Gilles Barbier de Preville (born February 6, 1965) is a French contemporary artist and visual artist originally from Port Vila, New Hebrides, now the South Pacific nation Vanuatu. Gilles Barbier is known for his artwork in Marseille, France.
Biography
Gilles Barbier was born on February 6, 1965, in Port Vila, New Hebrides, an Anglo-French condominium. When New Hebrides gained independence in 1980 and became the nation Vanuatu. At the age 20, he arrived at Europe in 1985, in France. Barbier then arrived at Marseille in 1989. On the same year, Barbier enrolled into the Faculty of Arts in Aix-en-Provence, than enterted the Marseille Luminy Art School. Exhibitions Le Cockpit, le Vaisseau, ce que l'on voit depuis le hublot, Espace Claude Berri, Paris, 2008 Gilles Barbier, Galerie Vallois, Paris, 2007 Gilles Barbier, curator: F. Cohen, Carré d'Art, France, 2006 Marcel Duchamp Prize exhibition, Paris, 2005 Gilles Barbier, Kunstverein Freiburg, Freibourg, Germany, 2004 Gilles Barbier, Galerie Vallois, Paris, 2003 Picnic Along the Path, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco Le Bénévolat dans l'action, Galerie Vallois, 2001 Pique-nique au bord du chemin, MAC Marseille, France 2001 Jour de fête, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 2000 One Man Show, Galerie Vallois, Paris, 2000 Venice Biennale, 1999 Copywork: The Dictionary Pages and Other Diversions, curator: Diana C. du Pont, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, 1999 Clones, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, 1999 Environnements corrigés, Espai Lucas, Valencia, Spain, 1999 Hyper désir, Galerie Vallois, 1999 Aux armes, etc., Kunstlerwerkstatt, Munich, 1998 L'Autre, 4e Contemporary Art Biennale, Lyon, 1997 Containerize, Kunst-Werke, Berlin 1997 Les Pages Roses: Eine Kopie der Welt von A-Aa, Offenes Kulturhaus, Linz, Austria, 1996 Comment mieux guider notre vie au quotidien, Galerie Vallois, Paris, 1995
Decorations Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters (2016)
References
External links Rena Bransten Gallery (San Francisco) Review in Frieze Magazine Profile on ArtSlant Exhibition at Santa Barbara Museum of Art Galerie Vallois (Paris) La force de l'art 02