Elodie Blanchard
Elodie Blanchard is a French-American artist and designer based in Brooklyn whose textile-based practice transforms discarded materials into sculptures,wall hanging, vessels and installations. Working primarily with used clothing, textile leftovers, helium balloons, and packaging waste, she gives these materials a second life through layering, sewing, and embroidery. Her work explores themes of time, reuse, personal and collective memory, and the environmental urgency of working with what we already have.
Blanchard’s aesthetic is vibrant and inviting, yet embedded within the softness of fabric and the repetition of stitch are deeper reflections on ecological anxiety, transformation, and resilience. Her tactile, colorful constructions celebrate the everyday while acknowledging its scars—blending stories of the past into new visual narratives. She describes her world as “whimsical and joyful, with a tint of gloom, melancholy, and weirdness.”
Born in France, Blanchard studied sculpture at l’École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris, fashion at l’École Duperré, and performance at CalArts. After gaining early recognition in fashion—including winning the public prize at the Festival de Hyères and launching a clothing line with La Redoute—she shifted her focus to textile art. Since founding her studio in New York, she has created large-scale works for institutions, public spaces, hotels, and residences across the U.S.
As a designer, she has developed award-winning textile collections for HBF Textiles, Concertex, In2Green, and Fil Doux. She has been an artist-in-residence at the Museum of Arts and Design and the Lycée Français de New York. Blanchard occasionally teaches at Parsons School of Design and other institutions and leads community workshops that use craft as a tool for storytelling and connection. Often incorporating cherished pieces of clothing, these workshops explore how textiles hold personal histories and promote sustainable creative practices.
In all aspects of her work, Blanchard challenges what we throw away—materially and metaphorically—offering instead a practice of care, mending, and transformation.
