Ambre Guetin Leperlier was born in Nice, France, and graduated as an architect in Paris. She spent two transformative years in Latin America, studying, traveling, and participating in internships and construction projects. During this time, Ambre discovered decolonial theory through a history course at the University of Buenos Aires (FADU), as well as through the friendships she formed in the region.

Her mixed heritage, with a mother from Reunion Island (a former French colony) and a father from metropolitan France, led her to deeply reflect on colonialism’s impact on her personal trajectory. This culminated in a university research dissertation on architectural resistance to colonialism and neo-colonialism. Her final-year project focused on promoting food and construction autonomy as alternatives to sugar extractivism on Reunion Island.

Today, decolonial theory shapes both Ambre’s work and her artistic practice. Her project, “Dorées, un détournement de l’espace public colonisé” (“They are golden, a hijacking of colonized public space”), uses dance and the human body to question colonial legacies still celebrated in Parisian public spaces, such as street names and statues. Ambre highlights how these symbols perpetuate historical oppressions, while pointing out the invisibility of Black and racialized women in public celebrations. Through dance, she challenges this erasure and constructs an alternative narrative, offering a space for belonging and identity beyond the dominant French national narrative.