HISTORY

Eva Rochefort was born in the small town of Rochefort, on France’s western coast — a place shaped by morning fog, old workshops, and stories passed down through generations. She grew up surrounded by the smell of heated metal and the rhythmic sound of her father Alain Rochefort’s hammer, a blacksmith known for turning steel into almost sculptural pieces. Her mother, Claire Dumond, a seamstress with rare precision, taught her that aesthetics are born from sensitivity to detail.

From an early age, she showed an unusual curiosity for form, light, and movement. At 17, she moved to Paris to study Visual Arts at Université Paris 8 – Vincennes-Saint-Denis, where she quickly stood out for her minimalist approach charged with emotional depth. It was there that her fascination with contrasts was born — cold metal against warm skin, shadow against brightness, the human against the industrial.

During her degree, she immersed herself in photography, light-metal sculpture, conceptual design, and visual narrative. Professors described her as “a mind that sees patterns in chaos” and “someone who creates silence even in a crowded room.” At the same university, she continued with a specialization in Art Direction and Contemporary Installations, where she developed the first prototypes that would later shape Valondor’s aesthetic.