Claire FontaineBiography
Exhibitions
Bibliography
Selected Works
Claire Fontaine is a Paris based collective artist founded in 2004.
  
Solo Projects and Exhibitions:
2012
  • Claire Fontaine. Museion. Bolzano, Italy
  • Équivalences. La Douane. Galerie Chantal Crousel. Paris, France
  • Claire Fontaine. T293. Rome, Italy
  • Ma l'amor mio non muore. Museo Hendrik Christian Andersen. Rome, Italy
  • 1493. Espace 1414. San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA
  • Claire Fontaine. Dvir Gallery. Tel Aviv, Israel
2011
  • Arando en el mar. Gaga Galería de Arte Contemporáneo. Mexico, Mexico
  • No Family Life. Air de Paris. Paris, France
  • Fighting Gravity. Regina Gallery. London, UK
  • Fighting Gravity. Regina Gallery. Moscow, Russia
  • Some instructions for the sharing of private property. Onestar Press. Paris, France
  • The Interpreter. Artist Projects, curated by Mousse Magazine. Art Brussels. Brussels, Belgium
  • Rome. The Road to Contemporary Art. T293. Rome, Italy
  • P.I.G.S.  MUSAC Contemporary Art Museum. Castilla y León, Spain
  • I. Yama. Istanbul, Turkey
  • Working Together. Metro Pictures. New York, USA
  • The Assistants. Curated by Montserrat Albores and Pablo Sigg. Petra. Mexico, Mexico
  • Claire Fontaine. SIZ Gallery. Rijeka, Croatia
2010     
  • Please God Make Tomorrow Better. Independent. New York, USA
  • Future Tense. El Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo. Mexico, Mexico
  • Closed for Prayers. Dvir Gallery. Hangar 2, Jaffa Port. Tel Aviv, Israel
  • Unbuilding. Caterina Tognon Arte Contemporanea. Venezia, Italy
  • Etrangers Partout (QDM). Nuit Blanche. Belleville, Paris, France
  • Kultur ist ein Palast der aus Hundescheiße gebaut ist. MD72. Berlin, Germany
  • Consumption. Helena Papadopoulos Gallery. Athens, Italy
  • Air de Paris. Paris, France
  • El Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo. Mexico D.F., Mexico
  • Economies. Museum of Contemporary Art. North Miami, USA             
2009                    
  • Inhibitions. Reena Spaulings Fine Art. New York, USA
  • After Marx April, After Mao June. Aspen Art Museum. Colorado, USA
  • Defend Yourself. Curated by Jens Hoffman. Art Perform. Art Basel. Miami, USA
  • Recessions. Galerie Gabriele Senn. Vienna, Austria
  • Claire Fontaine. The Exhibition Formerly Known as Passengers. CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts. San Franscisco, USA
  • Changement de Propriétaire. Sorry We’re Closed. Bruxelles, Belgium
  • Tamed. «Perché Napoli?». T293. Piazza Amendola. Napoli, Italy
  • Call + 972 2 5 839 749. Andres Janacu / Galería Perdida at Project Row House. Houston, Texas, USA
  • Interior Design For Bastards. Galeria T293. Napoli, Italy
  • Destroy and Rejuvenate. REGINA Gallery. Moscow, Russia
2008                    
  • Feux de Détresse. Galerie Chantal Crousel. Paris, France
  • Lucky In The Misfortune. Masion Descartes. Institut Français des Pays-Bas. Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Is Freedom Therapeutic?Galeria T293. Art Positions. Art Basel. Miami Beach, Florida, USA
  • They Hate Us For Our Freedom. Contemporary Art Museum St.Louis, Missouri 12.08
  • Arbeit Macht Kapital. Kubus. Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus und Kunstbau. München, Germany
  • Asleep. Dvir Gallery. Tel Aviv, Israel
  • Closed for Prayers. Schinkel Pavillon. Berlin, Germany
  • Change. Galerie Neu. Berlin, Germany
  • Counter-Poison. Komplot. Bruxelles, Belgium
  • Claire Fontaine. Witte de With. Center for Contemporary Art. Rotterdam,Netherlands
