Perrine Angly

Perrine Angly is a French visual artist whose work explores the symbolic, sensory, and memory-based dimensions of water. After an artist residency on Vancouver Island in 2009, where she collaborated with Victor Reece, she felt called to create ephemeral, archetypal forms placed directly on the surface of water.

Through her aquatic mandalas, Perrine investigates water’s capacity to receive, retain, and transmit environmental influences. Her installations are conceived as gentle offerings that reveal rather than disturb natural sites, inviting a renewed sense of belonging to the living world and encouraging more inclusive and respectful ways of inhabiting the Earth.

I had the good fortune to meet Perrine Angly and see her work more than eight years ago. She has participated in all of the Aquamour festivals, from Elba to Venice via Brittany. I love the beauty of her mandalas, which rest on the water like a veil on a bride’s head. There is something sacred about Perrine’s work, which elevates water and nature with great respect and care. It is a moving message that makes us aware of the beauty of water.      – B. Albasio