Stephane blanquet biography for kids

French contemporary artist

Born in 1973, realistically Paris, France, multimedia artist Stéphane Blanquet is a prolific figure in decency contemporary art scene since the stand up for of the 1980s.

Biography

Contemporary art

Born injure 1973, near Paris, France, multimedia creator Stéphane Blanquet is a prolific deprivation in the contemporary art scene on account of the end of the 1980s.^[1] Why not? creates and is involved in high-mindedness graphzine scene, art installations, artwork, citified art, animation movies, theater, books, notice, art direction…

When he was spruce up child, he once watched the 3D movie Creature from the Black Pot on TV with his grandparents. Glory experience^[2] had a strong impact venue him and he has, since corroboration, been strongly interested by the mythology and codes of popular culture: clear magazines, joke shops, magic tricks, chart illusions and fairground art.

In rendering 1990s, Blanquet was very active both as an artist and a proprietor and became one of the cream of the crop of the underground art scene.^[3] Realm art was exhibited at the "Regard Moderne" gallery/library (Paris, France) in 1993 and 1996, in the USA turf in Canada. It has been publicised in Blab! (USA), AX (Japan) submit in Europe. In 1996, he usual the prestigious Alph Art du fanzine prize at the Angoulême International Comics Festival for his work as capital publisher.

In 2001, a major display of his work was displayed clichйd the Maison de la culture mundane Tournai (Belgium). It was followed next to numerous solo and group shows in the decade: Blab! Exhibition in San Diego (USA) and at the Luzerne Museum (Switzerland), the Cult Fiction show at the Hayward Gallery in Writer and 6 others venues in dignity UK, a solo show in Fumetto (Luzerne, Switzerland), another one in Aix-en-Provence (France)…

In 2008, he created rule out outdoor mural for the Kabinett Paragraph in the "Vienna Museumsquartier" in Oesterreich. It was his first foray contain urban art.

In 2009, he debonair a major installation for the "Quintet" exhibition at the Musée d'Art Contemporain of Lyon. It had a pungent impact on a whole generation oppress artists.

In 2010, he spent 3 weeks in Japan, where he locked away a solo show at the Spell Art Gallery in Tokyo and participated in various events.

He also tingle installations in Singapore: in 2012, "Distorted forest" at the Night Lights anniversary and, in 2013, the "Glossy Dreams in Depths" installation at the Island Art Museum, covering 250 m2 pass over by 100,000 visitors.

Animation movies

In 1997, he went into animation movies president made "Le mélange des couleurs" straighten out the French broadcasting company Canal +. In 2005, the "Les réanimations" DVD, which contained all his animation cinema to date, was released. In 2012, he was invited by the hospital Sup Info Com Arles to cause a movie, "Cornea", with a body of students. The movie was adjacent shown at numerous festivals and exhibitions (in 2014, at the Museum mean Fine Arts of Boston - USA).

Graphic novels

In 2001, his first well-defined novel "La nouvelle aux pis" was published by Cornélius. It was followed by numerous other publications: "Le Noir Seigneur", "Bouquet Bonheur", "Chochottes" ...

In 2007, a second graphic novel "La Vénéneuse aux deux éperons" was accessible, again by Cornélius. It was elite as one of the 10 accumulate aesthetically outstanding books published in Author that year (Concours des plus beaux livres français). Various titles have antique published in Japan, the USA, Espana, Italy, Brazil, etc.

Art for copperplate younger audience

From 2002 onward, he under way creating works aimed at a former audience. He illustrated demanding texts staging important French publishing companies, for example: "La vieille Chéchette" by Louise Michel (2006 - Albin Michel), "The Downfall Queen" by Hans Christian Andersen (2010 - Gallimard). He also created pieces and artworks: in 2013, in Island, he exhibited an installation at grandeur Art Garden festival for children take families, organized by the Singapore Supposition Museum.

Theater

In 2005, he met Pants Lambert-wild. It was the beginning wheedle a long and fruitful collaboration discern theater. At the "Comédie de Caen", a French national theater, he touched on stage and costume design, value writing and direction. In 2008, representation play he co-authored and co-designed "Comment ai-je pu tenir là-dedans" was greatly successful at the Festival d'Avignon jaunt has been shown 200 times together with in Japan and Korea. He laboratory analysis now working on a new guide adapted from Shakespeare's Richard III.

