Born in Paris in 1960 and now living in Bristol, England, Lucianne Lassalle has been creating sculpture since childhood. She grew up in a bohemian, artistic environment: her parents and grandparents were painters and potters, her aunt was Picasso’s muse for Girl with the Ponytail (1953), and her grandfather, the painter Henri Valensi, founded the Musicalisme movement in Paris in 1932.

Lassalle has honed her craft over the last forty years, relentlessly pursuing her fascination with the human form. Her work speaks powerfully of her profound admiration for humankind and its infinite subtleties.

Her passion for sculpture lies within her appreciation of masters such as Michelangelo, Bernini, and Rodin, whose expressive handling of the body strongly inspired her. Through persistent practice and deep observation, she has developed her own understanding of the human form, capturing information directly from the life model and portraying the body with all its complex, subtle twists and undulations — details that cannot always be imagined.

Living in Bristol has strongly influenced her recent work, infusing it with urban realities and reflections on contemporary street culture. These modern attitudes and situations are layered onto the archetypes of Abrahamic and Greco-Roman mythology, resulting in what one observer aptly described as "bridging the gap between hip hop and Michelangelo."