Xavier Veilhan

Xavier Veilhan
Veilhan in 2010
Born
Lyon, France
NationalityFrench
EducationENSAD, Paris
Known forSculpture, installation art, painting, photography, film
Websitewww.veilhan.com

Xavier Veilhan (French pronunciation: [ɡzavje vɛjɑ̃]), is a French artist who works and lives in Paris, France.[1][2]

Career

Xavier Veilhan, Studio Venezia (2017) Pavillon français

Significant projects include: Veilhan Versailles at the Palace and Gardens of the Palais de Versailles[3] in 2009; Architectones, a series of interventions between 2012 and 2014 in seven major modernist buildings around the world; Le Château de Rentilly, a continuation and augmentation of his architectural practice, re-designing the entirety of the facades of the building in 2014; the films Vent Moderne (for La Villette, Paris) and Matching Numbers (for 3e Scène, Opéra National de Paris) in 2015.[4]

In 2017 Xavier Veilhan was chosen to represent France at the 57th Venice Art Biennale (May - November 2017). He transformed his national Pavilion into an immersive recording studio dedicated to audio experimentation, curated by Lionel Bovier and Christian Marclay. His Studio Venezia welcomed more than 200 musicians over the course of 7 months.[5] In 2022, he is the first artist invited by CHANEL to imagine the staging of a Haute Couture show.[6]

Selected exhibitions

Le Lion, Place Stalingrad (Bordeaux)

Veilhan's art has been exhibited at venues such as Centre Pompidou (Paris), MAMCO (Geneva), The Phillips Collection (Washington), Mori Art Museum (Tokyo) and Fundació Joan Miró, Barbican Centre and Kitakyushu Center for Contemporary Art.

Solo exhibitions

Year(s) Title Venue Ref
1990 Un peu de biologie Galleria Fac-Simile, Milano
1991 Un centimètre égal un mètre Centre d'art contemporain du parc Saint-Léger
1993 Xavier Veilhan Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, ARC, Paris
1999 La Ford T MAMCO, Geneva
La Forêt Le Consortium, Dijon
2000 La Ford T Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris
The Rhinoceros Yves Saint-Laurent, Wooster Street, New York
Les Vélos La Salle de Bains, Lyon
Xavier Veilhan, une rétrospective Le Magasin, Grenoble
2001 Lightworks Espai 13 in Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona
Light Machines Sandra Gering Gallery, New York
2002 Xavier Veilhan Barbican Art Gallery, London
Installation from the workshop CCA, Kitakyushu
Xavier Veilhan Göteborgs Konsthall [7]
2003 Keep the Brown Sandra Gering Gallery
2004 Vanishing Point Espace 315 at Centre Pompidou; Écuries de Saint-Hugues, Musée de Cluny
Light Machines Fondation Vasarely, Aix-en-Provence
Le Grand Mobile Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris [8]
The Photorealist Project National Academy Museum, New York (USA)
2005 Le Plein emploi Strasbourg Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art
Le Projet Hyperréaliste Rose Art Museum
People as volume Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm
Fantôme Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Burgos (CAB)
2006 Les Habitants Cité internationale in Lyon
Miami Snowflakes Galerie Perrotin in Miami
Sculptures automatiques Galerie Perrotin in Paris
2007 Xavier Veilhan Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm
2008 Furtivo Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli
2009 Veilhan Versailles Palace of Versailles
2010 RAL 5015 Artcurial [9]
Le Carrosse Place de la République
Xavier Veilhan Galerie Perrotin in Miami
2011 Free Fall Espace Louis Vuitton, Tokyo
Dark Matter Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm
Orchestra Galerie Perrotin in Paris
2012 Veilhan at Hatfield: Promenade Hatfield House
(IN)balance The Phillips Collection
Architectones Neutra VDL Studio and Residences; Bailey House (Los Angeles)
Rays La Conservera, Murcia
2013 Avant Château de Rentilly [10]
Mobiles Galerie Perrotin in Hong Kong
Architectones Sheats–Goldstein Residence, Los Angeles; Unité d'habitation, Marseille; Église Sainte-Bernadette du Banlay, Nevers
2014 Maquettes Frac Centre
On/off Galerie des Galeries [11]
Architectones Maison Melnikov in Moscow; Barcelona Pavilion [12][13]
Les 30 Ans de Canal+: L'Expo Palais de Tokyo [14]
Bodies 313 Art Project, Seoul
2015 Music Galerie Perrotin in New York City and in Paris [15]
Horizonte verde Galeria Nara Roesler, São Paulo [16]
Matching Numbers Paris Opera [17]
Cedar Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm
2016 Le Baron de Triqueti Cluny Abbey [18]
2017 Studio Venezia Venice Biennale, French pavilion, Venice [19][20]
Flying V Galerie Perrotin in Paris [21]
2018 Studio Buenos Aires Kirchner Cultural Centre, Buenos Aires
Silhouettes (working title) 313 Art Project, Seoul
2019 PLUS QUE PIERRE Collégiale-Saint-Martin & FRAC des Pays de la Loire
Xavier Veilhan 313 Art Project, Seoul
Channel Orange Galerie Perrotin in Shanghai
Nuit mexicaine Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm
2020 The confinement drawings Perrotin Viewing Room
2021 Autofocus Galerie Perrotin in New York City [22]
Chemin Vert Galerie Perrotin in Tokyo
Mobile n°4 (2017) Musée du Louvre, Paris
2022 Solo Show Galeria Nara Roesler, Rio de Janeiro
2023 Portrait Mode Galerie Perrotin in Paris [23]