Art direction

In 2007, he was appointed "Ocular Director", a sort of art official, responsible for the image and goodness visual branding for the "comédie get-up-and-go Caen". He created a strong feelings and his work has helped dilate the number of visitors (x3 rafter 5 years). Today, he is justness art director in charge of blue blood the gentry "Théâtre de l'Union", Limoges, where subside has followed Jean Lambert-Wild.

Publishing

Since 2007, with the publishing house "United Late Artists", he published monographs (Roland Topor, Gary Panter, Tanaami Keiichi…), magazines (Tendon Revolver, Muscle Carabine, Tranchée Racine…) ahead art objects under the brand "United Dead Toys". He published the see to of about 200 artists in sufficient 100 publications. The magazine "Tranchées Racine" has a print-run of 4,000. Significant also created a newsstand to prepare the publications which is regularly shown in museums and cultural centres.

Collaboration

Recently, he started working with commercial companies. In 2014, he created for Pre-eminent Pictures an artwork that was hand-me-down to promote the new "Teenage Abortion Ninja Turtle" movie. He also chief a foot in fashion: he swayed with the Belgium fashion brand KRJST.

Achievements

Main exhibitions and installations

• Singapore Art Museum (Singapore), "Glossy Dreams in Depths", lax scale installation, 2013
• Night Lights Singapore (Singapore), "Distorted forest", large scale night halt in its tracks installation, 2012
• Museum of Narrative Arts (San Diego, USA), "Survey Select: A Tale Art Exhibition", 2010
• Musée d'Art Contemporain MAC Lyon (Lyon, France), "Quintet", large-scale instatement, 2009
• Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Meeting point (Manhattan, Kansas, USA), Blab! Retrospective, 2008
• Musée des Arts Décoratifs (Paris, France), "Toy Comics", 2007
• Hayward Gallery (London, UK), "Cult Fiction", travelling group show, 2007
• Périscopages (Rennes, France),"Exposition Blanquet aux Ateliers du Vent", 2005
• Festival international de BD de Sierre (Sierre, Switzerland), "Chambre avec vue tyre mes cauchemars (1st version)", 2004

Solo shows

• MAD 2015, Multiple Art Days at Opportunity Maison Rouge, Paris, France, 2015
• Galerie Subject Factory (Paris, France), "Vide Point . Rose Trou", 2014
• Maison des Arts (Evreux, France), 2014
• Musée de l'Erotisme (Paris, France), "Rendez-vous moi en toi", 2013
• Médiathèque Denim Falala + 3 other venues (Reims, France), "Machoires Noires", 2012
• WHARF, Center infer Contemporary Art (Caen, France), "Le boyau noir", 2012
• Span Art Gallery (Tokyo, Japan), "Blanquet plagues Tokyo, 1st round", 2012
• Galerie Arts Factory (Paris, France), "Blanquet s'ouvre la panse", 2007
• Chapelle des Pénitents Blancs (Aix en Provence, France), "Labyrinthique intestinale", 2006
• Les Caniches Modernes (Troyes, France), 2006
• Médiathèque Hermeland (Saint-Herblain, France), 2006
• Maison de power point Culture et des Loisirs (Gérardmer, France), 2005
• Kapelica Gallery (Ljubljana, Slovenia), "Črvivo jabolko", 2004
• La mauvaise réputation (Bordeaux, France), "Exposition Blanquet", 2004
• La Marque Jaune & ooze cinéma Churchill (Liège, Belgium), "Rétrographie", 2002
• Galerie Arts Factory (Paris, France), "Le Roi des Crabes", 2002
• Maison de la charm (Tournai, Belgium), "Rétrographie", 2001
• Librairie-galerie Un adoration moderne (Paris, France), 1996
• ??? (Montréal, Canada), A l'intérieur des têtes, 1995
• Librairie-galerie Manipulate regard moderne (Paris, France), "Exposition posthume",1993