  • Tragitti periferici. Facoltà di Architettura di Siracusa. Università degli studi di Catania. Sicilia, Italy
  • Instructions for the sharing of private property. Project space. The Kitchen. New York, USA
  • Capitalism is not working. Gaga Galería de Arte Contemporáneo. Mexico D.F., Mexico
2007                     
  • Équivalences. Le Centre d’Art Villa Arson. Nice, France
  • Claire Fontaine, The 00’s, The history of a decade that has not yet been named.Biennale d’Art Contemporain de Lyon 2007. Curated by Stéphanie Moisdon and Hans-Ulrich Obrist. Institut d’Art Contemporaine. Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
  • Utlendinger Overalt. Curated by Will Bradley. The White Tube. Oslo, Norway
  • Get Lost. Module. Palais de Tokyo. Paris, France
  • How to?Kunsthalle Zurich. Zurich, Switzerland
  • Taccuini Di Guerra Incivile. T293. Napoli, Italy
  • Téléphone Arabe. Air de Paris. Paris, France
  • Footnotes on the state of exception. Reena Spaulings Fine Art. New, USA
2006                           
  • Siamo tutti singolarità qualunque. Il piccolo Museion. Progetto Garutti. Museion. Bolzano, Italy
  • Couvrir Les Feux. Zoo Galerie. Nantes, France
 
2005               
  • Foreigners Everywhere. Reena Spaulings Fine Art. New York, USA
  • Requiem for Jean-Charles de Menezes. Tratari. Graz, Austria
  • Etrangers Partout. 21 rue Ste Marthe. Paris, France
  • Claire Fontaine. Galerie Meerrettich im Glaspavillon an der Volksbühne. Berlin, Germany
Groups projects and Exhibitions
2012
  • para doxa, heterodoxies de l'evenement. Galerie Villa des Tourelles. Nanterre, France
2011
  • 4 Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art. Artplay. Moscow, Russia
2010                     
  • Gallery, Galerie, Galleria. Curated by Adam Carr. Norma Mangione Gallery. Turino, Italy
  • Charles Fourier ou l’Attraction passionnée. Musée des Beaux-Arts et d’Archéologie de Besançon. Besançon, France
  • Rip It Up And Start Again. Phillip Thomas co-curated with Stefan Kalmár. Artists Space. New York, USA
  • Lovelace. Curated by Will Bradley. IMO projects. Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Try different key words. Curated by Gloria Pou. Galeria Estrany de la Mota. Barcelona, Spain
  • Geography of Trans-territories. Curated by Hou Hanru. San Fransisco Art Institute. California, USA
  • The Traveling Show. Curated by Adriano Pedrosa. La Colección Jumex. México D.F., Mexico
2009                    
  • Audio, Video, Disco. Curated by David Bussel Kunsthalle Zurich. Zurich, Switzerland
  • Living Together. Curated by Xabier Arakistain and Emma Dexter. Centro Cultural Montehermoso Kulturunea. Vitoria-Gasteiz. Pays Basque, Spain
  • Blind chance and possible futures. Nieuwe Vide. Haarlem, Netherlands
  • No More Reality. Curated by Claire Staebler & Jelena Vesic. The Depo. Istanbul, Turkey
  • The Real Thing. Curated by Oliver Laric. MU Eindhoven, Netherlands
  • Fragile Currency. Curated by Ilaria Gianni. Klemm’s Gallery. Berlin, Germany
  • Problem Solving. Uplands Gallery. Melbourne, Australia
  • Shifting Identities. CAC (Contemporary Art Center). Vilnius, Lithuania
  • Fax. Curated by Joao Ribas. The Drawing Center. New York, USA
  • Pseudonymos, Gods of Deception. Rauhfaser. Berlin, Germany
  • Return to Function. Curated by Jane Simon. Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Madison, Winsonsin, USA
  • Identitätshüllen. Curated by Fanny Gonella with General Idea and The Otolith Group. Kurator. Alte Fabrik. Rapperswil, Switzerland
  • After October. Curated by Tim Saltarelli. Gallery TPW. Toronto, Canada
