Jean-Baptiste Fastrez is a designer graduated from ENSCI with honors from the jury in 2010. He worked for 3 years with Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec before establishing his own studio in 2011. He now collaborates with various brands and publishers such as Moustache, Manufacture de Sèvres, Kvadrat, CIRVA, and Tai Ping.

He has won several awards including the Grand Prix du Jury at Design Parade 6 at Villa Noailles (Hyères, France) in 2011, under the direction of Stéphane Diez, with his projects "Variations upon an electric kettle" and "To-mahawks hair dryer." He received the Wallpaper Design Award for his vase "Scarabée" in 2015.

His pieces are presented at various thematic exhibitions at Grand-Hornu Images (Belgium), Mudac (Lausanne), and VIA (Paris). Recently, one of his creations was exhibited at the Trapholt Museum (Denmark) during the "Fetishism" exhibition organized by Lidewij Edelkoort.

Several solo exhibitions have been dedicated to his work, such as in 2013 when his objects were showcased at Galeries Lafayette in Paris, and with "Jean-Baptiste Fastrez x Moustache" at Villa Noailles in 2014.

Jean-Baptiste Fastrez's work has been acquired for permanent collections at the Centre Pompidou and the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, Villa Noailles in Hyères, and the CNAP (Comité National des Arts Plastiques). Since 2012, several pieces have been edited by Galerie kreo, including the "Mask" mirror collection, "Etna" coffee tables, and the "Egypt" vase collection. "Vivarium" marked Jean-Baptiste Fastrez's first solo exhibition at the gallery, presenting a set of eight furniture and objects subtly inspired by wild animals, displayed within the gallery as in a vivarium.

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