born in 1972 in Marseille,
lives and works in Paris.
2011
- June 1st > June 30 : « Chamalot rĂ©sidence d’artistes »
Art Residency / Two artists in the same place : Marc Molk & Nazanin Pouyandeh
Chamalot-RĂ©sidence d’artistes, 19300 – Moustier-Ventadour / www.chamalot-residart.fr
- May 1st : Interview (in french) « To paint the Shoah ? » in Le procès Barbie (Coffret DVD), Arte Editions
- April 5th : « CNAP »
Patronage from CNAP for an artistic research.
- June 8th > July 13 : « Desiderata »
Group show with Céline Cléron, François Durif, Alexandra Loewe, Kai-Duc Luong, Mari Minato, Marc Molk, Julie Navarro, Martin Page, Caroline Salmon.
Curators : Alexandra Loewe et Kai-Duc Luong
Galerie Yukiko Kawase, 4 Rue Auguste Barbier, 75011 Paris
- April 1er > April 3th : « Chic dessin »
Galerie ma collection / http://www.galeriemacollection.com
- January 7th janvier > February 27th : « La disparition du monde rĂ©el »
Solo show
Galeria dos Prazeres, SĂtio da Igreja, 9370 – 603 Calheta, Madeira
2010
- October 15th > November 13th : Archichaos
Group show with Bianca Argimon, Tiphaine de Bodman, La Fraterie, Kolkoz, Marie Maillard, Théo Mercier, Marc Molk, MoM’S, Lucien Murat, Pier Stockholm
Curated by Julia Van Hagen – ArtStanding / http://vanhagencontemporary.blogspot.com, invited by Kenny Schachter.
Rove Project, 33-34 Hoxton Square, London N1 6NN / www.rovetv.net
- September 30th > October 14th : Parcours Carne
Group show through the 19th district of Paris / expo-carne.fr
Forest Hill, 28 avenue Corentin Cariou, 75019, Paris
- 17th of June > 1st of August : « Guasch Coranty Fondation »
International Painting Prize / Exhibition of the nominated work.
Tecla Sala Art Center, Barcelona.
- 28th of May > 1st of July : « Lonarte »
Group show with Fatima Mendoça, Ingo Giezendanner, Isabelle Faria, Marc Molk, Paulo Sérgio Béju, Rico Sequeira, Rigo 23, Rui Carvalho, Rui Sanches, Susana Figueira.
Dos Prazeres Gallery / Calheta Beach, Madeira.
- 25th-28th of March : « Contemporary drawing fair »
Albert Benamou Gallery / Carrousel du Louvre, Paris
2009
- 3th of november : Publication of « 100 monuments, 100 Ă©crivains / Histoires de France »
Collective book edited by Adrien Goetz, éditions du Patrimoine, CMN
- 14th of November > 13th of December : « Novembre à Vitry »
Galerie municipale de Vitry, 59, avenue Guy-MĂ´quet, 94400 Vitry-sur-Seine.
- 21st > 27th of September : « Le Monopole du Coeur »
Showcase in Kimiko Yoshida (photographer) and Jean-Michel Ribettes (curator)’s loft, Paris.
- 5th / 6th of September : « Art protect »
Group show against AIDS.
Galerie Yvon Lambert, 108, rue Vieille du temple, 75003 Paris.
- 17th of March : Publication of « Collection irraisonnée de préfaces à des livres fétiches »
Collective book edited by Thomas B. Reverdy and Martin Page, Intervalles editions.
2008
- 14th > 19th of September : Parody #3 : « Folle enchère » (« Mad Auction »)
Performance on Ebay. Auction on a big painting called « The sexual liberation » (195cm x 130cm), started at 1€, without any manipulation nor any reserve price. Risky game on the artist quotation.
- 15th > 30th of September : « Les Malheurs de Sophie »
Group show with Thomas Ivernet, Michel Castaignet, Romayn Théobald, Federico Granell, Benjamin Bozonnet, Emma Gobry, Jean-Philippe Brunaud, Virginie Clavereau, Marc Molk, Quitterie Berger, Patricia Cartereau, Céline Berger, Xavier de Maysonneuve, Filip Mirazovic, Stéphane Bonjour, Frank Rezzac, Karine Hoffman, Yves Gobart, Abel Pradalier, Sophie Pouvereau.
Galerie Hug & Galerie Nivet-Carzon.
- 26th of March > 13th of April : « Vidéo’Appart »
Group show of video art in private flats in Paris.
Curator Tatiana Cruz
2007
- 16th of December 2007 > 26th of January : « La Maison des Mouches »
Exhibition-Installation with Hervé Ic and Franck Rezzak.
Galerie Defrost, 7, rue du Verbois, 75003 Paris.
- 6th of October : « Nuit Blanche »
Exhibition of a big portrait of Ségolène Royal and projection of a movie by Fred Hilgemann : « Ségolène, le peintre et les faux électeurs » which describe the process of the performance associated with the painting.
