Nathalie Obadia

Nathalie Obadia is a French contemporary art dealer working in Paris^[1] and Brussels.^[2] She is a member of the bureau of the French professional committee of art galleries and was its vice-chairman for three years (2005–2008).

The Galerie Nathalie Obadia in Paris.

Biography

The daughter of contemporary art collectors, Nathalie Obadia grew up surrounded by artists and art dealers and she decided precociously on an art dealer career.

As a teenager she spent her summer vacations doing internships at the galleries Adrien Maeght (Paris), Daniel Varenne (Geneva) and Marie-Louise Jeanneret (Boissano, Italy and Geneva).^[3] After completing a Masters degree in european and international law at the University Panthéon-Assas, she obtained a diploma from Sciences-Po in 1988.^[4] For five years, she worked as a senior director at Galerie Daniel Templon in Paris.

In 1993,^[5] Nathalie Obadia opened her own gallery Rue de Normandie in the Marais, a parisian district famous for its art galleries and museums. She put forward a new generation of French and international first-rank artists such as Carole Benzaken (Marcel Duchamp Prize in 2004^[4]), Valérie Favre, Pascal Pinaud, Fiona Rae, Lorna Simpson and Jessica Stockholder by bringing forth their first personal exhibition in France. In 2005, the gallery moves on to Rue du Grenier Saint Lazare^[6] and renews her programme by associating herself with confirmed artists such as Jean-Marc Bustamante (French Pavillon at the Biennale di Venezia, 2003), Shirley Jaffe, Albert Oehlen and Roland Flexner.

In 2003, the gallery expanded and moved on nearby the National Museum of Modern Art also known as the Centre Georges Pompidou, at the 3 rue du Cloitre Saint-Merri, its current location.^[7] Nathalie Obadia then contributes to the diffusion of the works of her artists among museums, institutions and art critics, introducing artists such as Huma Bhabha, Guy Ben-Ner, Cameron Jamie, Frank Nitsche and Chloe Piene.

Since 2007, the gallery had made possible the fast and international recognition of young or mid-career artists such as Rina Banerjee, Rosson Crow, Joana Vasconcelos.^[8] Meanwhile, she worked for the new acknowledgement of Martin Barré’s painting. The artist, who died in 1993, is now regarded as a key abstract painter.^[9] Galerie Nathalie Obadia, in a partnership with the editions Thea Westreich/Ethan Wagner, published a significative monography on the artist including the translation in English of Yve-Alain Bois’reference text.

Galerie Nathalie Obadia opened in October 2008 a second gallery in Brussels in Rue Charles Decoster in a contemporary building offering new exhibitions’s possibilities to artists such as the iranian Khosrow Hassanzadeh^[10] and the movie-maker Agnes Varda.^[11] In 2009, Nathalie Obadia is made Officier des Arts et des Lettres.^[12] In 2010, the French artist from Turkey Sarkis joined Galerie Nathalie Obadia.^[13]

Galerie Nathalie Obadia takes part in numerous international art fairs : Fiac (Paris), Armory show (NY) ; Art Brussels (Brussels), Frieze (London), Art Forum (Berlin), Art Basel (Basel).

Artists represented

Mequitta Ahuja Huma Bhabha Rina Banerjee Martin Barré (1924–1993) Carole Benzaken Guy Ben Ner Guillaume Bresson Jedediah Caesar Rosson Crow Luc Delahaye Michael DeLucia Patrick Faigenbaum Roland Flexner Roger Hiorns

Shirley Jaffe Cameron Jamie Michael Landy Thomas Lerooy Meuser Ana Mendieta Beatriz Milhazes Youssef Nabil Frank Nitsche Manuel Ocampo Albert Oehlen Enoc Perez Chloe Piene

Pascal Pinaud Jorge Queiroz Fiona Rae Faisal Samra Sarkis Pieter Schoolwerth Lorna Simpson Eliezer Sonnenschein Jessica Stockholder Nicola Tyson Jeffrey Vallance Agnès Varda Joana Vasconcelos

References

1. ^ According to Le Figaro of the 21rst of October 2009, "Les 21 galeries qui comptent à Paris"
2. ^ According to Le Vif/L'Express of April, 2nd, 2010, "Accélérateurs de talents"
3. ^ According to Point de vue December 2007, "Le futur antérieur de Nathalie Obadia"
4. ^ ^{a b} According to L'Oeil January 2007, "Nathalie Obadia, une volonté de fer depuis son plus jeune âge"
5. ^ According to Les Echos October 18, 2007, "Nathalie Obadia, la tueuse-née"
6. ^ According to Le Figaro October 21, 2009
7. ^ According to Le Monde September 20, 2003, "Déménagement artistique"
8. ^ According to Beaux Arts Magazine April 008, "Les coups de coeur de Gilles Fuchs"
9. ^ According to Le Figaro July 7, 2006, "Martin Barré, l'ancêtre du contemporain"
10. ^ According toLibérationJune, 18, 2010, "L'Iran, les arts et la manière"
11. ^ According toPoint de vue June 2010, "Agnès Varda, la joconde de la rue Daguerre"
12. ^ According to Le Figaro February 27, 2009, "Nathalie Obadia, une lionne des affaires et un officier des Arts et des Lettres"
13. ^ According to La Tribune June, 18, 2010, "La foire de Bâle sur du velours"

External links

[Official website of the Galerie Nathalie Obadia http://www.galerie-obadia.com]

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