Vincent Fournier (photographer) explained

Vincent Fournier
Birth Date:	1970
Birth Place:	Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Nationality:	French
Education:	Ecole Nationale de la Photographie d’Arles
Known For:	Photography

Vincent Fournier (born 1970 in Ouagadougou) is a French artist and photographer.^{[1] [2]} His works explore questions of science fiction, utopian stories,and different mythologies of the future such as the space adventure, humanoid robots, utopian architectures, and the technological transformation of the living. His vision is nourished by childhood memories, including visits to the Palais de la Découverte, which evoke the "scientific wonder". While photography remains his preferred medium, 3D printing, video and installations sometimes accompany certain projects. Vincent Fournier's images are put in tension by oppositions that disturb our gaze: reality/fiction, logic/absurdity, past/future, magic/science, natural/artificial. He explores futuristic fiction and discovers in our present, or in the past, "glimpse of the future". After graduating in sociology and visual arts, he studied at the École nationale supérieure de la photographie in Arles and obtained his diploma in 1997.^[3]

In 2022 he was awarded "Prix Swiss Life à 4 mains".^{[4] [5]}

His works are part of the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET)^{[6] [7] [8]} in New York, the Centre Pompidou in Paris,^[9] the Mast Foundation in Bologna, the Dragonfly Collection of the Domaine des Etangs in Massignac,^[10] the LVMH collection in Paris with the Bon Marché,^[11] the Baccarat collection in New York,^[12] Science Gallery Dublin,^[13] Musée des Ursulines de Mâcon,^[14] Fondation Bullukian in Lyon^[15] and others.

He has participated in several major group exhibitions such as "The Universe and Art" at the Mori Art Tokyo^[16] and Art Science Singapore museums,^[17] "Unknown Unknowns An Introduction to Mysteries" at the Milan Triennial,^[18] "Art and Science Fiction, the Gates of Possibility" at the Centre Pompidou Metz,^[19] as well as solo exhibitions at the Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna (MAMbo)^[20] during Foto Industria 2018 and at the Rencontres d'Arles in 2014.^[21] He has collaborated with Louis Vuitton for french fashion designer Nicolas Ghesquière,^[22] Le Bon Marché (Paris), Hôtel Baccarat New York (Gilles&Boissier),^[23] Isetan Tokyo (Diesel)^[24] and for the film The Amazing Spider-man 2 with Columbia Pictures.^[25]

Vincent Fournier was the guest of the MET for a public presentation of his work on the occasion of the conference "In Our Time - A Year of Architecture in a Day in 2019".^[26] He lives and works in Paris.

Acquisition from museums and foundations

• The MET – Metropolitan Museum of Arts in New-York.^[27]
• Centre POMPIDOU, Paris.^[28]
• Fondation Bullukian, Lyon, France.^[29]
• MAST Foundation in Bologna (Foto Industria).^[30]
• Musée des Ursulines de Mâcon, France.^[31]
• The St John of God Art Collection Western.
• The LVMH Contemporary Art Foundation.
• Domaine des Etangs Dragonfly collection (Primat – Schlumberger), Massignac.^[32]
• Baccarat Hotel Collection, New-York, United States.^[23]
• Science Gallery in Dublin.^[33]

Selection of group, solo shows and Art Fairs since 2006^[34]

2023:

• Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature – Post Natural Museum Exposition retrospective

2022:

• Prix Swiss Life à 4 main
• Triennale de Milan - Kyotographie
• KG+ “Post Natural History”
• Galerie 1839, Hong Kong
• Galerie Clementine de la Ferroniere, Paris
• Galerie Provost & Hacker, Liller.

