Alquin Alechinksy

Born in 1958 in Brussels into a family of artists, Nicolas Alquin is a sculptor who studied art restoration in Paris before training under Reinhoud d’Haese and Étienne-Martin. Born in 1989, his son Marc Alechinsky is an architect and designer whose work considers the relationship between objects and their surroundings. Together, they combine their distinct disciplines in a creative dialogue between sculpture, architecture, and contemporary design.

Alquin works primarily with directly carved wood, beeswax, and bronze, drawing on Judeo-Christian iconography and traditional sculptural arts. Alechinsky brings an architectural perspective, exploring the relationship between form and space. Their complementary approaches unite craftsmanship and design, allowing each discipline to inform the other.

Their collaborative practice is guided by the physical character and spiritual resonance of a place. Attentive to materials, proportions, and spatial relationships, they create works that respond to their surroundings, balancing sculptural expression with architectural vision and a sensitivity to the experience of space.

Their notable projects include the liturgical furnishings for the Church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste in Sceaux, France, completed in 2022. In 2023, the duo was among five finalists invited to propose new liturgical furnishings for Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, reflecting their approach to contemporary art within historic architecture.