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Benoît de Carpentier, artist-photographer

∗ 1964 in La Roche sur Yon (F)
lives and works in Alsace (F) since 1992


EXHIBITIONS

2009 : « Original Scenes » Gallery Pourquoi pas, Quimper (F)
2008 : « Original Scenes » L’Appartement, Strasbourg (F)
2004 : « Approach » photo-installation, Festival des Deux Rives, Strasbourg (F)
  : « Childhood and Landscape » Clinic of the Orangery, Strasbourg (F)
2003 : « The Time of Gardens » photographic work about a noteworthy garden: Jardin de l’Escalier, Gallery de l’Escalier, Brumath (F)
1999 : « Correspondence » Gallery Lézard, Colmar (F)


GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2009 : Exhibition at Mondorf les Bains (LUX), presented by Gallery Heine of Strasbourg (F)
2008 : St-art: European Contemporary Art Fair, Strasbourg (F)
  : « Original Scenes » presented by the Gallery Heine of Strasbourg (F) at the International Art Show of Cannes (F)
2007 : « Cafés in Strasbourg » House of Alsace, Champs-Élysées, Paris (F)
2005 : « Approach » Regionale 5, Art Society of Freiburg (D).
  : « Approach » Museum Müllheim (D)
  : Gallery Zoo, Strasbourg (F)
2004 : « Childhood and Landscape » Franco-German Centre for Culture, Karlsruhe
  : « Surface Areas and Territories » Franco-German Centre for Culture, Freiburg (D)
2001 : St-art: European Contemporary Art Fair, Strasbourg (F)
1999 : International Project « Web Art Garden » photographic installation in natural environment, Bouxwiller (F)
1997 : « Nine artists from Alsace present their work to the European Union » European Parliament, Strasbourg (F)


RESIDENCE

2006 : Invited to Bodh Gaya (India) by the collective Concept + (Save the History) for the International Project and Festival of Art « Buddha Enlightened », with the support of the European Centre for Contemporary Art (CEEAC) and the magazine Les Saisons d’Alsace
 


COMMISSIONS

2008 : « The Birth of the Objects» photographic reportage on artisan's workshops in Alsace, Editions Callimène
2007 : « Hautepierre » photographic reportage about the district of Hautepierre for the Agency of Development and Urbanism of Strasbourg (ADEUS)
2006 : « Cafés in Strasbourg » photographic reportage about cafés in Strasbourg, Editions Callimène
2005 : « Between Heaven and Earth » photographic reportage about Strasbourg Cathedral; purchase of photographs by the &Oelig;uvre Notre Dame Foundation
2002 : Photographic coverage of the Goncourt Award for novellas for the City of Strasbourg
2001 : « Ribbon: A Sound Portrait of Alsace » photographic reportage about the Ried landscape and exhibition at the media library in Sèlestat
  : « Centenary of André Dhôtel » photographic coverage for the region of Champagne-Ardenne
since 1997 : Photographer for the National Youth Public Theatre (TJP) of Strasbourg, the contemporary dance companies Le Grand Jeu and Adèle Danse and the Theatre Company Marché aux Grains


PUBLICATIONS

2008 : « Between Heaven and Earth » Photographs of Strasbourg Cathedral, Editions Callimène
  : « The Birth of the Objects » Photographic reportage about artisan's workshops in Alsace, Editions Callimène
2007 : « Strasbourg, lively areas » Editions Le Vergers Editeur
2006 : « Cafés in Strasbourg » Editions Callimène
2002 : « Wishing for news from you » Cataloge of the Goncourt Award for novellas, City of Strasbourg (F)
2000 : « Passages. Transitions » Cataloge of the Art Prize for Photography of the City of Buehl (D), Editions Isele


OTHER WORKS

2000 : « The year on the way » Photographic act in cooperation with the Adèle Danse Company, Strasbourg (F)
1993-1996 : Short films


TEACHING

since 2000 : photographic projects in cooperation with primary and secondary schools


GRANTS

2004 : The photograhpic project « Architecture and Landscape » supported by the Regional Direction of Cultural Affairs (DRAC)
2002 : The photographic project « The year on the way » supported by the Regional Direction of Cultural Affairs (DRAC)


AWARDS

2000 : Jury prize: Black and White Challenge Ilford, Paris (F)
2000 : 2nd prize: « Passages. Transitions » Art Prize for Photography by the City of Buehl (D)
  : 4th prize: Rotary Club, Strasbourg
1988 : 1st prize: The Stars of Painting, Paris (F)


EDUCATION

1989 : Diploma from the Higher School of Art and Design (ESAD) of Strasbourg (F), department for painting