Françoise et Daniel Cartier

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I l s r é a l i s e n t d e s i n s t a l l a t i o n s i n s i t u d e p a p i e r s a r g e n t i q u e s N & B e n é v o l u t i o n c o n s t a n t e e t n o n f i x é s , d e s p h o t o g r a m m e s e n l u m i è r e n a t u r e l l e , d e s r é i n t e r p r é t a t i o n s d e n é g a t i f s d u 1 9 è m e s u r p l a q u e d e v e r r e t r a i t é s à l ' a l b u m i n e . F & D C f a v o r i s e n t l e s p r a t i q u e s m i n i m a l i s t e s , q u e s t i o n n e n t l e q u o t i d i e n , l ' i n t i m i t é , l e r ô l e d e l ' a r t i s t e e t d e l ' I m a g e d a n s n o t r e s o c i é t é . E T h e v i s u a l a r t i s t c o u p l e e x h i b i t a s F & D C a r t i e r a n d l i v e i n B i e l / B i e n n e , S w i t z e r l a n d . S i n c e 1 9 9 5 , t h e y m e r g e d t h e i r p r a c t i c e s – p l a s t i c a r t s & p h o t o g r a p h y -­‐ t o m o v e t o w a r d n e w a p p r o a c h e s . E x a m i n i n g t h e i n d i s p e n s a b l e p r e r e q u i s i t e s f o r p h o t o g r a p h y -­‐ l i g h t a n d p h o t o s e n s i t i v e p a p e r – t h e y m a i n l y o p t f o r “ c a m e r a -­‐ l e s s ” c o m b i n e d w i t h “ f o u n d -­‐ o b j e c t s ” c o n c e p t s . U n f i x e d a n d e v o l u t i o n a l s i t e -­‐ s p e c i f i c c h r o m a t i c s i l v e r g e l a t i n p h o t o p a p e r s e r i e s , d a y l i g h t p h o t o g r a m s , r e i n t e r p r e t a t i o n o f o r i g i n a l a l b u m e n g l a s s p l a t e ’ s a r e c o m p l e t e d . E x e m p l i f y i n g t h e i r m i n i m a l i s t t e n d e n c i e s , t h e d u o q u e s t i o n s e v e r y d a y l i f e , i n t i m a c y , p a s s i n g o f t i m e , t h e p o s i t i o n a n d r o l e o f t h e a r t i s t & o f t h e I m a g e i n t o d a y ’ s s o c i e t y . 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Online representation / magazine Art Photo Index USA / Zonezero.com Mexico / Beta issue 10 Australia / Fotostiftung Switzerland Exhibitions (Selection) 2016 elizabeth houston gallery , New York, solo exhibition "Grand Tour" March 23 -­‐ April 23, 2016 Transformer Station Contemporary Art Space, Cleveland Ohio, Jan 15th Wait and See 2015 Musée de la Photographie à Charleroi_Centre d'art contemporain Wallonie-­‐Bruxelles_ elizabeth houston gallery New York Roses_Climax + Scope Miami Kunsthalle Berne, Sélection Cantonale Berne Jura 2015 Kunstmuseum Olten, Jahresausstellung 2015 Druckatelier Tom Blaess, Berne / 25 Jahre Jubiläumausstellung Imago Mundi Helvetia, Luciano Benetton Collection, Venezia Fondazione Cini Visarte Basel -­‐ Projektraum M54 -­‐ die welt retten / ex voto 2014 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston TX, Shadows on the Wall: Cameraless Photography from 1851 to Today New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM CAMERALESS Centre PasquArt Bienne, Sélection Cantonale Berne Jura 2014: "Grand Tour" Uno Art Space, Stuttgart Wait and See BETA 10 online magazine Ballarat Australia Kaunas Photography gallery,, Lithuania Nominated for the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2015 concept University of Hertfordshire Galleries, Museum of St Albans-­‐ London, UK Blue Sky Gallery Portland, Oregon USA Druckatelier Tom Blaess, Berne Photobastei Zurich Photo LA 2013 Espace d'Art Contemporain les halles Porrentruy & Centre PasquArt Bienne, Sélection Cantonale Berne Jura 2013 FFotogallery Turner House Gallery Cardiff, Wales UK Diffusion_ Cardiff International Festival of Photograpy Prix de la Photographie du Canton de Berne 2013, Kornhausforum Berne Kunst 13 Zürich International Contemporary Art Fair_ Pulse New York, Contemporary Art Fair Near by Night 6 _ Berlin Anzenberger Gallery Vienna Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, Switzerland Casa Rusca Locarno, "Varlin_Daniel Cartier" _Stati intermedi nella pittura di Varlin a Bondo_ Housprojects Gallery, New York 2012 Kunstmuseum Solothurn, Switzerland Kunstraum Aarau, Switzerland Villa Dutoit, Genève, Switzerland Galleria Cons Arc, Chiasso, Switzerland 2011 Journées photographiques de Bienne 2011, Switzerland Galerie Monika Wertheimer, Basel Switzerland Galerie Mayhaus Erlach, Switzerland 2010 Casa