Simone Subal Gallery
JULIEN BISMUTH
Born 1973 in Paris, France
lives and works in New York
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017
Untitled exhibition, curated by Sophie Kaplan, Centre d'art La Criée, Rennes, France (forthcoming)
2016
Julien Bismuth, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Zitat, Lira Gallery, Rome
2015
STEGANOGRAMS, The Box, Los Angeles
STENOGRAMS, Galerie Emanuel Layr, Vienna
2014
An Image as the ______of a surface, Simone Subal Gallery, New York, NY
2013
Smoke Screen, Layr, Vienna
Julien Bismuth, Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois, Paris, France
Julien Bismuth and Jean-Pascal Flavien, LA Existenzial, LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions) curated by Marie de Brugerolles, Los Angeles, CA
Devonian Press, (with Jean-Pascal Flavien), Les Abattoirs, Toulouse, France
Mimi Worksfrom the Gensollen Collection: A work by Julien Bismuth, performed by Gregg Goldston/ Eric Wilcox, collectorspace, Istanbul, TK
Julien Bismuth and Lucas Ajemian, Invisible Exports, New York, NY
Le Signe Singe, Julien Bismuth/Virginie Yassef, La Ferme Du Buisson, Marne-la-Vallée, France
2012
Catalog, Parisa Kind Gallery, Frankfurt, Germany
2011
Notes Towards a Theory of Distraction, Simone Subal Gallery, New York, NY
Frustum, Galerie Emanuel Layr, Vienna, Austria
The Ventriloquism Aftereffect, Gesellschaft für aktuelle Kunst Bremen , Germany
Parcours St Germain, (with Virginie Yassef) at the Hotel Lutetia, Paris, France (FIAC event)
2010
The Golden Ass,The Box, Los Angeles, CA
MIMED, The Armory Show, New York, NY, Solo presentation by Layr Wuestenhagen
Mind the gap, Shannon Bool and Julien Bismuth, Crac Alsace, Altkirch, France
The Error in the Landscape, Bloomberg Space, London, England
Les Tristes (with Lucas Ajemian), Invisible Exports, New York, NY
2009
Titled (Untitled), Galerie Parisa Kind, Frankfurt, Germany
Les Continents incontinents, Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois, Paris, France
2008
Unbestimmte Stellen, Layr Wuestenhagen, Vienna, Austria
Julien Bismuth, The Box LA, Los Angeles, CA
Les lettres tristes (with Lucas Ajemian), Foxy Productions, New York, NY
2007
Monologues for Minerals, 1.1 (Salt Flat / Radio Stück), Galerie Parisa Kind, Frankfurt, Germany
2006
Les Tristes; a particular sequence of varying pitch, tone or stress, (with Lucas Ajemian ), Galerie Parisa Kind, Frankfurt, Germany
Marchand d’oubli, with Lucas Ajemian, Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois, Paris, France
Devonian Press: Books and Limited Editions (with Jean-Pascal Flavien), A&M Bookstore, Milan, Italy; Barbara Wien Gallery, Berlin, Germany
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016
Variable Dimensions, curated by Gregory Lang, Emily Harvey Foundation, New York, NY
Economie de la tension, curated by Emile Ouroumov and Catherine Pavlovic, Centre d'Art Contemporain Parc St. Léger, Pougues-les-Eaux, France
Me souwiendra (ou l'usage de la parole), curated by Arlène Berceliot Courtin, Index gallery, Paris, France
The Language of Things: Material Hi/Stories from the Collection, curated by Axel Köhne and Luisa Ziaja, Belvedere Museum, Vienna, Austria
I will go where I don't belong, curated by Milovan Farronato and Camille Henrot, Stromboli, Italy
L’homme aux cents yeux, curated by Gilles Baume, Plateau-Frac Ile de France, Paris, France
Impromptu, The Box, Los Angeles, USA
2015
Very Long Fingers, Simone Subal Gallery, New York, NY
Artistes et Architecture, Curated by Gregory Lang, Pavillion de L'Arsenal, Paris, France
Alfred Jarry Archipelago: The Waltz of the Puppets — ACT Icurated by Keren Detton and Julie Pellegrin, Le Quartier, Quimper, France; La Ferme du Buisson, Noisiel, France; Museo Marino Marini, Florence, Italy
Infiltrations, Centre d'Art Bastille, Grenoble, France
McGuffincurated by Marie de Brugerolle, Ecole des Beaux Arts, Geneva, Switzerland
The Artist is a Mysterious Entertainercurated by Vanessa Desclaux, FRAC Franche-Comté, Besançon, France
Rideaux / Blindscurated by Marie de Brugerolle, Institut d'Art Contemporain, Villeurbanne, France
