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Nationality
French
Name
Yann Toma
Notable work
2011: Dynamo Fukushima, Grand Palais, Paris (17,000 visitors in 2 days)2014: La Grande Veilleuse ("The Great Wake Light"), light work for the french national memorial for the centennial of the WWI, L'anneau de la memoire, Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, France
Awards
2014 : medal of honor from the city of Montrouge2004 : FIACRE DAP, France2002 : Price of "the social work of the year", APC, Lyon1997 : AFAA/Mairie de Paris, City hall of Paris1995 : Fondation EDF
Vernissage yann toma x incognito artclub 24h 24 x technikart
Yann Toma (born 1969 in Neuilly-sur-Seine) is both an artist and a researcher, the lifelong president of the company Ouest-Lumière and an artist-observer within the UN, where he sits as an entrepreneurial artist.
Yann toma on lighting up the eiffel tower for climate action
Biography
Yann Toma is the son of dancers of the Opera of Paris, Claudette Scouarnec and Jean-Pierre Toma, the grandson of Paulin Toma (ex-partner of Mistinguett, member of the troop of music hall " Les Calvacos " and president of the International attractions of varieties club), the godchild of Daniel Louradour (set decorator and artist).
Style
Toma is a French contemporary artist and a researcher. He positions his work and his reflection on the border of the artistic expression, always involved in political and social events. Toma places the artist as responsible for social debate. As a mediator he can invite people to get involved, to take part of a collaborative energy. Toma collaborates with entreprises, political scientists as well as philosophers. By salvaging material from former electric power company Ouest-Lumière in the early 1990s, he has appropriated a symbolic network, an industrial infrastructure which he turned into his research territory and the very matter of his activity. Toma, president for life of Ouest Lumière, is also an artist-observer within the U.N where he sits as an entrepreneurial artist.
Artistic energy
Toma developed the concept of artistic energy. He appropriated a symbolic network, an infrastructure coming from factories of which he made his territory of research and the subject of his activity. "Ouest-Lumière" is above all about an immaterial network which the artist established patiently, a network of subterranean resistance resting on the notion of memory and report. His personal but collaborative exhibition Dynamo-Fukushima, exhibited at the Grand Palais for the Heritage Days of September 2011, attracted more than 17,000 people in two days. This focus on collective energy and solidarity, after the nuclear disaster of Fukushima in this case, is the tone of Toma's favorite topic.
Career positions
The artist is also a PHD professor and a researcher in University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne where he manages the team of research CNRS (French national center for scientific research), named " Art & Flux " which is as much a look-out post, an observatory of theoretical and critical research, as a laboratory of experiment and artistic production. Art & Flux (Art and Flows) reports in a critical way what connects the art, the economy and the society. He is the author of the collective work Les entreprises critiques (" The critical companies ") and of Artistes & Entreprises (Artists & Companies).
Collections
The artistic work of Toma is part of numerous collections. His work is integrated in particular into the collection of Centre Georges Pompidou and was put in the inventory of the National Art Collection of Contemporary Art in 2007. He is represented by the Bourouina Gallery Germany, in Berlin. A monography, entitled "Yann Toma" (texts, conversations, 700 photos and illustrations), went out to September 2011 which presents the extent of his work and artistic flux of the President for life of Ouest-Lumière · . His personal participative exhibition in the Grand Palais Dynamo-Fukushima (in September 2011) gathered more than 17,000 visitors in two days. The French national memorial created for the centennial of the World War I is the last monumental artwork of the artist. At night, the monument called L'Anneau de la mémoire becomes La Grande Veilleuse (“The Great Wake Light”) and the memory of 580,000 soldiers keeps shining when the visitors are gone.
