Pierre-Alexandre Savriacouty

Pierre-Alexandre Savriacouty, born in 1993, is a French artist of Malagasy origin. A graduate of Beaux-Arts in Montpellier, where he collaborated with the director Rodrigo Garcia, and from the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, his work has been exhibited in prestigious institutions in France and abroad. His notable exhibitions include the Monnaie de Paris and the 6018th North in Chicago (2023), the Saint-Paul de Vence International Biennial (2021), and the Frac Île-de-France Château de Rentilly (2020).

Winner of the 2021 SARR Prize, he was a resident at Villa Albertine in Chicago in 2022 and, in 2023, he participated in an inclusive artistic research program with the Pompidou Center, the HKW and the CCCB.

Her practice, rooted in the themes of memory, identity, and water, explores ancestral myths and climate transformations through poetic sculptures, evoking aquatic and spiritual depths.

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For the Rocabella 2025 residence, Pierre-Alexandre Savriacouty wishes to explore the boundaries between aquatic and telluric materials, drawing inspiration from the remains revealed by the major droughts of the 21st century. Her project revolves around the creation of ceramic sound amphorae, a new direction in her artistic practice. These works, inspired by underwater songs and ancient artifacts, will act as contemporary resonance boxes, symbolizing the sound memory of the waters.

By combining ancestral myths and echoes of our time, these amphorae will tell poetic stories related to climate change. The coastal and land landscapes surrounding Rocabella will nourish his research, rooted in the transformation of materials and narratives. This project aims to create a sound and visual map where past, present and future come together in a sensitive reflection on the relationships between water, land and collective memory.

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