  • Getting Even, Oppositions & Dialogues. Kunstverein. Hannover, Germany
  • From A Position. Curated by Maxwell G. Graham. Evanston Art Center. Illinois, USA
  • The Making of Art. Curated by Martina Weinhart. Schirn Kunsthalle. Frankfurt, Germany
  • Untitled (Take the Money and Run). De Appel. Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Living Together - Estrategias para la convivencia. MARCO. Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Vigo. Vigo, Spain
  • Return to Function. Curated by Jane Simon. Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Wisconsin, USA
  • Des Moines Art Center. Iowa, USA
  • Marriage Equality Now. Curated by Karl Homqvist. Giti Nourbakhsch Project Space. Berlin, Germany
  • No Solid Crystal. Remap KM2. Kerameikos Metaxourgeio. Athens, Greece
  • It won’t stop until we talk. Dvir Gallery. Tel Aviv, Israel
  • FID de Marseilles. 20ème Edition. Marseilles, France
  • Utopics. Curated by Simon Lamunière. 11th Swiss Sculpture Exhibition. Biel/Bienne, Switzeland
  • Eternal Tour 2009. Curated by Donatella Bernardi. Neuchâtel, Switzerland
  • Descent to Revolution. Curated by James Voorhies. Bureau for Open Culture. Columbus College of Art & Design. Colombus, Ohio, USA
  • Depression. Curated by Lisette Smits and Dan Kidner, Marres Centre for Contemporary Culture. Maastricht, Netherlands
  • L’avventura. L’Albergo delle Povere. Palermo, Italy
  • Mamõyguara opá mamõ pupé—Panorama da Arte Brasileira 2009.Curated by Adriano Pedrosa, Museu de Moderna Arte de Sao Paulo. Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • Pivot Points 3. MOCA, Museum Of Contemporary Art. North Miami, Florida, USA
  • Second Show- Contemporary Art from The Israel Museum, Jerusalem. Curated by Suzanne Landau and Amitai Mendelson. Beit Mani House. Tel Aviv, Israel
  • Carpet and Friends. MD72. Berlin, Germany
  • Eppur Si Muove. Curated by Ilaria Bonacossa. Palazzo Ducale. Loggia degli Abati. Genoa, Italy
  • Contemplating the Void : Interventions in the Guggenheim Museum. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. New York, USA
  • La Suite. Air de Paris. Paris, France
  • Rip It Up And Start Again. Phillip Thomas co-curated with Stefan Kalmár. Kunstverein München. München, Germany
  • Variety. An evening of performance. Curated by Oliver Laric
  • Reciprocidad. Curated by Loreto Garin and Frederico Zukerfeld. Centro Cultural de España en Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires, Spain
  • Going to Market. Curated by Caroline Ugelstad. Henie Onstad Art Centre. Oslo, Norway
  • Delocalisation. Curated by Fatos Ustek. Press to Exit project Space. Skopje, Macedonia
  • The Malady of Writing. MACBA, The Museu d’Art Contemporani De Barcelona. Barcelona, Spain
  • ???????????. Curated by and including Claire Fontaine, Karl Holmqvist and Delaine and Damian La Bas. Dvir Gallery. Tel Aviv, Israel
  • Dance in My Experience. Co-curated by Vanessa Joan Müller and Cristina Ricupero. Kunstverein Düsseldorf. Düsseldorf, Germany
  • Where Do We Go From Here?Selections from La Colección Jumex. Bass Museum of Art. Miami, USA
  • BAROCK. Curated by Mario Codognato. MADRE, Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Donna Regina. Napoli, Italy
  • That’s all Folks. Stadthallen. Bruges, Belgium
2008                    
  • Mutual, On collaboration. Samson Projects. Boston, USA
  • The Possibility of an Island. Museum of Contemporary Art. North Miami, USA
  • Getting Even, Oppositions & Dialogues. Lewis Glucksman Gallery. University College Cork. Cork, Republic of Ireland