Theatre of Operations, Theatre de l’usine, Geneva
2014
Unlooped-Kino, Manifesta 10, St. Peteresburg
Rideaux, curated by Marie de Brugerolle, Institut d’Art Contemporain, Villeurbanne
Clear, curated by Aaron Moulton, Gagosian, Losa Angeles
Le Rire, curated by Léo GuyDenarcy, Centre d'Art Contemporain du Pays de Lorient, Pont-Scorff
Langue des oiseaux et coq à l'âne, curated by Marion Daniel, Frac, Bretagne
All that falls, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, curated by Gérard Wajcman and Marie de Brugerolle
Véritable prélude de flasques (pour un chien), curated by Marie Frampier, Maison Populair, Montreuil,
2013
Secret Codes, curated by Agustín Perez Rubio, Galeria Luisa Strina, SãoPaolo
Satellite 6: Suite pour exposition(s) et publication(s), curated by Mathieu Copeland, Musée du Jeu de Paume, Paris
Goodbye Hello, STUDIOS, Sammlung Lenikus, Vienna
La Nuit Blanche, curated by Julien Pellegrin and Chiara Parisi, Paris
Domino – Domino Bis, L’église des Courdoniers de Gourdon, France, curated by Martin Michard
L’image dans le tapis, Les Ateliers des Arques, Les Arques, France, curated by Olivier Michelon
2012
Parallelwelt Zirkus, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
The Poster Show, Galerie Carlier-Gebauer, Berlin, Germany
2011
I was a male Yvonne de Carlo. Critical art can be sophisticated, even entertaining, (with Jean Pascal Flavien), MUSAC, Léon, Spain
Mirages, Fountains & Dissociative Composition, Galerie Catherine Bastide, Brussels, Belgium
Terminal Jest, Articulture Biennial Arts Festival, DCCC, Delaware
One is the Loneliest Number…, ICA Philadelphia,
A painting show, Autocenter, Berlin, Germany
In back of the real, ISCP, Brooklyn, NY
2010
Monsieur Miroir,12e Prix Fondation d'entreprise Ricard, Fondation d'entreprise Ricard, Paris, France
Une Forme pour toute action. Printemps de Septembre, Toulouse, France
Die Grammatik des Buches, Artothek, Munich, Germany
Playing the city II, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany
“Mike, Alec or Rufus?“ (“Tom, Dick or Harry“), Layr Wuestenhagen, Vienna, Austria
Solace, Austrian Cultural Forum, New York, NY
2009
Treasures for theatre, La Ferme du Buisson, Noisiel, Marne-la-Vallée, France
Anthology, Otero Plassart, Los Angeles, CA
2008
Ne pas jouer avec les choses mortes, Villa Arson, Nice, France
SIGNALS, Orange County Museum Art, Newport Beach, CA
Comme des betes, L'ours, le cochon, le chat et Cie, Musée des Beaux Artes, Lausanne, Switzerland
Anthology, Otero Plassart Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Festival a/d Werf, Utrecht, Holland
La seconde est partie la première, Musée du Jeu de Paume, Paris, France
SOME THING ELSE, Peter Blum Gallery, New York, NY
Undone, Renwick Gallery, New York, NY
Garage Sale, Galerie Parisa Kind, Frankfurt, Germany
2007
PAWNSHOP, E-Flux, New York, NY
Dangling Man, Office Baroque Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
La Boum, Layr Wuestenhagen, Vienna, Austria
A point in space is a place for an argument, David Zwirner, New York, NY
Welcome to My World, Alexandre Pollazzon, Ltd, London, England
2006
Nice Art, Lahr, Germany
2005
International Laundry, Galerie Parisa Kind, Frankfurt, Germany
1999
Tri-Annuale: Part I, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA
PERFORMANCES
2016
Legno, curated by Pier Paolo Pancotto, Villa Medici, Rome
Untitled (Signed), curated by Teresa Calonje, Second Home, London, UK
Willy Nilly, curated by Gilles Baume, FRAC Le Plateau Ile de France
Billy, Performance with Alan Fairbairn and Christophe Marand, curated by Gilles Baume, FRAC Le Plateau Ile de France
Untitled (Track), Simone Subal Gallery, New York, NY
Untitled (Lisp or Lapse), Emily Harvey Foundation, New York, NY
2015
Untitled (Fill),The Box, Los Angeles, CA
Night of Philosophy, curated by Meriam Kouichi, French Institute, New York, NY
Per4m, Artissima, Turin, curated by Chris Sharp, Sophie Goltz, andSimone Menegoi, Italy
Parcourscurated by Florence Dérieux, Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland
L Comme Litote, Do Disturb, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
2013
