Jean-Pierre Pelletier-Troupet

A Career in Art and Design

Jean-Pierre Pelletier-Troupet, a passionate and visionary designer, has built his career around design, art and innovation. It all began in 1976, when he met Régine Simonet, director of the Pomme gallery in Orléans, who opened the doors of design to him. This encounter marked the beginning of a career that would lead him to redefine the codes of contemporary art and furniture.

In 1980, Jean-Pierre Pelletier-Troupet joined forces with Bénédicte Poinsard to open Red and Blue, a gallery-boutique dedicated to art and design. The following year, in 1982, he created his first series of furniture, before teaming up with Jacques Mirande in 1983 to invent a chair and a cabinet that were a great success at VIA Paris. These early creations heralded the singularity of his work: an alliance of functionality, form and aestheticism.

Pushing his ambitions even further, Jean-Pierre Pelletier-Troupet left France in 1985 for America. As an art dealer, he travels the eastern United States promoting French design, consolidating its international reputation. In 1988, he created a series of plates for Chris Siloe, and in 1989-1990, his work was widely acclaimed by institutions in the Loiret region, testifying to the growing impact of his work.

In 1991, he moved to Miami Beach, Florida, with Bernard Beudard, to open the art gallery-boutique La Vitrine. L