Personal exhibitions
2015
Climate Statements, portraits of States Chiefs drawn at the UN headquarters, Espace Krajcberg, Paris
2014
Observations on Secrecy, Surveillance and Censorship, drawings, "Logan Symposium", The Barbican Centre, London
Climate March & General Assembly, engagement and civic investigation, New-York
La Grande Veilleuse (The Great Wake Light), monumental work mixing light and architecture, in collaboration with the architecture agency AAPP. French national memorial of the World War I, Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, Ablain-Saint-Nazaire, France
PLASMA, personal exhibition around the series "Les Restitutions". Bourouina Gallery, Berlin
2013
TRANSvision, light work and video installation, main guest of Montrouge Biennale, Le Beffroi, Montrouge, France
TRANScorp. light transmission, interactive and permanent artwork, La Briqueterie, Vitry-sur-Seine, France
2012
L’Or Bleu (the blue gold), In association with Francis Kurkdjian, Le Bazacle, foundation EDF, Toulouse, France
2011
Dynamo-Fukushima, Grand Palais, Paris ··
There was chemistry, Walls and bridges, French Embassy in the United States, New York City
Security Council, Monumental work, La Villette, Paris - CO² Storage/Sculptures de CO², Hôtel Lutetia, FIAC, Paris
Contrôle qualité (Quality control), Patricia Dorfmann Galery, Paris
Ouest-Lumière – Laboratoire de recherche (Research laboratory), Patricia Dorfmann Galery, Paris
Début de transmission (At the beginning of transmission), Cité internationale universitaire de Paris, France
2001
Crimes sur commande (Crimes to order), Espace huit novembre, Paris
2000
Restes lumière, Galerie Valérie Cueto, Paris
1999
Ostension de Rose HEIM, « La hune » Bookshop, Paris
Les nuits de Plovdiv, Affaires culturelles de la Ville de Paris (Cultural affairs of the City of Paris), AFAA, Paris (Association Française d’Action Artistique - French association of Artistic Action)
1998
Plovdiski noshti, Alliance Française (French alliance) of Bulgaria and Gallery Gamma, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
1997
L'Usine fantasmagorique, (The phantasmagorical Factory), Centers art and culture of the Farm of Buisson, Noisiel
La vitrine de l'officine du docteur Bartok (The shop window of the pharmacy of doctor Bartok), Révillon d'Apreval Gallery, Paris
Le cercle de la crypte (The circle of the crypt), Caves de l'AFAA, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs (France), Paris
Alchimie souterraine (Subterranean alchemy), Chez Eve Marie-Chauvin, Paris
1992,1994
Élaboration du Mémorial de l'Usine Ouest Lumière (Elaboration of the Memorial of the Factory Ouest Lumière), Espace EDF, Puteaux, France
Collective exhibitions
2015
Statements, portraits of States Chiefs drawn at the UN headquarters, Drawing Now Paris, Carreau du Temple, Paris
Human Dynamo/ CO2 storage/ Les Restitutions, "Post-Carbone", headquarter of La Poste Group, Paris
2014
Les Restitutions, art fair Show Off Variation, Espace des blancs manteaux, Paris
Sculptures Wikileaks, "Absurde, vous avez dit absurde?", Les Filles du Calvaire Gallery, Paris
Walls of Neemrana/ Dynamo-Fukushima, "Ensemble", Defacto La Gallery, Paris (curator : Paul Ardenne)
Video installation Dynamo-Fukushima, "Velodream, Art & Bike", Wroclaw, Poland
Ouest-Lumière, "Business Model, Entreprises d'Artiste", La Vitrine AM, Paris
Sidération du Général André Bach,"Fusillés pour l'exemple - Les fantômes de la République", Hôtel de ville, Paris
2013
Somaflux, "D-light, 3ème édition", Happen Space Accenture, Paris
World Energizing, art fair Show Off, Espace Cardin, Paris
"Æsthetic Transactions" with Carsten Höller, Tatiana Trouvé, ORLAN. Michel Journiac Gallery, Paris (curator : Richard Shusterman)
CO2 Storage, Art Paris Art Fair, Bourouina Gallery. Grand Palais, Paris
Flux Radiants, "Brincar com a Luz", Rio, Brazil
Occupy Laguardia, "Figures du sommeil", Jean Collet Gallery, Vitry-sur-Seine, France
Cabine à flux 1,2 et 3 en collaboration avec Mathieu Lehanneur, JWT/Maison Cailler/ Nestlé, at Broc, Genève then Zurich, Suisse
2011
Art & Bicyclette (Art and Bicycle), Espace d’art concret (Space of concrete art), commissariat Paul Ardenne Fabienne Fulchéri, Mouans-Sartoux
Art et argent (Art and money), liaisons dangereuses (dangerous connections), Musée de la Monnaie de Paris (Museum of the Currency of Paris), Paris
Lumière Noire (Black light), Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, kurator Dr. Alexander Eiling, Germany
Rupture mon amour (Break my love), Maison des Arts de Malakoff, commissariat de Aude Cartier, France - Lumière Noire (Black light), Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Germany