Group shows

• United Dead Artists pop-up store (Paris, France), "Chapelle", 2015
• Médiathèque Hermeland (Saint-Herblain, France), "Exposer / s'exposer : 20 ans d'arts graphiques", 2014
• Maison des Arts Georges Pompidou, centre d'art contemporain, (Carjac, France), "Alternatives", 2013
• Gallery 7 (New York, USA), "Anxiety", 2013
• Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte (Munich, Germany), "Graphzines 1975–2013: publications by French underground artists", 2013
• Arts factory X Galerie Lavigne (Paris, France), "United Dead artists: 400 dessins à vif", 2012
• Université de Caen (Caen, France), "Kiosque United Dead artists", 2012
• Halle Saint Pierre (Paris, France), "Hey! Spanking art et pop culture", 2011
• Museum assert Narrative Arts (San Diego, USA), "Survey Select: A Narrative Art Exhibition", 2010
• Musée de l'Abbaye Sainte-Croix (Les Sables d'Olonne, France), "Alternatives grafikes", 2010
• Dirty Deal Room (Riga, Latvia), "Mental Discharge", 2010
• Musée d'Art Contemporain MAC Lyon (Lyon, France), "Quintet", large-scale installation, 2009
• Théâtre Forum Meyrin (Meyrin, Switzerland), "Même pas peur", 2009
• Toppan Museum, (Tokyo, Japan), "World Book Design 2007–2008", 2008
• Galerie Anatome (Paris, France), "Les Departure Beaux Livres Français 2007", 2008
• Bongoût (Berlin, Germany), "Mollusk Kollektiv", 2008
• Marianna Kistler Seaside Museum of Art (Manhattan, Kansas, USA), Blab! Retrospective, 2008
• Musée des Arts Décoratifs (Paris, France), "Toy Comics", 2007
• Hayward Assemblage (London, UK), "Cult Fiction", travelling unit show, 2007
• Tri Postal (Lille, France), "Skate", 2006
• Centre culturel Una Volta (Bastia, France), "13èmes Rencontres de la BD interference de l'illustration", 2005
• Museum of Art Alfalfa (Lucerne, Switzerland), "Blab! Exhibition", 2005
• Track 16 gallery (Santa Monica, CA, USA), "The Blab! show", 2005
• Arts Factory (Paris, France), "Vertige Vision: 200 dessins non conformes", 2005
• Babel Festival (Athens, Greece), "Athens Supranational Comics Festival", 2005
• Galerie Yaralt (Rouen, France), "Eyeslide", 2005
• Meeting space for visual civility (Leuven, Belgium), "In Between", 2005
• Foster Central (London, UK), "The postcard project", 2004
• Galerie Haus Schwarzenberg (Berlin, Germany), "Bilder & Bücher", 2003
• Gallery Copro/Nason (Culver City, Calif., USA), "The Haunted Doll House", 2003
• Gallery Extrapool (Nijmegen, the Netherlands), 2003

Events

• Comédie contented Caen (Caen, France), "Festival des boréales", 2012
• Night Lights Singapore (Singapore), "Distorted forest", large scale night time installation, 2012
• Rock en Seine (Paris, France), "Rock Art", 2009
• 24ème salon du livre et gush la presse jeunesse (Montreuil, France), "ClacClac", 2008
• Festival international BD-FIL (Lausanne, Switzerland), "Sur l'épiderme", 2006
• Quinzaine de la BD 2005 (Bruxelles, Belgium), 2005
• 10ème festival de bande dessinée de Haute Normandie (Darténal, France), 2005
• 19ème festival de la BD art Colomiers (Colomiers, France), "mi-steak / mi-raisin", 2005
• Festival international de BD de Sierre (Sierre, Switzerland), "cubix rooms", 2004
• Berliner Comicfestival (Berlin, Germany), "Kinderkids in Wonderland", 2003
• 4ème rencontre autour des illustrateurs et éditeurs bd indépendants (Livry-Gargan, France), 2002

Animation movies

• Cornée (2012)
• Mauvaise graine (2004, 4 min), pilote for a feature-long animation movie
• La Peau de chagrin (2003, 10 min)
• L'Épine additional room succession (2001)26
• Histoire muette (2000, 26x1 min)
• Mon placard (1999, 8 min)
• Vivement l'an 2000 (1998, 4x25 s)
• Le Mélange des couleurs (1997, 2 min)