Cavalier Pellanda, Biasca, Switzerland CentrePasquArt Bienne, Switzerland 2009 Michael Mazzeo Gallery New York La Corte, Castello Svevo Bari, Puglia Italia 2008 Galería de Arte Contemporáneo Mayo fotográfico Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico 2007 Istituto Svizzero di Roma, Italy Galleria Cons Arc, Chiasso, Switzerland Galleria Teatro San Martin, Buenos Aires, Argentina Denklabor Villa Garbald, Castasegna -­‐ Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur Switzerland 2006 Fotostiftung Schweiz, Winterthur Switzerland Museo Vela, Ligornetto (Cat.) Switzerland Pinacoteca Diego Rivera, Xalapa, Mexico Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie, Darmstadt Germany Minnesota Center for Photography, Minneapolis USA 2005 Galerie Monika Wertheimer, Basel Switzerland Gallery Sink, Denver USA Blue Sky Gallery, Portland USA Centre Dürrenmatt, Neuchâtel Switzerland 2004 www.zonezero.com Gallery, Mexico City Houston Center for Photography, Houston (Cat.) USA Society for Contemporary Photography, Kansas City, MO USA Press to Exit Gallery, Pro Helvetia Skopje, Macedonia 2003 Photoforum PasquArt, Bienne Switzerland FOTOnoviembre 2003, Tenerife Spain 2002 Yossi Milo Gallery, New York Espace libre, Bienne Switzerland 2001 The Selection 2001 VFG Zurich – acquisition Fotostiftung Zürich Switzerland 2000 Museet for Fotokunst, Odense (Cat.) Denmark Mesiac Fotografie, Bratislava (Cat.) Slovakia 1998 Saint-­‐Gervais Genève, 1er Prix Michel Jordi 1998 Switzerland 1997 Photographs Do Not Bend, Dallas USA 1996 Final selection Oskar-­‐Barnack-­‐Award 96, Arles France 1995 Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne (Cat.) Switzerland 1994 Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne Switzerland 1980 Kornhaus Berne, Bourses Fédérales Switzerland 1979 Musée de Coire et Thoune Switzerland 1978 Villa Malpensata, Lugano Switzerland 1977 Kornhaus Berne, Bourses Fédérales Switzerland 1973 Musée de Stampa Switzerland Publications (Selection) Wait and See f&d cartier Artist monograph, Ffotogallery Wales Limited, UK 2013 ISBN 978-­‐1-­‐872771-­‐93-­‐9 Roses f&d cartier, Niggli Publishers Sulgen Switzerland 2006 ISBN 978-­‐3-­‐7212-­‐0600-­‐5 MOULD ISSUE 2 MAY 2015 Guest curator Juan Fontcuberta DEGREE ZERO imago mundi Helvetia, Luciano Benetton Collection EIKON September 4th, 2014 Hochparterre 05/2013 Veni Etiam Bild im Aufbruch, Zurich 2013 Intervalles Revue du Jura bernois et de Bienne Photographie contemporaine, Biel/Bienne, 09.2013 Varlin – Daniel Cartier Stati intermedi nella pittura di Varlin a Bondo, Città di Locarno, 2013 ISBN 978-­‐88-­‐8281-­‐356-­‐7 Eyemazing, Picture Booklets Publishers Amsterdam, Holland February 2007 Spot Magazine, Houston, Fall 2006 Selbstsicht -­‐ der Schritt ins Bild, Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie Germany, April 2006 Branding, Centre PasquArt, Bienne and Verlag der Modernen Kunst, Nürnberg 2006 Blue Sky 04/05 Critical Mass, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland USA, 2005 Varlin – Dürrenmatt – Horizontal, Centre Dürrenmatt, Neuchâtel and Scheidegger & Spiess, Zurich 2005 Fotophile, nr. 44, New York 2003 Passages, nr. 34, Pro Helvetia 2003 Collections (Selection) Portland Art Museum, Pportland OR The Museum of Fine Arts , Houston TX Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne Switzerland Fotostiftung Schweiz, Winterthur Switzerland Imago Mundi Helvetia Museet for Fotokunst, Odense Denmark Kunstsammlung F. Hoffmann-­‐La Roche AG, Basel Switzerland Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro (MAM) Brasil Distinctions Kaunas Photogallery artist in residence, Lithuania, 09/2013 Istituto Svizzero di Venezia, Italia, Artists-­‐in-­‐residence, 2008 National Endowment of the Arts Creativity Grant (USA), 2004 Critical Mass selection 04, Portland 2004 The Selection vfg 2001, Acquisition Fotostiftung Schweiz 2002 Landis & Gyr Foundation, Artists-­‐in-­‐residence, London 1999 Michel Jordi Photograhic Award, Geneva 1998 Bourses Fédérales Suisses 1977 & 1980 Lectures Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth Texas USA 1996 Education Françoise Kunstschule, plastic arts, Bern Switzerland Daniel Hochschule für Gestaltung Zürich, mfa photography, Zürich Switzerland f&d cartier CH-­‐ 2502 Biel/Bienne / Berne www.fdcartier.ch