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France Bizot

France Bizot is a multidisciplinary artist, trained at the École supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, and a renowned former artistic director. Capturing fleeting moments as well as one’s own reflection, the Polaroid, according to France Bizot, embodies the beginnings of the selfie.

In her “Polaroils” series, presented at Galerie Backslash in 2023, France Bizot’s universe is sprinkled with references drawn from social networks. Taking up the iconic format of the photo object, portraits of anonymous people, celebrities and other trivial scenes alternate at the same rhythm as the narcissistic publications that scroll on our screens.

For the April 2024 edition, Private Choice has chosen to exhibit a selection of portraits of women who seem to defy the lens. Among them, a pensive Andy Warhol. The realism of France Bizot’s touch is tinged with a pop art aesthetic, playing with contrasts and saturated colors. A reference that becomes a mise en abyme, when we are aware that the Polaroid camera has been one of the master’s indispensable items since the 50s. Over a period of thirty years, Andy Warhol collected an incalculable number of pictures, an obsession that marked the golden age of instant photography.

Biography

France Bizot was born in France in 1959. She lives and works in Paris.

EDUCATION

  • 1978 / ENSAD, Ecole Nationale des Arts Décoratifs, Paris.
  • 1986-2002 / Directrice Artistique puis Directrice de Création : Alice, Saatchi & Saatchi, Clm \ BBDO.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS – SELECTION

    • 2023 / Polaroils, BACKSLASH, Paris.
    • 2021 / Natsukashii, BACKSLASH, Paris.
    • 2019 / shift and shuffle, BACKSLASH, Paris.
    • 2017 / iCônes (iCons), BACKSLASH, Paris.
    • 2014 / search, BACKSLASH, Paris.
    • 2012 / LINK, BACKSLASH, Paris.

    GROUP SHOWS – SELECTION

    • 2024 / L’art de se divertir : le livre dans l’imaginaire des artistes, curated by \ commissariat Fabien Simode, Médiathèque André Malraux, Maisons-Alfort.
    • 2022 / ET MÊME LA MATIÈRE PARLE, commissariat \ curated by Mehdi-Georges Lahlou, Siège de l’Ordre des experts-comptables, Paris.
    • 2022 / Entre Les Plis Le Temps, Espace CO2, Paris.
    • 2022 / DRAWING NOW ART FAIR, Carreau du Temple, Paris.
    • 2021 / La Petite Collection, commissariat \ curated by Florence Lucas & Pauline Lisowski, Galerie Bertrand Grimont.
    • 2021 / Private Choice, with \ avec backslash, Paris.
    • 2021 / THE STAIRS, BACKSLASH, Paris.
    • 2020 / SLAM, Salon d’hiver virtuel, Jean-Baptiste de Proyart.
    • 2020 / PRIVATE CHOICE, avec \ with Charlotte Charbonnel, Rero, Paris.
    • 2020 / ASSEMBLAGE #24 TEMPUS FUGIT, Julio Art-Space, Paris.
      + COLORS, BACKSLASH, Paris.
    • 2019 /  Les Belles Hortenses, La Belle Hortense, Paris. Private Choice, avec \ with Michael Zelehoski, Paris.
    • 2019 / BEIRUT ART FAIR, avec \ with Galerie Paris-Beijing and artists Odonchimeg Davaadorj, Gözde ĺlkin, Lucia Tallová, Beirut.
    • 2018 / Derwent Art Prize, Trowbridge Town Hall, Trowbridge. FUTURE IS COLLECTIVE, BACKSLASH, Paris.
    • 2018 / Derwent Art Prize, Mall Galleries, London.
    • 2018 / Conversations, avec \ with Irma Markulin, KUK Galerie, Köln.
    • 2017 / Paysages pas si sages, Biennale d’Issy, commissariat \ curated by Chantal Menneson et \ and Sophie Deschamps Causse, Musée de la carte à jouer, Issy les Moulineaux.
    • 2016 / Relève, une exposition organisée par \ organized by AAEEnsAD, Association des Anciens Elèves de l’Ecole nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs, Crédit Municipal, Paris.
    • 2016 / ART PROTECTS 2016 by Yvon Lambert, Fondation EDF, Paris.
    • 2015 / Fragments, with Sépànd Danesh, BACKSLASH, Paris.

    AWARDS

    • 2022 / Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres.
    • 2018 / Derwent Art Prize
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