Patrick Seguin


Patrick Seguin is a French gallery owner specializing in French architect-designed furniture of the 20th century, and he is the founder of Galerie Patrick Seguin.
He is a member of the , the and the Comité pour la Création Contemporaine des Amis du Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris since its creation in 2015.
In recognition of his work, Patrick Seguin was named ‘Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres’ by the French Ministry of Culture in March 2018.
In October 2023, he was made an 'Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres'.

Biography

Patrick Seguin, born 29 January 1954 in Montpellier, France, is the son of Colette Seguin. He is married to Laurence Bergerot, with whom he has a daughter, Pauline. Before specialising in design in 1989, Patrick Seguin worked in the hospitality business. In 1989 he founded the Jousse Seguin gallery with Philippe Jousse on Rue de Charonne in Paris’ 11th arrondissement. Then in 2000 he opened his eponymous gallery on Rue des Taillandiers in a former warehouse, renovated by Jean Nouvel.
Patrick and Laurence Seguin’s private collection of contemporary art, design, and architecture by Jean Prouvé has been the subject of several exhibitions, including ‘A Passion for Jean Prouvé’ at the Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli in Turin in 2013 and ‘Jean Prouvé, l’âme du Métal’ at the Château La Coste in 2019.
Patrick Seguin has organised numerous international exhibitions, including ‘Furniture and Architecture by Jean Prouvé’, Sonnabend Gallery ; ‘Charlotte Perriand – Jean Prouvé, 20th century architecture and furniture’, Gagosian Gallery ; ‘Le Corbusier/Pierre Jeanneret, Chandigarh, India, 1952–56’, Sonnabend Gallery ; ‘Jean Royère’, Sonnabend Gallery ; ‘Calder I Prouvé’, Gagosian Gallery ; ‘Jean Nouvel Triptyques’, Gagosian Gallery ; ‘Chamberlain I Prouvé’, Gagosian Gallery ; ‘Jean Prouvé: the Constructor’, French Embassy in Tokyo, ‘Jean Prouvé : Architect for Better Days’, Fondation Luma, ‘Jean Prouvé : Constructive Imagination' at the MOT Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo in 2022.
Patrick Seguin has also collaborated on numerous institutional exhibitions, including with the Centre Pompidou, the Venice Biennale of Architecture, the Musée des Beaux-Arts, MoMa, the Milan Triennale, the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, the Fondation Louis Vuitton and the Design Museum. Since 2002, Patrick Seguin organises ‘carte blanche’ exhibitions during Paris’s annual FIAC art fair, inviting international contemporary art galleries to exhibit in his Paris gallery. Galleries invited include: Jablonka Galerie, Hauser & Wirth, Gagosian Gallery, Eva Presenhuber, Sadie Coles HQ, Galeria Massimo de Carlo, Paula Cooper, Kurimanzutto, Luhring Augustine, Karma, David Kordansky, Campoli Presti, Ivor Braka, and Gavin Brown’s Enterprise.

''Collaborations''

Jean Nouvel: Patrick Seguin has worked with Jean Nouvel on contemporary adaptations of Jean Prouvé demountable houses, notably the Ferembal house and the Bouqueval schoolhouse.
Also close to numerous art and fashion personalities, Patrick Seguin has worked with Azzedine Alaïa, The Row, Virgil Abloh, A.P.C., and Yves Saint Lauren.

''Awards''

. He was named ‘chevalier' in March 2018.
Officier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. He was named 'officier' in October 2023.

Galerie Patrick Seguin

''Presentation''

Galerie Patrick Seguin is in the Bastille district in Paris, in a space designed by Jean Nouvel. The gallery shows works by Jean Prouvé, Charlotte Perriand, Pierre Jeanneret, Le Corbusier and Jean Royère, and owns the most complete collection of furniture and demountable architecture by Jean Prouvé. Galerie Patrick Seguin has also developed an important publishing activity, producing books to accompany its exhibitions; works include a 2-volume monograph on Jean Prouvé, a series of three 5-volume box-sets on Jean Prouvé’s demountable architecture, a 2-volume monograph on Jean Royère, a book on Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret’s architectural project for the town of Chandigarh and its furniture.

Artists represented by the gallery

  • Jean Prouvé
  • Charlotte Perriand
  • Pierre Jeanneret
  • Jean Royère
  • Le Corbusier

    Publications

To accompany its programme of exhibitions, Patrick Seguin has also developed an important publishing activity, producing monographs on the designers represented, but also catalogues of the major exhibitions organised by the gallery with other well-known galleries.
2019: Jean Prouvé Architecture – box set n°3
2017: Jean Prouvé, 2-volume box set
2016: Jean Prouvé Architecture – box set n°2
2014: Jean Prouvé Architecture – box set n°1
2014: Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret – Chandigarh, India
2013: A Passion for Jean Prouvé, Edition Pinacoteca Giovanni E Marella Agnelli and Galerie Patrick Seguin
2013: Calder I Prouvé, Gagosian Gallery and Galerie Patrick Seguin
2012: Jean Royère, Edition Jacques Lacoste and Galerie Patrick Seguin
2011: Prouvé I Nouvel, Ferembal House
2007: Jean Prouvé, Edition Galerie Patrick Seguin and Sonnabend Gallery
2006: Tadao Ando, Edition Enrico Navarra and Galerie Patrick Seguin
2002: The Permanent Emergency, Edition Enrico Navarra and Galerie Patrick Seguin
2000: Jean Prouvé I La Biennale di Venezia, Edition Enrico Navarra and Galerie Jousse Seguin
1998: Jean Prouvé, Edition Enrico Navarra and Galerie Jousse Seguin