Marie Levoyet, Rotogravure and intaglio printer

Gravure and intaglio printer Marie Levoyet works daily with photographers, visual artists and designers on the contemporary scene. She founded her workshop in 2018, becoming one of the few to specialize in color gravure. In her studio, she develops colors, pigments and inks that she collects from around the world. In 2022, she sets up her rotogravure workshop at JAD.

Grain rotogravure is a photomechanical process created in the 19th century by Nièpce, Poitevin and Talbot, and brought to maturity in 1876 by Karl Klic. In keeping with the world of printmaking and photography, rotogravure features blacks of almost palpable depth, and grayscale densities of great subtlety, which have seduced illustrious photographers such as Alfred Stieglitz and Edward Curtis. For Marie Levoyet, rotogravure is a journey nourished by encounters with artists, the history of images, copper, ink, materials, gestures and light, Helio in ancient Greek.

In her personal projects, the notion of insularity - geographical, emotional and sensory - guides her work. All these confluences enable her to be in constant research and to explore possible links with artists from different worlds. Her personal and collaborative work has been exhibited at Homo Faber (Venice - IT) and the Penumbra Foundation (New York - USA).

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