MARC FORNES

Born Strasbourg, France
Lives and works in New York

Marc Fornes leads THEVERYMANY, a New York-based studio specialising in large-scale, site-specific structures that unify skin, support, form, and experience into a single system. Over the last fifteen years, Fornes has designed and built worldwide, a number of organic, thin-shell constructions that push the limits of form, structure, and space. This body of work is situated between the fields of art and architecture, with particular focus in the realm of public art. Each public artwork aims to provide a unique spatial experience for its visitors, while also contributing to the visual identity of a place and catalysing community engagement.

Fornes’s work has been acquired and displayed by institutions and galleries around the world including the Centre Pompidou (Paris), where Y/STRUC/SURF is part of the permanent collection, the FRAC Centre (Orleans, FR), and the Storefront for Art and Architecture (New York). He has also exhibited at the Guggenheim, GGG Art Basel Miami, Art Paris and sold at auction at Phillips De Pury.

Fornes has shared his work as a TED fellow, in public lectures and through academic appointments, artist residencies and workshops.

Clients of MARC FORNES include Porsche, Louis Vuitton, Google and Selfridges London.