Knight by decree of the President of France

Knight nomination

Promotion of the Prime Minister of France

The artist and engineer Milène Guermont, already distinguished by several international recognitions, is raised to the rank of Knight of the National Order of Merit by decree of the President of France of June 7, 2024.

On September 17, 2025, Milène Guermont, French artist and engineer, was officially decorated Knight of the National Order of Merit by Agnès Pannier-Runacher, Minister for Ecological Transition, Biodiversity, Forests, the Sea and Fisheries, at the Ministry itself.

This double tribute — artistic and scientific — celebrates an extraordinary career in which technological innovation, artistic sensitivity and a deep environmental commitment meet.

The ceremony featured two official speeches: one by the Minister and the other by Katherine E. Fleming, President & CEO of the J. Paul Getty Trust in Los Angeles.

“Milene’s magical work takes us into new worlds, where she makes us feel at home even as we feel a sense of wonder” — Katherine E. Fleming

Milène Guermont is the author of PHARES, the First artwork of all history to be erected close to the Obelisk on Place de La Concorde; of the monument-artwork INSTANTS for the breach 00 of the Atlantic Wall at à Utah Beach; of the sculpture BALANCE made of Ultra High Performance Fiber-Reinforced Concrete at Père-Lachaise cemetery… as many extraordinary projects that animate the artist.

She uses her technical background (several patents) to push the limits of matter and people. She shapes ultra-fine works, often interactive, to create links and foster intercultural dialogue.

This woman artist questions the limits of Art with a « tactile » and « conceptual » artwork.

Guermont transforms the walls, the first borders that surround us, into sculptures made of Polysensual Concrete, which sing according to your magnetic field when you touch it.

Then, she explores the monumentaly in particular with PHARES which dialogues with the Eiffel Tower to the rhythm of the public’s heart.

Then, she questions the limits of art in intimacy with the inhabitable sculpture MAISON GUERMONT. This inhabitable total artwork, nicknamed “world-house” by Louma Salamé (art historian and director of the Boghossian Foundation - Villa Empain) or “poetic and innovative gesamtkunstwerk” by Jean-Louis Cohen (art and architecture historian), is the result of feats of 120 French talents challenged by the artist-engineer. To discover it, write to immersion@maisonguermont.com. ↗

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