CV

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Born in Paris, 1964

B.A. (Honours) Fine Art, Central Saint Martins, 2006

Having originally studied political science at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po), worked ten years (1988-98) in PR and communication in Paris before moving to London where she started studying art. 

 

Awards

Selected for the 2010 Threadneedle Prize

Royal British Society of Sculptors Bursary Award (2008)

Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Artists Professional Development Bursary (2008)

Solo shows

-2010 INFRA THIN, Alexia Goethe Gallery, London.

-2007 URBANBODIES 2, window gallery of the Greenwich Picture House, London.

 

Group shows

2012

- TRANSIENCE : Galerie Huit Photography Open Salon, China House/Alliance Francaise, Penang, Malaysia. 12 Janv-11 Fev  

2011

-TRANSIENCE : Galerie Huit Photography Open Salon 2011, Arles, France, during International Photography festival Les Rencontres d'Arles

- NON OBJECTIF SUD 2011 Fundraiser and silent auction, Bortolami Gallery, New York

- ARE PICTURES ALWAYS PAINTINGS? Alexia Goethe Gallery, London

- HELLO, GOODBYE, Lethaby Gallery, Central Saint Martins, London

- MATERIAL WORLDS, Contemporary Art Society annual fundraising event (auction), London

- LONDON ART FAIR, Art Star Super Store, Art Projects, WW Gallery, London

2010

- AUSTERITY XMAS, BOGOF, in support of the NSPCC, WW Gallery, London

- POP HYMNS, Alexia Goethe Gallery, London

- CRUNCH Art Fair, Hay Festival, UK - Alexia Goethe Gallery.

- THREADNEEDLE Prize Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London

- PAPERWORKS, Bury Museum, Bury, UK

- MAKE VANITAS YOUR OWN, Alexia Goethe Gallery, London

2009

- SLICK DESSIN, Paris - Cynthia Corbett Gallery

- ART CHICAGO, Chicago - Cynthia Corbett Gallery

- TRAVELLING LIGHT, group show, WW Gallery and Pharos Gallery (London and Venice Biennale)

- PAPER, Royal British Society of Sculptors, part of the 2009 series : Stone, Kinetic and Paper.

2008

- Royal British Society of Sculptors, 2008 Bursary Awards exhibition, London

- UN-STILL LIFE, group show, The Apartment Gallery, London

- CITATIONS LIFTED LOOSE, at Number Five Princelet Street, London, a collaborative two-person exhibition with Tamarin Norwood, in a georgian home off Brick Lane. Part of the Shoreditch Concrete and Glass Festival, curated by Flora Fairbairn

- CARRIED AWAY, The Crypt, Saint Pancras Church, London

- DRAWING AFFINITIES, Menier Gallery, London. Co-curator of the show

2007

LIFE CYCLES, The Crypt, Saint Pancras Church, London

2005

- DIRECTION 04/05, Lethaby Gallery, Central Saint Martins, London

Bibliography

- A Liminal Mimesis of the Infra-Thin, catalogue essay by Richard Dyer, May 2010

- Interviews-Artists, N. James, vol.2. Cv/VAR Editions, Oct 2010