S16 (2025)

“[…] The mouth, the tongue, the movement of air, and the rhythm of words—all of this is oral expression. And the right word is not to translate but to interpret. And I work on that shift, when spoken language becomes written language. […]”

Diane Guyot is one of those artists for whom drawing and language play an essential role. She received her artistic training first at the École Nationale Supérieure d’Arts in Cergy and then at the École des Arts Décoratifs in Paris.

Attracted from an early age to places of learning or transit, she exhibited at Cork International Airport during the “Terminal Convention” symposium, commissioned by Peter Gorschlüter, deputy director of the MMK Frankfurt, and at Chelsea Space at the College of Art and Design in London for “Ideal Home.” In Marseille, she signed the 1% artistic extension of the Timone Health Campus and more daring performance projects, despite being in the heart of the European Hospital – Ambroise Paré Foundation. In 2023, as the featured artist for the 10th anniversary of the Salon du Dessin Paréidolie, she published a collection
of drawings made in critical care, emergency, and Covid-dedicated intensive care units; a chronicle of a space where all users are underrepresented.

Moving from one institution to another, but always on the spot, she drew and wrote in the extraordinary courtroom of the Marseille Judicial Court during the trial for the collapse of the buildings on Rue d’Aubagne.