Michel François

♂ *1956 / Belgium

Works

Solo exhibitions

MICHEL FRANÇOIS

Centre for Fine Arts - Bozar, Brussels (BE)
16 Mar 2023 – 21 Jul 2023
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Galerie Mezzanin, Genève (CH)
12 Oct 2018 – 21 Dec 2018
Une Hétérotopie

carlier | gebauer, Berlin (DE)
9 Jun 2018 – 15 Sep 2018
MICHEL FRANÇOIS

Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris (FR)
3 Sep 2016 – 8 Oct 2016
Pieces of evidence

Ikon Gallery, Birmingham (GB)
30 Apr 2014 – 22 Jun 2014
45.000 affiches. 1994-2011

MAC's Musée des Arts, Hornu (BE)
23 Oct 2011 – 29 Jan 2012
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carlier | gebauer, Berlin (DE)
29 Sep 2006 – 11 Nov 2006
Théâtre des opérations

TRAFIC - Frac Haute-Normandie, Sotteville-lès-Rouen (FR)
15 Oct 2005 – 11 Dec 2005
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Xavier Hufkens, Brussels (BE)
2 Jun 2005 – 10 Sep 2005
Théâtre des opérations

Centre Photographique, Paris (FR)
17 Dec 2004 – 27 Feb 2005
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Domaine de Kerguéhennec, Bignan (FR)
3 Jul 2004 – 26 Sep 2004
Déjà vu

De Pont Museum, Tilburg (NL)
5 Jun 2004 – 26 Sep 2004
Le Regard libéré

VOX, centre de l'image, Montréal (CA)
14 Nov 2003 – 21 Dec 2003
Hallu

Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster (DE)
15 Feb 2003 – 13 Apr 2003
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Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Kraichtal (DE)
17 Nov 2002 – 15 Dec 2002

Group

MOVING/IMAGE

An Exploration of Film and Photography

Kunststiftung DZ BANK, Frankfurt (Main) (DE)
6 Jun 2019 – 12 Oct 2019

with Vito Acconci, Michael Ackerman, Mac Adams, John Baldessari, Anna & Bernhard Blume, Christian Boltanski, Gregory Crewdson, Tacita Dean, Maya Deren, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Mario Giacomelli, Angela Grauerholz …
The Song of the Araponga

Bortolami Gallery, New York (US)
28 Jun 2019 – 10 Aug 2019

with Ann Veronica Janssens
The Quarries of Imagination - Stones between Art and Artifact

The University Museum, the University of Tokyo / agnès b. collection

JP Tower Museum Intermediatheque, Tokyo (JP)
26 Sep 2018 – 27 Jan 2019

with Abdelkader Benchamma, Michel Blazy, Brassai, Mona Hatoum, Valerie Jouve, Andre Kertesz, Helen Levitt, Ryan McGinley, Jean-Luc Moulene, Gabriel Orozco
Mask

Kamel Mennour , London (GB)
27 Aug 2018 – 15 Sep 2018

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Mohamed Bourouissa, Alberto Garcia-Alix, Camille Henrot, Cameron Jamie, Claude Leveque, Pierre Molinier, Daido Moriyama
Rencontres d'Arles 2017 - The spectre of surrealism

An exhibition celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Centre Pompidou

Rencontres Arles, Arles (FR)
3 Jul 2017 – 24 Sep 2017

with Eleanor Antin, Hans Bellmer, Jacques-Andre Boiffard, Brassai, Claude Cahun, Mohamed Camara, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Evelyne Coutas, Marcel Duchamp, Germaine Dulac, Fischli & Weiss, Agnes Geoffray …
The Absent Museum

WIELS Centre d'art contemporain, Brussels (BE)
20 Apr 2017 – 13 Aug 2017

with Francis Alys, Jo Baer, Sammy Baloji, Dirk Braeckman, Jimmie Durham, Ellen Gallagher, Mekhitar Garabedian, Jef Geys, Cameron Jamie, Ann Veronica Janssens, Jos de Gruyter & Harald Thys, Mark Manders …
The Extended Moment

carlier | gebauer, Berlin (DE)
14 Jan 2017 – 25 Feb 2017

with Sebastian Diaz Morales, Paul Graham, Dor Guez, Andreas Muehe, Santu Mofokeng, Paul Pfeiffer, Michael Wesely
A History: Contemporary Art from the Centre Pompidou

