About

nicolas fournery

Early on Nicolas Fournery was passionate about ceramics, particularly porcelain exported from China to Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries, illustrating the privileged relationship between the West and the Far East. Nantes, his home town, undoubtedly played a major role in this choice.
He graduated from the École du Louvre in 2008, then went on to a specialized training program in Ceramics, followed by a Master 2 at the École Pratique des Hautes Études.
After a number of professional experiences, he chose to become an art dealer.
In 2016, he set up his own gallery specializing in his favorite field: Chinese porcelain from the East India Companies and Japanese export porcelain for Europe.
Nicolas Fournery is a member of the Société des Amis du Musée de la Céramique, the Société des Amis du Louvre and the Oriental Ceramic Society.

THE GALLERY

The gallery provides advice to collectors, guiding them in their acquisitions and the development of their collections. Our digital gallery is the best way to provide everyone with a perfect access to items of great quality, similar to the ones which can be found in famous collections, and which are published in reference books. In addition to advising private collectors of Chinese Export Porcelain, Nicolas has made severals sales to world’s museums.

Since 2022, the Galerie Nicolas Fournery Gallery has been part of the Printemps Asiatique, an event dedicated to Asian Art which takes place in June in Paris and exhibits a selection of Chinese porcelain at the Pagoda CT Loo located in the 8th arrondissement. In November 2023, Galerie Nicolas Fournery was selected as one of the “Five Young Talents” invited by Fine Arts La Biennale (FAB) and exhibited a work at the Grand Palais in Paris.
In March 2025, the gallery was selected by TEFAF, an internationally renowned fair that promotes ten emerging young galleries each year.

EXPERTISE

Alongside his work as a dealer, Nicolas Fournery assists auction houses in the appraisal of their Asian objects. He has notably worked with Bonham’s auction house in Brussels, Coutau-Bégarie and Leducq in Paris.