Xavier Veilhan

Xavier Veilhan (French pronunciation: [ɡzavje vɛjɑ̃]), is a French artist who works and lives in Paris, France.^[1][2]

Xavier Veilhan
Veilhan in 2010
Born	Lyon, France
Nationality	French
Education	ENSAD, Paris
Known for	Sculpture, installation art, painting, photography, film
Website	www.veilhan.com

Career

Xavier Veilhan, Studio Venezia (2017) Pavillon français

Significant projects include: Veilhan Versailles at the Palace and Gardens of the Palais de Versailles^[3] in 2009; Architectones, a series of interventions between 2012 and 2014 in seven major modernist buildings around the world; Le Château de Rentilly, a continuation and augmentation of his architectural practice, re-designing the entirety of the facades of the building in 2014; the films Vent Moderne (for La Villette, Paris) and Matching Numbers (for 3e Scène, Opéra National de Paris) in 2015.^[4]

In 2017 Xavier Veilhan was chosen to represent France at the 57th Venice Art Biennale (May - November 2017). He transformed his national Pavilion into an immersive recording studio dedicated to audio experimentation, curated by Lionel Bovier and Christian Marclay. His Studio Venezia welcomed more than 200 musicians over the course of 7 months.^[5] In 2022, he is the first artist invited by CHANEL to imagine the staging of a Haute Couture show.^[6]

Selected exhibitions

Le Lion, Place Stalingrad (Bordeaux)

Veilhan's art has been exhibited at venues such as Centre Pompidou (Paris), MAMCO (Geneva), The Phillips Collection (Washington), Mori Art Museum (Tokyo) and Fundació Joan Miró, Barbican Centre and Kitakyushu Center for Contemporary Art.

Solo exhibitions

Year(s)	Title	Venue	Ref
1990	Un peu de biologie	Galleria Fac-Simile, Milano
1991	Un centimètre égal un mètre	Centre d'art contemporain du parc Saint-Léger
1993	Xavier Veilhan	Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, ARC, Paris
1999	La Ford T	MAMCO, Geneva
	La Forêt	Le Consortium, Dijon
2000	La Ford T	Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris
	The Rhinoceros	Yves Saint-Laurent, Wooster Street, New York
	Les Vélos	La Salle de Bains, Lyon
	Xavier Veilhan, une rétrospective	Le Magasin, Grenoble
2001	Lightworks	Espai 13 in Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona
	Light Machines	Sandra Gering Gallery, New York
2002	Xavier Veilhan	Barbican Art Gallery, London
	Installation from the workshop	CCA, Kitakyushu
	Xavier Veilhan	Göteborgs Konsthall	[7]
2003	Keep the Brown	Sandra Gering Gallery
2004	Vanishing Point	Espace 315 at Centre Pompidou; Écuries de Saint-Hugues, Musée de Cluny
	Light Machines	Fondation Vasarely, Aix-en-Provence
	Le Grand Mobile	Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris	[8]
	The Photorealist Project	National Academy Museum, New York (USA)
2005	Le Plein emploi	Strasbourg Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art
	Le Projet Hyperréaliste	Rose Art Museum
	People as volume	Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm
	Fantôme	Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Burgos (CAB)
2006	Les Habitants	Cité internationale in Lyon
	Miami Snowflakes	Galerie Perrotin in Miami
	Sculptures automatiques	Galerie Perrotin in Paris
2007	Xavier Veilhan	Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm
2008	Furtivo	Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli
2009	Veilhan Versailles	Palace of Versailles
2010	RAL 5015	Artcurial	[9]
	Le Carrosse	Place de la République
	Xavier Veilhan	Galerie Perrotin in Miami
2011	Free Fall	Espace Louis Vuitton, Tokyo
	Dark Matter	Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm
	Orchestra	Galerie Perrotin in Paris
2012	Veilhan at Hatfield: Promenade	Hatfield House
	(IN)balance	The Phillips Collection
	Architectones	Neutra VDL Studio and Residences; Bailey House (Los Angeles)
	Rays	La Conservera, Murcia
2013	Avant	Château de Rentilly	[10]
	Mobiles	Galerie Perrotin in Hong Kong
	Architectones	Sheats–Goldstein Residence, Los Angeles; Unité d'habitation, Marseille; Église Sainte-Bernadette du Banlay, Nevers
2014	Maquettes	Frac Centre
	On/off	Galerie des Galeries	[11]
	Architectones	Maison Melnikov in Moscow; Barcelona Pavilion	[12][13]
	Les 30 Ans de Canal+: L'Expo	Palais de Tokyo	[14]
	Bodies	313 Art Project, Seoul
2015	Music	Galerie Perrotin in New York City and in Paris	[15]
	Horizonte verde	Galeria Nara Roesler, São Paulo	[16]
	Matching Numbers	Paris Opera	[17]
	Cedar	Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm
2016	Le Baron de Triqueti	Cluny Abbey	[18]
2017	Studio Venezia	Venice Biennale, French pavilion, Venice	[19][20]
	Flying V	Galerie Perrotin in Paris	[21]
2018	Studio Buenos Aires	Kirchner Cultural Centre, Buenos Aires
	Silhouettes (working title)	313 Art Project, Seoul
2019	PLUS QUE PIERRE	Collégiale-Saint-Martin & FRAC des Pays de la Loire
	Xavier Veilhan	313 Art Project, Seoul
	Channel Orange	Galerie Perrotin in Shanghai
	Nuit mexicaine	Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm
2020	The confinement drawings	Perrotin Viewing Room
2021	Autofocus	Galerie Perrotin in New York City	[22]
	Chemin Vert	Galerie Perrotin in Tokyo
	Mobile n°4 (2017)	Musée du Louvre, Paris
2022	Solo Show	Galeria Nara Roesler, Rio de Janeiro
2023	Portrait Mode	Galerie Perrotin in Paris	[23]

