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Laurent Faulon

Born 1969 in Nevers, France

Lives and works in Geneva, Switzerland

Bio

1987-91

Graduated from the Ecole d’art de Mâcon, Grenoble, Nantes and the Goldsmith’s College in London

Graduated from the National Superior School (DNSEP), Grenoble

2004-13

Teacher at the ASAAA, Annecy

Solo exhibitions with Delphine Reist* (selection)

2015

Water Tower Art Festival, Sofia, Bulgaria

Commande publique, In Vitra, Biel

Arrivage d'oeuvres, Concern, Cosne d'Allier, France

Les produits fatals, TMproject, Geneva

2014

Les produits fatals, La BF15, Lyon, Le CAP, Saint Fons, France*

Mon ciel, Transpalette, Bourges

Un pays heureux, Perchevsky Gallery (VGLAZ Residency), Moscow, Russia*

Fitness Center, Eternal Gallery, Tours, France

2013

Body Building*, Stadt Galerie, Backnang, Germany

Magic Park*, espace Timtimol, Dakar, Senegal

Picker prize, TMproject Gallery, Geneva

2011

Still Alive*, exhibition at the Onomichi AIRview Biennial, Japan

Fêt Nat*, Ferme Asile, Sion, Switzerland

Et encore le printemps*, Substitut Gallery, Berlin, Germany

Supermarket 2011*, Candyland Gallery at the Stockholm art fair, Sweden

Salon de Jardin MonierBau, Plan-Les-Ouates, Switzerland

2010

Schweres Wasser*, Zwanzigquadratmeter Gallery, Berlin, Germany

Konkret 3*, InterventionRaum, Stuttgart art centre, Germany

2009

Konkret 1*, Tresor, Stuttgart art centre, Germany

Manœuvres 2/3 : Transmissions*, collège Sismondi, Geneva

Konkret 2*, Labor1, Ludwigsburg, Germany

2008

Printemps de septembre*, Toulouse, France

Gyumri Biennial*, Armenia

Dans chantier*, Stargazer Gallery, Geneva

Manœuvres 1/3*, collège Sismondi, Geneva

Linoléum sur plaques chauffantes, Chappe Gallery, Paris

Back to Wild Life*, Hammarby ArtPort, Stockholm, Sweden

MADE IN*, Ox Warehouse, centre d’art de Macao, China

Chapelle ardente, MAMCO, Geneva

POS – occupation des sols*, Greenhouse association, Rues des Arts, Saint Etienne, France

2005

Liquidation, Les Abattoirs, Riom, France

Liquidation Totale – Fermeture Définitive, la Nouvelle Galerie, Grenoble, France

Kronstadt ForEver*, Kotlin island, NCCA, Russia

SVP – MERCI, Stargazer Gallery, Geneva

Kartira 107*, St-Petersbourg, Russia

2003

O poço da morte, la Salle de Bains, Lyon, France

Occupation 1, les Subsistances, Lyon

État des lieux avant restitution*, les Subsistances, Lyon

Deutsch Französische Freundshaft*, Unsichtbar studio, Stuttgart

100 %, la Nouvelle Galerie, Grenoble

Four Songs For Siivi*, usine Kalinin, Tallinn, Estonia

2001

Tercenas 1-2-3, occupation évolutive*, Tercenas do Marques, Lisbonne

1999

Paysage de fantaisie.2, la Nouvelle Galerie, Grenoble

1997

Paysage de fantaisie, le Faubourg, Strasbourg

Group exhibitions (selection)

2015

Genre humain, Emmetrop, Bourges, France

2014

Motopoétique, MAC Lyon, France

2013

Fondation François Schneider Prize, Wattwiller, France

2012

Connect the dots and see the unseen, MACRO, Rome, Italy

Spazi Aperti, Roumanian art academy, Rome

2011

Da mezzogiorno a mezzanote, giornata di disorientamento, A.R.I.A, Théâtre Valle occupé, Rome

White Cube, Portatile Gallery / Michel Pellaton, Rome, Italy

BAL, Libellules Biennial, in-situ, Geneva

2010

Hiroshima Art Document, Bank of Japan, Hiroshima, Japan

Tout, exposition à OUI, Grenoble art centre

expoplaisir, La Bastille art centre, Grenoble

Festival Excentricités, Besançon art academy

2009

Poétique du Chantier, currated by Jean-Max Colard and Juliette Singer au Château d’Annecy

(no)music, exposition au Fort du Bruissin, Lyon Biennial

Art – Son, Villa Bernasconi, Geneva

2008

Re-cherches, Stuttgart art centre, Germany

Kit o part, art centre Neuchâtel, CAN, Neuchâtel

2003

Pâté de campagne, Moly Sabata, currated by Christian Bernard, Fondation Albert Gleize, Sablons, France

2002

Parasitages, Piano Nobile Gallery, Geneva

2000

Le Transpalette, association Emetrop, Bourges, France

1999

O Brise - Glace na ZDB, Zé Dos Bois Gallery, Lisbonne

1997

Festival Bandits-Mages, école des Beaux-Arts, Bourges

Mise en pièces 1, soirée XXX, le 102, Grenoble

Mise en pièces 2, Eric Fabre Gallery, galerie de Paris, Paris

1995

The Fall of Man, Three rooms and a Kitchen Gallery, Pori, Finlande

Aperto, previously unreleased, Venice Biennial, APAC, Nevers

1992

Atelier 92, Musée d’Art moderne de la ville de Paris, ARC, Paris

1991

French Kiss 2, a snuff movie, currated by Eric Troncy, APAC, Nevers

1990

French Kiss, currated by Eric Troncy, Halle Sud, Geneva

Les ateliers du paradis, Air de Paris Gallery, Nice

Ateliers, curated by Yves Aupetitalot APAC, Nevers

Publications

2013

Life ! Life ! Life !, published by Foundation Picker, Geneva

2011

Fêt Nat', catalog of the exhibition Fêt Nat' à la Ferme Asile, Sion

2003

Laurent Faulon, published by Centre Culturel français, Stuttgart

Usine occupée, published by Belluard Bollwek International, Fribourg

2002

Dez Passeios (dix promenades), videos published by La Nouvelle Galerie, Grenoble

1999

Catalogue rétrospectif 1993-1998, published by de la Nouvelle Galerie, Grenoble

1988

Ateliers en Liberté, published by La Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain, Jouy-en-Josas

Press

Fatum et fantômes de Laurent Faulon, by Jean-Paul Gavard-Perret, published in De l'art helvétique contemporain, March 2015

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Recyclage artistique d'objets perdus, by Lise Guéhenneux, published in L'humanité, January 2015

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Entretien : Laurent Faulon, Anti-Heros, by Josiane Guilloud-Cavat, published in Inferno magazine, July 2013

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Antihéros, by Josiane Guilloud-Cavat, published in Espaces Contemporains, July 2013

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