Mairie du 4ème arrondissement de Paris, 2, place Baudoyer, 75004 Paris.
- 4th of October : Parody #2 : « L’union libre » (« A free couple »)
Performance during a performances evening called « Performance, politique et vidéo », during a carte blanche to Tatiana Cruz. A poem by André Breton was read, at the foot of a tall painted portrait of Nicolas Sarkozy whilst bondage movies were being projected on the painting.
Galerie Itinerrance, 7 bis, Rue Goscinny 75013 Paris.
- 8th /9th of September : « Art protect »
Group show against AIDS.
Galerie Yvon Lambert, 108, rue Vieille du temple, 75003 Paris (in collaboration with AIDES).
- 24th of June : Participation in the « Par Monts et par Mots » festival.
Parc de la Villa Marguerite Yourcenar, 2266, route du Parc, 59270 Saint Jans-Cappel.
- 16th of June : Reading of « Pertes humaines » by Ariel Wizman and Marc Molk, « Le Marathon des Mots » festival, « Nouvelle Vague » section (with Joy Sorman, Antoine Buéno, Eva Kristina Mindszenti, Karine Reysset et Grégoire Polet).
Hôtel d’Assézat, Place d’Assézat 31000 Toulouse.
- 5th of June > 1st of July : « Vivre et laisser mourir »
Group show with Benjamin Bozonnet, Aurélie Brame, Sylvie Denet, Anthony Faroux, Yves Gobart, Soazic Guezennec, Hervé Ic, Caroline Lejeune, Iris Levasseur, Xavier de Maysonneuve, Marc Molk, Olivier Passieux, Florence Reymond, Frank Rezzak, Ciro Rizzo, Raphaël Vincenot.
Espace d’Art Contemporain Eugène Beaudouin, Résidence Jean Zay, rue Lafontaine, 92160 Antony.
2006
- 7th of November > 2nd of December : « Psychoplastie »
Group show with Emmanuel Barcilon, Hervé Ic, Iris Levasseur, Marc Molk, Olivier Passieux, Alicia Paz.
Maison des arts de Créteil, on a proposition by galerie Dukan&Hourdequin.
- 24th of August : Publication of « Pertes humaines », a novel, arléa editions.
- 9th of June : Projection at the auditorium of the Forum des Halles of the movie : « Ségolène, le peintre et les faux électeurs », directed by Fred Hilgemann, which describes the history of the performance, « Le Miracle des Urnes » (« The miracle of the ballot box »), by Marc Molk (channel : Métazone & La Télé Libre).
- 29th of April : Parody #1 : « Le Miracle des Urnes » (« The miracle of the ballot box »)
Performance. Parody of the Marcel Duchamp gesture. Add moustache to the Joconde, on a big painted portrait of Ségolène Royal.
Maison des Arts de Malakoff, 105, avenue du 12 fĂ©vrier 1934 – 92240 Malakoff, as part of a carte blanche to Alexandra Fau.
- 11th of March : Intervention #3 : « Anniversaire d’un mensonge grossier » (« Anniversary of a blatant lie »)
Performance to denounce José Maria Aznar’s lie about ETA just after bombs exploded on the tube in Madrid.
PP (Partido Popular) Head quater, Calle de Génova, 13, 28004 Madrid.
2005
- 19th of November : Intervention #2 : « Pour l’égalité des droits » (« In favour of equality of rights »)
Performance In favour of equality of rights. I raised a big painting in front of the Parliament building to affirm the necessity of a new law opening the institution of marriage to all couples who wish to embrace it.
Assemblée nationale, Place du Palais Bourbon, 126, rue de l’Université, 75007 Paris.
- 5th > 26th of November : « De l’art frais au menu »
Contemporary art itinerary, Organisation : Nadège Marreau and Maribel Nadal.
Ville de Dijon.
- 24th of June > 24th of August : « Feu de joie »
Showcase at Guilhem de Pastors’, (collector, ADIAF member), Paris.
- 5th of May : Intervention #1 : « A la mémoire de David Kelly » (« In memory of David Kelly »)
Performance in memory of David Kelly, a biological war expert for the British Ministry of Defence, found dead in the woods. It was a strange suicide. I held the painted portrait of David Kelly in full view of the Prime Minister’s appartments, and I tried to pay homage to the memory of a man who was sacrificed to a State lie.
- 4th of April > 4th of June : « Le jardin des oliviers »
Showcase in Susanne van Hagen (collector and curator (Tokyo Art Club)), Paris.
1997
- Master in philosophy of art, Aesthetic, Paris I-Panthéon-Sorbonne University, Paris, France.
Dissertation title : Techniques of realism in contemporary painting (Francis Bacon, Miquel Barcelo, Jean Dubuffet, Yves Klein, Gerhard Richter), under the supervision of Anne Moëglin-Delcroix