Benoît Luyckx is a French contemporary artist, of Belgian origin, born in 1955. He graduated from the Ecole Boulle in 1976, and then he continued his studies in the Beaux-arts in Paris, before devoting himself totally to sculpture, henceforth travelling from quarry to quarry. Thus, he discovered the famous Carrara marble in Italy, as well as that of Belgium.

Benoît Luyckx transposes his thoughts into the mineral (stones and marbles), which he sculpts directly. Inspired by the great universal themes such as infinity, modernity, nature or the body, he goes beyond materiality, constantly moving between the figurative and the abstract.

He is particularly interested in movement, and more specifically in his sculptures’ dynamics, which, despite their material thus become lightweight. He expresses his watchful gaze upon nature within a duality expressed via the contrast of raw, striated, polished materials… His trips to the USA during the 1980s inspired him strongly in his interpretation of modernity. Following the periods of his career, his works are modernist, architectural, spiraled, vegetal or organic… Thus, recently, he is tending toward softer and more sensual forms, some of which, thanks to a play of ovoid openings, summon the impalpable, while others sublimate feminity.

He has worked, among others, for Hermès, for Chanel’s headquarters in Neuilly-sur- Seine, for Moët & Chandon, HSBC, Vinci etc… He has also carried out other monumental works for public or private commissions, such as those for the Palais de Justice of Evreux or the French Embassy in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. He exhibits in various galleries in Europe, and has several times been exhibited in the USA. He is part of important private collections, as well as several Foundations.