Olivia Cognet

From Nice to Paris, via Los Angeles where she lived for several years before settling in Vallauris the city of clay French sculptor and designer Olivia Cognet has forged a creative path free from all geographical and formal boundaries.
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Driven by a free spirit and a deep passion for sculpture and architecture modern and organic above all Olivia Cognet relentlessly explores all scales and typologies, far from convention. With her, every architectural element becomes a support for a rich and fertile imagination. A swimming pool, a fireplace, a fountain, a fire pit, a sofa are transformed into fully fledged works of art: sculptural and sometimes monumental, yet always sensual, functional, and poetic.

In her hands, and in those of her team of expert artisans, materials constantly take on new dimensions and expressions. She transforms ceramics with the utmost care, paying particular attention to the subtlety of glazes, and approaches stone, marble, lava, metal, plaster, and wood with the same passion.

Her masters are Constantin Brancusi and Isamu Noguchi; in architecture, Jacques Couëlle, creator of landscape-houses unique in their kind, and Gio Ponti, whose transversal approach to design and architecture she deeply admires. In Vallauris, she works daily, inspired by the creative energy of Picasso and Roger Capron, whose former studio she has taken over and transformed into her showroom. Nourished by a constant exploration of craftsmanship, Olivia Cognet moves freely from sculptural objects to mural environments, continually pushing technical and formal boundaries.

Inspired by Le Corbusier’s concept of the synthesis of the arts* and by the philosophy of Lucio Fontana and his “Spatial Concept,” she weaves an invisible thread between her creations, creating an uninterrupted dialogue within space.

With her, a wall is read as a surface to be sculpted, painted, or modeled. Art and architecture merge into a single language, driven by an irrepressible desire: to poetize life and the everyday.
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Selected Exhibitions

JUGS Exhibition

JUGS

February 25 - April 20, 2026
THE FUTURE PERFECT: DESIGN MIAMI/ 2025 Exhibition

THE FUTURE PERFECT: DESIGN MIAMI/ 2025

December 2 - December 7, 2025
The Future Perfect Design Miami 2024 Exhibition

The Future Perfect Design Miami 2024

December 3 - December 8, 2024
Diffraction Exhibition

Diffraction

Olivia Cognet
September 26 - November 8, 2024
Design Miami Los Angeles Exhibition

Design Miami Los Angeles

May 16 - May 20, 2024
Smooth Vast Body of Water Exhibition

Smooth Vast Body of Water

John Hogan, Olivia Cognet & Casey McCafferty
September 8 - October 18, 2023

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Exhibitions

2026  “JUGS” – The Future Perfect, Los Angeles, CA

2025  “Design Miami” – The Future Perfect, Miami, FL

2024   “Design Miami” – The Future Perfect, Miami, FL

2024   “Diffraction” – The Future Perfect, Los Angeles, CA

2024   “Design Miami Los Angeles” – The Future Perfect, Los Angeles, CA

2024   PAD – Paris, FR

2024   Hermes – Geneva, CH

2024   “Le Monde” – Paris, FR

2023   “Smooth Vast Body of Water” – The Future Perfect, New York, NY

2022   “Momentary Pause” – The Future Perfect, Los Angeles, CA

2021   “Clay Manifesto” – Galerie Jag, Paris, FR

2021   “Collective” – 1818, Sag Harbor, NY

2020   “VALLAURIS” – CLAY APPARTAMENTO, Paris, FR

Education and Training

2003   Villa Arson EPIAR

2002   BTS “stylisme de mode”

2000   Baccalauréat of Applied Arts, Antibes

Artist Residence

2021   “VALLAURIS” – Le Musée de la Poterie, Paris, FR

2020   “VALLAURIS” – A.I.R Résidence, Paris, FR

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