Zeitgenössische Kunst aus dem Centre Pompidou

Haus der Kunst, München (DE)
25 Mar 2016 – 4 Sep 2016

with Pawel Althamer, Maja Bajevic, Yto Barrada, Taysir Batniji, Christian Boltanski, Mohamed Bourouissa, Sophie Calle, Ayse Erkmen, Harun Farocki, Samuel Fosso, Coco Fusco, Regina Jose Galindo …
TeleGen

Kunst und Fernsehen

Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn (DE)
1 Oct 2015 – 17 Jan 2016

with Angela Bulloch, Thomas Demand, Harun Farocki, Lee Friedlander, Caroline Hake, Dennis Hopper, Christian Jankowski, M+M (Marc Weis + Martin De Mattia), Bjoern Melhus, Nam June Paik, Julian Rosefeldt, Christoph Schlingensief
Altered Appearances

Fisher Landau Center For Art, New York (US)
30 Jul 2015 – 4 Jan 2016

with Matthew Barney, James Casebere, Keith Cottingham, Gregory Crewdson, Lynn Davis, Barbara Ess, Adam Fuss, Inez & Vinoodh, Vera Lutter, Abelardo Morell, Shirin Neshat, Richard Prince …
The Importance of Being…

Panorama de Arte en Bélgica a través de la obra de 40 artistas

MACBA Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires (AR)
17 Jul 2015 – 4 Oct 2015

with Chantal Akerman, Francis Alys, Dirk Braeckman, David Claerbout, Carl de Keyzer, Wim Delvoye, Johan Grimonprez, Ann Veronica Janssens, Marie-Jo Lafontaine, Hans Op de Beeck, Anne-Mie van Kerckhoven
Memory Palaces

carlier | gebauer, Berlin (DE)
3 May 2014 – 7 Jun 2014

with Harold Ancart, Neil Beloufa, Emily Wardill
fALSEfAKES - VRAIFAUXSEMBLANTS

4th photo-triennal 50 JPG (50 Jours pour la Photographie à Genève)

Centre Photographie Geneve, Genève (CH)
5 Jun 2013 – 28 Jul 2013

with Vlado Alonso, Andrea Robbins & Max Becher, Ariane Arlotti, Ariane Arlotti, Eric Baudelaire, Hippolyte Bayard, Emmanuelle Bayart, Valerie Belin, Beltracchi, Mathieu Bernard-Reymond, Mohamed Bourouissa, Fernando Brito …
Die Wahrscheinlichkeit, dass nichts passiert

carlier | gebauer, Berlin (DE)
19 Jan 2013 – 2 Mar 2013

with Asta Gröting, Guillaume Leblon, Marcellvs L., Aernout Mik, Robin Rhode, Mark Wallinger
Young People / Junge Menschen

Set 9 from the Collection of Fotomuseum Winterthur

Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur (CH)
8 Sep 2012 – 10 Feb 2013

with Nobuyoshi Araki, David Armstrong, Nathan Beck, Sabrina Biro, Beni Bischof, Daniele Buetti, Larry Clark, JH Engstroem, Ilse Frech, Julian Germain, Nan Goldin, Paul Graham …
Wir sind die anderen

Kunststiftung DZ BANK, Frankfurt (Main) (DE)
16 Aug 2012 – 27 Oct 2012

with Clegg & Guttmann , Thomas Draschan, Larry Fink, Andreas Gursky, BKH Gutmann, Jochem Hendricks, John Hilliard, Ville Lenkkeri, Marcos Lopez, Will McBride, Klaus Mettig, Helga Paris …
Frieze Art Fair - Video and photo based art

Frieze art fair, London (GB)
13 Oct 2011 – 16 Oct 2011

with Annelies Strba, Marina Abramovic, Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Haluk Akakçe, Francis Alys, Tarek Al-Ghoussein, Pawel Althamer, Kutluğ Ataman, Fikret Atay, Michel Auder, Maja Bajevic, John Baldessari …
Wir sind alle Astronauten

MARTa Herford, Herford (DE)
11 Jun 2011 – 18 Sep 2011

with Attila Csoergoe, Simon Dybbroe Moeller, Tobias Putrih, Ai Weiwei
Open Frame II

CRAC Languedoc Roussillon-Septimanie, Sète (FR)
22 Apr 2011 – 12 Jun 2011

with Taysir Batniji, Laurence Bonvin, Mohamed Bourouissa, James Casebere, Kurt Caviezel, Stéphane Couturier, Stephen Dean, Anne Deleporte, Christoph Draeger, Philippe Durand, Jean-Yves Gargadennec, Ghazel …
Open Frame I

