gilles conan

gilles conan
born may 1968 in a french gray city – currently living and working in the ‘ pink city ‘ ( toulouse / france )
1bis rue des jacobins 31000 toulouse // france /// 00 33 6 16 69 58 29 // [email protected]
website : www.gillesconan.fr
contemporary art : autodidact
studies on safety and health at work and environmental protection in chemical factories
performing arts
1998
to
2004
lighting designer
primarily with the groupe unber humber / patricia ferrara – contemporary danse company – toulouse
other significant collaborations: cie heddy maalem toulouse & the national theater of toulouse ( tnt )
assistanceships
2001
2003
lighing designer laurent fachard – printemps de septembre ( contemporay art festival ) – toulouse
artist leo villareal – printemps de septembre ( contemporay art festival ) - toulouse
first installations during workshops and performances ( unber humber - contemporary dance company )
2002
2003
autoportrait 1 ( selfportrait 1 ) / volksystem gallery / toulouse
ombres ( umbra ) / volksystem gallery / toulouse
ganzfeld / volksystem gallery + choregraphic center + paul sabatier university / toulouse
quadri / outdoor near garonne river / toulouse
céphée / choregraphic center / toulouse
tvlight / choregraphic center / toulouse
group exhibitions
2004
2006
2008
2009
2010
‘ des points, c’est cela qu’il nous faut ! ‘ ( ‘ dots, that’s what we need ! ‘ ) / superflux / lyon light festival
parterre concupiscent ( concupiscent flowerbed ) / superflux / lyon light festival
‘ des points, c’est cela qu’il nous faut !! ‘( ‘ dots, that’s what we need !! ‘ ) / arborescence digital art festival / aix en provence
autoportrait 2 ( selfportrait 2 ) / superflux / lyon light festival
‘ des points, c’est cela qu’il nous faut !!! ‘ ( ‘ dots, that’s what we need !!! ‘ ) / le lieu commun gallery / toulouse
autoportrait 3 . double gémeaux ( selfportrait 3 . double gemini ) / superflux / lyon light festival
carrousel 154 + trinity + la bath projection ( the cool projection ) / tandem exhibition with julio le parc / toulouse
eclerc + le grand saut ( deadly jump ) + tunnel di luce / permis de construire gallery / toulouse
solo exhibiton
2011
je préférerai ne pas ( i will rather not to ) / ekito gallery / toulouse – france
ephemeral installations in the public space
2006
2010
dispersion / light installation on museum’s façades / co-signature with bustamante / kunsthaus bregenz / austria
loglo + un bon fluo est un fluo mort ( a good fluo is a dead fluo ) / fanstamagoria outdoor exhibition / afiac – france
rollin’ ( what goes up must come down ) / light installation on hydroelectric powerplant / toulouse – france
permanent installations in the public space ( mostly calls for french public buildings )
unrealized
2007 preselection for library / fontaine city / project not accepted
preselection for multimedia library / saint-ouen city / project not accepted
2010 preselection for chaplin’s high school / decines city / project not accepted
preselection for museum of mediterranen and european civilizations ( mucem ) / marseille city / project not accepted
2012 preselection for optic institut in talence city / project not accepted
2013 preselection for international vasarely’s price in public space / aix-en-provence city / project not accepted
realized
2008 gaujaq total ( full track ) / charles de gaulle’s high school / muret city
fading jenny 0_100 and mur de pv ( pv wall ) / ministery of justice building / roubaix city
2012 memorial for azf catastrophy in collaboration with lab[au] / toulouse city
ongoing
2013 preselection for museum of history / marseille city
in red / main references