  • Over the rainbow. Curated by Benoit Villain with rca5600.be. Galerie de l´ Erban. Nantes, France
  • Moments. MD72. Berlin, Germany
  • Review. Galerie Neu. Berlin. Germany
  • All's Fair in Art and War : Envisioning Conflict. 21c Museum. Louisville, Kentucky, USA
  • Salon of the Revolution. 29th Youth Salon Zagreb. Curated Ivana Bago & Antonia Majaca. House of Artists. Zagreb, Croatia
  • After October. Elizabeth Dee Gallery. New York, USA
  • This is not a void. Curated by Jens Hoffman. Galeria Luisa Strina. São Paulo, Brazil
  • Interstitial Zones - Historical Facts, Archaeologies of the Present and Dialectics of Seeing. Argos. Bruxelles, Belgium
  • Over the rainbow. Curated by Benoit Villain with rca5600.be. l’Espace le Carré. Halle aux Sucres. Lille, France
  • La gran transformacion - Arte y magia tactica.MARCO, Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Vigo. Vigo, Spain
  • Can Art Do More? Artfocus 2008. Curated by Ami Barak & Bernard Blistène. The Jerusalem Foundation. The Pavillion. Talpiot, Isreal
  • Occupancy by More than 6’682’685’387 Persons is Dangerous and Unlawful. Collaborations with Pierre Bismuth. Cosmic Gallery. Paris, France
  • Letters from a Front. Action Field Kodra 2008. Kalamaria, Thessaloniki, Greece
  • abc art berlin contemporary.Alter Postbahnhof am Gleisdreieck. Berlin, Germany
  • An Unruly History of the Readymade. Curated by Jessica Morgan, Fundaciíon Jumex. Mexico City, Mexico
  • Zapping Unit. Un projet de Marie Auvity et Keren Detton. Centre d'art contemporain de la Ferme du Buisson. Marne-la-Vallée, France
  • Constructs for Illumination. Allsopp Contemporary. London, UK
  • Perception of Ideas Leads to New Ideas. Curated by Anette Hans. Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen in Düsseldorf.  Düsseldorf, Germany
  • Fair Market. Rental Gallery. New York, USA
  • Principle Hope. Manifesta 7. curated by Adam Budak. Rovereto, Trentino, Italy
  • A Modest Proposal. Curated by Alistair Robinson. Northern Gallery of Contemporary Art. Sunderland, UK
  • A Season in Hell. MD72. Berlin, Germany
  • Passengers : Round 2. CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts. San Franscisco, USA
  • One or two things.Live work/presentations. Curated by Anne-Sophie Dinant. South London Gallery. London, UK
  • Faites vos je. Sextant et plus. La friche la belle de mai. Marseille, France
  • Perplexed in Public.Curated by Elena Crippa. Lisson Gallery. London, UK
  • Industrial Lies: dystopian visions of the human developement in the era of the immaterial. Curated by Giovanni De Donà, Disparie Dispari, Reggio Emilia
  • Shifting Identities – [Swiss] Art Now. Kunsthaus Zürich.  Zürich, Switzerland
  • Less is less and more is more. Curated by Charlotte Laubard. Musée d'Art Contemporain CAPC. Bordeaux, France
  • Revolutions - Forms That Turn. Curated by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev. 16th Biennale of Sydney. Sidney, Australia
  • The Great Transformation – Kunst und Taktische Magie. Curated by Chus Martinez. Frankfurter Kunstverein. Frankfurt, Germany
  • L'argent. Curated by Elisabeth Lebovici and Caroline Bourgeois. Le Plateau. FRAC ile de France. Paris, France
  • Jenseits von Eden – Eine Gartenschau: Lost Paradise – Der Blick des Engels. Curated by Juri Steiner. Zentrum Paul Klee. Berne, Switzerland
  • Peripheral Look and Collective Body.Museion. Bolzano, Italy
  • Muliversity. S.A.L.E. Magazzini del Sale. Venezia, Italy
  • La chute d'eau. L’espace d’art Circuit. Lausanne, Switzerland
  • Valeurs Croisées. Les Ateliers de Rennes – Biennale d’art contemporain. Rennes, France