2021:

• Musée des Beaux Arts des Ursulines, Post Natural History,Mâcon.
• MUCEM, Civilization, Marseille, France.
• Gallery GONGBECH, After the Rainbow, Republic of Korea

2020:

• Le Kiosque, Space Utopia, Nantes.
• The Cuturi Gallery, Past Forward, Singapour
• La Galerie 1839, Future Classic, Hong Kong.
• Atelier Jespers, Brasilia – Modernist Utopia, Brussels, Belgium.
• Shanghai Center of Photography (SCoP), People and Places, Shanghai
• Gallery GONGBECH, After the Raibow, Republic of Korea

2019:

• Fondation Bullukian, Space Utopia, Lyon.
• The Ravestijn Gallery, Amsterdam, Space Utopia, Hollande.
• Domaine des Etangs, Space Utopia, France.
• Spazio Nobile, Brasilia – A Time Capsule, Brussels, Belgium.
• MET – The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Presentation de Space Project pour l’évènement In Our Time: A Year of Architecture in a Day, New York, USA.
• Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain de Saint-Etienne, “Le Cerveau-Nuage”, exposition Design et merveilleux.
• Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, The Future and Arts, Japan.
• Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, Civilization, The Way We Live Now.
• Ballarat International Foto Biennale, To the Moon and back, Australie.
• Royal Museums Greenwich, Moonlight – 50 Years of Photographing the Moon, Londres, UK and Sweden.
• FOMU – the museum of photography in Antwerp, Maan/ Moon,Antwerp,
• Photo Brussels Festival, Post Natural History, Bruxelles, Belgique
• Biennale of Architecture (UABB), Space Project, Shenzhen, Chine.

2018:

• Bologna Museum of Modern Art, Mambo, Foto Industria, Fondazione MAST, solo show Space Project, Bologna, Italia.
• Centre Pompidou,, group show, Paris, France.
• Vitra Design Museum, Hello, Robot, group show, Weil am Rhein, Allemagne.
• Australian Center for Photography (ACP), Archeology of the Future, solo show, Sydney, Australia.
• ArtScience Museum, The Universe and Art, group show, Singapour.
• MAK, Austrian Museum of Applied Arts / Contemporary Art, Hello, Robot, group show, Vienna, Austria.

2016:

• Mori Art Museum, The Universe and Art, group show, Tokyo, Japan.
• New Square Gallery, Past Forward, solo show, Lille, France,
• Perth Centre for Photography Post Natural History, solo show, Perth, Australia,
• Alliance Française, Post Natural History, solo show, Melbourne, Australia.
• PAD Paris Art Fair, gallery [Perpitch&Bringand], France.
• Spazio Nobile Gallery, Post Natural History, solo show, Bruxelles, Belgium.

2015:

• La Galerie, Post Natural History, solo show, Hong-Kong.
• Art Central fair, La Galerie, Hong-Kong.
• Amsterdam Art Fair, The Ravestijn Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

2014:

• Diesel Art Gallery, Past Forward, solo show, Tokyo, Japan^[35]
• Centre 798 Art Zone / Thinking Hands, Space Project, group show, Beijin, China.
• Z33 House for Contemporary Art, Space Odyssey 2.0, group show, Hasselt, Belgique.
• The Ravestijn Gallery, Past Forward, solo show, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Architekturforum Aedes, Space Project, solo show, Berlin, Germany
• Quai 1, Post Natural History, solo show, Vevey, Switzerland^[36]
• Biennale Internationale de la Photographie et des Arts Visuels, Liège, Belgium.
• Festival Cortona On the Move, Italy.
• Festival Kyotographie, Kyoto, Japan.
• Festival Getxophoto, Bilbao, Spain.
• Magasin, Le Bon Marché, solo show, Brasilia, Paris, France

2013:

• Le Centre de la Photographie de Genève, False Fake, group show, Switzerland.
• le Centre d’Art Contemporain de Pontmain, La science à l’œuvre, group show, France.
• Science Museum/Fabrica, The Man Machine, solo show, Moscow, Russia.
• Netherlands Architecture Institute, Bio design, group show, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
• Science Gallery, Grow Your Own, group show, Dublin, Ireland.
• The Ravestijn Gallery, Post Natural History, solo show, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2012:

• Les Rencontres d'Arles, solo show, Arles, France^[37] Past Forward, Acte2 Galerie, Paris, France
• Joye Gallery, The Man Machine, solo show, Brussels, Belgium

2011:

• Clic Gallery, Space Project, solo show, New York, USA
• Bergamo Art Fair, 27AD gallery, Italy,
• Taipei Photo, Marunouchy gallery, Tapei.
• NoFound Photofair, The Contemporary Photography Fair, Paris
• Imagine Science Film Festival, New York, USA.
• A Theatre For Constructed Ecologies, group show, Berlin, Allemagne.

