Valerie Hadida

Valérie Hadida: An Artist with a Poetic Universe

Valérie Hadida is a French artist, sculptor, and painter, renowned for her sculptures that evoke women, femininity, beauty, and the complexity of the human soul. Born in 1965, she grew up in a family environment sensitive to the visual arts, which led her early on to pursue a creative career. Graduated in drawing from the École des Arts Appliqués, she furthered her training at the Marielle Polska workshop—an acknowledged painter and teacher—where she discovered her calling for form and pose inspired by the human body; this encounter was decisive for her artistic style and her grasp of figurative representation.

Her universe belongs to the contemporary figurative movement, marked by a constant search for authenticity, emotion, and restraint. Valérie navigates between different eras and aesthetics. The human figures she sculpts—often in bronze or patinated terracotta—express journeys through the soul. Her works also reveal a sensitivity to artistic calling, where each silhouette embodies a vision of life and maturity, plunging the viewer into contemplation of subtle emotional variations.

Thanks to the richness of her approach, Valérie Hadida has received several awards, notably the Emsat Contemporary Sculpture Prize in 2018, and has been exhibited in prestigious French galleries and foundations (including the Paul Ricard Foundation, where she was invited for a residency in 2021). She also participates in artistic advertising projects to support the dissemination of visual art to the general public, confirming institutional and public recognition of her work.

The Inspiration behind Valérie Hadida’s Sculptures

Valérie Hadida’s inspiration stems primarily from an intimate quest: a journey through the soul of her models. By observing the psychological complexity of individuals—especially young women in transition—she captures fragility and inner strength: those states of the soul that reflect maturity in progress. The main themes driving her works are femininity, memory, metamorphosis, and the passage from childhood to adulthood. It is at the heart of this introspective “work” that she draws the most intense emotions to transcribe into her sculptures.

In her studio, she alternates between preparatory drawing phases and modeling, exploring a variety of poses and representations to translate diverse emotional states—melancholy, reverie, contemplation. This bond with drawing is essential: it enables her to fix the initial stirrings, those moments of interior journey, before bringing the piece to fruition in three dimensions. The move to bronze follows, with a meticulous patina that gives life to the figures, as if the material itself is animated by sentiment.

She also nourishes herself with varied influences: poetry and literature that guide her toward interior depths, music that gives rhythm to her gesture, and encounters (in particular with Marielle Polska) that foster innovative artistic paths. Valérie Hadida's world is thus shaped by these multiple inspirations, making her art contemporary, personal, and deeply universal.

Discover Valérie Hadida’s Works at Momentum Art Gallery

At Momentum Art Gallery, you’ll find several iconic series by Valérie Hadida that showcase her artistic virtuosity. The series entitled “Petites bonnes femmes” is its flagship: sculptures of seated or kneeling women, or women in a dreamy posture, frozen in poetic, contemplative silence. Each piece in this series nuances femininity delicately, revealing the beauty and emotional complexity of the silhouettes.

Among the highlighted works, “La flamboyante” : a patinated bronze sculpture, roughly 100 cm tall, depicting a woman with her arms crossed over her chest, her gaze turned inward. This piece captures both softness and inner tension, between introspection and affirmation. The greyish patina accentuates the sensual dimension of the bronze and invites the viewer to connect.

Another remarkable piece, “Kiss,” revisits the theme of rebirth. And finally, “Twins” illustrates the meeting of human emotion and noble material: two seated women embracing, looking toward an inner sky, captured in a moment of pure reverie. This sculpture combines fine modeling and harmonious eras, recalling both 18th-century porcelain and contemporary organic expressions.

Acquiring a Sculpture by Valérie Hadida with Momentum Art Gallery

Acquiring a work by Valérie Hadida through Momentum Art Gallery is not just buying an object—it’s embracing a vision, an experience. Acquisition becomes a journey through emotion, presence, and aesthetic awakening in one’s living or working space. To achieve this, the gallery offers several options:

• Artistic leasing: a flexible financing solution aimed at companies, with possible tax advantages. This enables installment payments without excessive strain, facilitating access to large-scale works or series like the “Petites bonnes femmes.”

• Expertise and advice: the gallery team guides each buyer in choosing the piece best suited to their expectations—pose, material (bronze, ceramics), small or monumental format—based on space, lighting, and desired history.

• Showcasing: personalized installation, lighting support, selection of complementary works, connection to cultural events.

By choosing Valérie Hadida, one enters a sensitive and profound universe where each sculpture becomes a meeting point with life, emotion, beauty, fragility—and also inner strength. Momentum Art Gallery thus delivers a purchase journey that combines artistic work, expertise, and emotional connection.