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CÉLESTE BOURSIER-MOUGENOT

Born: 1961 in Nice, France

Awards: 2004, FIACRE Grant

1998, P.S.1-Institute for Contemporary Arts- AFAA Artists’ Studio Program

1997, FIACRE Grant

One-Person Exhibitions

2009 Paula Cooper Gallery, New York (3/19 – 4/25/09)

2008 Théâtre de Gennevilliers – Centre Dramatique National, Gennevilliers

Galerie Xippas, Paris, France (4/5/08-5/17/08)

2006 Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY (9/9-10/21/06)

“états seconds,” FRAC Champagne-Ardenne in Reims, France, (6/2-10/15/06)

2004 Forum itinérant - Le Maillon, Théâtre de Strasbourg, France (1/6 – 2/15/04)

2003 “Cerca Series – Céleste Boursier-Mougenot,” Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, United

States (3/6/03-04/27/03)

2002 Centre Régional d’Art Contemporain (CRAC) Sète, France (1/19 - 4/15/02)

Parcours Saint Germain 2002, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France (5/28

– 6/28/02)

“Vidéodrones,” CRAC St. Nazaire (Le Grand Café), (10/26-12/15/02).

2001 “Untitled – a Sound Installation,” Rice University Art Gallery, Houston, Texas (3/8 - 4/12/01)

“Vidéodrones,” la Synagogue de Delme, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Delme, France (7/8 –

9/9/01)

FRAC Lorraine, Metz, France (7/8 – 9/9/01)

“Videodrones,” Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, New York (10/10 – 12/15/01)

“Untitled (Series #3),” Ezra and Cecilia Zilkha Gallery, Wesleyan University,CT

(10/31-12/9/01)

Herzliya Museum of Art, Herzliya, Israel (9/1 – 12/31/01)

2000 “From Here to Ear&Untitled (series 3),” Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, Ohio

(1/29/00 - 3/26/00)

“Harmonichaos,” Chapelle du Genêteil, Château-Gontier, France (5/13/00 - 6/25/00)

“Vidéodrones,” La Criée, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Rennes, France (11/09 - 11/18/00)

1999 Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, New York (9/10/99 - 10/16/99)

Exploratorium, San Francisco, California (10/26/99 - 11/15/99)

1998 Sound environment installed in a tunnel in Central Park, New York, New York (7/1/98 & 7/4/98)

1997 Galerie du CAPC Musée de Bourdeaux, Bordeaux, France (9/26/97 - 11/15/97)

1996 Galerie chez Valentin, Paris, France (9/14/96 - 10/21/96)

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1995 “Performance for Seven Dogs and Record Players in the Street,” Galerie chez Valentin, Paris,

France (7/12/95)

Group Exhibitions

2009 Festival du MONA FOMA, The Long Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.

2008 “Le Renouveau du Temps,” Maison Guerlain, Paris France (12/20/08-1/5/09)

“L’art contemporain en Europe – Expérience Pommery #5” Domaine de Pommery, Reims,

France (6/13/08 – 12/31/08)

“Festival Indisciplines,” Le Dojo, Nice, France (5/29/08-6/1/08)

The Children’s Museum, San Diego, USA.

“Fragilités,” Le FRAC Haute-Normandie, Sotteville-lès Rouen, France (3/14/08-5/4/08)

“Nouvelles du Mont Analogue,” Musée départemental d’art contemporain de Rochechouart,

Rochechouart, France (3/1-5/18/08)

2007 “Private Life: The Collection of Josep Civit,” Centro de Arte y Naturaliza, Fundacion Beulas,

Huesca, Spain.

“Du Machinique et du Vivant,” curated by Régis Durand, La Réserve, Pacy-sur-Eure, France

(10/7/07-1/15/08)

“Nuit Contemporaine” (performance), Arsenal – Metz and 49 Nord 6 Est, FRAC Lorraine, Metz,

France.

