Amelie Chabannes

Amelie Chabannes (b. 1974, Paris, France) is a French artist whose paintings and sculptures derive from the unconscious and recall the Surrealist automatic drawing technique. She shows in exhibitions all over the world and lives in New York City.

Biography

Chabannes was born in 1974 in Paris and attended art schools in Paris, the National Superior School of Decorative Arts (ENSAD) and the Atelier Met de Penninghen (ESSAG). She married Jon Cronin on in September 2006 in Noisy-sur-École, France.Chabannes has shown in Paris at the Carrousel du Louvre, La Hune Gallery, Acte 2 Gallery, in Mexico City at the Franz Mayer Museum, and in New York at Luxe Gallery. Her studio is in Red Hook Brooklyn. In 2007 she was featured in a video from LVHRD, which can be seen at [http://www.lvhrd.org/index.php/2007/08/16/lvhrd-vdo-042-mgzn-032-amelie-chabannes/ Video Interview 2007] . In 2008 Amelie's work was featured in "Art in America" Magazine referring to her solo show at Luxe Gallery and is titled [http://www.flickr.com/photos/joncronin/2285425036/sizes/o/ "My Portrait of Your Identity"] . In March 2008 Amelie's work was featured on the cover of [http://flavorpill.com/covers/amelie-chabannes?publication=london "Flavorpill London"] . That same month she was also featured in an article in French Morning, titled [http://www.frenchmorning.com/ny/spip.php?article681 Le fabuleux destin d’Amélie Chabannes] . Amelie Chabannes was also selected as “ [http://www.phillipsartexpert.com/forums/7/327/ Art to See] ” by [http://www.phillipsdepury.com/ Phillips de Pury] phillipsARTexpert in April 2008.

Artistic style

Chabannes' experiences collaborating with architects designing the French cultural center of Riga, Latvia led her to familiarize herself with one of her initial mediums: the rapidograph and paper. The art of Chabannes is characterized by delicate lines, complimented by colored graphic elements defined by a white ground. Biomorphic shapes, tangled lines, and topographic elements coupled with historical myths and fantastical references frequently feature. Chabannes' works often reflect societal fears and dreams. A solo exhibition in 2006, "The Bestiary of Clothilde" (Luxe Gallery) highlighted these sentiments. A solo show in 2008, "My Portrait of Your Identity" takes her technique and style into the realms of trying to crack at the monumental subject of identity. Chabannes’ project, realized in several movements, reveals the mutable, contradictory and often fragile state of individual identities.

Artist Heather Bennett writes about Chabannes:

"“My Portrait of Your Identity” consists of thirty small self-portraits painted in slight relief in which smoke and flames articulate breath and gestures, armies of dots dance to form paisley patterns and then quickly dissolve in to a swirl and flourish of flesh. These dimensional paintings presciently lead into full small-scale sculptures of the artist’s head rendered in various incarnations which elude to different biological substances. The artist’s representable facts dissipate into an unreachable, untouchable amorphous vapor; giving us a true distillation of the vastness and complexity of “portrait”. "Her video collaboration with Brazilian video artist, Antonia Dias Leite, continues the dash at the constant metamorphosis of identity. Interviews ask individuals variously quirky and exposing questions, leaving a man talking about the woman he is, a woman talking about what kind of man she is, what and why they would have particular attributes as a chosen animal, etc. As we hear the participants’ answers and descriptions of themselves in these varied states, Chabannes applies illustrative elements to their faces and figures on the screen. These elements cause the subjects to mutate into their ideas, shifting and rocking before our eyes.""

Gallery

Exhibitions

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SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 Luxe Gallery. New York, NY. My Portrait of Your Identity
2006 Luxe Gallery. New York, NY. The Bestiary Of Clothilde
2006 Luxe Gallery. New York, NY. Oil, Cotton and Amalgams
2004 Rubin Chapelle. New York, NY. Open Secrets, curated by Regis Krampf and Beatrice Pei
2003 LC100 Reade Street. New York, NY. Minuscules, curated by Lili Chopra (DTW, Fiaf NYC)
2002 La hune Gallery. Paris, France. Untitled, release of the art and literature review
2002 Verso Arts et Lettres titled: Dossier Amelie Chabannes, pour un art au dessus de la melee!.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS / ART FAIRS
2007 Luxe Gallery. New York, NY. Landscapes
2007 Athens Art Fair. Athens, Greece. Luxe Gallery
2007 Chicago Art Fair. Chicago, USA
2006 La FIAC. Paris, France. Men Many More
2006 Fernando Zubillaga Galleria. Caracas, Venezuela
2006 KrampfPei Gallery. New York, NY. Untitled
2006 Acte 2 Gallery. Paris, France. Anima Corpus
2006 Galerie SE. Bergen, Norway. Singular
2006 Il Syndroma Di Pantagruel. Torino Art Fair, Italy . Luxe Gallery
2005 La FIAC, Paris, France. Luxe Gallery
2005 Athens Art Fair. Athens, Greece. Luxe Gallery
2005 Luxe Gallery. New York, NY. Luxe gallery. It's Not About Sex
2004 Luxe Gallery. New York, NY. Simply drawn
2004 Acte 2 Gallery. Paris, France. Flower
2000 Museo Frantz Mayer. Mexico City, Mexico. Curated by Sebastian O Campo
2000 National Art Center of Mexico City. Curated by Sebastian O Campo
2000 Cite de la Musique. Paris, France. Ames
2000 Carrousel du Louvre. Paris, France.

AWARDS & GRANTS
2000 Construction of French Cultural Center. Riga, Ladvia
2002 Laureate Project. In collaboration with the architect Adam Yedid (official architect of French Monuments) and the French Office of the Foreign Affairs.
2000 "Vent des Forets", Verdun, France Laureate Project. International symposium gathering 5 international artists and architects.
COLLECTIONS
2005 Progressive Collection, Cleveland, OH

PUBLICATIONS
2008 "Art In America"
2007 "LVHRD Magazine", Featured Artist including video expose
2006 "Remastered", Published by the Gestalte Verlag, Berlin
2000 "Art In Space", Catherine Ferbos & Mickey Boel
EDUCATION
2000 - 1996 E.N.S.A.D - Ecole Nationale Superieure Des Arts Decoratifs de Paris, Leading French school of design
1992 - 1994 E.S.S.A.G - Atelier met de Penninghen, Leading French private school of design

External links

* [http://www.ameliechabannes.com/ Official Site]
* [http://www.thenewyorkartworld.com/pastIssue/MayEditorial2005.html New York Art World: Review of Amelie Chabannes and others]
* [http://www.visuelimage.com/ch/chabannes/chabannes1.htm VisuelImage.com: Interview with Amelie Chabannes] (in French)
* [http://www.ambafrance-us.org/culture/art/events/0506archivec.html Embassy of France: Amelie Chabannes: The Bestiary of Clothilde]
* [http://www.luxegallery.net/ Luxe Gallery]
* [http://www.lvhrd.org/index.php/2007/08/16/lvhrd-vdo-042-mgzn-032-amelie-chabannes/ LVHRD Video Interview 2007]
* [http://www.frenchmorning.com/ny/spip.php?article681a French Morning Interview 2008]