Bio – Boris Lafargue

Boris Lafargue, born in Boulogne sur mer, France, 1984
Lives and works between France & Greece

/ EDUCATION /

2010-12. Master Research and Theory of Arts
2010-12. Master of Fine Arts (DNSEP), College of Art, Tourcoing
2010-11. Athens School of Fine Art, Greece
2007-10. Bachelor of Fine Arts (DNAP), College of Art, Tourcoing
2003-07. Bachelor degree of Arts, Lille III University

/ SELECTED EXHIBITIONS /

2017 . Collectors, group show, Paris
Brave new World, solo show, Gallery Anouk le Bourdiec, Paris
Espace – Volume – Trait – group show, Prieuré de Pont Loup, espace d’art contemporain
Art Athina, Platforms Project ,Galerie Enia, pavillon Faliro, Athènes
Art Paris, Galerie Anouk le Bourdiek, Paris
Back to basics, group show, Galerie Enia, Athènes

2016 . Is the end Now, Solo show, Sainte Odile du Hainaut’ Church, Mortagne du Nord
YIA ART FAIR #07, Le carreau du Temple, Paris
L’art à décidé de ma façon de vivre, group show, Gallery Anouk le Bourdiec, Paris
Art for Autism, curated by Art curial, Château de Saint-Jean de Beauregard,
  Wooden Box, Le Onze lieu d’art, Roubaix
  YIA art fair #06 with Feizi Gallery, Espace Louise 186, Brussels
  Art Paris, Gallery Anouk le Bourdiek, Paris
  Art Athina, Athens
The Platforms Project , curated by Artemis Potamianou, Athens
Group show, curated by Artemis Potamianou, Athens
The Collection , Group Show, Gallery Feizi, Brussels

2015 . YIA ART FAIR #05 , with Feizi Gallery, in le Carreau du Temple, Paris
Outdoors YIA ART FAIR #05 with Feizi Gallery, HÔTEL DE BÉTHUNE-SULLY, Paris
  Générescences , Group Show, Curated by Marion Zilio & Julien Verhaeghe, Carrousel du Louvre, Paris
  Hybride 3 / Fragmentation , Contemporary art biennial, Curated by Paul Ardenne, Douai
  LA CONFIDENTIELLE DU YIA ART FAIR #02 / Obscur – Clarté, Group show curated by David Rosenberg
  Entre-temps, Group show curated by Alexandrine Dhainaut & Marie Doyon, Le Carré, Lille, France
  Lille3000 Renaissance, in collaboration with Facad’art’ association, curated by Vincent Herlemenont,
La Madeleine, France
  Undergroud Resistance, Solo show, Museum of Boulogne-sur-Mer, France
  Curve e Variazioni, curated by Sabine Oberti, Teatro Centrale, Rome

2014 . Achemar, Group show, Gare Saint Sauveur, Lille
  Platform Project, Group show, Athens
  Art Athina, Athens
  Usine Utopik, Tessy sur Vire
  Metamatic, Group show, The Art Foundation, Thessaloniki
  Off Contemporary Art Fair, Gallery Cédric Bacqueville, Brussels
  Art Up, Gallery Cédric Bacqueville, Lille
Up, Group show, Metamatic gallery space, Athens
Snehta, group show, Athens
Open Up, Welchrome group show, Boulogne sur Mer
Showroom, Paris

2013 . Watch this space #7, young artist’s biennal, in La Malterie Lille
Tentative d’alignement, with Marie Lelouche & Mathile Lavenne, EMA of Boulogne sur Mer, France
Second Circle, Snetha, Athens
Urban Tectonics, Athens
Global Container XXVI, Estonia
‘‘Let’s Hope Nothing happens to Us”, Gallery Madara, Estonia

2012 . III / , Maison du gardien, ESA, Tourcoing, France
Nouveaux Horizons, Bunker, Boulogne sur Mer, France
Envers/Endroits, Gallery commune, Tourcoing, France
Parallèle SKAPT, Ecole supérieure d’art, Tourcoing France
Variations, for Dessiner-Tracer, Gallery 36 bis, Tourcoing, France

2011 . Autonome, Gallery 36 bis, Tourcoing
Contemporary approaches to art, Group Art Exhibition, Athens
ASFA, Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens
Avrio, French institut of Athens
Paquet de lumière, Hospice d’havré, Tourcoin

2010 . DEF, gallery Commune, Tourcoing
Block out, Journée du patrimoine, Roubaix
Maisons à Voir, Tourcoing
Espace progressif, gallery Commune, Tourcoing
Noodles Room, Residency, gare St Sauveur de Lille
Play/Display, Gallery Commune, Tourcoing
AT HOME, gallery 36 bis, Tourcoing

2009 . Untitled, Lille
Sur le Fil, Maison Folie Wazemmes, Lille
TERKEN, Atelier Électrique, Roubaix
  Construction, Déconstruction, Reconstruction, Chambre d’Eau, Favril
  Nouvelles Technologie, Esa de Tourcoing
  Le théâtre des sens, Maison Folie Moulin

/ RESIDENCIES /

2013 . SNEHTA Residency, Athens, Greece
Residency Polymer, Estonia
Residency for Les Mureaux, France
Residency at the Fine Art School of Boulogne sur Mer, France

2011 . Melanithros Art Space, Contemporary approaches to art, Athens.

2010 . Lille 3000, Noodles Room for ‘’l’Hôtel Europa’’, European Capital Culture

2019 . La Chambre d’eau, Construction, Déconstruction, Reconstruction, Le Favril, France

/ AWARDS /

2011. 1st Price of Artist book in La médiathèque de Lomme

/ PUBLIC COMMISION /

2010 . ‘’Hôtel Europa’’, At la gare St Sauveur, for the town of Lille

/ GRANTS /

2012 . ESA, Grant for projet, 2012
Fondation de Lille, Grant for Project

2011 . Fondation de Lille, Grant for Project

2010 . Fondation de Lille, Grant for Project

/ PUBLICATIONS /

2017 . Point Contemporain, brave new world, Paris

2013 . Urban Tectonics, exhibition catalogue, Athens
OZON RAW No. 100 I’ve got you Babe, Athens
Urban tectonics, text by Eirini Marouli, Athens
Urban Landscape, poem by Constantinos Chrisogelos, Athens
Kypseli issue n°4, 2013, Athens
‘‘Let’s hope nothing Happens to Us’’, exhibition catalogue, Estonia
Global Container XXVI, Andri Ksenofontov, Estonia

2012 . STAC #4 (revue Sans Titre Avec Contenu), Les Fulgurantes

2011 . Contemporary approaches to art, Melanitros