Nolvenn Le Goff

Although Nolvenn Le Goff started her work as a paper sculptor in 2010, the French-Mexican artist’s love of paper goes back to her childhood and has only increased ever since. After founding Talent Lab in 2014, a gallery and studio space in Barcelona, the craftswoman decided to embrace a new challenge in 2020 by moving to Payzac, France, where she set up her studio at La Maison des Artistes. She is passionate about a craft that is highly demanding in time and patience; to achieve such a level of precision requires a strong vision, meticulous hands and talent. Aspiring to show that another way of living is possible, she aims to inspire positive change through her art, which she believes can touch the soul.

Nolvenn Le Goff draws her technical inspiration for her creations from a wide range of techniques such as kirigami, embossing and bas-relief, while adapting them to her own needs. Over the years she has mastered her particular ways of working with these techniques, making them her own, somewhat distanced from traditional use. Patience is also one of her greatest talents, as some creations require well over 200 hours to finish. Nolvenn has spent many years of her life in Mexico, where artisans are known for their creativity and their capacity for resolving situations with limited means. This has become central to her projects, giving her an invaluable tool to deal with varied situations and requirements, allowing her to adapt existing techniques to her particular requirements.

Nolvenn Le Goff's story with paper is a beautiful love story. She says that they chose one another. At the age of eight, she developed a fascination for paper-cut illustrations found in fairy-tale books and told herself that one day she would create equally beautiful images. From that day on, her infatuation with paper only increased. To pursue this passion, she even left Barcelona and moved to France where she could live closer to the De Vaux paper mill in the Dordogne region. This move provided her with the unique opportunity to discover the secrets of artisanal paper creation and to collaborate with this sustainable manufacture and museum. Her goal, as a person, and through her creations, is to inspire positive change in this world. She has already started a personal quest, a search for inner learning and congruence to take responsibility for her actions.

Magnae Chartae Exhibition