CÉLESTE BOURSIER-MOUGENOT (1961 Nice, France) Céleste Boursier-Mougenot The art installations of Bousier-Mougenot are investigations into sound-space and presence, often using altered perceptual states of affective suspension and lateral comprehension. While trained formally as a composer-musician he worked ten years in composition within the contemporary dance world. He has become subsequently a major international artist who has a developed a uniquely individual view of the relationship and possibilities that pertain between sound and objects. In using domestic materials, sound equipment, and musical instruments as objects (things in the world), as well as video loops, he has created sound installations that he calls hiscorps sonore (sonic body) works, which lead the viewer towards a unique set of individual sensory installation experiences. Representative artist for the french pavillon at the next Venice Biennale and past Marcel Duchamp Prize finalist, Céleste Boursier-Mougenot presented his work in major exhibitions by leading museums and galleries internationally, including solo exhibitions at the Barbican Centre (London),Hangar Bicocca (Milan), La Maison Rouge (Paris), Pinacoteca do Estado (Sao Paulo), FRAC (Reims), Chagall Museum (Nice), and a group exhibitions including Art & Music: Search for New Synethesia, Museum od contemporary art, Tokyo, 2012; French art Today, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, 2011; My Paris - Collection Antoine de Galbert/ The French Scene, me collectors room, Berlin, 2011; 21st Century: Art in the First Decade, Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, 2010; and the 3rd Moscow Biennale, Moscow, 2009. His works are presented in important collections such as MONA FOMA (Australia), The Marieluise Hessel Collection (USA), Domaine de Chamarande, (France), Collection agnès b., (France), Centre Georges Pompidou, (France), The Museum of Old and New Art, (Australia), The Israel Museum (Jerusalem), The San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, (USA), The Fonds National d’Art Contemporain (France), FRAC Lorraine, FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, La Maison Rouge (Antoine de Galbert), (France), Collezione Finstral, Bozen (Italy), Collection Gilles et Marie-François Fuchs, Bourg-en-Bresse and Caldic Collection, Wassenaar. Awards 2015 will represent France for the Venice Biennale 2010 Marcel Duchamp Award nominee 2009 Golden David Award, David Contemporary Art Academy 2004 FIACRE Grant 1998 P.S.1 – Institute for Contemporary Arts – AFAA Artistsʼ Studio Program 1997 FIACRE Grant Solo Shows 2015 • Palais de Tokyo, Paris • French pavillon at Venice Biennale • Centre Pompidou, Metz 2014 • perturbations, Les Abattoirs, Toulouse • free port (No. 007) Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, US • persistances, Aubette 1928, Strasbourg • From here to ear (v.18), Le Parvis, Ibos 2013 • presences, Galerie Mario Mazzoli, Berlin • Clinamen, National Gallery Victoria, Melbourne 2012 • Céleste Boursier-Mougenot, Umass Amherst Fine Arts Center, MA, USA • portraits, French Institute AllianceFrançaise, New York • Céleste Boursier-Mougenot, Galerie Xippas, Paris • videodrones, Collège des Bernardins, Paris 2011 • from here to ear (v.15), Hangar Bicocca, Milan • index (v.5), Le Dojo, Nice • fisheyedrones, Le Lavoir, Mougins • untitled, Galerie Sintitulo, Mougins • untitled (Series #3), index (v.4) for two pianos, Empac Rensselaer, Troy, NY • from here to ear (v.14), Galerie Iconoscope, Montpellier, France 2010 • from here to ear, STUK Arts Center, Leuven, Belgium • Céleste Boursier-Mougenot, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle • New Commission for The Curve, Barbican Art Gallery, London • transcom 1, La Maison Rouge, Fondation Antoine de Galbert Paris • harmonichaos, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York 2009 • Céleste Boursier-Mougenot, Estuaire Nantes Saint Nazaire 2009, Les halles, Nantes • index, virus, solidvideo, detail, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York • variation, Pinacothèque, Sao Paulo, Brazil • videodrones (version 6), Musée Chagall, Nice 2008 • index, Théâtre de Gennevilliers – Centre Dramatique National, Gennevilliers • from here to ear, recycle, zombiedrones, Galerie Xippas, Paris 2006 • harmonichaos & flamByframe, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York • états seconds, FRAC Champagne – Ardenne, Reims 2004 • untitled (series IV), Forum itinérant – Le Maillon, Théâtre de Strasbourg 2003 • untitled (series III), Cerca Series, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego 2002 • Centre Régional d’Art Contemporain (CRAC) Sète, France • • Parcours Saint Germain 2002, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris vidéodrones and harmonichaos, CRAC St. Nazaire (Le Grand Café) 2001 • untitled (series III)– Rice University Art Gallery, Houston • vidéodrones, la Synagogue de Delme, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Delme • untitled (series III), Church of the Trinity, FRAC Lorraine, Metz • videodrones, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York • untitled (series III), Ezra and Cecilia Zilkha Gallery, Wesleyan University • untitled (series III), Herzliya Museum of Art, Herzliya, Israel 2000 • from here to ear & untitled (series III), Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati • harmonichaos, Chapelle du Genêteil, Château-Gontier Group Shows (selection) 2015 • 13th Lyon Biennale 2014 • Paula Cooper, New York • Art or Sound, Fondazione Prada, Ca’ Corner della Regina, Venice • Polvere di stelle, Museo della ceramica, Mondovì 2013 • Vertigo, Galerie Xippas, Geneva • veille, exposition nuage, Musée Réeattu, Arles, dans le cadre de Marseille 2012 • Search for a New Synesthesia, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo • El Gran Sur, First Montevideo Biennale, Montevideo • Par nature exposition collective, Le Centquatre, Paris • UNNATURAL, Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach • Notations: The Cage Effect Today, Times Square Gallery, Hunter College, New York • Célébration Rêve de nature, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Valence, Valence 2011 • Bêtes off, Centre des Monuments Nationaux, Conciergerie, Paris • My Paris – Antoine de Galbert Collection, me Collectors Room, Berlin • French Art Today, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul • La Sculpture Autrement, Eco Parc, Mourgins • Si loin, si proche… Bêtes et hommes, Domaine du château d’Avignon • Collectionneurs en situation, l’Espace de l’Art Concret, Mouans-Sartoux • L’art contemporain et la côte d’azur : un territoire pour l’expérimentation 1951–2011, Écoparc, Mougins • Looking at Contemporary Art through the Marcel Duchamp Prize, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo • The Birds and the Bees, Marnie Fleming, Oakville Galleries, Oakville 2010 • 21st Century: Art in the First Decade, Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA), Brisbane, Queensland • on&on La Casa Encendida, Madrid • harmonichaos, Hôtel de Lauzun, Paris • Glow 2010, Santa Monica, CA • Prix Marcel Duchamp, Fiac, Cour Carrée du Louvre, Paris • De leur temps 3, Musée d’art moderne et contemporain de Strasbourg • I’am a cliché, Rencontres photographiques d’Arles, Grande Halle, Parc des Ateliers, Arles • Update_3: Body Sound, Collection of Centre Pompidou, Zebrastraat, Ghent • Diagonales: feedback – vibrations aller-retour, Galerie La Box, Bourges, France 2009 • Third Moscow Biennale: Against Exclusion • La confusion des sens, Espace culturel Louis Vuitton, Paris • Voyage sentimental 3, (FRAC PACA), Marseille • The New York Electronic Art Festival Exhibition, World Financial Center Courtyard Gallery, New York • L’esprit des Lieux, Domaine départemental de Chamarande • Assises, Galerie Xippas, Paris • Mutisme(s), Le Lieu Commun, Toulouse • Vernissage de l’exposition des oeuvres des Artistes Nominés aux Prix des