Damien POULAIN

Damien Poulain is a commissioned artist who engages with design, architecture, and both built and natural environments. His practice transmutes influences from Shinto, primitive, and heraldic symbology, as well as contemporary material and digital culture, to offer a universal visual language. Through an evolving range of formats, including textiles, painting, sculpture, and ephemeral architectural volumes, he designs glyphic systems of geometry and color. These codes raise questions about the relationships between humans, their environment, and the mystery of existence. Poulain's work is nomadic and contextual in nature. His scope ranges from monumental interventions to small-scale paintings, which he produces in ongoing, place- and time-bound series. He intends his projects to foster intercultural engagement and build communities, disseminating a unified message