William Amor
Ennoblisseur de matières délaissées
Visual artist
William Amor’s artistic approach is rooted in a desire to place art at the service of poetry, life and ecology. With his singular, sensitive and meaningful works, the artist proposes a new way of looking at everything that surrounds us and everything whose presence, existence and origin we have forgotten or denigrated.
The philosophy of the artist and his works calls for a break with value judgments. William Amor uses our pollutant waste, that of our daily lives and neglected materials to imagine artistic works inspired by nature and the living, baptized Les Créations Messagères. Driven by a taste for commitment and aestheticism, he metamorphoses plastic pollution and creates his own artistic signature by developing and imagining his own techniques, some of which are borrowed from the arts and crafts…
These everyday scraps become exceptional pieces, conveying meaning and values. The artist distills a touch of beauty and poetry while raising awareness of pollution-producing overconsumption. William Amor’s leitmotiv is to create meaning and shed light on essential values that can be neglected in today’s society.
In the 2000s, Créations Messagères was born from the metamorphosis of plastic materials abandoned in nature.
“Plastic waste is a terrible symbol of the excesses of our society and the catastrophic effects on all living things. It is heresy to consider an indestructible material derived from non-renewable resources as a single-use material: a value judgment with far-reaching consequences.”
William Amor’s creations are poetic messengers, provoking emotions and changing the way we look at things. Plastic waste can become the most beautiful and sensual thing on earth: a pretty, fragile, graceful flower.
Awards
Awards
Grand Prix de la Création de la Ville de Paris (Lauréat 2019), Fondation Banque Populaire (Lauréat 2019), Fondation Remy Cointreau (Lauréat 2020), Fondation EY (Lauréat 2019), Les ateliers de Paris (Résident 2017 à 2019).
Events
Exhibitions
2026
Galerie Vallois, Exposition ‘Tendres débris’ (Paris)
Galerie Joseph – De main de maître, Exposition EGGXTRAORDINAIRE (Paris )
2025
Ondée Messagère” exhibition, Passage du Havre (Paris 9) – Les Métamorphoses exhibition / Conscious Paris, (Paris), Les Iris plastic bottle by William Amor associated with Garrafon created by the Frères Campana studio – Galerie Caractère, ‘Bijoux d’exception’ exhibition (Neufchâtel, Switzerland) – Wilde Le Lieu / Paris Design Week, La Villa du Lavoir exhibition – ‘Vert Nuit, Noir Jade’ (Paris)
2024
Exhibition LANCÔME, The Art of Absolue (Shanghai, China), ‘Théâtre de la métamorphose’ by William Amor – C. E Lucille Enel & Isabelle Gavalda – Centre d’Art Gallifet, Exhibition Les Racines Poussent dans l’ombre (France, Aix-en-Provence) – C.E Morgane Baroghel- Crucq –Exhibition HOMO FABER 2024, The Journey of Life (Venice, Italy)
2023
Balsan / Paris Design Week, ‘Symbiose’ by William Amor – Hôtel de ville de Paris, Expo les 30 ans des Grands Prix de la création / journées européennes du Patrimoine 2023 – Philharmonie de Paris, Le Gala de la Philharmonie – Galerie Isabelle Delannoy / Marché Biron, Un Marchand, Un Artiste 2023 – 5ème édition – The Caring Gallery, ‘Encore & Encore’ exhibition. C.E Mme Anne Sophie Bérard
2022
Ritz New York, Launch Rare Champagne 2012 X William Amor – Hôtel de ville de Paris / Fondation Dosne-Thiers, Institut de France, Les journées européennes du Patrimoine 2022 – Musée Masséna, ‘Nice, Reine des fleurs’. C.E Mr Jean Jacques Aillagon – Homo Faber, ‘Crafting a more human future’ – Révélations, Grand Palais Ephémère, ‘Le ballet des pétro-méduses’- Centre Beaugrenelle, ‘Les bouteilles à la mer’ (Bottles to the sea)
2021
Musée Cognacq-Jay, ‘William Amor X Cognacq-Jay’ – Galerie By Chatel ‘Pop Art 2’ – Mairie de paris / Galerie Lafayette ‘Le Paris des talents / Paris Mon Amour’ – Mobilier National ‘Matières à l’œuvre
2020
Maison Guerlain, ‘Exposition William Amor’ – BHV Marais / Paris Design Week, ‘Économies de matières’ – Galerie By Chatel ‘Fondation Banque Populaire’- Joyce Galerie ‘Talents à suivre
2019
Révélations, Grand Palais, ‘Envolée Poétique’- Drouot, ‘Manière Matière’ – Drouot, ‘Manière Matière’ – BHV Marais, ‘Design Italia’ – Galerie Rossana Orlandi Milan, ‘RoGuiltlessPlastic’ – Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci, ‘Railway Flowers’
– Palais des Congrès, ‘Printemps suspendu’ – Galeria Rossana Orlandi Milan, ‘RoGuiltlessPlastic’ – Maison du Docteur Gachet, ‘Jardins, joies du Val d’Oise’ – – The House of the Doctor Gachet , ‘Jardins, joies du Val d’Oise’.
2018
Hôtel de Ville de Paris, ‘Les journées du Patrimoine 2018’- Hôtel Renaissance Arc de Triomphe, ‘Jardin d’Hiver William Amor X Marine Peyre’
2017
Musée des Arts Décoratifs de Paris – 107 Rivoli, ‘Christian Dior Exhibition’.
2016
Château Maison Lafitte, ‘Totalement Désarçonnés’ – Viaduc des Arts / Hervé Ébéniste, ‘Nuit Blanche 2016’ – La Rotonde de Stalingrad / Syctom, ‘Paris Design Week’ – Galerie La Marraine / Musée du Luxembourg, Après Fantin-Latour’ – Galerie VIA, ‘Les off de l’art et du design végétal’ – Château d’Auvers-sur-Oise / Les Irisiades, ‘L’Éden des Temps Modernes’ – Les Ateliers de Paris / JEMA 16, ‘Créateurs solidaires
2015
Le Front de Mode / COP 21, ‘La déchetterie, Fleuriste de Luxe’ (The waste disposal center, luxury florist)
Collaborations
We sprouted messengers together!
Galerie Vallois – De main de maître – DIOR Haute Couture / Jonathan Anderson – Boucheron Taiwan – Cartier International – Passage du Havre – Madame Figaro – Galerie Caractères – Wilde Le Lieu – Versace – Chopard – Balenciaga / Demna Gvasalia – Piaget / Agence Caractères – Balmain / Olivier Rousteing – Somexing / Lancôme – Maison Balsan – KPMG – Philharmonie de Paris / Centre Beaugrenelle / Apsys Group – Rare Champagne / Piper-Heidsieck – Richard Mille –Havas – L’Oréal Luxe – Musée Massena – Musée Cognacq-Jay – Cointreau – Dior – Guerlain – Chanel – Icicle – Kenzo Parfums – Ville de Paris – Les Canaux – Fondation Banque Populaire – Fédération Banque Populaire – Pomme d’eau – AGEFI – Creature Agency – Groupe Rocher – Financial Times – Viktor & Rolf – Lesage – Melvita Japon – Renaud Pellegrino – Veolia – RIVP – Fondation Remy Cointreau – ROSSANA ORLANDI / Museo Leonardo da Vinci – Les Ateliers de Paris – INMA – GEAI – Hôtel Renaissance / Groupe Hôtel Marriott – Groupe Pochet – Département Val d’Oise – Landmark Hong Kong – France Média Monde – Arteum, Musée des Arts décoratifs de Paris, Louis Quatorze, Eve & Daphnée Parfum …
