Véronique Bourgoin

  • Black Hole in Black Forest
    Lambda colour print,
    40 x 50 cm, 2006
  • Mademoiselle Garçon
    Analogue black and white print,
    30 x 40 cm, 1992
  • untitled
    Black ink on paper,
    50 x 60 cm, 2009
  • Silver Lake
    Black ink on paper,
    50 x 60 cm, 2009
  • Remise de prix à New Castle
    Lambda colour print,
    40 x 50 cm, 2005

Véronique Bourgoin

Born on 12th of November 1964 in Marseille now lives in Montreuil/Paris.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2008
Ship High in Transit, Seamen’s Art Club, Hamburg

2005
Mini Technologie – Maxi Changement, Fondation Yola Noujam, Beirut

2003
Glue Idea Les deux Vignes, Galerie Pierre Albouys, Lardiers

2002
ARREST, Primavera fotografica, Maeght Gallery, Barcelona

2000
Heute kotzen, morgen blümen, Fotohof Gallery, Salzburg

1999
Sozial Romantismus, Akademie Isotrop, Pudel, Hamburg

1998
Retrospective, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Chambéry

1997
Willie ou pas Willie et Inukshuk, Jan Van der Donk Book Gallery, New York

1994
Jean-Pierre Lambert Gallery, Paris

Selected Group Exhibitions

2008
LA is on Fire, David Lawrence Gallery, Los Angeles
Kommando Giotto di Bondone Milano, Giò Marconi Gallery, Milan
EU Women, City of Women, Centro de la Fotografia, Almeria, Espagne
Eu Women, NYPH, Photography Art Fair May 2008, New York
Die Ersten Internationalen Elvis Tage New York 2008, Ideal Glass Gallery, New York
Good Night Mister Monte Cristo, avec Juli Susin CIPM, Musée de la Vieille Charité, Marseille
Artist Book International, Silverbridge, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris

2007
Regarde! Des Enfants collection M&M Auer, Photo Vision, Montpellier
I wanna be your Horse, La chaussure Minimaliste, Paris
City of Women, Fotohof Gallery, Autriche
Eu Women, Cobertura Photo, Espagne, Instants Chavirés, France, Festival International de Photographie de Lodz, Galerie Nowa et galerie Stara, Pologne
Eu Women made in China avec The Hole garden, performances/concert, Shangaï, Hong-Kong, Peking, Macao

2006
Transcontinental Nomadenoase, Silverbridge project, Contemporary Art Fair, Hauser and Wirth Gallery & Museum of Contemporary Art, Mexico
Dr. Keramik, Silverbridge project, The Ceramic Biennial, Albisola
M+M & friends, Maison d’Arts Bernard Anthonioz, Paris

2005
Transcontinental Nomadenoase,  Silverbridge project, Miami Art Basel, Gabriele Senn Gallery
La jeunesse un jour de fête, Silverbridge project, Nomadenoase Gallery, Paris
Collection M&M Auer, Contemporary Art Museum, Thessaloniki

2004
Bat Mind, Yola Noujam Foundation, Beirut
Ex.In gallery Fotohof.(Austria), Maeght Gallery (Barcelona)

2003
Gallery Point de Vue, RIP, Arles

2002
Art Fair, gallery Marion Meyer, Miami
Sozial Romantismus, Almost Paris photo, Marion de Beaupré Gallery
68elf Gallery, Cologne

2001
Photographie, phototypie, Maeght Gallery, Paris
Art fair, Marion Meyer Gallery

2000
Marion Meyer Gallery, Frankfurt

1999
Collection Jean-Pierre Lambert, Paris
55 streets, 55 photographs, curator Jan Van der Donk, New York

1998
De la méthode, Marion Meyer Gallery, Paris

1997
Spassiba, Réflexe III and l’Academy Isotrop, A la Librairie, Paris

1996
Gallery Jean-Pierre Lambert, Paris
Archives des restes, Hauser Foundation, Berlin

1995
Les fables d’une étrange lucarne, Gallery Point de Vue, Arles
R.I.P., Arles, gallery Jean-Pierre Lambert

1994
Quelques pièces des archives de Maubeuge, Cotbus et Tchan Tchin, Point de vue Gallery, Arles
Prager Kreis, Fondations de l’ordinaire, Paris
Autour de l’érotisme, Le Refuge, Vieille-Charité, Marseille

