugo Abraham
2024 DOVER STREET MARKET Paris Invited by: Thibaud Deruel
2022 THE SKATEROOM Brussels Invited by: Charles-Antoine Bodson, Fabian Jean Villanueva
2022 SPAZIO MAIOCCHI Milano Commissioned by: Alberto Deon
2021 LE BOX Toulouse Curators: Paul Callu, Kristopher Hart
2020 ARCHITEKTUR IM MAGAZIN Vienna Curators: Jérome Becker, Matthias Moroder
GROUP SHOWS
2024 Lucid Interval (Paris) Curators: Fanny Giniès, Ana Karkar
2024 Versus Art Project (Istanbul) Curator: Bahar Avanoglu
2024 Loy Gallery (Singapour) Curator: Lexing Zhang
2024 Hôtel Le Crillon w/ The Skateroom (Paris) Invited by: Charles-Antoine Bodson, Fabian Jean Villanueva
2024 Ketabi Bourdet Gallery (Paris)
2024 Christophe Gaillard Gallery (Bruxelles) Curator: Olivier Renaud-Clément
2023 Design Miami - Design at Large (Paris) Ketabi Bourdet Gallery
2023 Studio Orta Les Moulins (Boissy-le-Châtel) Curator: Léo Orta
2023 3537 - Dover Street Market (Paris) Curator: Latif Samassi
2023 Horst Festival (Vilvoorde) Curator: Evelyn Simons
2023 Art Brussels (Brussels) Everyday Gallery booth
2022 Château de Vez (Vez) Selected by: Francis Briest
2022 Cloud Seven (Brussels) Curator: Léo Orta
2022 The SkateRoom (Brussels) Invited by Michèle Lamy
2022 Sized (Los Angeles) Curator: Alexander May
2021 Everyday Gallery (Antwerp) Curator: Boris Devis
2021 Alcova - Salone del Mobile (Milan) Curators: Valentina Ciuffi, Joseph Grima
2021 Venice Biennale - Italian Virtual Pavilion (Venice) Curators: Tom Kovac, David Gersten
2021 Worst Case Scenario (Paris) Curator: Chloé Bonnie More
2020 Tallinn Art Biennale (Tallinn) Curators: Roland Reemaa, Laura Linsi
2020 Villa Noailles (Hyères) Curators: Benjamin Lafore, Sébastien Martinez
2019 Lake Como Design Fair (Como) Curators: Margherita Ratti, Andreas Kofler
2019 Parc des hauteurs (Lyon) Invited by the city of Lyon and F. Limonet
2018 A Performance Affair (Bruxelles) Curators: L. Vaisberg, F. de Goldschmidt
2018 Viva Villa (Marseille) Curators: Cécile Debray, Federico Nicolao
2018 Take me I’m yours - Villa Medici (Rome) Curators: Hans Ulrich Obrist, Chiara Parisi, Christian Boltanski
PERMANENT CONSTRUCTIONS
2023 Asiat Public Park (Vilvoorde) Commissioned by Evelyn Simons
2021 Piacé Le Radieux - Sculpture Park (Piacé) Commissioned by Jean-Philippe Lalonde
2019 Château du Feÿ (Joigny) Commissioned by Jessica Angel
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2025 Casa Wabi (Puerto Escondido)
2019 Graham Foundation (Chicago)
2017-2018 Fellow at Villa Medici (Rome)
2015 Foundation Jorn Utzon, Residency at Villa Can Lis (Majorque)
LECTURES
2025 USI (Mendrisio)
2025 Unireu (Puerto escondido)
2023 Marseille School of Architecture (Marseille)
2023 Alcova (Milan)
2023 Maat Museum (Lisbon)
2022 Spazio Maiocchi (Milano)
2022 Die Grube - Peter Noever (Breitenbrunn)
2020 Architektur Im Magazin (Vienna)
2020 Die Grube - Peter Noever (Breitenbrunn)
2020 Tallinn Art Biennale (Tallinn)
2020 Villa Noailles (Hyères)
2020 EPFL (Lausanne)
2019 Bigli University (Istanbul)
2019 Versus Art Project (Istanbul)
2018 Viva Villa (Marseille)
2018 EHESS (Paris)
2018 Villa Medici (Rome)
2017 Fondation Hartung Bergman (Antibes)
BOOKS
2025 Autobiography (Artist book series) - Tonini Editore (to be published)
2022 Plan Libre (Paris)
2021 Out of the Blue - Art and Architecture - Peter Noever, Schlebrügge Editor
2021 Prototype III - Chris Glickman and Salomon (New York - Annecy)
2021 L’Univers sans L’homme - Le Bal