2010:

• The Empty Quarter Gallery, Space Project, solo show, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
• 27AD, Tour Operator, solo show, Milan, Italy
• Mouvement Art Public, Montreal, Canada.
• Miart, Milan Art Fair, Italy.
• Shanghai Art Fair, China.
• Tokyo Art Fair, Tokyo, Japan.
• Taipei Photo, Taiwan.
• London Art Fair, London, UK.
• The Step Gallery, Space Project, solo show, London, UK

2009:

• Marunouchi Gallery, Space Project, solo show, Tokyo, Japan
• Philipps de Pury & Co, Contemporary Photographs auction, London, UK.
• Tokyo Art Fair, Tokyo, Japon.

2008:

• Festival Image’08, group show, Vevey, Switzerland.

2007:

• Abu Dhabi Art fair, UAE
• Leonard Street Gallery, group show, The New Landscape, London, UK.

2006:

• Foire Art Paris, Grand Palais, Paris, France.

Collaboration

• Baccarat Art Collection, New York Baccarat Hotel, curating by Gilles&Boissier of ten sculptures (3D) of the Synthetic Flesh Flowers, March 2015.
• ISETAN Department store Tokyo, Space Project, September 2014.
• The amazing Spider-Man II, 2013 — Columbia Pictures use some images from the Post Natural History and Space Project series to feature one of the main character's Art collection, Oscorp.
• Le Bon Marché, Paris, 2013 — Exhibition of the Brasilia series in the department store.

Books

• Post Natural History, Noeve, Paris, 2019.
• Space Utopia, Noeve, Paris, 2018.
• Past Forward, 360°, Antwerp, 2012.
• Brasilia, Be Poles, Paris, 2012.
• Space Project, Verlhac, Paris, 2008.
• Tour Operator, AD, Brussels, 2007.

