Olivier Masmonteil

Olivier Masmonteil (born September 23, 1973, [Romilly-sur-Seine, France]) is a French [artist]. He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux from 1996 to 1999. As a painter, Olivier Masmonteil dedicates his work exclusively to landscapes. While offering a variety of treatment, the paintings of Olivier Masmonteil assume a thematic unity which the landscape is both the substance and form, subject and object, the content and container. Globetrotter artist, he has started a second world tour in Asia (India, Thailand, Vietnam) and South America (Chile, Brazil).

Contents

• Olivier masmonteil la memoire du passe
• The painters color palette La palette du peintre Olivier Masmonteil
• Selected works
• Solo exhibitions selection
• Group exhibitions selection
• Awards grants and residencies selection
• Collections
• References

Selected works

Tempête à Giverny, 2011, oil on canvas, 89 x 116 cm

La Dordogne, 2010, Acrylic on canvas, 180 x 270 cm (French Ministry of Foreign Affairs collection)

Cascade Argentine, 2010, Acrylic and oil on canvas, 235 x 240 cm (Fondation Eileen S. Kaminsky Family collection)

Routes du monde, 2009, Acrylic on canvas, 27 x 35 cm each (Fondation Colas collection)

Augenweide XVI, 2004, oil on canvas, 250 x 280.5 cm (FNAC collection)

Solo exhibitions (selection)

2012:

Place, La Galerie du Nouvel-Ontario, Ontario, Canada

Olivier Masmonteil, Galerie du CAUE, Limoges, France

2011:

Walden ou la vie dans les bois, Galerie Domi Nostrae, Lyon, France

2010:

The long and winding road, Galerie Dukan&Hourdequin, Marseille, France

Quelle que soit la minute de jour, Chapelle de la Visitation, Thonon-les-Bains, France

2007:

Olivier Masmonteil, Klare Ferne, French Institute, Berlin, Germany

2006:

Pêcher l’eau, Galerie Suzanne Tarasiève, Paris, France

2005:

Olivier Masmonteil, Augenweide, Michael Schultz Gallery, Berlin, Germany

Group exhibitions (selection)

2012:

Plaisirs de France, curated by Philippe Costamagna, Baku, Azerbaijan and Almaty, Kazakhstan

2011:

A Glimpse at French Contemporary Painting, Galeria Tap Seac, Macao, China

Des paysages, des figures. Carte blanche à Olivier Masmonteil, Le Château de Saint-Ouen, Saint-Ouen, France

2010:

Collection 3, Fondation pour l’art contemporain Claudine et Jean-Marc Salomon, Alex, France

2008:

Délicatesse des couleurs, Hangar 7, Salzburg, Germany

2007:

Peinture: Génération 70, Fondation pour l’art contemporain Claudine et Jean-Marc Salomon, Alex, France

2004:

Climats, cyclothymie des paysages, Centre national d’art et du paysage, Vassivière-en-Limousin, France

Awards, grants and residencies (selection)

2005-2006:

Residency Spinnerei, Leipzig, Germany

2002-2003:

Residency La Source-Villarceaux, France

2002

Painting Prize, Fondation Coffim, France

Collections

FRAC (Regional Contemporary Art Funds) Haute-Normandie, France

French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Paris, France

Eileen S. Kaminsky Family Foundation, New York, USA

Claudine and Jean-Marc Salomon Foundation, France

Colas Foundation, France

FNAC (National Contemporary Art Fund), France

FRAC (Regional Contemporary Art Funds) Alsace, France