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Lives and works in London
b. 1981 in La Roche sur Yon, France

 

EDUCATION

2009-11     MFA Fine Art, Goldsmiths, London
2003-6       BA (hons) Fine Art, Central Saint Martins, London

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2012          Suddenly Everything Wrong Makes Sense, Carlos/Ishikawa, London
2011          New Materials in the Reading of the World, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2012          The Box: Season 8, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Aberystwyth, Wales
                  The Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Guest Projects, London
                  Re-Run, Banner Repeater, London
2011          Out: Art from Goldsmiths, Ingenious Media, London
                  Start Point Prize, Wannieck Gallery, Brno, Czech Republic
                  Attempts to Get Inside the World, Lewisham Arthouse, London
                  MFA Fine Art Degree Show, Goldsmiths, London
                  Echo of the North, Galtarviti Lighthouse, The Westfjords, Iceland
                  Beyond Ourselves, The Royal Society, London
2010          Uncertain Ratio, Imperial College, The Institute for Mathematical Sciences, London
                  Beyond Ourselves, Lace Market Gallery, Nottingham
                  Gesamtkunstwerk 2012 Debut Salon Show, Hackney Rose, London
2009          PAUSE AND EFFECT (1.5) RART, Work Dalston, London
2008          Drawing Affinities, Menier Gallery, London
                  Persisting Uncertainties, Showroom, Berlin
2007          Lost Horse Gallery, Sequences Real-Time Art Festival, Reykjavík
                  Reyfi Festival, The Nordic House, Reykjavík
2006          Grotto, Studio 1.1, London
                  Direction, Lethaby Gallery, London
2005          Just Visiting, Camberwell Arts Festival, London

 

SELECTED SCREENINGS & FESTIVALS

2011          Screening at No 34. Store Street WC1E 7BS, London; curated by Rob Lye
                  Tomorrow’s World, Free Film Festival, London; curated by Benedict Drew and Graham Gussin
                  Selected tour – CCA, Glasgow, the Whitechapel gallery, London, Picture This, Bristol, Showroom, Sheffield,
                  Brighton Festival, Brighton, Star and Shadow Cinema, Newcastle; curated by Emily Wardill, Ben Rivers,
                  Zineb Sedira and Spartacus Chetwynd. Organised by Videoclub and FLAMIN
2009          KNSTHS FMR # 2, Ybl Palace, Budapest, Hungary
2008          Optica Festival, Madrid and Nuit Blanche, Paris
                  The Independent Film Festival, Tjarnabíó, Reykjavík
2007          Xtend-Dance For Camera, South Hill Park, Bracknell, UK
2006          700 IS Reindeerland Video and Experimental Film Festival, Egilsstaðir, Iceland

 

PERFORMANCES

2012          Supernormal 2012, Brazier's Park, Oxfordshire
2010          I Was There, Stedefreund Gallery, Berlin
                  Parlour Ecole Loqueteuse, Ragged School Museum, London

 

AWARDS

2011          Selected to represent Goldsmiths at the Start Point Prize, Wannieck Gallery, Brno, Czech Republic
2007          PAD Scheme, Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester
2006          Shortlisted for the Alcoa Prize, 700IS, Egilsstaðir, Iceland

 

RESIDENCIES

2012          IMS Project, March Residency, the Guest Projects, London
2009          Skaftfell, Seyðisfjörður, Iceland
2008          Galtarviti Lighthouse, Keflavik, The Westfjords, Iceland

 

TALKS, CONFERENCES & OTHER EVENTS

2012          Artist's talk, with Dr Lucie Green and Guess What, Kosmica at The Arts Catalyst, London
                  Reductionism vs Emergence. Panelists include leading scientists. A Debate facilitated by Terry Rudolph and
                  Chooc Ly Tan for the IMS Residency at Guest Projects, London
                  10500 Principles for the Reading of our Reality: a screening of  Inquisitive Short Videos and Films
                  a showreel conceived by Chooc Ly Tan for the IMS Residency at Guest Projects, London
                  Artist’s talk, as part of New Materials in the Reading of the World, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow
2011          Presentation of the IMS Project, at Navigating Extremes, symposium, Lewisham Arthouse, London
                  Artist presentation, panel discussion and Q&A, Selected, FLAMIN and Videoclub, Whitechapel gallery, London
                  Artist presentation, panel discussion and Q&A, Selected, FLAMIN and Videoclub, CCA Glasgow, London
2010          Workshops and discussions, Mock Symposium, Imperial College, the Institute for Mathematical Sciences, London
2010          Discussion, How to write in a non-native language, with Antepress and Francesco Pedraglio, Goldsmiths, London

 

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

2011          Britart’s new wave, Laura McLean-Ferris, The Independent, 22 Jully 2011
                  Artists revel in questions and leave answers to the scientists, Gia Milinovich, The Times, 2 June 2011
2011          Selected, Steve Rose, The Guardian, Saturday 14 May 2011
2007          Somethinginterestingkit (SIK), Issue 2, curated by Veronica Kavass

 

PUBLICATIONS

2011          Out: Art from Goldsmiths, a catalogue published on the occasion of the exhibition at Ingenious Media
                  StartPoint 2011, publihsed by Foundation Arbor Vitae
                  Macaca Mulatta, 2011 MFA Fine Art Degree Show publication, Goldsmiths
                  Beyond Ourselves, catalogue of the exhibition at the Royal Society
2010          Dialogues, 2010 MFA Curating publication, Goldsmiths
2007          PAD Scheme, artists catalogue, Chinese Art Centre