Ulrikk Dufossé
Ulrikk Dufossé is a French artist whose sculptures inhabit the space between drawing and volume, craft and apparition. Hand-woven from meters of galvanized wire, his suspended forms emerge through a slow, meditative process of knotting and knitting, transforming an industrial material into a sculptural object unexpectedly organic and weightless.
Drawing on the traditions of fish-trap weaving, Dufossé also acknowledges Ruth Asawa as a guiding influence, whose pioneering work with wire continues to resonate in his own practice. Created through an intuitive, almost gestural approach, each piece unfolds like a three-dimensional line traced in air.
“Growing up I had an attraction for the metal and the materials of the industry. I always felt more a craftsman than an artist. One day a friend introduced me to the work of Ruth Asawa because it reminded him of my technique. I was amazed by her work and the similarity with what I was doing at this time. Today her influence is more than obvious and I consider Ruth Asawa as a spiritual guide” — Ulrikk Dufossé.
Balancing fragility and structure, the sculptures hover like living organisms or drifting constellations, their intricate meshes capturing light while casting shifting shadows that become part of the work itself. Circular rhythms and complex volumes create a quiet dialogue with surrounding architecture, allowing space, movement, and perception to continuously reshape the piece.
Rooted in craftsmanship yet deeply poetic, Dufossé’s practice recalls the legacy of woven sculpture while asserting a contemporary sensitivity — where repetition becomes meditation, material becomes emotion, and solid matter dissolves into atmosphere.