Group exhibitions

Year(s)	Title	Venue	Notes	Ref
2000	Xn00	Espace des Arts in Chalon-sur-Saône	Curated by L. Bovier in collaboration with Élisabeth Lebovici, Hans Ulrich Obrist, and others
2001	Métamorphoses et Clonage	Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal
2002	Light X Eight	Jewish Museum
	La Part de l'autre	Carré d'Art
2003	Coollustre	Yvon Lambert Gallery	Curated by Éric Troncy
2004	None of the Above	Swiss Institute Contemporary Art New York
	L’Eblouissement	Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume
2005	Fundacion La Caixa Collection, 20 years with Contemporary Art: New Acquisitions	CaixaForum Barcelona
2008	Demolition Party	Royal Monceau Palace Hôtel
2009	Le sort probable de l'homme qui avait avalé le fantôme	Conciergerie
2010	Catch me	Kunsthaus Graz
	Le Mont Analogue	Centro Cultural Metropolitano
2011	The Deer	Le Consortium
2012	Christie's presents House of Cards	Waddesdon Manor
2014	Le Baron de Triqueti	Cluny Abbey		[24]
	Matrix: Mathematicians_Heart of gold and the abyss	National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea
2019	Reshaped Reality. 50 years of Hyperrealistic	Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall
	Nouveaux Regards #2	Villa Noailles
	Electro	Musée de la Musique

Selected films

As a director, Veilhan has worked on:

• 2002: Le Film du Japon
• 2003: Drumball
• 2005: Cruiser
• 2008: Radiator - in collaboration with Michael Elion
• 2008: Furtivo
• 2010: L'affaire Dreyfus
• 2011: Pendule Dripping
• 2015: Vent Moderne
• 2015: Matching Numbers

