Her childhood was spent on the Larzac plateau, where she came into contact with the militancy of the 1970s. She often combines an innate sense of rebellion with subtle humor, which she sometimes translates into her work (Marianne pulling a “bleu, blanc, rouge” tongue). She moved to Paris in 1982. Enrolled at the Beaux-Arts, she graduated in 1989 from Leonardo Cremonini's painting studio.
It was during her studies that she began sculpting, almost “by chance” and to free herself from the weight of painting: “As I was about to graduate, I started making ‘little men’ with brooches. Skira [L.C.'s assistant] saw this work and thought it was very funny. He could also see that I was having fun and enjoying making them 'on the sly', that I was free in this register.”
His first exhibitions combined painting and sculpture. The bodies were painted (very often bathers), while the heads were sculpted and presented on pedestals.
From 1990 onwards, she devoted herself exclusively to sculpture (in resin, bronze and papier-mâché).
Agnès Baillon has fashioned a world in her own image, intimate, sensitive and silent. Her work has been shown in Paris since the late 1990s by various galleries, as well as abroad (USA, Germany, Greece.) Her work is represented in private collections such as the Treguer Collection, the Frissiras Foundation in Athens (Greece) and the Wurth Museum (Germany).