Gregory Castiglia French, b. 1979

Gregory Castiglia was born in 1979 in the Paris region. Raised between two complementary worlds — an entrepreneurial father and a painter mother — he naturally developed both ambition and creativity from an early age. The atmosphere of the artist’s studio, which he discovered in childhood, has remained a constant reference throughout his life.

Deeply attached to the Mediterranean region, which he considers his spiritual and emotional home, Gregory Castiglia left Paris in 2013 to settle in Provence. Entirely self-taught, he gradually developed his technical skills and creative language through a wide range of projects, refining his approach over the years until achieving a distinct and recognisable artistic identity.

In 2021, driven by a profound desire for renewal, he made a decisive life change. After more than 22 years in the events industry, he chose to turn the page and fully commit to artistic creation. His workshop became a true artistic laboratory, a space for experimentation, research and personal expression. That same year, his first sculptures were born — works that now form the core of his artistic practice.

Fascinated by design, craftsmanship and detail, Gregory Castiglia found an inexhaustible source of inspiration in the assembly of thousands of industrial nuts, which he transforms into human figures and sculptural forms. This approach creates a striking aesthetic paradox: the raw, industrial nature of metal is softened and transformed into sensual, flowing bodies. Through light, transparency and openwork structures, his sculptures seem to breathe, oscillating between strength and delicacy, presence and absence.

Beyond sculpture, Gregory Castiglia is a plural artist, also developing design furniture pieces that extend his sculptural language into functional forms. This dialogue between art, design and architecture is central to his work and reflects his desire to integrate creation into everyday life and lived spaces.

In 2023, as his work gained visibility, galleries began to open their doors to him in Marseille, Saint-Tropez, Monaco, Miami, Atlanta and Athens, leading to several notable solo exhibitions. Considered an emerging contemporary artist, Gregory Castiglia is now recognised for the coherence and originality of his approach.

For him, art is a vector of elevation. His ambition is to translate the most subtle emotions through matter, to capture the essence of movement, and to allow metal itself to breathe. His work invites the viewer into a contemplative experience, where material transforms into emotion and form becomes sensation.