  • The Store. Curated by Adam Carr. Tulips & Roses. Vilnius, Lithuania
  • Bouncing Balls. Werke aus der Sammlung Schröder. MD72. Berlin, Germany
  • Records played backward. Curated by Daniel Baumann. Glasgow International. The Modern Institute. Glasgow, Scotland, UK
  • Where the lions are. Curated by Francois Piron. Sheung Wan Civic Centre. Hong Kong, China
  • Etcétera... Curated by Claire Fontaine. Galerie Frank Elbaz. Paris, France
  • Italia Italie Italien Italy Wlochy.Curated by G. Del Vecchio, A. Rabottini, E.L. Scipioni, A. Viliani. ARCOS Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Sannio. Benevento, Italy
  • Contrapolis; or, Creativity and Enclosure in the Cities. Nai. Rotterdam, Netherlands
  • Prêt-à-porter. Curated by KunstBüroBerlin for The Kasseler Kunstverein. Fridericianum. Kassel, Germany
  • Porte-Parole. Théâtre Universitaire de Nantes Bâtiments Censive et Tertre Pôle Étudiant. Nantes, France
  • Unfair fair. Curated by Cecilia Canziani and Vincent Honoré. Loto Arte. Rome, Italy
  • Fate Presto. Chiesa dell’Addolorata. Salerno, Italia
  • Ghost in the Machine. Kunstnernes Hus. Oslo, Norway
  • The Artist's Library.Le Centre international d’art et du paysage de l’île de Vassivière. Ile de Vassivière, France
  • Bad Moon Rising. Curated by Jan Van Woensel. Silverman Gallery. San Francisco,  USA
  • The object is the mirror. Curated by Max Henry. Wilkinson gallery. London, UK
  • Trouble Makers. A curi di Marco Baravalle. S.A.L.E., Magazzini del Sale. Venezia, Italy
  • After Spinoza, how to enter the machine. Two person show with Renaud-Auguste Dormeuil. Lumen Travo Gallery. Amsterdam, Netherlands
2007                     
  • French Kissin’ in the U.S.A. The Moore Space. Miami, USA
  • Terrible Video. How to cook a wolf. Kunsthalle Zurich. Zurich, Switzerland
  • Unmonumental – the object in the 21st century. New Museum of Contemporary Art. New York, USA
  • Pawnshop. E-flux. New York, USA
  • EMERGING WOR(L)DS. Tina B. The Prague Contemporary Art Festival. Prague, Czech Republic
  • The Irresistible Force. Tate Modern. London, UK
  • White light/Write it. La Théorie Ondulante.Lieu-Commun. Le Printemps de Septembre. Toulouse, France
  • Poetical Political. Curated by David Thorp. Simon Lee Gallery. London, UK
  • The history of a decade that has not yet been named.Biennale d’Art Contemporain de Lyon 2007.curated by Saâdane Afif. Musée d'art contemporain. Lyon, France
  • Not Only Possible, But Also Necessary-Optimism in the age of global war. Curated by Hou Hanru. 10th International Istanbul Biennial. Istanbul, Turkey
  • The Great Society. Curated by Daniel Fuller. Esther M. Klein Art Gallery. Philadelphia, USA
  • Belgrade Summer Festival. Curated by Miroslav Karic and Maja Ciric. Belgrade, Serbia
  • Hello, Goodbye, Thankyou. Curated by Anthony Huberman. Galerie Castillo/Corrales. Paris, France
  • Someone else with my fingerprints. Group show. Galerie Chantal Crousel. Paris, France
  • Unlimited. With Air de Paris. Galerie Chantal Crousel. Paris, France; Reena Spaulings Fine Art. New York, USA
  • Art Basel. Basel, Switzerland
  • Otra de Vaqueros Redux. Un projet d’Eva Svennung. Bac, Bâtiment d’art contemporain. Genève, Switzerland
  • Subversion. Curated by Estelle Nabeyrat et Frédéric Maufras. La box. Ecole nationale supérieure d'art de Bourges. Bourges, France
  • Some proposals for the next future. PSG Gallery. Silpakorn University. Bangkok, Thailand
  • A Theory-Fiction between the Real and the Possible. Beijing Center for Creativity. Yonghe Museum. Beijing, China
