Gerald Petit (FR/PT)Biography
Franco-Portuguese. Born in Dijon, France in 1973. Lives in Paris, Dijon and Lyon.
Education
1996 DNSEP with Honours from the Dijon School of Fine Arts, France 1994 DNAP with Honours from the Dijon School of Fine Arts, France
Artist Residencies
2004 ISCP, New York, NY 2003 Le Pavillon, Palais de Tokyo, Paris 1996-98 Nicephore Niepce Museum, Chalon-sur-Saône, France
Grants & Awards
1997 Burgundy’s states prize (1 month residency in New York, NY) 1996 Taubengarten Visual Arts Award, Grundstat, Germany
Individual Exhibitions
2017 L'Antichambre, Galerie de Multiples, Paris Fondling, Galerie Triple V, Paris 2014 Blue Bird, Bright Night, Black Bird, Galerie Triple V, Paris 2013 L'entremise, curated by Judicaël Lavrador, Fondation d'Entreprise RICARD, Paris La portée, Maison du Barreau, Paris 2011 A conversation piece (with Shawn Lee), Maison du Livre, de l'Image et du Son, Villeurbanne, France 2010 Les Modifications, Espace Art Contemporain, La Rochelle, France
2009 Every sad song will have a brighter day, Lmak Projects, New York, NY Beautiful Strange, Caroline Pagès Gallery, Lisbon Les Sémiophores, Comité Colbert & Le Pavillion, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
2008 Les Sémiophores, Comité Colbert, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
2007 Sexy Dancer, La Salle de Bains, Lyon, France Funny (how I've stopped lovin' you), Caroline Pagès Gallery, Lisbon
2006 Lately Things, Montpellier School of Fine Arts Gallery, France Facing the present that night at Otter Lake, Lmak Projects Gallery, New York, NY
2005 Heroes, Carmel Chapel, Chalon-sur-Saône, Fance
2003 Les Personnages, Cimaise et Portique Contemporary Art Centre, Albi, France Corre la Voce, French Cultural Centre, Turin, Italy L’Arbuste Epineux (work in public space), Epinay/Sénart, France
2002 Les Bêtes, Atheneum Cultural Centre, Dijon, France Les Bêtes, Forum Gallery, Toulouse, France
2001 Out of Nowhere, University Campus of Burgundy, Dijon, France
2000 Les Désirs Négatifs, Photographic Centre, Lectoure, France Les Derniers Jours, Nicephore Niepce Museum, Chalon-sur-Saône, France (cat.) Wishing Well, Ecuries Saint-Hugues/Le Consortium, Cluny, France (cat.)
1999 Fast, Fierce & Funny, Window42 Gallery, London 1997 Camille, Interface Gallery, Dijon, France
Group Exhibitions 2017 La peinture en apnée, Frac Bourgogne. Cur. X. Douroux, A.Handa-Gagnard et P. Tillet. Colorblock, galerie Triple V, Paris Le Divan Des Murmures, Frac Auvergne, Clermont Ferrand 2016 Inauguration au 5, rue du Mail, galerie Triple V, Paris Group show, galerie Triple V, Paris Fiac, galerie Triple V, Paris Nouvelles Vagues, Carré d'art , Nîmes 2015 Pauline à la plage, Galerie des Multiples, Paris. Paris Internationale, Paris. Space is the place, galerie Triple V, Paris. Ca charge, La panacée, Montpellier. 2014 Expérience Pommery #14, Domaine Pommery, Reims (cat.) Nouvelles Vagues, Artothèque, Espace d'art contemporain de Caen 2013 Ecstasy Gumbo, Bits & Pieces, MLIS Villeurbanne, France 2012 Livret IV, Musée Départemental d'Art Contemporain Rochechouart, France Ça & Là (This and There), Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France 2011 Jahresgaben, Irmavep Club, Paris Plutôt que rien, Maison populaire de Montreuil, France 2010 Beleville Biennial, curated by Judicaël Lavrador, Paris Espacio Atlantico, Vigo Art Fair (Spain), rep. by Caroline Pagès Gallery, Lisbon 5th year anniversary of the gallery, LMAK Projects Gallery, NYC
2009 No(t) music, Fort du Bruissin Contemporary Art Centre, Francheville, France La Fora, curated by João Pinharanda, Museu da Electricidade, Lisbon (cat.)
2008 La Fora, curated by João Pinharanda, Edificio Arq. Fernando Tavora, Viana do Castelo, Portugal (cat.) 7 ans de réflexion (aquisitions from the last 7 years), Nicéphore Niépce Museum, Chalon-sur-Saône, France
2007 Portraits, Michel Rein Gallery, Paris
2006 LUZBOA Light Biennial, Lisbon, Portugal (cat.) It feels so good…, Notre Histoire, La Cabane du Pavillon, Palais de Tokyo, Paris (cat.) Supernova, Domaine Pommery, Reims, France (cat.) Same Same but Different, curated by Pascal Beausse, Tina B. The Prague Contemporary Art Festival, Czech Republic (cat.) Welcome in Heterotopia, Echigo Tsumari Art Triennial, Japan (cat.)
2005 Rotterdam Art Fair, rep. by Lmak Projects Gallery, New York, NY MACO Mexico, rep. by Lmak Projects Gallery, New York, NY Snow Black, curated by Agnieszka Kurant, Yvon Lambert Gallery, New York, NY
2004 Parking, Brétigny Contemporary Art Centre, France (cat.) The Building, Hiroshima Art Document 2004, Japan (cat.) Code Unknown, Palais de Tokyo, Paris (cat.)