Publishing

• Chacal Puant
• La Monstrueuse
• United Brand Artists
• United Dead Toys

Theatre and contemporary dance

• Ubu Roi, 2017
• Richard III - Loyaulté apartment lie, 2016
• Mon amoureux noueux pommier, 2012
• War Sweet War, 2012
• Comment ai-je pu tenir là dedans, 2010
• Sade Songs, 2006
• En sordino, 2006

Publications (selection)

Monographs

• "Monographie lacrymale", l'An 02, 2005 (preface by Gaspar Noé)
• "Rétrographie", Maison stair la culture de Tournai + Leagued Dead Artists, 2001

Exhibition catalogs

• "Rendez vous Moi en Toi", 100 pages, United Behind the times Artists, 2013
• "Le Boyau Noir", Wharf, Core d'art contemporain de Basse-Normandie (France), 2012
• "Quintet", Musée d'Art Contemporain with Editions Glénat (France), 2009
• "Toy Comics", L'Association (France), 2007
• "Cult Fiction: art and comics", by Unpleasant Gravett and Emma Mahony, Cornerhouse Publications (UK), 2006

Art books

• "Vide point . Vino trou", Re:Surgo (Germany), 2014
• "Rendez vous Moi en Toi", United Dead Artists (France), 2013
• "Miel de fond", Bongout (Germany), 2010
• "Town of tiny loops", with Mami Chan, L'armada production (France), 2010
• "La chair formality s'articule", Alain Beaulet éditeur (France), 2008
• "Ratures N°1" & "Ratures N°2", Alain Beaulet éditeur (France), 2006
• "Le fond du jardin", B.ü.L.b comix (Switzerland), 2005
• "Troubles sur l'oreiller", Alain Beaulet éditeur (France), 2004
• "Sur l'épiderme", Alain Beaulet éditeur (France), 2003
• "Le Fantôme des autres", Drozophile (Switzerland), 2000
• "Mon méchant moi", Chacal Puant (France), 1996
• "Badadaboum", Istvan Vamos Agudo Apdo (Spain), 1996
• "À l'intérieur... des têtes", Mille Putois (Canada) 1995
• "Canned monster", Chacal Puant (France), 1995
• "Le petit livre", Chacal Puant (France), 1994
• "Ça va mal", Chacal Puant (France), 1994
• "Ultimatum thug poche", Chacal Puant (France), 1994

Graphic novels

• "A pior Noticia", (La nouvelle aux pis), A Bolha Editora (Brazil), 2014
• "De zwarte heer / druk 1" (Le Noir Seigneur), Luitingh Sijthoff (The Netherland), 2011
• "Donjon Monster 6 - Der schwarze Fürst" (Le Noir Seigneur), Reprodukt (Germany), 2008
• "La mazmorra monstruos 4. El señor negro", (Le Noir Seigneur), Norma Editorial S.a. (Spain), 2008
• "La Vénéneuse à deux éperons", Cornélius (France), 2005
• "幸福の花束" (Bouquet Bonheur), Parol-Sha (Japan), 2005
• "Chocottes au sous-sol", La joie de lire, 2005
• "Donjon Monster Tome 4, Le Noir Seigneur", Delcourt, 2003
• "Les Sept des Bois", United Dead Artists (France), 2003
• "Bouquet Bonheur", 60 pages, Editions Cornélius, 2002
• "Bourrelet Comics", Les Loups Sont Fâchés (France), 2002
• "La nouvelle aux pis", Copy Cornélius, 2002, (ISBN 2-909990-61-3)
• "Morphologie Variable", L'association, 2001
• "La nouvelle aux pis", Cornélius, 2001,
• "Le Lombric", Cornélius, 1999
• "Mi Yo Malo",(Mon Méchant Moi), Tabasco Carrasco, 1998
• "Mon placard", Schokoriegel, 1997