Collaborations

• Stephen Thompson
  • Compulsory Figures: An installation spectacle and ice performance by Xavier Veilhan for Stephen Thompson, a dancer and ice skater. Co-production: Théâtre National de Bretagne, Espace Malraux-National Scene of Chambéry and Savoie, as part of the European project Corpo Links Cluster,^[25] Halles de Schaerbeek (Brussels), La Villette. Performances: Grande halle de la Villette, Paris (2019); Théâtre National de Bretagne (TNB) (2020) and Espace Malraux in Chambéry.^[26]
• Eliane Radigue
  • SYSTEMA OCCAM, 2013: A spectacle by Xavier Veilhan for OCCAM I, a harp piece by Eliane Radigue, performed by Rhodri Davies. Performances: MAMO – Cité Radieuse, Marseille (2013); Florence Gould Hall Theater (Fi:af), New York (2013); Théâtre de la Cité Internationale (Festival New Settings), Paris (2013); Musée national Eugène Delacroix, Paris (2013).
• Sébastien Tellier
  • Sébastien Tellier rencontre Xavier Veilhan, Maison des arts, Créteil, March 25, 2006.
  • Val de Marne, 2006: Xavier Veilhan in collaboration with Sébastien Tellier. MAC VAL, Vitry, December 1–2, 2006.
  • Ville Nouvelle, 2006: Xavier Veilhan in collaboration with Alexis Bertrand. Musical performance with Sébastien Tellier. Nuit blanche, City Hall, Paris.
• Air
  • Artwork - Air’s Pocket Symphony album 2007.
  • Aérolite, 2007: Musical performance by Xavier Veilhan with Alexis Bertrand. Music: Air. Centre Georges-Pompidou, Paris, April 7, 2007.
• Daniel Buren
  • La Cabane éclatée aux Paysages fantômes, 2006-2007.
• Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec, facade of Centre Pompidou Metz.
  • Jordan, 2010: Polystyrene, 193.5 × 68 × 40. Erwan & Ronan Bouroullec, 35 Clouds Installation, 2010.
• 120 Nuits
  • Artistic direction, 1983-1984.

References

1. "Red Bull Music Academy". redbullmusicacademy.com. Red Bull Music Academy. Archived from the original on 11 July 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
2. Sherman, Julia (16 January 2019). "The Artist Who Cooks Lunch for His Studio (Almost) Every Day". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 6 February 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
3. chateauversailles.fr/ressources-pedagogiques/versailles-contemporain/artistes/veilhan-versailles
4. "MATCHING NUMBERS by Xavier Veilhan". YouTube. 15 September 2015.
5. "Le Studio Venezia de Xavier Veilhan clôture en beauté la biennale de Venise".
6. "Xavier Veilhan crée un bestiaire imaginaire pour le défilé Chanel". 24 January 2023.
7. "Xavier Veilhan : Göteborgs Konsthall" (in Swedish). Göteborgs konsthall. 14 September 2002.
8. "Xavier Veilhan, Le Grand Mobile, 2004" (in French). Centre Pompidou. 20 October 2004.
9. "RAL 5015: Quand Xavier Veilhan et John Dodelande réveillent nos désirs d'évasion" (in French). Urban Attitude. 22 February 2013. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
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11. Ghys, Clément (3 June 2014). "Xavier Veilhan épate la galerie" (in French). Libération Next Arts. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014.
12. O'Flynn, Kevin (25 May 2014). "French Artist Sets Moscow Landmark on Fire". The Moscow Times. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
13. Combin, Francois, Architectones by Xavier Veilhan (Documentary), retrieved 13 September 2022
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17. "Xavier Veilhan's Short Film 'Matching Numbers' Takes us on an Unusual Tour of the Paris Opera". yatzer. 22 September 2015.
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19. "Xavier Veilhan, Studio Venezia" (in French). Transverse. 13 May 2017.
20. "Xavier Veilhan's Studio Venezia At The Venice Biennale : The French artist elevates the music studio to new heights". Ravelin Magazine. 2017.
21. ""Flying V" Xavier Veilhan à La Galerie Perrotin Paris" (in French). HypeBeast. 13 September 2017.
22. Westall, Mark (6 November 2021). "XAVIER VEILHAN: AUTOFOCUS". FAD Magazine. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
23. "Xavier Veilhan: Portrait Mode". Perrotin. 2 June 2023.
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25. "Project - Corpo Links Cluster". Keep.eu. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
26. "COMPULSORY FIGURES. Présentation du projet" (PDF). theatre-contemporain.net (in French). Retrieved 26 November 2019..