Artist, graphic designer and publisher based in Paris, Léa Guillon (b. 1997, Les Lilas, FR) divides her time between commissioned work—designing books, film posters, ephemera and coding websites—and her own artistic practice, exploring the intersections of communication, art and poetry.
In October 2023, she founded
SLANT Editions, a mail-art project and imprint dedicated to poetry, forms of exchange and artist multiples. The inaugural publication, bringing together 40 artists and writers, was presented in November 2024 at the Florence Loewy gallery in Paris.
In May 2025, she was invited to present an exhibition of
SLANT contributions and co-host a public program with Bianca Pina Riggio at Present Tense in London, including conversations and performances, while also participating in a publishers’ showcase and talk hosted by Reference Point.
Rooted in correspondence and poetry,
SLANT Editions unfolds as a practice of the in-between—where publishing becomes a lived and intimate form, and language is not only written but exchanged, performed and embodied.
To come
June 2026 – Participation in Paris Ass Book Fair at Palais de Tokyo, FR.
April 2026 – Talk with Gemma Janes (Sendb00ks), alongside a selection of books by Yvon Lambert, hosted by Massimo Dutti at Galerie Joseph, Paris, FR.
Past
December 2025 – Publications presented at winter fairs at Present Tense and Reference Point, London, UK.
December 2025 – ‘I love you, so I give books to you’, a collective event and wrapping session co-organised with Gemma Janes (Sendb00ks) at Vie Projects, gathering artists and independent publishers, FR.
September 2025 – Editorial and translation workshop led with Théo Robine-Langlois (After 8 Books) and PSSP livros at Maison des Métallos as part of the Festival d’Automne, resulting in the fanzine Lutte et poésie, Paris, FR.
May 2025 – Participation in a publishers’ showcase and talk at Reference Point, London, UK.
May 2025 – ‘At the Corner of Poets’ Road’, exhibition and public program by SLANT Editions, co-hosted with Bianca Pina Riggio at Present Tense, London, including readings, performances, collage installation, a map-making workshop, and a conversation between emerging women publishers (Florine Bonaventure from Bonaventure Editions, Michela Zoppi from Action Motion Press, Gemma Janes from Sendb00ks, Bianca Pina Riggio from Present Tense and Léa Guillon from SLANT Editions), London, UK.
November 2024 – Launch event of SLANT Editions’ inaugural publication, bringing together 40 artists and writers, presented at the Florence Loewy gallery, Paris, FR.
Design collaborations including,
Kim Coussée (printed ephemera and graphic visuals for Oklou, Choke Enough (Anniversary Edition), Personne calcule Chimène, film by Sarah Bouzi, Un chien des sables, film by Fabien Dao); Association Pierre Guyotat (website design & development); Alana Frances Baer (website design & development, with César Debargue); Marie Ward Acouri (film posters for XXX and 2gether forever, with Charles Guilhembet); Kevin Buitrago (website development; design: Bureau de Typographie); Marie-Ange Guilleminot (editorial assistance); Gemma Janes / Sendb00ks (editorial and design projects); Tina Pasotra (website development; design: Studio Claire Huss); École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs (website design & development); Jade Deshayes (website design & development); AM+PM Studio (website design & development); Vingt-Six Studio (website design & development); Lewis Ronald (editorial and photography assistant); Marie Valognes (photography and video assistant).
Longer-term collaborations with studios include Syndicat / Empire Books, Studio Mathias Clottu and Ohlman Consorti.
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Risograph printing collaborations and commissions with artists and independent publishers, including,
Lia Seval, Espaceness, Finebooks, Gaspard Laurent, Revue Atterrissage, A Lesbian Appetite, Sidonie Ronfard and Philomène de Broqua.
Her educational background includes a Master’s Degree in Graphic Design from the École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, a Bachelor’s in Typography and Book Craftsmanship from the École Estienne in Paris and a semester of study at ECAL in Lausanne, Switzerland.