CRAC Languedoc Roussillon-Septimanie, Sète (FR)
25 Feb 2011 – 10 Apr 2011

with Martine Aballéa, Georg Aerni, Rodrigo Albert, Raed Bawayah, Mohamed Bourouissa, James Casebere, Kurt Caviezel, Line Chollet, Anne Deleporte, Harald Fernagu, Anne-Marie Filaire, Andreas Gursky …
Les Indomptes

BIP2010 - 7th International Biennial of Photography and Visual Arts

MAMAC Musée d'Art, Liège (BE)
27 Feb 2010 – 28 Apr 2010

with Roger Ballen, Laure Bertin, Lisa Brice, Clement Cogitore, Collectif Smoke, Thibault Cordonnier, Olivier Cullman, Flavio Cury, Francois De Coninck, Melissa Desmet, Aurélie Garon, Agnes Geoffray …
Berlin - Paris: Carlier | Gebauer @ galerie Michel Rein

Galerie Michel Rein, Paris (FR)
29 Jan 2010 – 27 Feb 2010

with Rosa Barba, Santu Mofokeng
Printed Matter

Set 6 from the Collection of the Fotomuseum Winterthur

Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur (CH)
28 Feb 2009 – 11 Oct 2009

with Suky Best, Daniele Buetti, Sarah Charlesworth, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Jakob Kolding, Boris Mikhailov, Daido Moriyama, Ed Ruscha, Lidwien van de Ven
AUTRES MESURES

Centre Photographique, Paris (FR)
29 Apr 2009 – 12 Jul 2009

with Pilar Albajar, Julieta Aranda, Sergio Belinchon, Michel Blazy, Irina Botea, Hermine Bourgadier, Lionel Estève, Jean-François Fourtou, Miklos Gaal, Isabelle Hayeur, Djamel Kokène, Sean Lynch …
Crème de la Crème

Museum Helmond, Helmond (NL)
16 Jun 2007 – 16 Sep 2007

with Yael Bartana, Anton Corbijn, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Anthony Goicolea, Risk Hazekamp, Steven Klein, Justine Kurland, Loretta Lux, Steven Meisel, Paul M. Smith, Hannah Starkey, Inez van Lamsweerde …
Hunter & Gatherer

Ferenbalm-Gurbrü Station, Karlsruhe (DE)
25 May 2007 – 30 Jun 2007

with Christian Gonzenbach, Hjordis Kuras, Lutz & Guggisberg, Erik Schmidt
Speakers

AEROPLASTICS contemporary, Brussels (BE)
18 Mar 2007 – 28 Apr 2007

with Renzo Martens, L.A. Raeven, Julika Rudelius, Lidwien van de Ven, Ger van Elk
verglückt nochmal

Galerie Ute Parduhn, Düsseldorf (DE)
3 Nov 2006 – 27 Jan 2007

with Nine Budde, Christine de la Garenne, Olthaar&Van der Meij, Olthaar&Van der Meij, Oliver Pietsch
INTOUCHABLE L'Idéal transparence

Villa Arson, Nice (FR)
1 Jul 2006 – 24 Sep 2006

with Ignasi Aballi, David Claerbout, Harun Farocki, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Dora Garcia, Douglas Gordon, Rodney Graham, Dan Graham, Man Ray , Anri Sala
CONTINUUM DISTORSION

Fri Art - Centre d'art de Fribourg, Fribourg (CH)
20 May 2006 – 30 Jul 2006

with Robert Suermondt
Outdoors

Danielle Arnaud contemporary art, London (GB)
6 May 2006 – 11 Jun 2006

with Orla Barry, Els Dietvorst, Daniel Knorr, Ria Pacquee
Satellite of Love

Kunstinstituut Melly, Rotterdam (NL)
27 Jan 2006 – 26 Mar 2006

with Franz Ackermann, Francis Alys, Angela Bulloch, Edith Dekyndt, Laurent Grasso, Mauricio Dias & Walter Riedweg, Yves Netzhammer, Melik Ohanian, Pierre Bismuth & Michel Gondry, Erik van Lieshout, Francesco Vezzoli
35th International Film Festival Rotterdam

InternationalFilm Festival Rotterdam IFF, Rotterdam (NL)
25 Jan 2006 – 5 Feb 2006

with Franz Ackermann, Ant Farm, Angela Bulloch, Alex Cecchetti, Edith Dekyndt, Laurent Grasso, Edgar Honetschlaeger, Alexander Kluge, Yuri Leidermann, Avi Mograbi, Sarah Morris, Yves Netzhammer …
Open-Ended