  • The Backroom. Kadist Art Foundation. Paris, France
  • Power Play. With Adel Abdessemed & Mircea Cantor. Artpace. San Antonio, Texas
  • Laws of relativity. Group show. Fondazione Sandretto Arte Contemporanea. Torino, Italy
  • The importance of not being seen. Curated by Luca Cerizza. Berlin Weekend. Café Moskau. Berlin, Germany
  • 945 + 11. FRAC - Collection Aquitaine. Hangar G2. Bordeaux, France
  • Beneath the Underdog.Gagosian Gallery. Madison Avenue, New York, USA
  • Multiplyplex. A Pedestrian Cinema Production. Künstlerhaus Stuttgart. Stuttgart, Germany
  • Otra de Vaqueros. UNAM. Mexico City, Mexico
  • Radio Danièle. Radio program curated by Christopher Williams and John Kelsey (in conjunction with William’s exhibition at GAM/Bologna). Bologna, Italy
  • Quotidian. Curated by Tom Duncan. Buia Gallery. New York, USA
  • Inky Toy Infinitas. Curated by Anna-Catharina Gebbers. Cereal Art. Philadelphia, USA
  • Mount Analogue Academy. Curated by Gareth James and John Kelsey. Group Show. Galerie Christian Nagel. Cologne, Germany
  • For the people of Paris. Group show. C/o Ghislaine Hussenot. Sutton Lane. Paris, France
2006                    
  • Drapeaux Gris. Musée d'Art Contemporain CAPC. Bordeaux, France
  • Domino. Air de Paris. Paris, France
  • ANONYM, In the Future no one will be famous. Schirn Kunsthalle. Frankfurt, Germany
  • Incipit. Curated by Charlotte Laubard. Espace Paul Ricard. Paris, France
  • The Look of Law. Curated by Simon Leung. University of California. Irvine, California, USA
  • The Three Cities 2. Curated by Paolo Zani, Anna-Catharina Gebbers and Gyonata Bonvicini. The Factory Hall. Milan, Italy
  • Group Therapy. Curated by Letizia Ragaglia. Museo d’arte moderna e contemporanea. Bolzano, Italy
  • Aakey. Curated by François Piron. Centre de Création Contemporaine (CCC). Tours, France
  • Upping the Anti.Physics Room. Christchurch, New Zealand.
  • Continuous Project #8. CNEAI. Chatou, Malmaison, France
  • IMAGE WAR : Contesting Images of Political Conflict. Whitney Museum of American Art. Curated by I.S.P.CUNY Gallery. New York, USA
  • La Maman et la Putain. Air de Paris. Paris, France
  • Grey Flags. Curated by Anthony Huberman and Paul Pfeiffer. The Sculpture Centre. New York, USA
  • Ça s'ouvre ? Ça s'ouvre pas. Curated by Jean-Pierre Rehm and Thierry Ollat. Ateliers d'Artistes de la Ville de Marseille. Marseille, France
  • The Dimes of March.Agathe Snow and Lee Williams Reena Spaulings Fine Art. New York
  • Mafia, or One Unopened Packet of Cigarettes. Curated by Eivind Furnesvik. STANDARD(OSLO). Oslo, Norway
  • Optik Schröder. Kunstverein Braunschweig eV. Braunschweig, Germany
2005                                    
  • MARS PAVILION. Un laboratorio di resistenza artistica nel cuore della 51° Biennale delle Arti Visive di Venezia. Venice, Italy
  • Mots D’ordre, Mots de Passe. Curated by C. Jarton & L. Jeanpierre. Espace Paul Ricard. Paris, France
  • Etrangers Partout. Cité Internationale des Arts. Paris, France
Public collections :
FRAC - Collection Aquitaine. Bordeaux, France
FRAC - Pays de la Loire. Carquefou, France
FRAC - Nord-Pas de Calais. Dunkerque, France
Kadist Art Foundation. Paris, France
La Maison Rouge. Paris, France
FNAC Fonds National d´Art Contemporain. Puteaux, France
MAC/VAL, Musée d'Art Contemporain du Val-de-Marne. Val-de-Marne, France
Museum of Israel. Jerusalem, Israel
Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo. Turin, Italy
Fundaciíon/Coleccion Jumex. Mexico City, Mexico
Espacio 1414. Santurce, Puerto Rico
Museum of Contemporary Art. North Miami, U.S.A.