Group exhibitions

Year(s) Title Venue Notes Ref
2000 Xn00 Espace des Arts in Chalon-sur-Saône Curated by L. Bovier in collaboration with Élisabeth Lebovici, Hans Ulrich Obrist, and others
2001 Métamorphoses et Clonage Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal
2002 Light X Eight Jewish Museum
La Part de l'autre Carré d'Art
2003 Coollustre Yvon Lambert Gallery Curated by Éric Troncy
2004 None of the Above Swiss Institute Contemporary Art New York
L’Eblouissement Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume
2005 Fundacion La Caixa Collection, 20 years with Contemporary Art: New Acquisitions CaixaForum Barcelona
2008 Demolition Party Royal Monceau Palace Hôtel
2009 Le sort probable de l'homme qui avait avalé le fantôme Conciergerie
2010 Catch me Kunsthaus Graz
Le Mont Analogue Centro Cultural Metropolitano
2011 The Deer Le Consortium
2012 Christie's presents House of Cards Waddesdon Manor
2014 Le Baron de Triqueti Cluny Abbey [24]
Matrix: Mathematicians_Heart of gold and the abyss National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea
2019 Reshaped Reality. 50 years of Hyperrealistic Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall
Nouveaux Regards #2 Villa Noailles
Electro Musée de la Musique

Selected films

As a director, Veilhan has worked on:

  • 2002: Le Film du Japon
  • 2003: Drumball
  • 2005: Cruiser
  • 2008: Radiator - in collaboration with Michael Elion
  • 2008: Furtivo
  • 2010: L'affaire Dreyfus
  • 2011: Pendule Dripping
  • 2015: Vent Moderne
  • 2015: Matching Numbers

Collaborations

  • Stephen Thompson
  • Eliane Radigue
    • SYSTEMA OCCAM, 2013: A spectacle by Xavier Veilhan for OCCAM I, a harp piece by Eliane Radigue, performed by Rhodri Davies. Performances: MAMO – Cité Radieuse, Marseille (2013); Florence Gould Hall Theater (Fi:af), New York (2013); Théâtre de la Cité Internationale (Festival New Settings), Paris (2013); Musée national Eugène Delacroix, Paris (2013).
  • Sébastien Tellier
    • Sébastien Tellier rencontre Xavier Veilhan, Maison des arts, Créteil, March 25, 2006.
    • Val de Marne, 2006: Xavier Veilhan in collaboration with Sébastien Tellier. MAC VAL, Vitry, December 1–2, 2006.
    • Ville Nouvelle, 2006: Xavier Veilhan in collaboration with Alexis Bertrand. Musical performance with Sébastien Tellier. Nuit blanche, City Hall, Paris.
  • Air
    • Artwork - Air’s Pocket Symphony album 2007.
    • Aérolite, 2007: Musical performance by Xavier Veilhan with Alexis Bertrand. Music: Air. Centre Georges-Pompidou, Paris, April 7, 2007.
  • Daniel Buren
    • La Cabane éclatée aux Paysages fantômes, 2006-2007.
  • Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec, facade of Centre Pompidou Metz.
    • Jordan, 2010: Polystyrene, 193.5 × 68 × 40. Erwan & Ronan Bouroullec, 35 Clouds Installation, 2010.
  • 120 Nuits
    • Artistic direction, 1983-1984.

