Willie Morlon (born in 1992, France) is a visual artist living and working in Brussels. His work explores ornamentation through contemporary construction materials, subverting the codes of mass production to create an Arts & Crafts-inspired manifesto. He examines the duality between standardization and artistic expression, transforming plasterboard into a sculptural medium where gypsum marquetry becomes a unique aesthetic language.
Winner of the Grand Prix Van Cleef & Arpels at the Design Parade Toulon 2024, he presented Placo Studiolo, an installation that reimagines domestic space by revealing the ornamental potential of plasterboard. His work has been exhibited in renowned venues, including Michel Rein Gallery in 2021 (Smalls Sculpture), Cendar Brussels in 2022, and Stems Gallery in 2024 (Pattes à sel).
A graduate of the Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles, Willie Morlon operates at the intersection of art and architecture, offering a novel interpretation of everyday materials and their relationship to aesthetics in our productivist society. The hand of the carftsman reinvests the interior space, transforming it into a site of popular expression.
