ANDRÉS MONNIER
Andrés Monnier is a Mexican sculptor born in Guadalajara and currently based in Ensenada, Baja California. His practice unfolds at the intersection of art, design, and sculpture, driven by a clear intention: to create objects that tell stories through material, form, and the energy of making. In 2017, he founded his studio, where he works alongside his team to produce sculptural pieces and functional furniture using rock, glass, concrete, wood, and metal. Chosen for their physical presence and symbolic weight, these materials form the foundation of a language that is both raw and controlled. Monnier approaches each piece as a presence, something to be inhabited as much as observed, where matter becomes the primary vehicle for expression and meaning.
This research culminated in 2021 with Olympo, his first personal body of work, comprising seventeen sculptural pieces inspired by Greek mythology. The collection established a narrative universe in which objects operate as fragments of myth and architectural presence. Andrés’s singular trajectory is also shaped by his background in medicine and industrial engineering, disciplines that inform his precise and experimental approach to structure, resistance, and assembly. His work is defined by a constant tension between intuition and control, instinct and calculation, archaic force and technical rigor.
A formative memory lies at the origin of this vocation. As a child, Monnier recalls altering a small statue belonging to his grandmother, a professor of fine arts. Rather than punishing him, she explained the form and meaning of the object, an exchange that opened his path toward art. Today, Andrés Monnier continues to build a coherent universe of sculptural works that challenge conventional furniture, positioning objects as vessels of memory, mythology, and human experience.







