Vincent Fournier (born 1970 in Ouagadougou) is a French artist photographer whose work explores questions of science-fiction and great utopian stories. He currently lives and works in Paris.
After being awarded a diploma in both sociology and visual arts, he studies at the National School of Photography in Arles and obtains his diploma in 1997. After several years as creative director and photographer in the advertising and movie industry, he leaves for a great trip around the world during the year 2004. He realizes then his first series, Tour Operator.
Acquisition from Museums and Foundations
The MET – Metropolitan Museum of Arts in New-York.
MAST Foundation in Bologna (Foto Industria).
The LVMH Contemporary Art Foundation.
Domaine des Etangs collection (Primat – Schlumberger), Massignac.
The St John of God Art Collection Western.
Science Gallery in Dublin.
Selection of group, solo shows and Art Fairs since 2008
2017:
Bologna Museum of Modern Art, Mambo, Foto Industria, Fondazione MAST, solo show Space Project, Bologna, Italia.
Centre Pompidou, Imprimer le Monde, group show, Paris, France.
Vitra Design Museum, Hello, Robot, group show, Weil am Rhein, Allemagne.
Australian Center for Photography (ACP), Archeology of the Future, solo show, Sydney, Australia.
ArtScience Museum, The Universe and Art, group show, Singapour.
MAK, Austrian Museum of Applied Arts / Contemporary Art, Hello, Robot, group show, Vienna, Austria.
2016:
Mori Art Museum, The Universe and Art, group show, Tokyo, Japan.
New Square Gallery, Past Forward, solo show, Lille, France,
Perth Centre for Photography Post Natural History, solo show, Perth, Australia,
Alliance Française, Post Natural History, solo show, Melbourne, Australia.
PAD Paris Art Fair, gallery [Perpitch&Bringand], France.
Spazio Nobile Gallery, Post Natural History, solo show, Bruxelles, Belgium.
2015:
La Galerie, Post Natural History, solo show, Hong-Kong.
Art Central fair, La Galerie, Hong-Kong.
Amsterdam Art Fair, The Ravestijn Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
2014:
Diesel Art Gallery, Past Forward, solo show, Tokyo, Japan
Centre 798 Art Zone / Thinking Hands, Space Project, group show, Beijin, China.
Z33 House for Contemporary Art, Space Odyssey 2.0, group show, Hasselt, Belgique.
The Ravestijn Gallery, Past Forward, solo show, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Architekturforum Aedes, Space Project, solo show, Berlin, Germany
Quai 1, Post Natural History, solo show, Vevey, Switzerland
Biennale Internationale de la Photographie et des Arts Visuels, Liège, Belgium.
Festival Cortona On the Move, Italy.
Festival Kyotographie, Kyoto, Japan.
Festival Getxophoto, Bilbao, Spain.
Magasin, Le Bon Marché, solo show, Brasilia, Paris, France
2013 :
Le Centre de la Photographie de Genève, False Fake, group show, Switzerland.
le Centre d’Art Contemporain de Pontmain, La science à l’œuvre, group show, France.
Science Museum/Fabrica, The Man Machine, solo show, Moscow, Russia.
Netherlands Architecture Institute, Bio design, group show, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Science Gallery, Grow Your Own, group show, Dublin, Ireland.
The Ravestijn Gallery, Post Natural History, solo show, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2012 :
Les Rencontres d'Arles, solo show, Arles, France Past Forward, Acte2 Galerie, Paris, France
Joye Gallery, The Man Machine, solo show, Brussels, Belgium
2011 :
Clic Gallery, Space Project, solo show, New York, USA
Bergamo Art Fair,27AD gallery, Italy,
Taipei Photo, Marunouchy gallery, Tapei.
NoFound Photofair, The Contemporary Photography Fair, Paris
Imagine Science Film Festival, New York, USA.
A Theatre For Constructed Ecologies, group show, Berlin, Allemagne.
2010 :
The Empty Quarter Gallery, Space Project, solo show, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
27AD, Tour Operator, solo show, Milan, Italy
Mouvement Art Public, Montreal, Canada.
Miart, Milan Art Fair, Italy.
Shanghai Art Fair, China.
Tokyo Art Fair, Tokyo, Japan.
Taipei Photo, Taiwan.
London Art Fair, London, UK.
The Step Gallery, Space Project, solo show, London, UK
2009 :
Marunouchi Gallery, Space Project, solo show, Tokyo, Japan
Philipps de Pury & C°, Contemporary Photographs auction, London, UK.
Tokyo Art Fair, Tokyo, Japon.
2008 :
Festival Image’08, group show, Vevey, Switzerland.
Abu Dhabi Art fair, UAE
Leonard Street Gallery, group show, The New Landscape, London, UK.
Baccarat Art Collection, New York Baccarat Hotel, curating by Gilles&Boissier of 10 sculptures (3D) of the Synthetic Flesh Flowers, March 2015.
ISETAN Department store Tokyo, Space Project, September 2014.
The amazing Spider-Man II, 2013 — Columbia Pictures use some images from the Post Natural History and Space Project series to feature one of the main character’s Art collection, Oscorp.
Le Bon Marché, Paris, 2013 — Exhibition of the Brasilia series in the department store.
Post Natural History, Be Poles, Paris, 2013.
Past Forward, 360°, Antwerp, 2012.
Brasilia, Be Poles, Paris, 2012.
Space Project, Verlhac, Paris, 2008.
Tour Operator, AD, Brussels, 2007.
AD, Art Press2, Connaissance des Arts, Dazed&Confuzed, Esquire Japan, European Photography, GQ Japan, HotShoe, Icon, Internazionale, Marie Claire Italy, MIR Russia, Mixte, Nowness, Officiel Art, Outlook China, Le Point, The Sartorialist, The Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Times, Wallpaper, Wired (Germany, Italy, UK, USA).