David 2009, Paris • Invasion of Sound: Music and the Visual Arts, Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, • Exposition des nominés, Prix Meurice, Hôtel Meurice, Paris • from here to ear, Festival du MONA FOMA, The Long Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania, • Estuaire Nantes Saint Nazaire 2009, Les Halles, Place du Bouffay, Nantes • Les David pour l’Art Contemporain, Espace Pierre Cardin, Galeries Pierre Cardin, Paris • harmonichaos, Inauguration The Children’s Museum/Museo de los Niños, San Diego, CA 2008 • Le Renouveau du Temps, Maison Guerlain, Paris • from ear to hear, L’Expérience Pommery #5 Domaine de Pommery, Reims • Festival Indisciplines, Le Dojo, Nice • Inauguration of The Children’s Museum, San Diego, CA • untitled (Series IV), Fragilités,” Le FRAC Haute-Normandie, Sotteville-Lès-Rouen • Nouvelles du Mont Analogue, Musée départemental d’art contemporain de Rochechouart, Rochechouart 2007 • Private Life: The Collection of Josep Civit, Centro de Arte y Naturaliza, Fundacion Beulas, Huesca • Du Machinique et du Vivant, La Réserve, Pacy-sur-Eure • Nuit Contemporaine (performance), Arsenal – Metz and 49 Nord 6 Est, FRAC Lorraine, Metz • Ensemble, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA • Soundwaves: The Art of Sampling, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego, CA • Arnhem Fashion Biennale, Arnhem • Futuresystems: Rare Moment, Lentos Museum of Modern Art, Linz 2006 • A Tale of Two Cities, Busan Biennale, Busan • Accords Excentriques, Château de Chamarande, Chamarande Céleste Boursier-Mougenot, karambolage, 2013 Grand Piano Érard, billiards slate, curved bands, clothe, 2 hanging lamps, 4 queues, 3 balls, ca. 2,65 x 1,50 x 1 h m. (Photo by Philine von Düszeln) Céleste Boursier-Mougenot, untitled, 2013 mdf, pvc liner, water, porcelain bowls, site specific installation at GMM Berlin: 3m Ø pool, 5 x 5 m mdf floor (Photo by Philine von Düszeln) Céleste Boursier-Mougenot, plex, 2013 “Monica Alloy”, “En za Alloy” and “Carla Alloy”sofas by smarin, fabric made by Kvadrat, foam, 3 integrated loudspeakers, video projectors, 2 x 2 x 0,70 m. (Photo by Philine von Düszeln) Céleste Boursier-Mougenot, untitled, 2013 2 flying mylar baloons Ø 60 cm each (Photo by Philine von Düszeln) Céleste Boursier-Mougenot, Persistance (2014) Sculpture, mixed technique, air pump, tank, surface-active solution, relay sistem controlled by soundmeter, microphones, woodenpedestal, roughcast, tuba euphonium. pedestal 108,5 x 51 x 51 cm. tuba euphonium: height 64 cm. Series of 4. Céleste Boursier-Mougenot, Mémoire: 1 (2014) charred larchwood pedestal with turntable, speakers and internet connectivity, artist 33 rpm vinyl LP titled "recouvrement/overlap" 2010.109,2 x 49,5 x 49,5 cm. Series of 4. Céleste Boursier-Mougenot, opencage (2011) Aluminium cage with galvanized steel net, coat hangers, nests, 4 x 3 x 3 m. Photo by François Fernande Céleste Boursier-Mougenot, U43 (2012) wax, wood, bakelite phone, 145 x 28 x23 cm Céleste Boursier-Mougenot, from here to ear (version 11), 2010 5 electric guitars Gibson Les Paul on chromed pedestal, 3 electric bass guitars Gibson SG on chrome-plated stands, 7 cymbas Paiste on chrome-plated stands , 7 Yamaha SPX 1000 effect processors and 8 simulated amplifiers Line 6, 15 channel sound system , 30 Zebra Finches ,nests, birdseeds, MDF floor, sand, plants, water. Size Variable Céleste Boursier-Mougenot, keyboardchairs (1997-2006) Three chairs, three blow-organs, electric blowers, cameras and monitors or mirrors. Size Variable Céleste Boursier-Mougenot, harmonichaos (2000-2006) 13 modules consisting of: vacuum cleaner, harmonica, electronic on-off switch, lamp. Size Variable Céleste Boursier-Mougenot, off road (hors piste), 2014 3 motorized grand pianos, video assisted driving system, contact microphones, amplifiers. Size Variable. Céleste Boursier-Mougenot, averses, 2014 Water Pool, Ludiwig acoustic drum set, water, cosmic ray detector, sprinklers. Size Variable.