References

  1. ^ "Red Bull Music Academy". redbullmusicacademy.com. Red Bull Music Academy. Archived from the original on 11 July 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  2. ^ Sherman, Julia (16 January 2019). "The Artist Who Cooks Lunch for His Studio (Almost) Every Day". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 6 February 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  3. ^ chateauversailles.fr/ressources-pedagogiques/versailles-contemporain/artistes/veilhan-versailles
  4. ^ "MATCHING NUMBERS by Xavier Veilhan". YouTube. 15 September 2015.
  5. ^ "Le Studio Venezia de Xavier Veilhan clôture en beauté la biennale de Venise".
  6. ^ "Xavier Veilhan crée un bestiaire imaginaire pour le défilé Chanel". 24 January 2023.
  7. ^ "Xavier Veilhan : Göteborgs Konsthall" (in Swedish). Göteborgs konsthall. 14 September 2002.
  8. ^ "Xavier Veilhan, Le Grand Mobile, 2004" (in French). Centre Pompidou. 20 October 2004.
  9. ^ "RAL 5015: Quand Xavier Veilhan et John Dodelande réveillent nos désirs d'évasion" (in French). Urban Attitude. 22 February 2013. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  10. ^ Le Chatelier, Luc (8 December 2014). "Xavier Veilhan relooke le Château de Rentilly" (in French). Télérama. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  11. ^ Ghys, Clément (3 June 2014). "Xavier Veilhan épate la galerie" (in French). Libération Next Arts. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014.
  12. ^ O'Flynn, Kevin (25 May 2014). "French Artist Sets Moscow Landmark on Fire". The Moscow Times. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  13. ^ Combin, Francois, Architectones by Xavier Veilhan (Documentary), retrieved 13 September 2022
  14. ^ "Xavier Veilhan croque l'esprit Canal" (in French). Le Monde. 11 July 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  15. ^ Luquet-Gad, Ingrid (27 February 2015). "Xavier Veilhan: l'artiste qui a sculpté Quincy Jones, Daft Punk, Rick Rubin, Moroder..." (in French). Les Inrocks. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  16. ^ "Horizonte verde, Xavier Veilhan, Galeria Nara Roesler, São Paulo, August – September". Galeria Nara Roesler. 22 August 2015.
  17. ^ "Xavier Veilhan's Short Film 'Matching Numbers' Takes us on an Unusual Tour of the Paris Opera". yatzer. 22 September 2015.
  18. ^ "Xavier Veilhan, Le Baron de Triqueti" (in French). Art Limited. 23 August 2016.
  19. ^ "Xavier Veilhan, Studio Venezia" (in French). Transverse. 13 May 2017.
  20. ^ "Xavier Veilhan's Studio Venezia At The Venice Biennale : The French artist elevates the music studio to new heights". Ravelin Magazine. 2017.
  21. ^ ""Flying V" Xavier Veilhan à La Galerie Perrotin Paris" (in French). HypeBeast. 13 September 2017.
  22. ^ Westall, Mark (6 November 2021). "XAVIER VEILHAN: AUTOFOCUS". FAD Magazine. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  23. ^ "Xavier Veilhan: Portrait Mode". Perrotin. 2 June 2023.
  24. ^ "L'artiste contemporain Xavier Veilhan investit l'abbaye de Cluny" (in French). Le Point. 7 May 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  25. ^ "Project - Corpo Links Cluster". Keep.eu. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  26. ^ "COMPULSORY FIGURES. Présentation du projet" (PDF). theatre-contemporain.net (in French). Retrieved 26 November 2019..
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