Soucoupe volante (Spaceship), Les Peintres de la vie moderne (The Painters of the modern life), Georges Pompidou Center, Donation Collection photographique de la Caisse des Dépôts (Donation photographic Collection of the Deposit office )
Dormir, rêver ... et autres nuits (Sleep, dream and the other nights), CAPC, Bordeaux
Face à Faces, AFAA, Maison Rouge, Paris
2005
FIAC, Service des Armes de destruction massive - Destruction de 7000 magazines Technikart (FIAC, Department of Weapons of mass destruction - Destruction of 7000 magazines Technikart), Ouest-Lumière
Neuf Crimes sur commandes (Nine Crimes on orders), Patricia Dorfmann Galery, Paris
Chromoscaphe 1, Laboratoires du Musée du Louvre, Paris (within the framework of « Lumière-Couleur » )
Lancement du Radion (Launch of Radion), Art A3, Paris
Pit of the company Ouest-Lumière, Centre des Jeunes Dirigeants, Paris
Crimes sur commande, Face à Faces', AFAA, Artcurial, Paris
2004
Nu radiant (Radiant nude), FIAC, Patricia Dorfmann Galery, Paris
Transmission Ivry, Exposition Polyptyque, Ivry sur Seine
Nous assurons votre avenir énergétique, La rue aux artistes (We insure your energy future, The street to the artists), Viacom, 300 4/3 panels in all France
Shelter Ouest-Lumière, Le Vent des forêts, forêt de Marcaulieu
Affaire du museum Franz Gertsch (Affair of the museum Franz Gertsch), Kallmann Museum, Munich, Germany
Chambre de contrôle (Chamber of control), Espace EDF Electra, Paris
Douce France (Soft France), Culturgest, Lisbon, Portugal
True Lies, Musée Franz Gertsch, Burgdorf, Switzerland
Ma petite entreprise (My small firm), Centre d’art de Meymac (Center of art of Meymac), Meymac
Crime de Nathalie F (Crime of Nathalie F), FIAC, Patricia Dorfmann Gallery, Paris
Vies à vies (Lives to lives), Parcours Saint-Germain, Paris
2002
Sémaphore 1, Salon du patrimoine (Lounge of the holdings), Caroussel du Louvre, Paris
Fête des lumières (Party of the lights), Transmission Pernon, Lyon
Nuit blanche, Transmission Oberkampf, Paris - Flux radiants (Radiant Flows), La friche de la belle de mai (Astéride), Marseille
Star 67, Ouest-Lumière production, Brooklyn, New York
2001
Quand l'art contemporain s'expose au débat public (When the contemporary art exposes itself to the public debate), Traversées, ARC Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris), Paris
Facteur de troubles (Factor of disorders), Paris West University Nanterre La Défense, Nanterre (within the framework of the line of research for the CERAP « praxis et altérités » , praxis and otherness)
Effervescence, Contrôle qualité (Excitement, Quality control), Georges-Philippe and Nathalie Vallois Excitement, Quality control, Paris
Personal light, Organismus, Kunsthauss, Hambourg, Germany - Dix poumons (Ten lungs), In association with Goran Vejvoda, MNAM Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
Jardin d’émotions (Garden of feelings), Specimen Ouest-Lumière, Musée Vera, Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Immersion périscopique (Periscopic dumping), BATTERY SHOP, MACHINE SHOP, ELECTRICAL SHOP, Centre d’art de Soissons
Situation, Dix séances au rayon violet (Situation, Ten sessions in the purple beam), Institut d’astrophysique, Paris
Rouge, extase n°2 et l’AFFAIRE du boulevard de Reuilly (Red, ecstasy n°2 and the AFFAIR of the boulevard of Reuilly), Valérie Cueto Gallery, Paris
2000
aaa, archiving as art, Ouest-Lumière télémarketing, Isea, Paris
Work shop, Images-flash, UFR 04, Paris
Trafic de clones (Traffic of clones), Le cabinet M, Ivry
L’art contemporain au risque du clonage (The contemporary art at the risk of the cloning), Le représentant, Vert le Petit
Élémentaire, L’AFFAIRE de l’église St-Germain (Elementary, THE AFFAIR of the church St-Germain), Amiens
L’incurable mémoire des corps, Le lieu de l’Incurable (Incurable memory of bodies, place of the Incurable), Ivry-sur-Seine
Immanence, White houses, Infiltration, Paris - Argos project, Infiltration, Vevey, Switzerland
Usine, ouvrier-ouvrière (Factory, male worker - female worker), Paris
Lumière aux Cordeliers, Variation pour trente-six housses (Light to the Cordeliers, Variation for thirty six covers), Couvent des Cordeliers, Paris
Sous l'asphalte (Under the asphalt Within the framework of the Parcours Saint Germain, Paris
Promesses pour les années 2000 (Promises for 2000s), Ostension of the body of Stéphane Pianacci, CFDT, Paris
Emplacement-déplacement IV, II ostension du corps de Marianne Ripp (Location - Travel IV, II ostension of Marianne Ripp's body), Anton Weller Gallery, Paris.