Untited (Mime) from Gensollen Private Collection, Collectorspace, Istanbul, Turkey
2012
Experienz- performance of "Mimed" in Brussels, Belgium, curated by Natalie Guoit
Exposição, with Helmut Batista and Amilcar Packer, Teatro Ipanema. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Verbo, curated by Julia Rodrigez, Galeria Vermelho, Brazil
Weary Willie, Parallelwelt Zirkus, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
Bodies That Matter, Beursschouwburg, Brussels, Belgium
2011
I was a male Yvonne de Carlo. Critical art can be sophisticated, even entertaining, (with Jean Pascal Flavien), MUSAC, Léon, Spain
2010
Comedy works, Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois, Paris, France
The funniest sculpture in the world, Fondation d'entreprise Ricard, Paris, France
The funniest sculpture in the world, Crac Alsace, Altkirch, France
2009
“/“, Kunsthalle Wien project space, Vienna (A)
Plouf!, (with Jean Pascal Flavien), Tate Modern London (UK)
Écart/Retard, Treasures for theater, La Ferme du Buisson, Noisiel, France
Les Continents incontinents, Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois, Paris, France
2008
Monologues for Minerals, Festival a/d Werf, Utrecht, Holland (with Giancarlo Vulcano)
Monologues for Minerals, Musée départemental d‘art contemporain de Rochechouart, Rochechouart, France, (with Giancarlo Vulcano)
Monologues for Minerals, IAC - Institut d‘art contemporain, Villeurbanne, France (with Giancarlo Vulcano)
Monologues for Minerals, Bétonsalon, Paris, France (with Giancarlo Vulcano)
Monologues for Minerals, Parasol Unit, London, England (with Giancarlo Vulcano)
Monologues for Minerals, Karriere Bar, Copenhagen, Denmark (with Giancarlo Vulcano)
L comme litote, Institut d'art contemporain, Villeurbanne, France
The funniest sculpture in the world, The Box, Los Angeles, CA
2006
Palme D’Or Television, Frankfurt Art Fair, Frankfurt, Germany (together with Lucas Ajemian, Mike Bouchet, Sebastien Clough, Christian Jankowski and Seth Williamson)
Dipshitz, Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami, FL (a collaboration with Palme d’Or)
2005
Announcement, Confucius Square, New York, NY (with Jean-Pascal Flavien, Giancarlo Vulcano and The Occasion Band)
2003
Space: A Lecture, Michelle Maccarone Gallery, New York, NY
2000
A Hidden Object, Independent Performance Space, Los Angeles, CA (with Jean-Pascal Flavien)
Untitled (Whales), Independent Performance Space, Los Angeles, CA(with Jean-Pascal Flavien)
1999
Comfort Table, S.O.S. Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (with Mike Bouchet)
PRIZES/GRANTS
2013 Résidence Atelier les Arques, France
2012 Peter S.Reed Foundation Artist's Grant, Ohio
Capacete, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
2011 Artist's Book, Paris, France
2010 Transfer, Mülheim, Germany
2003-2005 Kahler Grant, Princeton University
2001-2005 Graduate School Summer Stipend for Research Abroad, Princeton University
1999 Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions
1994 Foundation for Art Ressource Art, Los Angeles
1993 Visual Arts Department Award, UCLA
1991-1994 National Merit Scholarship
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Catalogues
2013
Devonian Press, Musée des Abattoirs, Toulouse
2012
I was a Male Yvonne de Carlo, exhibition catalogue, edited by Marie de Brugerolles and Dora Garcia, MUSAC, Léon, Spain
The Circus as Parallel Universe, exhibition catalog, Kunsthalle Wien, Austria
XOXO, Sabine Müller (Ed.), Royal Collage of Art, London
Fragmentation 04, Artist's book insert, curated by Necmi Sönmez, edited by Mine Haydaroğlu, published
in Sanat Dunyamiz, Issue 131
2010
Monsieur Miroir, 12e Prix Fondation d'entreprise Ricard, commissaire: Émilie Renard, Editions Fondation d'entreprise Ricard, Paris, pp. 10-15
Une Forme pour toute action, Le Printemps de Septembre Toulouse, France, pp. 130; 142
Ne pas jouer avec des choses mortes, catalogue d’exposition, Villa Arson, Nice, Ed. Les Presses du réel
Julien Bismuth, a conversation with Sophie Kaplan, Journal de l’exposition Mind The Gap, CRAC Alsace, Altkirch, France, pp. 1-7 (ill.)
