The work of Tess Dumon evolves with different mediums that include drawing, gouache on canvas, sculpture, animation and installations. Dumon’s childhood, and subsequently her artistic work, has been considerably marked by an atypical family life, linked to the illness of her older brother, Louis, who is severely autistic and epileptic. Dumon has developed a personal vocabulary composed of her own metaphors, icons and myths in which she sublimates trauma into a powerful tool of expression for manifesting peace, hope, healing and for exploring universal human nature.

Tess Dumon was born in 1990 in Paris where she lives and works. Growing up in Paris and Geneva, she trained at the Atelier de Sèvres in the French capital before pursuing her studies at Central Saint Martins, London. She completed her MA at the Royal College of Art where she won the Degree Show prize in 2016. In 2014, she won the Born Award first prize. She has exhibited in Paris and Shanghai with Galerie Dumonteil and participated in international events such as West Bund Art Fair, Shanghai and Art Paris. This is her first collaboration with the gallery