1993
1929, Athanor Gallery, Marseille

1991
Gallery du Château d’eau, Toulouse

1989
La photographie et son usage, E.N.S.B.A, Paris

Publications

2007    Eu Women, ed Fotohof, Austria & Silverbridge, France
2006    40 Buster’Nickerchens, ed. Silverbridge, France
2004     EX.IN, ed Fotohof, Austria & Silverbridge, France
Dr Dou et le mat en trois coups, ed. Silverbridge, France
2003     Sozial Romantismus ed. Fotohof, Austria
2002     Lust Ice, ed. Silverbridge, France
2000     Mr Shurken Stuck, ed. Maeght, original edition 220 copies printed by phototype    and bound with case with a text by R. Ohrt, all signed and numbered. Off-prints of 10 artist’s copies numbered and signed with a first edition, complete with bullet hole
1997    Willie ou pas willie, ed. Oto House Publishing, New York & Fabrique des     Illusions, France with text by Roberto Ohrt and introduction by R. Fabibi,
1995     Les fables d’une étrange lucarne, ed. Cosa Nostra Expérimentale, first edition limited to 40  copies, realised with Juli Susin, including a notebook designed like a story, with a text by Roberto Ohrt and a print printed on glass with a collage

Presence in collective works:
2007     Regarde! Des enfants, ed. M+M Auer & Montpellier Photo Visions
2006       M+M & friends,
2005     Matière Première, ed.Silverbridge, France
2004     Collection M&M Auer, ed. Auer, Switzerland
1999     Histoire d’oeufs, ed. Ides & Calendes, chosen by Michèle Auer.
1995     Akten all, ed. Speak.

Since its creation in 1995, every year she directs a publication made by the Atelier Reflexe, published by C.N.E. & Dirk Bakker, and presented in Paris and Arles during the  Rencontres internationales de la photographie.

Filmography

2007          I wanna be your Horse, clip vidéo of «  The Hole garden »
2006          Normadrine, fiction of anticipation  (in finalisation stage)
2000-2002     Autoportrait pour tous, series of videos on the smuggling of daily objects.
1990-1995     Les boissons pures, series of 3 minute films in super 8 in praise of laziness.

Teaching

Véronique Bourgoin also supports young artists and photographers through the Atelier Reflexe, that she founded in 1994. Every year she invites artists to work with a group of young people in their audio-visual research and help them to create collective and personal projects. Her network of partners help with presenting the annual creations of the Atelier Reflexe via publications, exhibitions, films and slide shows – presented in established spaces in France and in Europe.

Direction of pedagogical meetings and workshops:

2007    Cobertura Photo, Seville (Spain)
Maison Populaire, Montreuil
2006        Atelier de Visu, Marseille
2005            Department of Photographie et Films of  Göteborg University (Sweden)
Art Academy of Kassel,
Yola Noujam Foundation, Beirut
2003        School of Design and Photography, Prague – (Czech Republic)
2001-2004     Schule für Künstlerische Fotografie, Wien (Austria)
2002         Encontros de Fotografica, Coimbra, (Portugal)
2000    The school for Photographic studies in Prague, (Czech Republic)
1996    Akademie Isotrop, Hamburg (Germany)
1996-1997    Ecole Jacques Lecoq, Paris (France)
Ecole Supérieure Neuville, Paris, (France)
Akademie Isotrop, Hamburg, (Germany)

  • Black Flag on Balcony
    Ciba print, 40 x 50 cm,
    2005
  • Milk Star
    Ciba print, 40 x50 cm,
    2005