Emplacement-Déplacement III, Ostension du corps de Nathalie F (Location - Travel IV, II ostension of Nathali F), Anton Weller Gallery, Paris
1999
9.0, Ostension du corps de Marianne Ripp (9.0, Ostension of Marianne Ripp's body), Web Bar, Paris
Un lieu en travaux, Garage de soucoupes volantes (A place in works, Garage of spaceships), IUFM d’Étiolles, Étiolles - FIAC, Les Extases, Anton Weller Gallery, Paris
Bateau Laboratoire, Paris vu du ciel (Boat Laboratory, Paris seen by the sky), Espace Bateau Lavoir, Paris
Biennale des jeunes créateurs d’Europe et de la Méditerranée, Variation pour cinq housses (Biennial event of the young creators of Europe and the Mediterranean Sea, Variation for five covers), Rome, Italy
Events, Crimes sur commande (Vents, Crimes to order), Yvon Lambert Gallery, Paris
Work-shop, Variation pour quatre housses (Work-shop, Variation for four covers), Anton Weller Gallery, Paris
Nécropolis, Ostension du corps de Laurent Claquin (Nécropolis, Ostension of Laurent Claquin's body), Georges-Philippe and Nathalie Vallois Gallery, Paris
1998
Bruits secrets (Secret Rumours), Silicates de sodium (Silicates of sodium), CCC, Tours
Ostension 1, EDF-ACT 91- City hall of La Norville, France
1997
Réveillons-nous, Sous l’asphalte (Let us wake up, Under the asphalt), Anton Weller Gallery, Valentin, Météo, Paris
Renvoi d’ascenseur – Opération Sztreminski (Cross-reference of elevator - Operation Sztreminski), Musée cinématographique de Łódź, Poland
Le complot (The plot), institut Cochin de génétique moléculaire (Cochin institute of molecular genetics), Paris
Empoussièrement du musée Napoléonien (Dustment of the Napoleonic museum), Ministry of Culture, Fontainebleau, France
1996
La réserve des blancs manteaux (The reserve of the white coats), L’atelier parisien, Paris
Chez l’un, Cabinet alchimique (To the one, Cabinet alchimique), Anton Weller Gallery, Paris - Biennale de Champigny, Mausolée de l’ouvrier inconnu (Mausoleum of the unknown worker), Champigny, France
Monument et modernité (Monument and modernity), Espace Electra, Paris
Chez l’un, Camera obscura (To the one, Camera obscura), Anton Weller Gallery, Paris
1995
Chez l’un, Cercles d’ampoules (To the one, Encircle of bulbs), Anton Weller Gallery, Paris
1994
Regard, Carottages en terre de l’Usine Ouest Lumière (Glance, Core drillings in earth of the Factory Ouest Lumière), Unesco, Paris
Prizes and awards
2014 : medal of honor from the city of Montrouge
2004 : FIACRE DAP, France
2002 : Price od l’œuvre sociale de l’année (Price of " the social work of the year "), APC, city of Lyon
1997 : AFAA/Mairie de Paris, City hall of Paris
1995 : Fondation EDF
Books by Yann Toma
Yann Toma, Monograph (in several languages), under the direction of Yann Toma, Foreword Édouard Glissant, 10 authors, Éditions Jannink (publisher), Paris, ISBN 978-2-916067-28-5, 672 illustrations, 2011.
Les entreprises critiques/Critical companies, bilingual, Cité du design Éditions/CERAP Éditions-Publishing, Saint-Étienne, France ISBN 978-2-912808-14-1, 2008
Ouest-Lumière – La Collection, Éditions Jannink (publisher), Paris, ISBN 978-2-916067-31-5, 2008
Part de jouissance (Part of enjoyment), Éditions Jannink, Paris, 2007
Abri mode d'emploi (Shelter instructions for use), Michel Baverey Éditions (publisher), Paris, 2003
Crimes sur commande (Crimes to order), Victoires Éditions (publisher), Paris, 1998
In association with Richard Conte and M. Tabeaud, L’Usine dans l’espace francilien (The Factory in the space inhabitant of Ile-de-France), la Sorbonne publishing, 2001
Supervised by Yann Toma, La Cheminée phosphorescente (The phosphorescent Fireplace), Victoires publishing, 2000
Books about Yann Toma
Yann Toma, Monography (several langages), Supervised by Yann Toma, Foreword Édouard Glissant, 10 authors, Éditions Jannink, Paris, ISBN 978-2-916067-28-5, 672 pages, illustrations, 2011.
Yann Toma, Journal-affiche numéro 1 (Yann Toma, Newspaper-poster number 1), François Noudelmann, Monography in english / french, Editions Jannink, Paris, ISBN 2-916067-42-6, 2009.
