Amelie Chabannes
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Amelie Chabannes
Amelie Chabannes (b. 1974, Paris
Paris
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) is a French artist whose paintings and sculptures derive from the unconscious and recall the Surrealist automatic drawing technique. She shows in exhibitions all over the world and lives in New York City
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Biography

Amelie Chabannes was born in Paris in 1974.
Chabannes graduated in 1999 from Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs (ENSAD) in Paris.
Chabannes lives and works in Brooklyn
Brooklyn
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Chabannes explores the notion of identity, its various derivations and representations within philosophy, psychology and biometry. Her proteiform body of work lies on a contrasted dialog between the ever-changing psychological identity and the rigid boundaries of physical identification. Chabannes opposes the State’s monopoly over the right to define identity against the extreme complexity of defining ourselves as individuals. In her recent projects, Chabannes brought the psychological exploration of the individual into an in dissociable relation with Archeological Procedures. Her installations stand as sites, her sculptures are submitted to raw and meticulous excavations which debris and features are remains and evidence of our particularity.

Amelie Chabannes was born in Paris, France. She lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.

Her work has been shown in Carrousel du Louvre
Carrousel du Louvre
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 (Paris), Museo Frantz Mayer Mexico City
Mexico City
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, Cite de la Musique (Paris), Galerie SE (Norway) Galerie Acte 2, Galerie Anton Weller (Paris) and LUXE Gallery (New York), Galerie Hussenot (Paris).

Additional awards and honors include a grant from French Ministry of Foreign Affairs-Culture for the design of a cultural center in Riga
Riga
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Exhibitions

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS


2011 Galerie Hussenot. Paris, France.
2010 Stephan Stoyanov Gallery. New York, NY. Vast
2008 Luxe Gallery. New York, NY. My Portrait of Your Identity

2006 Luxe Gallery. New York, NY. The Bestiary Of Clothilde

2006 Luxe Gallery. New York, NY. Oil, Cotton and Amalgams

2004 Rubin Chapelle. New York, NY. Open Secrets, curated by Regis Krampf and Beatrice Pei

2003 LC100 Reade Street. New York, NY. Minuscules, curated by Lili Chopra (DTW, Fiaf NYC)

2002 La hune Gallery. Paris, France. Untitled, release of the art and literature review

2002 Verso Arts et Lettres titled: Dossier Amelie Chabannes, pour un art au dessus de la melee!.



SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS / ART FAIRS

2011 Galerie Hussenot. The Armory Show. New York, USA

2011 Stephan Stoyanov Gallery. In the heart of a Woman. New York, USA

2010 Nada Art Fair. Special Outdoor Exhibition.

2010 Stephan Stoyanov Gallery. Sites of Memory : Architecture and Remembering Curated by William Stover

2010 Galerie Hussenot. The Amory Show 2010, New York, NY.

2009 The Red House. Syracuse. NY

2009 Macy’s Windows. NY. FIAF Festival Crossing the lines. Curated by Julie Boukobza and Lili Chopra

2009 Stephan Stoyanov Gallery. Nada Art Fair. Miami FL

2009 Art Brussels 2009. Brussels, Belgium

2009 Stephan Stoyanov Gallery. Bruxelles Belgium. Phantoms

2009 White Box. New York, NY. Talent Preview, 5 curators – 5 artists

2009 Luxe Gallery. New York, NY. Alive

2008 Galerie of Marseille. Marseille, France. Alive

2008 Artissima, Torino, Italy

2008 Art Brussels Brussels, Belgium

2008 Cige Beijing ArtFair. Beijing China

2008 Luxe Gallery. New York, NY Singular


2007 Luxe Gallery. New York, NY. Landscapes

2007 Athens Art Fair. Athens, Greece. Luxe Gallery

2007 Chicago Art Fair. Chicago, USA

2006 La FIAC. Paris, France. Men Many More

2006 Fernando Zubillaga Galleria. Caracas, Venezuela

2006 KrampfPei Gallery. New York, NY. Untitled

2006 Acte 2 Gallery. Paris, France. Anima Corpus

2006 Galerie SE. Bergen, Norway. Singular

2006 Il Syndroma Di Pantagruel. Torino Art Fair, Italy . Luxe Gallery

2005 La FIAC, Paris, France. Luxe Gallery

2005 Athens Art Fair. Athens, Greece. Luxe Gallery

2005 Luxe Gallery. New York, NY. Luxe gallery. It's Not About Sex

2004 Luxe Gallery. New York, NY. Simply drawn

2004 Acte 2 Gallery. Paris, France. Flower

2000 Museo Frantz Mayer. Mexico City, Mexico. Curated by Sebastian O Campo

2000 National Art Center of Mexico City. Curated by Sebastian O Campo

2000 Cite de la Musique. Paris, France. Ames

2000 Carrousel du Louvre. Paris, France.

AWARDS & GRANTS

2010 Award Of Excellence / The arts. International Center Of New York

2002 Construction of French Cultural center. Riga, Ladvia. Laureate Project. In collaboration with the architect Adam Yedid (official architect or the French Monument) and the French Office of the Foreign Affairs.

2000 Grant “vent des forets”, Verdun, France Laureate Project. International symposium gathering 5 international artists and architects.


COLLECTIONS

2005 Progressive Collection, Cleveland, OH

Private collections.USA, Belgium, England, France, Japan, Russia

PUBLICATIONS

2008 "Art In America"

2007 "LVHRD Magazine", Featured Artist including video expose

2006 "Remastered", Published by the Gestalte Verlag, Berlin

2000 "Art In Space", Catherine Ferbos & Mickey Boel


EDUCATION

2000 - 1996 E.N.S.A.D - Ecole Nationale Superieure Des Arts Decoratifs de Paris, Leading French school of design

1992 - 1994 E.S.S.A.G - Atelier met de Penninghen, Leading French private school of design

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