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