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Born in 1976 in Versailles, France
Works and lives in Brooklyn, USA and Paris, France
Solo shows
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2011

Camera Locus 4, Homesession, Barcelona, Spain
Jungle Fever, Jérôme Dreyfuss Soho store, New York, USA
Paintings only, Eden Rock Gallery, St Barths
24/7 EDEN, Eden Rock Gallery, St Barths
Camera Locus 2, la chevelure, The Invisible Dog Art Center, Brooklyn, New York, USA

2010 Left over and over, Four11 Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Tile Woods,
commission for Jerome Dreyfuss-Soho, New York, USA
2009

Dis'place, EyeLevelBQE, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Cutting Layers, One Night Event / Contaminate NYC at Megu/Tribeca, New York, USA

2005 S'Aladin, Galerie Trafic, Ivry, France
Julien Gardair, Musée d'Art Moderne de Céret, France
Peintures récentes, Galerie Thérèse Roussel, Perpignan, France
2004 Gardair, Galerie Jean Fournier, Paris, France
2002 Chez Jacques Arnaudiès, Paris, France
Group shows
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2012 Drolatique, 8ème Biennale d'art contemporain de Gonesse, France (curated by Dominique Marchès)
2011 Décor et Installation, Galeries Nationales des Gobelins et de Beauvais, France (curated by Françoise Ducros)
The Eye in EyeLevel, EyeLevelBQE, Brooklyn, New York, USA
2010 Day to-day, Martos Gallery, New York, USA (curated by Anne Couillaud)
Les Infiltrés, La Graineterie, Houilles, France (with Supervision)
2009 Artillery, Castle Braid, Brooklyn, New York, USA
SQ20
, galerie St Jacques, St Quentin, France (with Supervision)
Art4, couvent des Minimes, Perpignan, France
2008 Caractères, Salon du livre d'artiste, Brussels, Belgium
Correspondances, galerie Vasistas, Montpellier, France
Cartons, cabinet du livre d'artistes, Rennes, France
2007 La couleur toujours recommencée, Musée Fabre,Montpellier, France
Panorama International, Festival Pocket Film, Forum des images hors les murs / Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Bruits d'image, Absence de marquage, Bois-Colombes, France
2006 Jean Fournier, un choix de papiers, Le Ring, Nantes, France
Scanners:The 2006 New York Video, The Film Society of Linocl Center, New York, USA
Silent Observers + The 4th Screen, University of California, San Diego, USA
Other Global Node, Museum of the Moving Image, New York, USA
2004 Galerie Jean Fournier, Paris, France
2003 4 vérités +1, Galerie Jean Fournier, Paris, France with Guillaume Lebelle, Nathalie Leroy-Fiévée and Patrick Séron
Art en dépôt bagages posés, Ateliers Oulan Bator, France
2002 L'ami de mon amie, SAN, Cergy-Pontoise, France (curated by Bernard Marcadé)
Art en dépôt bagages posés, Château de Nedde, Vassivière en Limousin, France.
2001 Broadway, place de l'Hotel de Ville, Paris, France
2000 U-Chroniques, galerie du Théâtre Granit, Belfort, France (exhibition in collaboration with Pierre Antoine, Edouard Boyer, Frédérique Lecerf and Elise Parré)
Fatale attraction, Espace des Calandres, Eragny, France (curated by Marie-Laure Lapeyrère)
1999 Les nuits savoureuses, various sites, Belfort, France
1998 Portes ouvertes, ENAD Limoges, France
Collection d'hiver, Galerie des Terreaux, Lyon, France
1997 Beau comme un camion, Paris, France (curated by Marc Donadieu)
L'utopie ou l'auberge espagnole, Centre d'Art Contemporain de Rueil Malmaison, France (curated by Roberto Martinez et Antonio Gallego)
Lecture(s) N°3, Galerie des Archives, Paris, France
Passez la veille venez le lendemain, Galerie Gauche, Paris, France
Public collection
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  Carpet by the Manufacture des Gobelins, Mobilier National, Paris, France
Residencies
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2011 Homesession, Barcelona, Spain
Eden Rock Residency Program,
Eden Rock Gallery, St Barths
Collaborations
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2009 with the band Jesus is my girlfriend: music video
2010 with the architect Jun Aizaki/Crème Design: Veritas, decorative panels, New York, USA
2011 with the choreographer Philippa Kaye: Miraculos Arms, danse set design, Center for Performing Researches, New York, USA
with the architect Jun Aizaki/Crème Design: Shelborn Hotel, decorative panel and mural, Miami, USA
Selected bibliography
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2011 Rabinovitch Simona, Cutting Edges, Nuvo, Autumn
Haimelin Lauren, Julien Gardair, Luxe Immo, Autumn
Joon Aron, Eden Rock, LAX magazine, July
Shuster Robert, Best in show, Village Voice, March 23
Couillaud Anne, Highly Specific, Huffington Post, March 15
Sifton Sam, Living up to its cellar, New York Times ,March 15
Capucine Bordet,To know the cityorkers, interview, OpenSkies.com, February
2010

