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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 her own reflection, the Polaroid embodies, according to France Bizot, the beginnings of the selfie.

In her series “Polaroils” presented at the Backslash Gallery in 2023, numerous references drawn from social networks dot the universe of France Bizot. Taking up the iconic format of the photographic object, portraits of anonymous people, personalities, and other trivial scenes alternate at the same rhythm as the narcissistic publications scrolling on our screens.

During the April 2024 edition, Private Choice chose to exhibit a selection of portraits of women who seem to defy the lens. Among them is a pensive Andy Warhol. The realism characteristic of France Bizot's touch is tinged with a pop art aesthetic, playing with contrasts and saturated colors. A reference that has become mise en abyme, when we know that the Polaroid camera has been among the master's essentials since the 1950s. In about thirty years, Andy Warhol amassed an incalculable number of shots, an obsession that marked the golden age of instant photography.

Biography

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

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUNDS

  • 1978 / ENSAD, Ecole Nationale des Arts Décoratifs, Paris.
  • 1986-2002 / Artistic Director then Creative Director: 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 EXHIBITIONS – SELECTION

  • 2024 / The art of having fun: the book in the imagination of artists, curated by Fabien Simode, Médiathèque André Malraux, Maisons-Alfort.
  • 2022 / AND EVEN MATTER SPEAKS, curated by Mehdi-Georges Lahlou, Headquarters of the Order of Chartered Accountants, Paris.
  • 2022 / Between The Folds Of Time, Espace CO2, Paris.
  • 2022 / DRAWING NOW ART FAIR, Carreau du Temple, Paris.
  • 2021 / La Petite Collection, curated by Florence Lucas & Pauline Lisowski, Galerie Bertrand Grimont.
  • 2021 / Private Choice, with backslash, Paris.
  • 2021 / THE STAIRS, BACKSLASH, Paris.
  • 2020 / SLAM, Virtual Winter Salon, Jean-Baptiste de Proyart.
  • 2020 / PRIVATE CHOICE, 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, with Michael Zelehoski, Paris.
  • 2019 / BEIRUT ART FAIR, 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, with Irma Markulin, KUK Galerie, Köln.
  • 2017 / Landscapes not so wise, Biennale d’Issy, curated by Chantal Menneson and Sophie Deschamps Causse, Musée de la carte à jouer, Issy les Moulineaux.
  • 2016 / Relève, an exhibition organized by AAEEnsAD, Association of Former Students of the 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 / Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters.
  • 2018 / Derwent Art Prize
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