MN_Régis Gonzalez Biography_20160413

 Régis Gonzalez
Born in 1976, Régis Gonzalez lives and works in
France. He produces paintings, drawings,
murals and photographs.
Gonzalez has had residencies and exhibitions in
galleries, art centres and biennales in Europe
and Asia. His artworks are collected
internationally.
In his art practice, Gonzalez draws on his fervent
study of art history combined with his caustic
observation of our modern society. His unsettling
and ambiguous works deal with themes such as
fears, memories and solitude.
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Education
2001
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B.A. Fine Arts, Jean Monet University, Saint Etienne, France
Solo Exhibitions
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2015
Drawing a Blank: 38 Years of Drawings, Espace Philippe Durand Encadreur, Saint Etienne,
France
2014
Expo | Résidence: Régis Gonzalez, Usine Utopik: Centre de Création Contemporaine,
Tessy-Sur-Vire, France
2013
Director’s Cut, Galerie Domi Nostrae, 12 Biennale de Lyon, Lyon, France
2010
Daddy Dear, Gallerie d’YS, Brussels, Belgium
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14 Individus, Galerie Phillipe Durand, Saint Etienne, France
2008
Peintures, Galerie Metropolis, Paris, France
2007
Portraits (paintings), Galerie Metropolis, Paris, France
2006
Portraits (drawings), Galerie Metropolis, Paris, France
2004
Art in the City, Galerie SNUG, Saint Etienne, France
2003
Art in the City, Galerie SNUG, Saint Etienne, France
2002
Gallery Le Carré, Liège, Belgium
Gallery Le Soundstation, Liège, Belgium
Gallery Emmanuelle, Liège, Belgium
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Group Exhibitions
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2016
Art Central, Hong Kong
2015
(Dé)figurations: Christophe Avellabagur, Jean-Luc Blanchet, Vania Comoretti, Régis
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Gonzalez, Li Fang, Eric Manigaud, Galerie Domi Nostrae, 13 Biennale de Lyon, Lyon,
France
2014
Cadavre exquis à la plage, Projektraum Ventilator 24, Berlin, Germany
Young Art Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan
Make Believe: Niko de La Faye & Régis Gonzalez, Mur Nomade, Hong Kong
2013
Things Happen for a Reason, Koru Contemporary Art & Mur Nomade, Hong Kong
A Game of Consequences: Régis Gonzalez & Tsang Chui-mei, curated by Mur Nomade,
Osage, Hong Kong
Asia Contemporary Art Show 2013, Hong Kong
War is Beautiful, Cuba Libre, Saint Etienne, France
AHAF 2013, Hong Kong
2011
Galerie Le Réalgar, Saint Etienne, France
2010
Chic Drawing Art Fair, Paris, France
Black Trou, Design Biennale, Saint Etienne, France
2009
Show Off, International Contemporary Art Fair, Paris, France
2008
SOFF (So Feucking French), London, U.K.
SlickDessin Contemporary Art Fair, Paris, France
Show Off, International Contemporary Art Fair, Paris, France
2007
I Am Thirty Years Old, Galerie Metropolis, Lyon, France
Slick Contemporary Art Fair, Paris, France
2006
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Complots, Garlerie Metropolis, Paris, France
Residencies
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2014
Usine Utopik: Centre de Création Contemporaine, Tessy-Sur-Vire, France
2013
A Game of Consequences, collaborative artist-in-residence program with Tsang Chui-mei,
curated by Mur Nomade, Osage, Hong Kong
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Commissions
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2013
Cup of Wealth by Curtis Mitchell & Cole Nibbe, CD cover illustration, Minneapolis, U.S.A.
2012
Primate by WiLkshakE, CD cover illustration, Kitchener Ontario, Canada
Dual Diagnosis by WiLkshakE, CD cover illustration, Kitchener Ontario, Canada
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Publications & Selected Media Coverage
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Philippe Deschemin, ʻHong Kong: La Révolution des parapluiesʼ, LʼIncontournable Magazine, 13 (May
- June 2013)
Banzaï, Limited edition of 500 numbered copies, 07 (2015), 57 and 147
Philippe Deschemin, ʻRégis Gonzalez: Directorʼs Cutʼ, LʼIncontournable Magazine, 04 (2013), 32-35
Frédéric Baitinger, ʻRégis Gonzalez ou les fils du sanglierʼ, Artension, 45 (2009), 24-27
Frédéric Riou, ʻUne autre image de lʼenfanceʼ, Contemporain(s), 2008, 47-53