Saraï Delfendahl is a Paris-based ceramicist known for her unique figurative earthenware sculptures. Her work draws heavily on fables, art brut, and decorative arts, often featuring hybrid creatures that blend human and animal forms. These pieces, which measure approximately 30 cm high, evoke a world full of life, connecting the whimsical and the raw. Delfendahl’s art is inspired by the Kachina dolls, inspired by the collection of French surrealist André Breton, and reflects a naïve and expressive style.
She studied at the École nationale supérieure de design industriel in Paris, and her exposure to anthropology through her father, Bernard Delfendahl, played a significant role in shaping her artistic vision. Saraï has exhibited in major cities around the world, including Paris, Brussels, London, Milan, and Tokyo.
In Saraï Delfendahl’s work, everything is alive, inhabited, human and animal. An expressionist naivety emerges from her world of telluric creatures. The underlying raw art nevertheless seems polished by the ceramic varnishes. The unconscious springs forth in a jubilant energy: that of creation but also of the creator, united in a vital impulse. Like a demiurge, Saraï Delfendahl creates a poetic world where the spectator hesitates to recognize a forgotten kinship, an ancient and contemporary fable.