Dominique Figarella - Biography

Born 1966: Chambery, France

INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS:
2003    “Dominique Figarella”, Daniel Azoulay Gallery, Miami
2002    “Dominique Figarella,” Studio A, Kunsthalle Otterdorf, Otterdorf, Germany
2001    “Dominique Figarella,” Caren Golden Fine Art, New York City
            “Dominique Figarella,” Le Chateau de Moutelimar,

                  Centre d’Art Contemporain, Montelimar, France
            “Dominique Figarella,” Galerie The Box, Turin, Italy
2000    “Dominique Figarella,” Thaddaeus Ropac Galerie, Paris, France
1999    “Ainsi de suite 3,” Centre Regional d’Art Contemporain, Sete, France
1998    “Dominique Figarella,” Galerie Brownstone, Corread & Compagnie, Paris, France
            “Dominique Figarella,” Galerie Hoffmman & Senn, Vienna, Austria
1997    “Dominique Figarella”, Centre D’Art Contemporain, Sete, France
            “Dominique Figarella”, “Art Basel 28’97”, Statement galerie Evelyne
                 Canus, Bale, Switzerland    
            “Amicalement Votre,” avec Pascal Pinaud, Le Parvis Centre d’Art Contemporain,

                  Tarbes, France
            “Dominique Figarella”, “Meteo Show”, Galerie Meteo, Paris, France
1996    “Dominique Figarella,” Caren Golden Fine Art, New York City
1995    “Dominique Figarella,” Villa Arson, Nice, France
1994    “Dominique Figarella,” Neue Galerie, Graz, Austria
            “Dominique Figarella,” Galerie Meteo, Paris, France
1993    “Dominique Figarella,” Villa Arson, Nice, France
            “Dominique Figarella,” Galerie Forum Saint Eustache, Paris, France
1992    “Dominique Figarella,” Galleria de I Tribunali, Bologna, Italy

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
:
2003     Galerie Evelyne Canus, organized by Evelyne Canus, Bale, Switzerland
             Ecole des Beaux arts de Rouen, organized by Phillipe Richard, Rouen, France
             “Ready Made Color”, Galerie Corine Caminade, organized by Antoine Perrot
             Centre d’art La Passerelle, organized by Claude Briand Picard and Antoine Perrot,

                  Brest,  France
2002    “Beyond the Pale,” Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, State University of

                  New York, Purchase, NY
2001    “Gesture & Material,” curated by Nikolaus Ruzicska, Thaddaeus Ropac Galerie,

                   Salzburg, Austria
            “Maga-hertz,” curated by Hugues Relp, Galerie Attitude, Geneve, Switzerland        
            “Picture Prone,” Avram Gallery, Southampton College, Long Island University,

                   Southampton, NY (July 2 - August 31)
2000    “Super-Abstr-Action,” organized by Andrea Busto, Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire,

                  Paris, France
            “Sweet,” Galerie Evelyne Canus, Paris, France    
1999    “Decoraz(i)on,” organized by Joerg Bader, Tecla Sala, Barcelona, Spain
            “Special Offer,” organized by Rolf Rike, Kasseler Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany    
    “Gallery Artists,” Galerie Evelyne Canus, La Colle dur Loup, France
    “Abstract,” Taddaeus Ropac Galerie, Salsbourg, Austria
    “Super-Abstr-action,” organized by Andrea Busto, Galerie The Box,  Turin, Italy
    “Radicalite, Dire les Qualitees,” organized by Stephane Correard, Gallerie Brownstone

           Correard & Co., Paris, France

1998    “Techniques Mixtes, Acte 1,” Galerie Evelyne Canus, La Colle sur Loup, France
             “Printemps Francais,” selection de l”Espace de l”Art Concret, Mouant Sartoux, France
             “Paintings Objectives,” organized by Shirley Kaneda, Galerie  Evelyne Canus,

                    Colle sur Loup, France
     Group Exhibition, Galerie The Box, Turin, Italy
            “Le Droit de Rever,” Espace de l’Art Concret, Mouans-Sartoux, France
            “Exploiting the Abstract,” Feigen Contemporary, New York City “Food Matter,” 

                  curated  by Stuart Horodner, Center Gallery, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
            “Radicalite,” Galerie Brownstone & Correard, Paris, France
            “Ainsi de Suite,” curated by Noelle Tissier, Centre Regional D’Arte Contemporarian

