Xavier Blondeau

Renowned Artist

Gisors (27), France
11 works

During his travels, discovering the immensity of desert lands, Xavier Blondeau wonders about the place of the individual in his environment. In order to materialize his questions, he turns to photography. In 2009, in parallel with his activity as a teacher-researcher, he was able to resume this photographic work around the individual.

Through his series, he seeks increasingly intimate answers. His approach remains instinctive although he decides to structure his work, while moving towards a certain very pure aesthetic form. Only emotion drives him, and this is how he navigates from abstraction, where he explores intimacy, to highly graphic representation in order to link this imaginary to reality. His photographs always leave a certain uncertainty in the air, pushing the public to reinterpret through their eyes what the photographer offers them as an answer to his research.

Since 2011, Xavier Blondeau has been very active and has been exhibiting a lot. His work reveals him through his various photographic series.

Self-taught

2020

Galerie Courcelles Art Contemporain, Paris (France)
Lille Art'UP, Galerie Courcelles, Lille (France)
Tokyo International Foto Awards, Okinaya (Japan)

2019

Barcelona International Photography Awards, Barcelona (Spain)
Budapest International Photography Awards, Budapest (Hungary)
Mois de la Photo, Grenoble (France)
Blankwall Gallery, Athene (Greece)
Salon des Beaux Arts, Garches (France)
Galerie Courcelles art Contemporain, Paris (France)
MIA Photo Fair, Galerie Courcelles, Milan, (Italy)
Lille Art'UP, Galerie Courcelles, Lille, (France)
Tokyo International Foto Awards, Tokyo, (Japan)

2018

Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, (USA)
Fotovefer, Galerie Courcelles, Paris, (France)
SE Center Photography, Greenville, (USA)
PhotoPlace Gallery, Vermont (USA)
Barcelona International Photography Awards, Barcelona, (Spain)
Walraum Galerie, Klagenfurt (Austria)
Salon des Beaux Arts, Garches (France)
Galerie Courcelles Art Contemporain, Paris, (France)
Galerie L'Angle, Hendaye, (France)

2017

Fotovefer, Galerie Courcelles, Paris, (France)
Galerie Courcelles Art Contemporain, Paris, (France)
Manifestation d'Art Contemporain Mac2000, Paris, (France)
Str'Off, Strasbourg, (France)
PH21 Gallery, Budapest (Hungary)
BlackBox Gallery, Portland (USA)

2016

Réalités Nouvelles, Vincennes (France)
Puls'Art, Le Mans (France)
Blankwall Gallery, Athens (Greece)
Galerie Hors-Champs, Paris (France)
Delta National Small Prints Exhibition, Jonesboro (USA)

2014

Mois de la Photo of, Paris (France)
International Juried Competition, Los Angeles (USA)
Manifestation d'Art Contemporain Mac2000, Paris (France)
Phot'Aix Regards Croisés, Aix en Provence (France)
Parcours de l'Art, Avignon (France)
International Print Biennale, Newcastle (England)
Puls'Art, Le Mans (France)
International Art Expo, Bari (Italy)

2013

Balt'Art Contemporary Art, Nogent (France) International
Biennial of Contemporary Art, Sarrias (Spain) European
Biennial of Contemporary Art, Nîmes (France)