2008
Comme des bêtes, Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, 5 Continents Editions, Milan
Reviews
2015
Sharon Mizota, ‘Julien Bismuth Tinkers with the DNA of his Images at The Box, Los Angeles Times, October 16, 2015
2014
Martha Schwendener, Julien Bismuth: 'An image as the ______of a surface', Art & Design, Art in Review, The New York Times, 01.16.2014, print
Andrew Russeth, Julien Bismuth: An image as the _____ of a surface' at Simone Subal Gallery, On View, The New York Observer, 01.29.2014, print
Courtney Fiske, 'Julien Bismuth', Artforum.com, 01.29.2014
'Julien Bismuth at Simone Subal', Art in America, 01.30.2014
'Julien Bismuth, An image as the _____ of a surface', Time Out New York, 01.23.2014
2013
Le Signe singe, in Les inrockuptibles, n° 907, du 17 au 24 avril, p.102
Roxana Azimi, La performance, une nouvelle Experienz, in Quotidien de lʼArt, n°361, 17 avril, pp. 8-9
2012
Anna Soucek, Ö1 online, 03.05.2012
Katharina Fessler, Der Standard, 21.09.2012
Silas Marti, Folha de Sao Paulo, 02.10.2012
2011
Judith Souriau, Julien Bismuth in conversation with Judith Souriau, www.residencyunlimited.org, avril
Stefan Tasch, The Gap, Termine Galerien, April
Julien Bismuth at GAK Bremen, artnews.org, October 3
Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer, Art Review:, «Julien Bismuth. The Golden Ass», n°48, March, p. 131 (ill.)
2010
Joana Fiduccia, www.artforum.com, « Solace », February (ill.)
Julie Pellegrin, Art press 2 «Performances contemporaines 2», «La performance comme espace d’énonciation», trimestriel n°18, August-September, pp.92-102 (ill.)
Nicolas Fourgeaud, Art 21, « Treasures for theatre », n°26, Spring, pp. 61-66 (ill.)
Lindsay Pollock, Katya Kazakina,Bloomberg.com,«Fowler’s $7000 geometrics pump collectors at N.Y. Armory Show», March
Pascaline Vallée, Mouvement, « L’exposition exposée », janvier-mars, p. 161 (ill.)
Eva Komarek,Wirtschaftsblatt.at, «Armory show: Am Hudson klingeln wieder die Kassen», March
Jordan Galloway,New York Press, «The Art! It Speaks!», February (ill.)
Willa Paskin,BlackBook,«Artists Lucas Ajemian and Julien Bismuth think it’s time you redecorated your kitchen», 26 February (ill.)
Emmanuelle Lequeux,Beaux-Arts Magazine, «De la performance à l’exposition», n°307, January, p. 135 (ill.)
Mathilde Villeneuve,Mouvement, “Performance de la trace”, January
2009
Timothée Chaillou,Technikart, « Julien Bismuth / Jean-Pascal Flavien », n°hors-série Art contemporain, Autumn, p. 50 (ill.)
Patrice Joly,02 on-line, « Week-end de performances à la Tate modern », February
Jen Schwarting,The Brooklyn Rail, « Lucas Ajemian and Julien Bismuth: Les Lettres Tristes », February (ill.)
2008
Manisha Jothady,Die Presse, « Galerien in Wien: Als die Dinge sprechen lernten », March 12
2007
Marie de Brugerolle, Flash Art, „Next to performance“, # 257, Nov-Dec, pp. 88-90
Roberta Smith, The New York Times, “A Point in Space is a Place for an Argument”, July 20
Christoph Schütte, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, “Scheitern als Chance; Julien Bismuth in der Galerie Parisa Kind”, June 20, p. 46
2006
Santiago Espinosa de los Monteros, Art Nexus, „The Lost Word“, February
Léa Bismuth, www.paris-art.com, „Julien Bismuth, Marchand d‘oubli“, November 10
Publications
ns, Made 05, «The Lost Word», n°17, February
Artist’s writings & publications
2016
“The real world of hoists and holes,”Jason Rhoades: PeaRoeFoam,David Zwirner Books
"Gus the polar bear,"Memoire Universelle, edited by Béatrice Grosse and Benoît Bethune
2013
Julien Bismuth, Pages, Motto Distribution, Berlin
Julien Bismuth, A cover to cover, Motto Destribution, Berlin
Toba Khedoori, Published by David Zwirner / Radius Books
‘JulienBismuth & Loreto Martinez Troncoso’, Choreographing Exhibitions, (Ed) Mathieu Copeland, Julie Pellegrin, Les Presses du Réel