              Languedoc Rousilon, Sete, France
1997    “Roland Flexner, Richard Serra, Dominique Figarella” Galerie Meteo, Paris, France
            “Stepping Up,” Andrew Mummery Gallery, London, England
            “Comparez Pour Voir,” Espace de l’Art Concret, Mousans-Sartoux, France
1996    “Ouverture,” curated by Morgane Rousseau, Chateau de Brionnay, Brionnay, France
            “Abstract/Real,” curated by Lorand Hogyl, Museum of Modern Art of the 20th

             Century,  Vienna, Austria
             “Thing,” Deven Golden Fine Art, New York City
             “Side by Side,” curated by Pasacal Pinaud, Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris, France
1995    Group Exhibition, curated by Craig Fisher, E. S. Vandam, NYC
             “After Nico,” curated by Christian Bernard, selection Aperto, MAMCO, Geneva, 

                  Switzerland                                             
             “Abstraction/Rethorique,” curated by Catherine Perret & Stephane Correard, Galerie

                  Meteo, Paris, France                
            “Premiere Pierre,” Galerie Meteo, Paris, France
            “Et Des Poussieres...,” Galerie Meteo, Paris, France
1995    “Material Abuse,” curated by Mark Harris, Trans-Hudson Gallery, NJ
            “L’Art d’Aimer,” curated by Christine Dolbot and Moelled Tissier, Villa St. Claire,

                   Sete, France
             “Abstraction Faite,” curated by Gilbert Bronstown and Stephane Correard, Entrepots

                   Laydet, Paris, France
             “Pitturia Immedia,” curated by Peter Weibel, Neue Galerie, Graz, Austria

1994    “Art of the 90th, New Collection of Neue Galerie,” curated by Peter Weibel, Neue

                     Galerie, Graz, Austria
            “Nouvelle Vague,” Musee d’Art Contemporain, Nice, France
1993    “Kiki the Last No. 2,” Art Concept, Nice, France
             “Les Passants du Phalanstere,” curated by Christian Bernard, Villa  Arson, Nice, France                      
            “Art Junction International,” Palais des Festivals et des Congres, Cannes, France
            “Une certaine Idee de la Mediterranee,” 38 Degree Salon de Montrouge, Montrouge,

                        France                                         
1993     “Selection From the Cottrell Collection,” The French Embassy, NYC
             “Art/Omi,” residency exhibition, Ghent, New York
1992    “Les Mysteres de L’Auberge Espagnole,” curated by Christian Bernard, Villa Arson,

                      Nice, France
            “Le Triomphe de la Peinture,” Galerie Meteo, Paris, France
            “Esprit/Matiere,” Espace de la Creation Contemporaine, Marseille, France

