Nicolas Dhervillers
Nicolas Dhervillers works in the fields of photography and drawing. Since 2016, the artist has been fusing photography and dry pastel, which he models with his fingers. His Remake series is made up of hyper-zoomed pastels, drawn from fragments of distant horizons, after photography. The work is an attempt at recreation, a "remake". In a nod to his past as a photographer, the horizontal stripes serve as witnesses to the stages of creation.
Also presented at the Private Choice photo edition in November 2024, his series Crossfade transcends the simple ambiguity of the medium. The artist juxtaposes archival photographsThe artist juxtaposes archival photographs, scanned and printed, with works in dry pastel. This innovative technique confronts modern and contemporary photographic processes, converging them into a pictorial medium.
Shots are superimposed and interlinked across the canvases, evoking a cinematic language Interested in the history of painting, Nicolas Dhervillers also draws inspiration from Luminism and the Hudson River School. These two American art movements of the 19th century were also influenced by the advent the advent of photography at the start of the industrial eraThis revolutionized our perception of nature and landscape. Captivated by the documentary value of paintings depicting the natural areas of the American West, Nicolas Dhervillers explores the digital archives of American museums in search of images combining historical, aesthetic and narrative qualities. Choosing seascapes, he creates dreamlike dreamlike works with a vaporous, almost ghostly atmosphere.. Like fading memories, these evanescent testimonies slip into the realm of dreams.
Biography
Nicolas Dhervillers is a French artist born in 1981. He lives and works in Paris.
After studying photography and multimedia at the Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier and the Université Paris 8, Nicolas Dhervillers made a name for himself following a historic commission from the Centre Pompidou in Metz. Inspired by cinematographic, theatrical and pictorial writing, Nicolas Dhervillers' approach decompartmentalizes the photographic medium. Represented by Paris-based School Gallery, Galerie Dilecta and Galerie Provost Hacker, he also collaborates with international art centers and museums.
TRAINING
- 2005 / Master's degree in cinema and performing arts, Université Paul Valéry Montpellier 3
- 2003 / Master's degree in photography and multimedia, University of Paris 8
SOLO EXHIBITIONS - SELECTION
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2022 / Art center - Le Mur Moret - Under the layer, Moret-sur-Loing
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2022 / Galerie Dilecta, Crossfade, Paris
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2022 / Musée des beaux-arts de Troyes, One on one with Gustave Le Gray, Troyes
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2021 / Centre d'art contemporain, CAC Passages, D'une rive à l'autre, Troyes
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2020 / Musée de Picardie, Amiens
- 2020 / Exhibition in partnership with MUCEM, Marseille
- 2020 / Pullman Hotels, series of 9 exhibitions in partnership with Club Barter
- 2017 / Louis Moret Foundation, Martigny, Switzerland
- 2015 / Ballart International Foto Biennale, Australia
- 2014 / Gemeente Museum Helmond, The Netherlands
- 2013 / Museum of Sacred Art, Saint-Véroce
- 2012 / Art Center Volklingen Hutte, Germany 2012 - Maison des Arts de Créteil
- 2011 / Arsenal, commissioned by Centre Pompidou-Metz
- 2011 / Art Center Ferme Asile, Switzerland
- 2011 / Château des Bouillants, Dammarie-les-Lys
- 2011 / Levallois Photo Festival, Levallois-Perret
GROUP EXHIBITIONS - SELECTION
- 2022 / Private Choice n°11 Lignes de vie / Life lines, Paris, France
- 2021 / Private Choice n°10 Odyssée / Odyssey, Paris, France
- 2019 / Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
- 2019 / Serres de Pantin, Jardinons les possibles
- 2019 / Minneapolis, United States
- 2019 / La Montgolfière, Paris
- 2019 / Art-O-Rama, Marseille
- 2017 / Biennale d'Art du Valais, Switzerland
- 2016 / EAC Les Roches, Espace d'Art Contemporain, Le Chambon sur Lignon
- 2015 / Photography and architecture triennial, Brussels
- 2015 / Centre d'art le Radar, Bayeux
- 2015 / Mallet-Stevens Foundation, Paris
- 2014 / Photography Festival, Geneva Château du Rivau, France
- 2013 / Galerie du Jour agnès b., Marseille
- 2012 / Musée d'art et d'histoire du Valais, Switzerland
- 2012 / Galerie du Jour agnès b., Hong Kong
- 2012 / Pingyao International Festival, Pingyao, China
AWARDS & RESIDENCES
- 2018-2019 / Residence in Marseille
- 2011 / Residence, Ferme Asile, Switzerland
- 2010 / Zoom, Prix du salon de la photographie
- 2009 / Arcimboldo, Special Jury Prize
COLLECTIONS
Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Missouri,USA | Camper Museum, USA | Collection Pullman Artothèque du Valais, Switzerland | Musée d'art et d'histoire, Valais, Switzerland | Collection Raymond Weil, Switzerland | Fonds Municipal d'Art Contemporain de la ville de Paris Centre Pompidou-Metz | Bibliothèque Nationale de France | Collection Fnac, France | Château du Rivau, France | Fonds de dotation agnès b. | Fondation Delsemme, Belgium | Gemeente museum, Helmond, Netherlands