From his art work, we can mention Island of an Island (1998–2002) following the volcanic eruption on the island of Surtsey in 1963, Seven Minutes Before (2004), Invisible Film (2005) (a tribute to filmmaker Peter Watkins particularly Watkin' film Punishment Park) and From the Voice to the Hand (2008).
He has also taken part in a large number of group exhibitions around the world, in particular the São Paulo biennial (representing France), the Berlin and Sydney biennials in 2004, the Moscow and Lyon biennials in 2005 and the Gwangju and Seville biennials in 2006 and the 52nd edition of the Venice Biennale in 2007.
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Solo exhibitions
2012:
Exils, Musée National Pablo Picasso, Chapelle Vallauris, France
2011:
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DAYS, I See what I Saw and what I will See, Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris
L’Attraction de l’Espace, Musée d’Art Moderne, Saint-Etienne, France
Entre-Temps, L’artiste Narrateur, Collection du Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris MIS/Paco de Artes, São Paulo et Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Behind The Image, The Image Behind, ArteFact Festival, STUK Kunstencentrum, Leuven, Belgium
Los Tiempos de un Lugar, Centro de Arte y Naturaleza, Fundacion Beulas, Huesca, Spain
2008:
Interstitial Zone, Argos, Bruxelles, Belgique
La Scène Française 1980-2008, Réfléchir Le Monde, Centrale Electrique, Bruxelles, Belgique
Sound Design for Future Films, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
U-Turn, Quadriennal de Copenhagen, Danemark
Du Jardin au Cosmos, L'Espace d'Art Concret, Mouans-Sartoux, France
Critique, Critique, Post-diplôme, Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts de Lyon,
Cité de l’image, Lyon-Vaise / Galeria Nuova Icona, Venise
08152758, Embarcadère, Lyon, France
Public Art
2010-2013: Les Réverbères de la Mémoire, Armenians Memorial, Geneva
2009-2010: Cadence Modulaire, UPR – Hopital Saint-Antoine, Paris, France
2008: Second Time & Second Sound, Piscine de Belleville, Paris - architectes Berger&Anziutti
2008: Philosophic DUB, Atelier de Création Radiophonique, France Culture, Paris
2008: Cosmoball, Abbaye de Maubuisson, Saint-Ouen l'Aumone, France
2008: Rosa Park Tribute, Collège Rosa Parks, Gentilly, Val de Marne, France
2003-2007: Le Récit Perpétuel, Talence, Bordeaux, France
Grants & Residencies
2007: Montalvo Arts Center, Sally and Don Lucas Artist Program, USA
2007: CCA KitaKyushu, Japan
2005: Prize of October Art Salon, Belgrade, Serbia
2005: ArtPace 2005, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
2004: Villa Medicis, Rome, Italia
2003: CCA KitaKyushu, Japan
2002: FIACRE, aide à la première exposition
2002: Institut Art Contemporain, Residency, Die, France,
2000: 2000 Image en Mouvement CNC/DAP
1995: Prix Linossier, Beaux Arts de Lyon
Books
2009: From The Voice to The Hand, a co-existent exhibition, Paris 2008 Co-produced by Abbaye de Maubuisson, Le Plateau / FRAC Ile-De-France. Ed. Archibook, Paris
2005: SlowMotion, from Slave to Valse, Ed.CCA Kitakyushu, Japan
2005: Cosmograms, Melik Ohanian et Jean Christophe Royoux, Ed.Lukas & Sternberg, New York Cosmograms Newspaper Edition distributs by EXO, São Paulo, Brazil
2003: KRISTALE Company, Monography, Edition HYX, Paris (Edition HYX: KRISTALE Company by Melik Ohanian)