BIBLIOGRAPHY:
    Altmann, Frederic. Nice Matin, Feb. 28, 1993
    Bell, J. Bower. “Thing,” Review, Oct. 15, 1996
    Bellet, Harry. “A Propos de Bale,” Le Monde, June, 1997
    Bernard, Christian. “For Dominique Figarella (Elegy),” Dominique Figarella, exhibition catalog, Villa Arson, Nice, France
    Ebony, David. “Dominique Figarella,” on line reivew, the nyc top ten, Feb. 1996 (illus.)
    Figarella, Dominique. “Propos sur ma Pratique” and “Conduire une Experience,” Pratiques                 Abstraites, Rue Descartes No. 4, edited by College International de Philosophie, published by Presse Universitaire de France
    “Dominique Figarella,” Villa Arson, Nice, exhibition catalog, 1993 (illus.)
    “Dominique Figarella, Pasqual Pinaud,” exhibition catalog with texts by Dominique Figarella, Pasqual Pinaud & Sylvie Froux (illus.)
    Gourmelon, Mo. “Les Mysteres de l’Auberge Espagnole,” Artfactum, No. 47, March-April 1993
    Harris, Susan. “Spring Promenade,” Art Press, July - Aug. 1995
    Harris, Mark, “Material Abuse,” catalog essay, 1995 (illus.)        
    Harrison, Helen A. “The Aesthetic Bounty of Night and Day,” The New York Times, August 19, 2001, pp. 11
    Hirsh, Faye. “Dominique Figarella,” Art Forum, Sept. 1996 (illus.)
    Hyde, James. “Dominique Figarella,” Art in America, December 2001, pp. 113 (illus.)
    Karmel, Pepe. “Dominique Figarella,” New York Times, Feb. 16,1996
    Long, Robert. “Works of Containment and Color,” The East Hampton Star, July 19, 2001
    Machi, Catherine. Fax, No. 3, March 2, 1993
    Mahoney, R. “Dominique Figarella,” Time Out New York, Feb. 21-28, 1996 (illus.)
    Natacha, Caron. “Entretien avec Cheryl Donegan & Dominique Figarella,” Document, No. 2, 1994
   Nuridsany, Michel. Le Figaro, January 5, 2001
    Nuridsany, Michel. Le Figaro, December 22, 1993
    Ostrow, Saul. “The Real, the Symbolic and the Imagined: Making the Present Presentable,” New York Arts, May, 2001, pp. 18, 19, 20 (illus.)
    Ostrow, Saul. “Another Part of the Whole,” Art Press (Special Issue “Ou Est Passe La Peinture?”), Oct. 1995
    Perret, Catherine & Weibel, Peter. “Dominique Figarella,” Neue Galerie, Gratz, exhibition catalog, 1994
    Perret, Catherine. “Voir un Ciel de Nuit en Plein Jour,” exhibition catalog, Une rose et une Rose, Galerie Meteo, 1993
    Raynor, Vivien. “Unsettling Social Commentary With Materials ‘Victims’,” N.J. New York Times, March 19, 1995
    Reol, Jean-Marc. “Tableaux d’un Deuil,” Nouvelle Vague, exhibition catalog, Musee d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain, Nice,              1994
    Rubinstein, Raphael. “Hidden Talents,” France Magazine, Summer 1999
    Rubinstein, Raphael. “Dominique Figarella,” Art in America, July, 1996 (illus.)
    Thout, Sophie. “Entretien avec Dominique Figarella,” Le Journal des Expositions, January 1994
    Thuot, Sophie. “Blaussyld, Everaert, Figarella, Mayaux, Prulhiere, Le Triomphe de la Peinture,” Le Journal des Expositions, Dec. 1992
    “Une certaine idee de la Mediterranee,” Nice Art Contemporaine, Montrouge, exhibition catalog, 1993
    Yektal, Darius. “College Group Show,” The Southampton Press, August 2, 2001
    
CATALOGS:
    “Beyond the Pale: Material Possibilities,” text by Dede Young, exhibition catalog, Neuberger Museum of Art, 2002
    “Dominique Figarella”, Studio A, 2002, text by Ulrieke Shick
    “Ready-Made Color”, 2002, essay by Antoine Perrot & Claude Briand Picard
    “De Singuliers Debordements”, 2002, essay by Olivier Grasset & Eric de Chasset
    “Super-Abstr-Action,” the Box and Les Filles du Calvaires, 2000, text by Andrea Busto (illus.)
    “Special Offer,” Kasseler Kunstverein, Cologne, 1999
    “De Coraz(i)on,” Tecia Sala, Barcelona, 1999, text by Jeorg Bader
    “Amicalement Votre (Dominique Figarella and Pascal Pinaud),” Le Parvis, Tarbes, 1997, essay by Sylvie Froux (illus.)
    “Abstract/Real,” Museum Moderner Kunst im 20 Haus, 1996, essay by Lorand Hegyi
    “Pittura Immeria,” Neue Gallery, Graz, 1995, essay by Peter Weibel
    “Material Abuse,” Trans-Hudson Gallery, 1995, essay by Mark Harris (illus.)
    “Nouvelle Vague,” Musee d”Art Moderne et d”Art Contemporian, Nice,1994, essay by Jean-Marc Reol: “Tableaux d’un Deuil”
      “Dominique Figarella,” Neue Gallerie, Graz, 1994. Poem by Christian Bernard and text by Catherine Perret and Peter Weibel
    “Dominique  Figarella,” Villa Arson, poeme by Christian Bernard: “Elegie”
    “Une Certaine Idee de la Mediterranee,” 38th Salon de Montrouge, 1993
    “Esprit/Matiere,” Espace de la Creation Contemporaine, Marseille, 1992, text by Eric Mangio