“When waste becomes wealth and culture, the circle has come around twice, empowering new ventures, gifting the world with amazing beauty.”

Lidewij Edelkoort I Designer

"Having Claudia around provides a source of balance in the workplace. It fosters innovation and creativity. The artist’s magic transforms heaviness into lightness by using energy and flow to breathe life into materials already used by staff. The pride of belonging in the company is highlighted by this partnership."

Laurence Fauchet | HR Director | ALSTOM POWER

Artist Claudia Meyer isn’t your typical artist. She has spent the last eight years working out of a studio based inside a factory located in the industrial Paris suburb of La Courneuve, far from the Louvre or Musée Rodin. That’s because she finds inspiration in all things industrial and mechanical. Her paintings, sculptures, installations and even furniture incorporate turbine wheels and blades, massive springs from bullet trains, blueprints, and nuts and bolts. She scavenges her material from old and new machines, but workers at the factory, which GE acquired with Alstom last year, have learned to stop by and drop off pieces headed for the scrap yard.

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“In our ever-changing world, we need to adapt to turn ideas into actions, but are often hindered by entrenched preconceptions. That is why I have always been fascinated by the ability of Claudia Meyer to move from inspiration to creation, and analyse that attempt to decipher these complex mechanisms. The similarity between ideas on what efficiency means for her and for companies is both disturbing and exciting. The first time I had the opportunity to cross paths with Claudia, I immediately saw in the sensitivity she showed as she discovered our work, an opportunity to showcase our heritage in an exceptional way.”

Paul Moneyron | Senior Vice-Président | Alstom International Network

"A truly innovative workplace creates a culture where employees have opportunities to grow their ideas into action. I have so enjoyed meeting you and have been delighted knowing that you’ve been able to unlock imagination with art and industry and do it here at GE. Makes my heart sing."

Beth Comstock I Vice Chair GE I GE Business Innovations I Chief Marketing & Commercial Officer

"I think it is rather rare, that artists include artifacts of our technical world. Jean Tinguely certainly did it in his way, and I love his artwork a lot. Claudia Meyer combination of taking those new elements and combine them into a wave of new ideas and outstanding creations is truly inspiring and motivating."

Marcel Müller | Vice President Power & Water | GE Power

"As a real estate developer specializing in revitalizing once great urban centers and commercial buildings, I fully understand the importance of context as well as detail. In my opinion, these are two of the most important and remarkable qualities Claudia Meyer brings to her unique art pieces. Her unprecedented use of materials, geometry, and composition brings to life the world in which the materials were drawn from, as well as the environment in which the finished piece will reside. As an avid collector of fine art for over thirty years, and a proud collector of her art, I am always excited to see what comes next!"

Robert D.Resnick | President & CEO - RDR Properties, USA

“It is very important to come out of the abstraction of a conversation of beauty and function into the concrete of real lives and real lives changes."

Bono | Musicien | U2's lead singer & songwriter

"This outstanding project has been a wonderful and unique opportunity to work with truly visionary, talented and creative artists. They definitely have accomplished our goal of sharing the magic of creativity and pushing the boundaries of innovation."

Carol Stefano | Aerospace Commercial and Technical Director | Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics

"While metaphysics teaches us to believe in existence and nothingness, Claudia Meyer’s art shows us matter and light. The essence of the artist’s creations therefore consists of flows and energy. In order to unite the later, her creative inspiration draws upon all materials, including those produced by nature, and those invented by man. This expresses a great sense of freedom. The artwork guides and enables us to exist with the artist. The generous strokes and expressive lines show us that the material is full of this luminous and translucent vacuum. Movement emerges from the immobile forms. These spirals, these characters that resemble writing are imperceptible yet powerfully suggestive. They remind us of ancient manuscripts. Immanent and material, Claudia’s creations point to the transcendent. This transcendence that is so close to us is one of emotion and sensitivity. At the heart of the temporal, her art confronts us with the universe and puts man back into a living world. It lights up the material as if to say that what is real is our language and that the artist is there to help us see it. It speaks to us of air, water and fire. In this sense, art is an opening, a mirror or a dialogue, which is accessible for everyone."

Yves Zoberman | Writer, Art critic, cultural envoy - French Government

"Rubbing shoulders with this Artist and her work is stimulating. We see familiar materials and objects, but they look different and have their own life. We like to see them installed in our work spaces."

Jean-Francois Blatz | Warehouse Employee