Michel François
born 1956 in Saint-Trond, Belgium
lives and works in Brussels
Solo Exhibitions (selection)
2013
Pieces of Evidence, carlier | gebauer, Berlin, Germany
2012
Pièces à conviction, CRAC de Sète, Sète, France
2011
45000 affiches 1984 - 2011, MAC's, Grand-Hornu, Boussu, Belgium
22500 affiches 1994 - 2011, Centre de Création Contemporaine, Tours, France
Indépendant, Dia center for the Arts, Bortolami Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris, France
2010
carlier | gebauer, Berlin
, Germany
Plans d‘évasion, Institut d‘Art Contemporain IAC, Villeurbanne, France
Bortolami Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2009
Retrospective, S.M.A.K., Ghent, Belgium
Hespérides I, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland
Galerie Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium
S.A.L.E.S. Gallery, Rome, Italy
2008
40 posters on display. 1994-2008, (with Richard Venlet), Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon, Portugal
Gallery Bortolami, New York, NY, USA
Domestic, MC Kunst, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2007
Editions and Multiples, 1979–2007, Lumen Travo Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2006
Scultpure show, carlier | gebauer, Berlin, Germany
Theater of operations, Bortolami-Dayan, New York, NY, USA
2005
Théâtre des opérations, (with Richard Venlet), Frac Aquitaine, Bordeaux, France
Galerie Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium
36 posters on display, (with Richard Venlet), CC Strombeek, Grimbergen, Belgium
2004
Théâtre des opérations, Centre photographique d’Île-de-France, Pontault-Combault, France
Déjà vu, Domaine de Kerguéhennec, Bignan, France
Déjà vu, De Pont, Tilburg, Netherlands
Théâtre des opérations, Art Pace, San Antonio, TX, USA
2003
Déjà vu, CCA Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu, Japan
Hallu, Lumen Travo Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Déjà vu, Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster, Germany
2002
Autoportrait contre-nature, carlier | gebauer, Berlin, Germany
Salon intermédiaire, Centre George Pompidou, Paris, France
680 000 Bailleurs, Centre de la photographie, Genève, Switzerland
Photoshow, Ursula-Blickle-Stiftung, Kraichtal, Germany
2001
Autoportait contre-nature, Argos, Brussels, Belgium
Psycho jardin, Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona, Spain
Ensemble (with Meshac Gaba), Lumen Travo Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2000
La Plante en nous, Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland
La Plante en nous, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
1999
Horror vacui, (with Ann Veronica Janssens), Belgian Pavillion, 48th Venice Biennial, Italy
L’Exposition, la boutique et le bureau, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Charleroi, Belgium
1998
A Flux tendu, Moulin albigeois, Cimaise et Portique, Albi, France
1997
Engrais, Orties et Pissenlits, Witte De With, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Engrais, Orties et Pissenlits, Tecla Sala, Barcelona, Spain
1996
Le Monde et les bras, une résidence terrestre, FRAC Limousin, Limoges, France
1994
XXIInd São Paulo Biennial, São Paulo, Brasil
1992
Le Monde et les bras, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels Dokumenta IX, Kassel, Germany
Group Exhibitions (selection)
2013
Die Wahrscheinlichkeit, dass nichts passiert, carlier | gebauer, Berlin, Germany
2012
The Poster Show, carlier | gebauer, Berlin, Germany
2011
Erre, variations labyrinthiques, Centre Pompidou Metz, Metz, France
We are all Astronauts, Universum Richard Buckminster Fuller reflected in contemporary art, MARTa Herford, Herford, Germany
Open frame, Crac de Sète, Sète, France
2010
prospective XXI siècle, Frac Île-de-France, le Plateau, Paris, France
Syndrome de Peter Pan, Espace Louis Vuitton, Paris, France
ABC-Art Belge Contemporain, Le Fresnoy, Tourcoing, France
Le printemps de Septembre, Toulouse, France
Expérience Pommery 8, Reims, France
2009
Faux jumeaux, Curatorial Project, S.M.A.K., GHent, Belgium
2008
Corpus Delicti, Palais de Justice, Brussels, Belgium
Honorons Honoré, Cultuurcentrum Mechelen, Mechelen, Belgium
La Foule zéro-infini, Espace d'Art Contemporain la Tôlerie, Clermont-Ferrant, France
Sonsbeek 2008 – Grandeur, Aarnhem, Netherlands
2007
Passage du Temps – Collection François Pinault, Tri Postal, Lille, France
Intocable (el ideal de la transparencia), Patio Herreriano, Valladolid, Spain
La Ricarda, «Studio», Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Brussels, Belgium
La Ricarda, Laboratoire Artistique Internationnal du Tarn, Albi, France
2006
Intouchable: l’architecture de verre & l’idéal de transparence, Villa Arson, Nice, France
Open Ended, Gallery Thomas Dane, London, UK
2005
Faire signe, La Criée, centre d’art contemporain, Rennes, France
Voisins officiels, Musée d’Art Moderne, Lille, France
Belgique visionnaire, Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels, Belgium
2004
Ralentir vite, le Plateau, FRAC Île-de-France, Paris, France
Figures de l’acteur, Jeu de Paume, Hôtel de Sully, Paris, France
As a House That Moves, Fri-Art, Fribourg, Switzerland
Ipermercati dell’arte, Santa Maria della Scala, Siena, Italy
L’Ombre du temps, Jeu de Paume, Paris
Eblouissement, Jeu de Paume, Paris
Amicalement vôtre, Musée des Beaux Arts, Tourcoing, France
Storage / l’entrepôt du musée, Collection de la province du Hainaut, Charleroi, Belgium
Articles and Publications (Selection):
Aminthe, Julie: Michel François, in: PARISart, July 2012.
Bronson, Ellie: The Independent: Calm Joy Amidst Art Fair Claustrophobia, in: Art Critical, March 2012.
Lankarani, Nazanin: Belgian artists making an impact, at home and beyond, in: The Herald Tribune, October 2011.
Da Costa, Valeria: Le tout sculpture, in: Mouvement, April/June 2011.
Partier, Julie: Developper des positions singulieres, in: Le Journal des Arts, April 2011.
De Santis, Sophie: Michel François, in: Figaroscope, January 2011.
Sharp, Chris: Michel François at kamel mennour, Paris, in: Art Agenda, January 2011.
Brannac, Paul: Michel François IAC, Villeurbanne, in: 02, Summer 2010.
Van Ecke, Christophe: Final Days: Michel François at S.M.A.K., in Metropolis M, January 2010.
Leffingwell, Edward: Michel François, in: Art in America, May 2006.
Bellini, Andrea: Ordine Disordine, in: Flash Art, April 2006.
Sholis, Brian: Michel François, in Artforum, March 2006.
Smith, Roberta: Michel François, in: The New York Times, February 2006.
Searle, Adrian: It's a kind of magic, in: The Guardian, January 2006.
Open-Ended, in: Time Out, January 2006.
Baldon, Diana: Open-Ended, in: Artforum, January 2006.
S.O.R.: OpenEnded, in: Modern Painters, 2005.
Goddard, Dan R: Secret worlds at ArtPace: Michel François, in: San Antonio Express-News, November 2004.
Walworth, Catherine: More or less successful forays in man-made environments, in: San Antonio Current, April 2004.
Chantal Pontbriand: Michel François. The Liberated Eye, in: VOX, November 2003.
Kimmelman, Michael: Sunday Afternoon, in: The New York Times, June 2002.
De Righi, Roberta: Le plante en nous, in: Münchner Stadtmagazin, February 2001.
Attias, Laurie: Michel François, in: Frieze, Issue 46 May 1999.