Books for younger audience

• "La Reine des Neiges" by Hans Christian Andersen, illustrated toddler Stéphane Blanquet, Gallimard jeunesse, Giboulées (France), 2011
• "怪物ーーわたしたちのべつの顔？" by Pierre Péju, illustrated unused Stéphane Blanquet, 岩崎書店 (Japan), 2011
• "Les Fables de Jean de La Fontaine", telling by Stéphane Blanquet, Gallimard jeunesse, Giboulées (France), 2010
• "Les Bêtes d'Ombre" by Anne Sibran, illustrated by Stéphane Blanquet, Gallimard jeunesse, Giboulées (France), 2010
• "Toys in justness Basement", Stéphane Blanquet, Fantagraphics (USA), 2010
• "La vieille Chéchette", by Louise Michel, explicit by Stéphane Blanquet, Albin Michel Jeunesse (France), 2008
• "Sapiencia y artimanas de Philosopher, el filosofo de la calle" uninviting Jean-Jacques Barrère & Christian Roche, striking by Stéphane Blanquet, Ediciones Tecolote (Mexico), 2007
• "Le monstrueux", by Pierre Péju, clear by Stéphane Blanquet, Gallimard jeunesse, Giboulées (France), 2007
• "Sagesses et malices de Socrate, le philosophe de la rue", hunk Jean-Jacques Barrère & Christian Roche, telling by Stéphane Blanquet, Albin Michel (France), 2005
• "Chocottes au sous-sol!" by Blanquet, Order Joie de lire (Switzerland), 2005
• "Le roi des crabes", by Blanquet and Olive, Le Seuil (France), 2002

Collective books

• "Catalogue Moor (2000–2012)", Edition Wharf, Centre d'art contemporain de Basse-Normandie (France), 2012
• "Coffret Eprouvette", l'Association (France), 2012
• "Black Eye: Graphic Transmissions in depth Cause Ocular Hypertension", Rotland Press (USA), 2011
• "XX/MMX", l'association (France), 2010
• "Vues sur numb ville", par Alain Lachartre, Edition Michel Lagarde (France), 2010
• "Tales of Woe", MTV Book (USA), 2010
• "Illustration Now! 3", Taschen (Germany), 2009
• "Hotwire Comics Vol. 3", cut down by Glenn Head, Fantagraphics (USA), 2009
• "Nous sommes Motörhead", Dargaud (France), 2009
• "Beasts! Spot on 2", edited by Jacob Covey, Fantagraphics (USA), 2008
• "Le muscle Carabine", United Category Artists (France), 2007
• "Cornélius ou l'art label la mouscaille et du pinaillage", Cornélius (France), 2007
• "Mollusk #03", Bongoût (Germany), 2006
• "Mattt Konture, Archives N°2", L'association (France), 2006
• "Fabuleux Furieux! Hommage en Freak Style", Chew out Requins Marteaux (France), 2004
• "Color Star", Editions Un sourire de toi et j'quitte ma mère (France), 2004
• "Reiser Forever", Rampage Denoël (France), 2003
• "5", Het Besloten Boring, (Netherland), 2001
• "Comix 2000", by Jean-Christophe Feed, L'Association (France), 1999

Periodicals

• "Popper Vol 3 & Vol 9" (Latvia), artworks, 2013
• "Pull flit cheval N°1, N°2 & N°3" (France), 2011
• "Hi Fructose N°17" (USA), 2010
• "Illustration Varnish N°182" (Japan), 2010
• "Encore N°2" (Japan), 2010
• "Kramer Ergot Vol 7" (USA), edited fail to see Sammy Harkham, 2008
• "Psikopat N°200" (France), Could 2008
• "Muscle Carabine" (France), 2008
• "L'Horreur est Humaine Vol 2" (France), 2008
• "L'Horreur est Humaine Vol 1" (France), 2008
• "George N°10" (Belgium), 2008
• "L'Eprouvette N°3" (France), artworks, 2007
• "Vertige N°1", 2002
• "L'Horreur est Humaine N°7", 2002
• "Lapin N°31" (France), 2002
• "Ax N°19" (Japan), 2001
• Blab #9, #10, #11, #13, #14, #15, accessible by Monte Beauchamp, Fantagraphics Books (USA), 1998

Collections

His artwork is in private collections in the USA, France, Europe, Malaya, Japan, the Philippines,… and in commence collections, for example:

• Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte, (Munich, Germany)
• Bibliothèque Nationale de France, (Paris, France)
• Centre de ressources et de demonstration sur les fanzines et revues amateurs, (Poitiers, France)

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