2003 La rumeur, circulez y’a rien à voir, with Lilian Bourgeat, Atheneum Cultural Centre, Dijon, France Hiroshima Art Document 2003, Japan (cat.) Le Pire est à Venir, Nicéphore Niépce Museum, Chalon-sur-Saône, France Code Unknown (the product), Colette, Paris
2002 Collections 4, il était une fois…, Alsace Regional Contemporary Art Collection (FRAC d’Alsace), Selestat, France (cat.)
2001 N°50, Jannink Editions/Interface Gallery, Paris AIPAD New York, rep. by Robert Mann Gallery, New York, NY Chicago Art Fair, rep. by Robert Mann Gallery, New York, NY From the Apartment to the Gallery, Barnoud Gallery, Dijon, France (cat.)
2000 Remember Suzie, Pougues-les-Eaux Art Centre, France Le Grand Album, Photography Biennial (public art), Chalon-sur-Saône, France
1999 Ynot, Robert Mann Gallery, New York, NY Dans le Cadre de l’Art, Interface Gallery, Dijon, France Tête à Tête, Neuffer Gallery, Pirmasens, Germany (cat.)
1998 50 m?, Interface Gallery, Dijon, France Propositions Figuratives, Châteauchinon Cultural Centre, France Champ 9, Alsace Contemporary Art Centre, Altkirch, France
1997 Selest’Art Contemporary Art Biennial, Alsace Regional Contemporary Art Collection (FRAC d’Alsace), Selestat, France Collectif 1, Bouhier de Savigny Space, Dijon, France
Bibliography
Monographs Anatomy of a Rumor, Essays by V. Pécoil, N. Exertier, P. Beausse, J. Lavrador, ESBAMA Editions, Montpellier, 2008 Heroes, La Salle de Bains Collection, Les Presses du Réel Editions, 2006 Mother, Néo-Typo Editions, Besançon, 2005 Out of Nowhere, essay by Pascal Beausse, L’Atheneum Editions, 2002 Les Derniers Jours, essay by François Cheval, Nicéphore Niépce Museum, Lectoure Photographic Centre, 2000 Wishing Well, essay by Xavier Douroux, OMC/Le Consortium, 2000
Periodicals Gerald Petit "Fondling" at Triple V,in Mousse Magazine, March, 2017 Le dehors dans l'image, by Alan Berland, in Mouvement.net, March 7, 2017 Gerald Petit, Terreau Tactile, by Judicaël Lavrador, in Liberátion, March 12, 2017 Chocante, by Marilia Afonso, in Bombart #03, p. 58, May-JUne 2009 Gerald Petit, by Rui Gonçalves Cepeda, in LAPIZ, p. 88, May 2009 Rumores, by Rui Gonçalves Cepeda, in Noticias Sabado, p. 70, April 4, 2009 Gerald Petit Sexy Dancer, by Judicaël Lavrador, in Les Inrockuptibles N°603, p.77, June 19, 2007 The Buzz Artist, by Pascal Beausse, in 02 N°41, pp. 18-19, Spring 2007 Same same but different, in Frog #4, Fall/Winter 2006 A procura do encontro, by Sofia Barrocas, in Notícias Magazine, p. 28, October 15, 2006 Luzes sobre Lisboa, by Alexandre Costa, in Expresso ACTUAL Sul N°1768, pp. 4-7, Sept. 16, 2006 A luz de Lisboa, by Pedro Faro, in L+arte N°28, pp. 68-70, September 2006 Supernova, by Judicaël Lavrador, in Hors Série Beaux Arts Magazine, May 2006 We all need another Heroe(s), by Claire Jacquet, in 02, January 2006 Le Journal des Arts, FIAC Edition, p. 2, October 2005 Entretien avec un vampire, by Nicolas Exertier, in Art Présence, pp. 2-28, September 2005 Home of the vikings, by Gerald Petit, in Nuke Magazine, 2005 Lmak Projects, in Kunst Beeld (NDL), March 2005 Out of nowhere, de la réalité à la fiction, interview by G. Mansart, in Hors d’Oeuvre N°11, 2002 Phantasmagoria, View on Colour, Fall 2002 Body warmer, View on Colour, Fall 2001 Eclipse, in Crash Magazine Special Issue, December 2000 Nom d’un petit bonhomme, by Frédérique Chapuis, in Télérama N°2639, p. 40, August 2000 Six photographes en quête de réalité, by Philippe Dagen, in Le Monde, August 11, 2000 La ville à son image, by Marion Vignal, in L’Express Magazine N°2567, pp. 66-67, September 2000 L’été photographique de Lectoure, in Photo Nouvelles N°7, July 2000 Ynot, view from heaven, in Blindspot #14, 1999 Richard Avedon au pays de Tim Burton, by Fréderic Pintus, in Hors d’Oeuvre N°5, 1999 Contemporains et consorts...ium, in Bourgogne Magazine N°26, p. 55, 1999
Collections
National Contemporary Art Collection (Fonds National d’Art Contemporain), Paris Alsace Regional Contemporary Art Collection (FRAC Alsace), Selestat, France Nicéphore Niépce Museum, Chalon-sur-Saône, France Chalon-sur-Saône City Council, France and private collections in France, Switzerland, the USA, Germany and Portugal
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