Francois Grenier

An emerging ceramic artist based in Chatham, ON, François peculiarly first explored clay through surface treatment before transitioning to hand-building, making forms used as a canvas for his signature dry glazes—textured "crusts" and geometric abstract compositions that bring his forms to life. His practice examines the relationship between said compositions, texture, and form, also extending dry “glazes” to large figurative installations. Prioritizing ceramic’s elemental qualities, François avoids surface treatment that conceal the materials, instead creating vessels and sculptures with dry, matte, and tactile surfaces, as seen in his Cabossés series.