“Ensemble,” curated by Christian Marclay, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA

(9/7/07-12/16/07)

“Soundwaves: The Art of Sampling,” Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego, CA

(9/23-12/30/07)

Arnhem Fashion Biennale, Arnhem, Netherlands.

“Futuresystems: Rare Moment,” Lentos Museum of Modern Art, Linz, Austria.

2006 Busan Biennale, Busan, South Korea (9/16-11/25/06)

“Accords Excentriques,” Château de Chamarande, Chamarande, France (5/14-10/29/06)

2005 “Ambiance,” K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhcin-Westfalen, Germany (10/15/05-2/12/06)

“Radio Kiss the Video Stars – Side A,” FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, Reins, France.

“AudioFiles,” Contemporary Art Museum: Institute for Research in Art,

University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (9/9- 10/21)

“In-Formation,” Galéria Jána Koniarka, Trnava, Slovakia (9/8-10/30)

"Synesthésies," Chapelle des pénitents, Aniane, France. (5/21-6/12)

“Vanishing Point-Hidden Beauty in Contemporary Art,” Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel (4/12-

11/5)

"N’y voir que du bleu" Musée du pays de Sarrebourg, Sarrebourg, France

2004 "O estado das cousas- O obxecto na arte contemporánea 1960-2000," MARCO,

Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Vigo, Spain. (10/8/04- 1/9/05)

“In Extremis; Printemps de septembre in Toulouse Festival of contemporary images,” Les

Abattoirs, Toulouse, France (9/24-10/17/04)

"La mer qu’on voit danser…" Musée Barrois de Bar-le-Duc. France.

“Dike Blair, Céleste Boursier-Mougenot and Rob Fischer,” Mary Goldman Gallery, Los Angeles,

CA (4/10-5/15/04)

"collection agnès b.” Les Abattoirs,Toulouse, France (4/9-6/13/04)

"Cachez ce quotidien que je ne saurais voir!," Fonds régional d'art contemporain Languedoc-

Roussillon, Montpellier, France (1/23 – 3/13/04)

2003 "L’endroit du regard," Centre régional d’art contemporain Languedoc-Roussillon, Sète,

(12/12/03 – 2/29/04)

“SAFN Arason Collection”, Rykjavik, Iceland, (06/2003-)

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“Projet Grand Est,” Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporeanea, Turin, Italy (4/8-6/8)

“Objets? Objets!,” CAPC-Musée d’Art Contemporain, Bordeaux, France

“Paradoxe,” Le Trait d’Union, Neufchâteau, France

2002 “Art Unlimited,” Art33 Basel, Basel Switzerland (6/12-6/17)

“Digression à la frontière/Übergänge im Grenzbereich,” Frac Lorraine, (2/23-5/20/02)

“From Here to Ear: Parcours Saint-Germain,” Beaux-Arts de Paris, France

“Estudio Abierto,” Buenos Aires, Argentina

“Dialogue,” CRAC Languedoc-Roussillon, Sete, France.

2001 “Marzona Villa Manin: a private collection,” Villa Manin, Passariano, (6/9 - 8/26/01)

“Ondes,” CAPC-Musée d’Art Contemporain, Bordeaux, France

2000 “New Media New Face New York,” NTT Inter Communication Center, Tokyo, Japan (4/21 -

6/4/00)

“Céleste Boursier-Mougenot, Tony Feher, Hans Haacke,” Paula Cooper Gallery, New York,

New York (6/9-7/21/00)

1999 “1999 National and International Studio Program,” P.S.1 Institute for Contemporary Art, Long

Island City, New York (2/7/99 - 3/4/99). Included From Here to Ear.

“Echo-System,” Le Grand Café, Saint-Nazaire, France.

“East Coast,” Exploratorium, San Francisco, CA, USA.

1998 “A Movable Feast,” Luc Queyrel Gallery, Paris, France (1/1/98 - 1/30/98), curated by Patrick

Amine. Included Keyboard Chairs and Video.

