Les Nymphéas, Lab Grown, (Marine Bacteria) 2025.
225cm x 26cm
Cyanobacteria, light installation, 2024
Grand Palais
Petri Dishes, 2019-24 Artwork Grown in Lab
Experiments from Marine Biomass
(Seafood Waste, Macro Algae, Micro Algae, Invasive Algae)
In his studio, Eugène Riconneaus began exploring bio-inspired materials, crafting his own pigments and polymers by experimenting with marine biomass, such as algae, cyanobacteria and seafood shells. His foray into biomimicry and material science has transformed his art and design practice into a platform for environmental activism.
Les Nymphéas, Lab Grown, (Marine Bacteria) 2025.
225cm x 26cm
Les Nymphéas, 2025
Details
Details, growing
ATLANTIC LANDSCAPE, 2021
Artwork grown in lab – from marine biomass
(seafood waste, cyanobacteria, algae polymer & fiber)
20 x 20 cm
This artwork was grown — not built. Every part of it comes from the ocean: the polymer, the pigment, even the salt. Algae gave its structure. Bacteria gifted its color. Evaporation shaped its final form.
Research: Chromatic Study (Blue, Black) – Transition from Petrochemistry to a New Marine Polymer.
Subaqueous Dreams, 2024
Artwork grown in lab – from marine biomass
(Invasive algae, cyanobacteria, oysters, abalone shells)
20 x 20 cm
Abyssal Recall, 2024
Artwork grown in lab – from marine biomass
(Invasive algae, cyanobacteria, oysters, abalone shells)
20 x 20 cm
Last Clock (Chronocean), 2025
Seaweed biopolymer, abalone shell
20 x 20 cm
A circular sculpture grown from seaweed-based polymer, echoing the form of a clock. At its center lies an abalone shell — a fragment of ocean memory. The work stages the tension between nature’s cycles and human time, suggesting that the ocean — not man — is the true keeper of rhythm. It also stands as a symbol of our era: a shift from petro-plastics to regenerative materials.
Last Clock (Chronocean), 2025
Seaweed biopolymer, cyanobacteria, abalone shell
15cm diameter
Subsolar Memory, 2025
Seaweed biopolymer, cyanobacteria,
marine fungi, abalone shell
20 x 20 cm
Blue Moon, Carbonized earth, 2024
Algae Fiber, Blue Algae Pigments (Phycocyanin), Oyster Shells, Salt, Rugulopteryx okamurae (invasive algae)
20cm diameter
Earth’s five oceans—Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, and Arctic
November 2024
Algae Fiber, Blue Algae Pigments (Phycocyanin), Oyster Shells, Salt, Rugulopteryx okamurae (invasive algae)
15cm diameter
Water Is the Creator, 2025
225 cm x 50cm diameter
Seaweed-based biopolymer, seawater, evaporation kit
A circular seaweed biopolymer sculpture is activated with seawater.
Over 24 hours, it dissolves into a vortex — matter and water spiraling into disappearance.
With the provided tools, the liquid is filtered and evaporated; the recovered biomass allows the work to be reconstituted and reborn again and again.
Riconneaus invites us to rethink what we transmit: not fixed objects, but processes of renewal — a meditation on impermanence, regeneration, and the intelligence of water.
Private Collection, Dubai.
Mask grown in lab from marine bacteria
Mask grown in lab from marine bacteria
