Born in 1962, photographer and artist Benoît Fougeirol lives and works in and around paris. for some years now he has been exploring the uncertain zones of the city limits, collecting images. At once topographic and poetic, his approach captures the unsuspected, silent wealth of this space where greenery meets asphalt. The results can be seen in the book autour / around (éditions vmcf, 2010). Since then, he has concentrated on the so-called “sensitive” areas of the city. he has under- taken a methodical inventory of these territories whose reality exceeds or belies the simple clichés pasted over it.
Exhibitions
2018 non ready–mades in the photographer’s archive, galeria asymetria warsaw – group show
2018 the very landscape of abandon, galeria asymetria warsaw – solo show with jerzy lewczynski archive
2017 paysages français, bibliothèque nationale de france paris – group show
2017 tentative d’épuisement iii, volume paris/punto de fuga – group show
2017 the plates of the present so far, galerie praz delavallade paris – group show
2016 botanic, deyrolle paris, photo saint–germain – solo show
2016 (zus), luma dummy award, short list, rencontres d’arles – group show
2015 ligne de fronts, école nationale d’architecture, paris la villette – solo show
2015 dust, the plates of the present, baxter street new york – group show 2014 tentative (s) d’épuisement, cruce contemporaneo madrid – group show 2013 dust photogram project, ivry–sur–seine – group show
2013 botanic, temple galerie, paris – solo show
2012 autour / around, domeau & pérès, la garenne colombes – solo show
2012 la poesie austere du reel, clair galerie, saint paul de vence – group show
2010 autour / around, domeau & pérès, paris – solo show
2009 la librairie, galerie john tevis paris – group show
2009 marimage, galerie meninos de luz, rio de janeiro – group show
2007 la villa arpel, galerie de la manufacture de sevres, paris – group show
2007 la villa arpel, domeau & peres, la garenne colombes – solo show 2004 autour de cyrille putman, galerie enrico navarra, paris – group show 2002 galerie serge aboukrat, paris – group show
2002 galerie nathalie pariente, paris – group show
2002 la périphérie, malakoff – group show
2001 galerie serge aboukrat, paris – group show
2000 recyclages, mayers–aebel & mc hale, paris – solo show
2000 polymères, colette paris – solo show
1999 sédiments, mac sallaumines – solo show
1999 cinquantenaire tati, flux cyrille putman – group show
1998 crestet centre d’art hors les murs – solo show
1997 l’arriere–pays, cac château des adhémar montelimar – group show
Award
(zus) mad adagp award 2018
Collections
centre national des arts plastiques, paris la defense collection lhoist, belgique
bibliothèque kandinsky, musée d’art moderne, paris caisse des dépôts et consignation, paris
musée carnavalet, paris
bibliothèque nationale de france, paris
Publications
(zus), x artists’ books 2017 botanic, temple éditions 2013 cote 74, éditions jp robert 2013
autour / around, éditions vmcf 2010
sédiments, mac sallaumines1999
