IN CONVERSATION: Swiss artist Laurence Elle Groux & Victoria Reis
Presented as part of Transformer’s cultural partnership with the Embassy of Switzerland in the United States and Laurence Elle Groux’s exhibition at Transformer, A SPARK OF CONSCIOUSNESS: Healing The Soul.
FRAMEWORK #40:
Thurs. October 8, 6:30pm, Ned's club
Transformer is thrilled to launch our 2026 Fall Exhibition Season with A SPARK OF CONSCIOUSNESS: Healing The Soul, the first solo exhibition by Swiss-born, New York based artist Laurence Elle Groux, on view at Transformer October 10 through December 5, 2026. Presented as part of Transformer’s cultural partnership with the Embassy of Switzerland in the United States, the exhibition brings together Groux’s unique stoneware ceramic sculptures and oil pastel etchings that give physical form to emotional and spiritual states.
Working in stoneware ceramics and oil pastel etching, Groux excavates the depths of her inner world in search of meaning, healing, and transformation. Each piece reflects the many influences she has encountered along the way, from ancient hieroglyphs and sacred symbols to mythology, Renaissance masters, Modernism, and Outsider Art. A SPARK OF CONSCIOUSNESS: Healing The Soul brings her sculpture and drawing together for the first time in a single exhibition, offering viewers a visual language for experiences that often remain beyond words. By giving tangible form to concepts such as Introspection, Love, Hate, Wisdom, Awakening, Hope, and Fear, Groux invites visitors to encounter the intangible within themselves.
“If even a small part of the soul finds healing through this encounter, then the work has fulfilled its purpose.” — Laurence Elle Groux, 2026
ABOUT THE ARTIST/
Laurence Elle Groux is an introspective, self-taught artist working in stoneware ceramics and oil etching, drawing core inspiration from the human psyche. Born and raised in a small village in Switzerland, she moved to the United States in 1996, immersing herself in New York City's art scene, where she has lived and worked ever since. Groux's work has been featured in group and solo exhibitions in New York, Switzerland, and Philadelphia, and is held in collections in Pennsylvania, New York, California, Switzerland, Canada, and Mexico. Her work has also been selected by Kelly Long, Senior Curatorial Assistant at the Whitney Museum of American Art, and David Max Horowitz, Assistant Curator at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, for two separate group exhibitions at the Greenwich Art Society in Connecticut.
