- Jean-Baptiste Fastrez -

Jean-Baptiste Fastrez

France — b. 1984

Available Works

Amazone Mirror - Jean-Baptiste Fastrez - Mirror - Galerie kreo

Jean-Baptiste Fastrez

Anubis Vase - Jean-Baptiste Fastrez - Vase - Galerie kreo

Jean-Baptiste Fastrez

Apollo mirror - Jean-Baptiste Fastrez - Mirror - Galerie kreo

Jean-Baptiste Fastrez

Apollo mirror - Jean-Baptiste Fastrez - Mirror - Galerie kreo

Jean-Baptiste Fastrez

Booster side table - Jean-Baptiste Fastrez - Side table - Galerie kreo

Jean-Baptiste Fastrez

Comet console - Jean-Baptiste Fastrez - Console - Galerie kreo

Jean-Baptiste Fastrez

Comet console - Jean-Baptiste Fastrez - Console - Galerie kreo

Jean-Baptiste Fastrez

Comet round coffee table - Jean-Baptiste Fastrez - Coffee table - Galerie kreo

Jean-Baptiste Fastrez

Biography

Jean-Baptiste Fastrez, born in 1984, is a French designer who graduated from ENSCI–Les Ateliers in Paris in 2010. After collaborating for three years with the designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, he established his own studio in 2011. His practice spans a range of projects, from limited editions to industrial design.

Fastrez has collaborated with a variety of brands, including the Danish textile manufacturer Kvadrat, Galeries Lafayette in Paris, Sèvres–Cité de la Céramique, CIRVA in Marseille, the French brand Moustache, and Galerie kreo in Paris and London.

His work has been featured in thematic exhibitions at VIA in Paris, Mudac in Lausanne, Grand-Hornu in Belgium, and the Museum of Art in Seoul...

Jean-Baptiste Fastrez, born in 1984, is a French designer who graduated from ENSCI–Les Ateliers in Paris in 2010. After collaborating for three years with the designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, he established his own studio in 2011. His practice spans a range of projects, from limited editions to industrial design.

Fastrez has collaborated with a variety of brands, including the Danish textile manufacturer Kvadrat, Galeries Lafayette in Paris, Sèvres–Cité de la Céramique, CIRVA in Marseille, the French brand Moustache, and Galerie kreo in Paris and London.

His work has been featured in thematic exhibitions at VIA in Paris, Mudac in Lausanne, Grand-Hornu in Belgium, and the Museum of Art in Seoul. Among his accolades, Fastrez won the Grand Prix du Jury at Design Parade 6 in 2011, held at Villa Noailles in Hyères, for his projects Variations upon an Electric Kettle and Tomahawks Hair Dryer. In 2015, he received the Wallpaper Design Award for his Scarabée vase. His works are part of the permanent collections of the Centre Pompidou, the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, Villa Noailles in Hyères, and the CNAP (Comité National des Arts Plastiques).

Since 2012, Galerie kreo has produced several of Fastrez’s limited-edition works, including the Mask mirror collection, the Etna coffee tables, and the Egypt vases. His first solo exhibition at Galerie kreo, Vivarium, presented a series of furniture and objects inspired by wild animals, transforming the gallery into a symbolic vivarium.

In 2024, Fastrez unveiled his latest collection with Galerie kreo, Space Craft, which reflected his exploration of the narrative potential of objects and materials. The collection centred around a techno-futurist aesthetic, blending traditional techniques like straw marquetry with innovative materials such as Nextel paint. Rather than opposing different eras, the collection seeks to reconcile them, creating designs that resonate with the present moment.