“Artists Respond to 2001: A Space Odyssey,” Williamsburg Art and Historical Society, Brooklyn,

New York (6/21/98 - 7/26/98). Included ...And You’l lGet Breakfast..

9th Symposium on Plastic Arts, Périgueux, France (3/1/98 - 3/30/98). Included Recursivity.

1997 “…and you’ll get breakfast,” Artists Respond to 2001: A Space Odyssey,” Williamsburg Art and

Historical Society, New York, USA.

1995 “Propositions,” L’écart, Montreuil, France (5/1/95 - 5/30/95). Curated by Galerie chez Valentin.

Musical Compositions

1996 OZ (120 min.) Quintet for “Ose le Magnifique”*. Aired on France Culture radio station 12/29/96.

1995 Dérives (40 min.) for “Anthony and Cleopatra,”* by W. Shakespeare, Maison de la Culture de

Bobigny, Bobigny, France.

1994 Partition pour magnétophone et micro (90 min.) for “L’interview qui meurt”* by Jan Fabre, KVS,

Brussels, Belgium.

Quatuor pour cinq voix et sons ambiants (45min.) for “W/D X 4 dans mon lit,”* Théâtre de

l’Odéon, Paris, France.

Economie sonore et domestique (90 min.) for “Félicité,”* by Jean Audureau, Théâtre

d’Aubervilliers, Aubervilliers, France.

1993 Immersions (pour violons et altos) (66 min.); Approches (Pour voix) (23 min.) for “Des mes

propres mains,”* Théâtre en Mai, Dijon, France; Théâtre de Cherbourg, Cherbourg,

France; Les Amandiers, Nanterre, France.

1992 Constructions pour sept magnétophones (14 min.), for “7 - 7 = 1,” Théâtre des Bernadines,

Marseille, France.

1991 Trio pour guitares (30 min.), for “John and Mary,”*, Les Amandiers, Nanterre, France.

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1990 Mouvement pour trio à cordes (3 min.)

Variations pour piano ( 12 min.)

1989 Pièces pour clavecin et marimba (12 min.), for “Les Parisiens,”* Festival d’Avignon, Avignon,

France; Théâtre d’Aubervilliers, Aubervilliers, France.

1988 Exercices (8 min.), for “Le Reveil,”* Chartreuse de Villeneuve les Avignons, Théâtre Paris-

Villette, Paris, France.

1987 Citation-stase (55 min.), for “Allez Hop 2”*, Ménagerie de Verre, Paris, France; Théâtre de la

Salamandre, Lille, France; Théâtre 140, Brussels, Belgium.

Suite pour Harpe (12 min.)

1986 Trio de percussion (45 min.), for “Allez Hop 1,”* Festival de Seine Maritime, Elboeuf, France.

1985 Microclimat (60 min.), for “Météorologie,”* Espace Cardin, Paris, France;

Nouveau Théâtre de Nice, Nice, France.

Musique pour un cadre sonore (12 min.)

Music for Audio-Visual Productions

1990 Bande-son, for “La mort de Molière,”* by John Strand, New York, New York

1986 Rechutes (60 min.) for “Rechutes,”* Ateliers de création radiophonique, France Culture, France.

1984 Rémanences (36 min.) for Le Chanjour Gallery, Nice, France.

Tanaber (6 min.), for a video by G.C.E.

Daxine Mbeup (5 min.), for a video by G.C.E.

1983 Calidad Uniform (20 min.), for a film and video by Rotraut Pape.

1982 Wallpaper (7 min.), for a video by G.C.E.

All of the above videos were included in the second and third programs of the video magazine

“Infermental” and aired in May 1992 at the Jeu de Paume Gallery, Paris, France.

1981 Blues (20 min.) for a 16 mm animation film by Bernard Dourdent

1980 Heroes Performance Ltd. (30 min.), for a video by Fred Condom

*Plays written and/or directed by Pascal Rambert.