Maurer Daniel, First look at the new Veritas, New York Magazine, November 29
A. Delaporte-El Adhram; D. Adeline; Y. Schroeder, A l'école des Arts, mallette complète et CD Rom, Editions Sed
Larsson Ann,Julien Gardair for Jerome Dreyfuss: VM News, WGSN, August 10
Lawrence, Vanessa, Mix Tape, WWD, July 12
Camy Pierre-Henry,Focus-Art : Julien Gardair, interview, JD Carnet de Route, July 3
Joann Pan,Jerome Dreyfuss decorates his soho boutique with masking tape, Racked, July 28
Medoff Eva, Fashion and art intersect, Cityist, July 27
Chic Report, A Francophiles Dream, Daily Front Row, July 16
Feature, Jerome Dreyfuss Soho store gets covered in masking tape by Julien Gardair, Coutorture, July 26
Inside, Cabin Fever, Elle - US edition, May 18

2009

Wolff, Rachel, See here now..., New York Magazine, October 12
Spreafico, Alessandro. In Studio with Julien Gardair, video interview, ContaminateNYC.com, March

2008 Jaffe, Shirley. A l’atelier avec, Connaissance des arts, April
Brogowski, Leszek. Regarder le doigt qui désigne la lune, Sans Niveau ni Mètre, Journal du cabinet du livre d’artiste, n° 3, March 6 - May 7
2007 Dagen, Philippe. Jean Fournier galeriste fou de couleur et ses peintres à Montpellier, Le Monde, March 25
Wat, Pierre. La maison, in catalogue La Couleur toujours recommencée, Actes Sud editions
Pacquement, Alfred. Jean Fournier, un marchand à Paris, in catalogue La Couleur toujours recommencée, Actes Sud editions
2006 Boyer, Charles-Arthur. Vies et Portraits, Jean Fournier 1922-2006, Encyclopédie Universalis
Wat, Pierre.[Text] in catalogue Jean Fournier, un choix de papiers, Le Ring editions
2005 Leydier, Richard. Exporama, Artpress n°309, February
Pichelin, Emanuelle. Voir l’absence, Ivry ma Ville, July-August
Collet, Jean-Michel. Où l’art de la figure devient l’expression d’une vraie liberté, l’Indépendant, January
Turban, Grégory. Libération sous conditionnelle, La semaine en Roussillon, January
2004 Arnaudiès, Jacques. Les yeux comme le ventre, Galerie Jean Fournier
2002 Marcadé, Bernard. in catalogue L’ami de mon amie, ENAPC editions
Art en dépôt, bagages posés  catalogue group show
2000 Lapeyrère, Marie-Laure. in catalogue Fatale attraction
1997 Nous ?, collective review by Sylvie Blocher
1996 L’index, n° 2 & 3
1995 Desseins, collective magazine
Statement
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  In this world, hands could be teeth, could be eyes, could be hair, could be mouth… Felt, paper, plastic, cardboard… are freehand cut. Nothing is removed so everything is useful and meaningful. Minimal flat cut pieces, expanded in space, become overgrown baroque volumes. Shapes face life in space or throw photographic performances and videos.  Forms grow free in drawings, live their transformations in animations and invent absurd subjects in paintings. All is moving back and forth, from the studio to the street and experience to imagination. A space in between where each viewer is welcome to make his own interpretation.