Chloé Poey-Lafrance

Chloé Poey-Lafrance lives and works between Marseille and Meillant. Her artistic research lies at the point of contact between the observation and contemplation of landscapes. Using samples gathered through photography, video and drawing, and experimenting in the studio, she develops an imagination that feeds her painting, weaving and metal work, oscillating between art and craft. She transcribes and translates the lines, lights and textures of a landscape by fragmenting it in the manner of a geological cross-section.

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Education

  • Master in Fine Arts, Aix-en-Provence School of Art, France

  • Fakultet for Kunst Musikk og Design, Universitetet i Bergen, Norway

  • Degree in Fine Arts, Aix-en-Provence School of Art, France

Residencies

  • Miramar, Tassarout | French Institute in Morocco | Dos Mares | ESAAix, Rabat, Morocco

  • Rouvrir le Monde, DRAC PACA | La Provence Social and Cultural Centre, Aix-en-Provence, France

  • Résidence circulaire, La Réserve des Arts Méditerranée, Marseille, France

  • Nuovo Grand Tour, French Institute in Italy | Ramdom Association | Kora, Centro del Contemporaneo, Castrignano dei Greci, Italy

Collective exhibitions

  • Désorientation ﺇﺭﺗﺒﺎﻙ, collective exhibition with Gabriel Siino and Amir Youssef, Vasarely Foundation, Aix-en-Provence, France

  • Géologie collective, collective exhibition with Marlène Carayon, Blandine Herrmann, Geun Young Hwang and Vincent Bioulès, ARTEUM MAC, Châteauneuf-le-Rouge, France

  • WATERGAME, open-air collective exhibition curated by Ludivine Porot and voyonsvoir art contemporain et territoire, Pavillon Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France

Miscellaneous

  • Exhibition set-up, Union Libre, Memento, Auch, France.

  • In situ art piece creation and installation for the interior of a private individual, Rousset, France

  • Learning of « fiocco leccese », Fondazione Le Costantine, Casamasella, Italy

  • Stage management with Seconde Nature, for Chroniques, Biennale des Imaginaires numériques, Marseille, Aix-en-Provence and Avignon, France.

  • Artist assistant to Marlène Carayon at the « C’est Sud » festival of Aix-en-Provence, France. Open workshop of textile and painting.

  • Invited to participate in the seminar Les Mondes de l’Art at Aix-en-Provence School of Art. Talks and thoughts on the relation between ecology and the preservation of art works.

  • Atelier ARCOA, France. Worked on different construction sites such as the Palace of Versailles, the French Senate, Saint-Martin-Des-Champs parish Church and Saint-Germain de Pantin Church. Study, cleaning and consolidation of walls and vaults. Preservation, restoration and reproduction of wall paintings and mouldings. Learning with construction workers, gilders, decoraters, curators and restorers.

  • Photography, binding and publishing project with artists Adrià Julia and Hailey Loman, and editor Renata Catambas, Bergen, Norway.

  • Learning of textile techniques such as weaving and fabric printing with artists Tim Parry- Williams, Åse Eriksen and Kari-Merete Andersen, Bergen, Norway.

  • Atelier ARCOA, France. Preservation and restoration of wall paintings in Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans Church. Study and cleaning of Middle Ages fresco. Meetings, exchanges and work with curators, architects, and bricklayers.

  • Workshop with artist Fabienne Verdier, in the setting of her own work approaching the relation between painting and the Sainte-Victoire art history, Aix-en-Provence, France.