Pierre Yermia is a French sculptor who lives and works in Charenton-le-pont, France.

His work is a constant quest for an unlikely and precarious moment of equilibrium, where strength and fragility are simultaneously confronted. Yermia’s deep-rooted human or animal “figures” are standing on their brittle limbs and are slowly rising, defying the law of gravity.

​

Elongated shapes, frail limbs contrast with more massive torsos, heads reduced to the essential, dominate long slender necks. Heavy and light, full and empty, convex and concave are playing a permanent game, creating a monumental and open space.

Small and medium size formats are a necessary subsequent stage to his monumental sculptures (on average, height or length: 3 m). These sculptures no matter how optimistic and serene testify to a humanity in permanent danger.