Mélanie Faucher's Glass Lace Reinvents Stained Glass in Lyon
Mélanie Faucher, a stained glass artist born in Landerneau in 1986, studied at the Ateliers des Beaux-Arts de Paris from 2010 to 2013. Her artistic style, shaped by influences such as Wim Delvoye and Matisse, was refined through apprenticeships with master glassmakers, culminating in her CAP vitrail certification in 2014. In 2017, she established Atelier Faucher, specializing in both contemporary and traditional stained glass. Her innovative "dentelle de verre" project received the Fondation nationale Banque Populaire award in 2025. Faucher produced stained glass for the Bron church from 2020 to 2022 and contributed to the Librairie La Ruche project in Maisons-Alfort in 2021. She is set to showcase her work at Le Carreau du Temple on October 8-9 and at Atelier Faucher in Villeurbanne.
Key facts
- Mélanie Faucher was born in Landerneau in 1986
- She trained in drawing and modeling at the Ateliers des Beaux-Arts de Paris from 2010 to 2013
- She obtained a CAP vitrail in 2014 and opened Atelier Faucher in 2017
- She won the Fondation nationale Banque Populaire prize in 2025 for an experimental 'dentelle de verre' project
- She created stained glass for the church of Bron in the Métropole de Lyon from 2020 to 2022 with Maryline Morel and Jean-Jacques Fanjat
- She participated in the Biennale Révélations at the Grand Palais, Paris, in 2025
- She showed at 'Gravur on Tour' at the Glasmuseum Lette in Coesfeld, Germany, in 2025
- She appears at 'Les rendez-vous de la matière' at Le Carreau du Temple in Paris on October 8 and 9
Entities
Artists
- Mélanie Faucher
- Wim Delvoye
- Henri Matisse
- Geneviève Asse
- Philippe Favier
- Justine Dablanc
- Maryline Morel
- Jean-Jacques Fanjat
- Marie Grillo
- Frédérique Fleury
- Claude Monet
- Aurélien Aumont
- Clémence Bargoin
Institutions
- Ateliers des Beaux-Arts de Paris
- Atelier Faucher
- Fondation nationale Banque Populaire
- Louvre
- Chapelle de Vence
- Galerie Françoise Besson
- Galerie Valérie Eymeric
- Glasmuseum Lette
- Biennale Révélations
- Grand Palais
- Le Carreau du Temple
- Librairie La Ruche
- Connaissance des Arts
Locations
- Lyon
- France
- Landerneau
- Paris
- Bron
- Métropole de Lyon
- Maisons-Alfort
- Coesfeld
- Germany
- Villeurbanne
- Vence