His artistic world is broadly inspired by architectural heritage of French monuments and by statuary art.  As an atypical figure in the current art scene, Grégoire Scalabre continually widens the limits of ceramics. 

The artist challenges the material towards a constantly renewed repertoire of shapes: from scattering and accumulation to dynamism and monumentality, including architecture and metallurgy. With his latest creations « Endless Movement », Gregoire applies his know-how to a both architectural and bodily vocabulary. 

Meticulous throwing, slab building, modeling and assemblage create a set of broken lines and open curves. Mineralogy gets the final touch, thanks to an innovative technique of marble-powder covering. 

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David Caméo, Managing Director of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, Former Director of the Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres:“With his sculptures, Grégoire Scalabre turns out to be one of the greatest ceramists taking part in the revival of contemporary ceramics. Although close to fine arts and design, his work is first and foremost the work of an accomplished sculptor.”

Frédéric Bodet, Curator in charge of modern and contemporary collections Musée National de la Céramique, Sèvres:“Focusing today on unprecedented convolutions, oscillating between physical fluidity and geometry, Grégoire Scalabre resolutely maintains a highly thorough craftsmanship which has henceforth become his signature, as well as a finely mastered savoir-faire. In addition to his long-standing virtuosity in throwing and his excellent knowledge of more industrial techniques of moulding and casting, the ceramist has been using for these latest artworks an ancestral and patient slab-modeling technique that its precision and scale alike make staggering - even innovative.”