Publications

AD,^[38] Art Press2, Connaissance des Arts,^[39] Dazed&Confuzed, Esquire Japan, European Photography,^[40] GQ Japan, HotShoe, Icon, Internazionale,^[41] Marie Claire Italy,^[42] MIR Russia, Mixte,^[43] Nowness, Officiel Art, Outlook China, Le Point, The Sartorialist, The Times, The Daily Telegraph,^[44] The Sunday Times, Wallpaper,^[45] Wired (Germany, Italy, UK, USA).^[46]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Vincent Fournier's incredible Space Project pushes documentary photography to the outer limits! . It’s Nice That . 2012-12-20 . 2016-05-18.
2. Web site: Vincent Fournier . 2023-02-13 . Galerie Provost Hacker . fr-FR.
3. Web site: 2012-08-21 . FOURNIER, Vincent . 2023-02-14 . Médiathèque des Rencontres d'Arles . fr-FR.
4. Web site: 5e édition - 2022-2023 : Auctus Animalis . 2023-02-13 . Assurance vie et solutions de prévoyance . fr-FR.
5. Web site: Vincent Fournier et Sébastien Gaxie lauréats du Prix Swiss Life à 4 mains. JPG.
6. Web site: MET Museum Vincent Collection . 2023-02-13 . www.metmuseum.org.
7. Web site: MET Museum Vincent Fournier Collection . 2023-02-13 . www.metmuseum.org.
8. Web site: MET Vincent Fournier Collection . 2023-02-13 . www.metmuseum.org.
9. Web site: Cerveau-Nuage . 2023-08-11 . Centre Pompidou . fr-FR.
10. Web site: Post Natural History . 2023-02-13 . Boutique Domaine des Etangs . en.
11. Web site: 2013-04-08 . Le Brésil, ses artistes et ses couleurs s'invitent au Bon Marché . 2023-02-13 . Franceinfo . fr-FR.
12. Web site: 2018-10-29 . Vincent Fournier Baccarat Hotel New York . 2023-02-13 . Baccarat Hotel . fr.
13. Web site: POST NATURAL HISTORY . 2023-02-13 . Science Gallery Dublin . 15 September 2020 . en-GB.
14. Web site: Carte blanche à Vincent Fournier - Ville de Mâcon.
15. Web site: Space Utopia - Vincent Fournier . 2023-02-13 . Fondation Bullukian . fr-FR.
16. Web site: Art Museum Tokyo.
17. Web site: Vincent Fournier: Past Forward Solo Exhibition . 6 November 2020 .
18. Web site: 23e Exposition Internationale de la Triennale de Milan. Inconnu Inconnus. Une introduction aux mystères . December 2022 .
19. Web site: Cerveau-Nuage. Centre Pompidou.
20. Web site: FOTO/INDUSTRIA. Vincent Fournier. Futuro passato - Mambo .
21. Web site: Vincent Fournier .
22. Web site: Louis Vuitton [Nicolas Ghesquière] – Harper's Bazaar international – Vincent Fournier ]. 2023-02-14 . www.vincentfournier.co.uk.
23. Web site: The Baccarat Hotel – New York – Vincent Fournier . 2023-02-14 . www.vincentfournier.co.uk.
24. Web site: Isetan Shibuya Tokyo [Diesel] – Vincent Fournier ]. 2023-02-14 . www.vincentfournier.co.uk.
25. Web site: The Amazing Spider-Man II [Columbia Pictures] – Vincent Fournier ]. 2023-02-14 . www.vincentfournier.co.uk.
26. Web site: The Best Spatial Projects of 2018 Presented in All-Day Symposium "In Our Time: A Year of Architecture in a Day" on January 19, 2019 - the Metropolitan Museum of Art .
27. Web site: MET Collection Vincent Fournier . 2023-02-14 . www.metmuseum.org.
28. Web site: Cerveau-Nuage .
29. Web site: Space Utopia - Vincent Fournier .
30. Web site: Industria, oggi.
31. Web site: 2020-07-07 . Exposition : Carte blanche à Vincent Fournier au Musée des Ursulines . 2023-02-14 . Mâcon Magville . fr-FR.
32. Web site: Domaine des Etangs – Massignac – Vincent Fournier . 2023-02-14 . www.vincentfournier.co.uk.
33. Web site: POST NATURAL HISTORY . 2023-02-14 . Science Gallery Dublin . 15 September 2020 . en-GB.
34. Web site: Biography – Vincent Fournier . 2023-02-13 . www.vincentfournier.co.uk.
35. Web site: DIESEL ART GALLERY . DIESEL / ディーゼル . 2014-08-01 . . 2016-05-18.
36. Web site: Above . Submitting . To . You Agree . Bioart and the Gnawing Invisible . Popular Science . 28 January 2016 . 2016-05-18.
37. Web site: Les Rencontres d'Arles . Les Rencontres d'Arles expositions, stages photo / exhibitions, photo workshops. . fr . . 2016-05-18.
38. Web site: Magazine . AD . Brasilia, par Vincent Fournier . AD Magazine . 2016-05-18 . fr . 2016-05-18.
39. https://www.connaissancedesarts.com/evenement/vincent-fournier-space-project/ Connaissance des Arts
40. Web site: European Photography.
41. Web site: Internazionale.
42. Web site: Marie-Claire.
43. Web site: Mixte.
44. Web site: Davies . Lucy . Vincent Fournier: Super Nature . Telegraph.co.uk . 2012-09-04 . 2016-05-18.
45. Web site: Wallpaper magazine . 11 January 2010.
46. Space Paraphernalia Photos Bring the Cosmos Down to Earth. Wired. Schiller. Jakob.