Photo credits: © Alexandra de Cossette

Solo Shows

Jean-Baptiste Fastrez - Jean-Baptiste Fastrez 'SPACE CRAFT'
Solo Show

March 01 - April 15, 2024

Jean-Baptiste Fastrez - Vivarium
Solo Show

May 23 - July 27, 2019

Group Shows

Jean-Baptiste Fastrez - GSTAAD ART 2025
Fair

February 13 - February 16, 2025

Jean-Baptiste Fastrez - Design Miami / Paris 2024
Fair

October 15 - October 20, 2024

Jean-Baptiste Fastrez - PAD London 2024
Fair

October 08 - October 13, 2024

Jean-Baptiste Fastrez - Design Miami/ Basel 2024
Fair

June 10 - June 16, 2024

Jean-Baptiste Fastrez - TEFAF New York 2024
Fair

May 09 - May 14, 2024

Jean-Baptiste Fastrez - PAD Paris 2024
Fair

April 03 - April 07, 2024

Jean-Baptiste Fastrez - PAD London 2023
Fair

October 10 - October 15, 2023

Jean-Baptiste Fastrez - Design Miami/ Basel 2023
Fair

June 12 - June 18, 2023

Jean-Baptiste Fastrez - PAD Paris 2023
Fair

March 29 - April 02, 2023

Jean-Baptiste Fastrez - New beginnings
Group Show

January 10 - March 04, 2023

Jean-Baptiste Fastrez - PAD London 2022
Fair

October 10 - October 16, 2022

Jean-Baptiste Fastrez - step by step
Group Show

September 16 - November 05, 2022

Jean-Baptiste Fastrez - Design Miami/ Basel 2022
Fair

June 13 - June 19, 2022

Jean-Baptiste Fastrez - PAD Paris 2022
Fair

April 06 - April 10, 2022

Jean-Baptiste Fastrez - 'inside'
Group Show

December 08, 2021 - April 09, 2022

Jean-Baptiste Fastrez - fiac! 2021
Fair

October 20 - October 24, 2021

Jean-Baptiste Fastrez - Art Paris Art Fair 2021
Fair

September 08 - September 12, 2021

Jean-Baptiste Fastrez - @home new chapter
Group Show

March 23 - May 08, 2021

Jean-Baptiste Fastrez - @home
Group Show

December 12, 2020 - March 22, 2021

Jean-Baptiste Fastrez - Lucas Ratton x kamel mennour x Galerie kreo @Paris
Off-site event

December 11, 2020 - April 01, 2021

Jean-Baptiste Fastrez - 20 years
Group Show

September 25 - December 24, 2019

Jean-Baptiste Fastrez - TEFAF Maastricht 2019
Fair

March 16 - March 24, 2019

Jean-Baptiste Fastrez - Didier Lavier
Group Show

September 13 - November 04, 2017

Jean-Baptiste Fastrez - TEFAF New York 2017
Fair

May 04 - May 08, 2017

Jean-Baptiste Fastrez - PAD Paris 2017
Fair

March 22 - March 26, 2017

Jean-Baptiste Fastrez - silvershadow
Group Show

February 01 - March 18, 2017

Jean-Baptiste Fastrez - One piece a day
Group Show

September 12 - October 22, 2016

Jean-Baptiste Fastrez - Design Miami / Basel 2016
Fair

June 13 - June 19, 2016

Jean-Baptiste Fastrez - summer solstice
Group Show

May 26 - August 05, 2016

Jean-Baptiste Fastrez - super-natural geometry
Group Show

April 04 - May 18, 2016

Jean-Baptiste Fastrez - shades of variety
Group Show

March 25 - May 23, 2015

Jean-Baptiste Fastrez - To be continued
Group Show

October 30 - December 20, 2014

Jean-Baptiste Fastrez - a light introduction
Group Show

May 23 - July 26, 2014

Jean-Baptiste Fastrez - convergences
Group Show

May 21 - July 26, 2014

Jean-Baptiste Fastrez - O.K.
Group Show

March 22 - June 01, 2013

Publications

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Le laboratoire du design contemporain

kreo in motion

‘kreo in motion’ is a series of short films re-imagining pieces of the gallery through the eye of talented motion designers and animators! Every month a series of 3 animations will be posted at regular intervals. Each series will be dedicated to the creative practice of a different motion designer - blank canvas to …

Stargate Swing by Nicole Peterson

In this animation Nicole Peterson animates Jean-Baptiste Fastrez's magical Stargate Swing. Fragmented pieces of the glossy swing structure fit together as we see it during the day and at night.

Snake Mirror by Acil & Pierre

Through the duo's imaginative lens, Jean-Baptiste Fastrez’s ’Snake Mirror' comes to life as the eponymous reptile — writhing with alternating colours. The undulating shape of the mirror paired with the animation of the image highlights the sinuous curves of the snake — which themselves are beautified by the small tiles of colour representing Fastrez’s use of mosaic.

Jellyfish by Jean-Baptiste Fastrez

Up and down go the blue tentacles of Jean-Baptiste Fastrez’s ‘Jellyfish’ chandelier in Kirill’s last animation. Fastrez’s ‘Jellyfish’ light, composed of a white polycarbonate lampshade and blue anodised aluminium pendants, suggests the shape of the eponymous water creature, whose umbrella-shaped bell here has swapped its natural luminescence for an electric light, running down the sides of geometric metallic tentacles. With a dreamy sound to accompany the motions of the marine animal, Kirill proposes a wondrous last animation to close his participation to the kreo in motion series.