Thomas Dane Gallery, London (GB)
8 Dec 2005 – 28 Jan 2006

with Pierre Bismuth, Gabriel Kuri
Faire signe

Un choix d'oeuvres de la collection d'art de la Province de Hainaut

La Criée - centre , Rennes (FR)
18 Nov 2005 – 30 Dec 2005

with Edith Dekyndt, Patrick Everaert, Marcel Marien, Cindy Sherman
Le Jeune, le vivace et le bel aujourd'hui, 3/3

Troisième épisode du cycle d'expositions

Centre d'art Mira Phalaina, Paris (FR)
15 Oct 2005 – 17 Dec 2005

with Lionel Estève, Laura Henno, Alain Séchas, Angel Vergara
Belgische Fotografen 1840-2005

FOMU Fotomuseum Antwerp, Antwerp (BE)
24 Jun 2005 – 18 Sep 2005

with Dirk Braeckman, Jean-Paul Brohez, Marcel Broodthaers, Paul Casaer, Pierre Cordier, Anne Daems, Carl de Keyzer, Jean-Paul Deridder, Wouter Deruytter, Peter Downsbrough, Gilbert Fastenaekens, Felten & Massinger …
ARBEITSHAUS: einatmen. ausatmen.

Kunsthaus Dresden, Dresden (DE)
1 May 2005 – 17 Jul 2005

with Can Altay, Eleanor Antin, Emmanuelle Léonard, Ken Lum, Aernout Mik, Cat Tuong Nguyen, Julien Previeux, Reinigungsgesellschaft, Michaela Schweiger, Santiago Sierra, Mladen Stilinovic
Ralentir vite

Frac Ile-de-France, Paris (FR)
9 Dec 2004 – 20 Feb 2005

with Michel Blazy, David Claerbout, Alain Clairet, Sebastian Diaz Morales, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, David Hammons, Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla, Anne Marie Jugnet, Judit Kurtág, Santu Mofokeng, Bruce Nauman
Art hypermarkets. Contesting consumerism

Palazzo delle papesse, Siena (IT)
9 Oct 2004 – 9 Jan 2005

with Anette Baldauf, collectif_fact, Minerva Cuevas, Jan Fabre, Raymond Hains, Kristof Kintera, Barbara Kruger, Eva & Franco Mattes, Zwelethu Mthethwa, Olaf Nicolai, Erwin Olaf, Marco Papa …
No Friture - Junge Kunst aus den flämischen und wallonischen Teilen Belgiens

Kunstverein Ludwigshafen, Ludwigshafen (DE)
31 Oct 2004 – 2 Jan 2005

with Aline Bouvy, Paul Casaer, Anne Daems, John Gillis, Nadia Kever, Gert Robijns, Denis Tyfus
No Friture - Junge Kunst aus den flämischen und wallonischen Teilen Belgiens

Mannheimer Kunstverein, Mannheim (DE)
31 Oct 2004 – 2 Jan 2005

with Aline Bouvy, Paul Casaer, Anne Daems, John Gillis, Nadia Kever
Figures de l'acteur

Jeu de Paume, Paris (FR)
15 Oct 2004 – 2 Jan 2005

with Roger Corbeau, Douglas Gordon, Michel Journiac, Sam Lévin, Yasumasa Morimura, Roger Parry, Pierre et Gilles, Rene-Jacques, Cindy Sherman, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Raymond Voinquel
SITUATIONS CONSTRUITES

Live in your head, Genève (CH)
23 Oct 2004 – 18 Dec 2004

with John Bock, Jordi Colomer, Joost Conijn, Stephen Dean, Jeremy Deller, Sebastian Diaz Morales, Christoph Draeger, Jeanne Faust, Gabriela Golder, Bob Gramsma, Amy Granat, Eric Hattan …
L'Ombre du temps

Jeu de Paume, Paris (FR)
28 Sep 2004 – 28 Nov 2004

with Eugene Atget, Hippolyte Bayard, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Guillaume Bijl, Marcel Broodthaers, Claude Cahun, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Walker Evans, Nan Goldin, Dan Graham, Raoul Hausmann, Roni Horn …
Argosfestival

audiovisual arts

Argos - Centre for Art & Media, Brussels (BE)
15 Oct 2004 – 23 Oct 2004

with Ken Jacobs, Roman Signer
Éblouissement

Jeu de Paume, Paris (FR)
23 Jun 2004 – 12 Sep 2004

with Dieter Appelt, Yael Bartana, Rosella Belluschi, Rhona Bitner, Anna & Bernhard Blume, Jacques-Andre Boiffard, Gerd Bonfert, Slater Bradley, Constantin Brancusi, Brassai, Victor Burgin, Jean-Marc Bustamante …
CHILD IN TIME . Views of contemporary artists on youth and adolescence

Museum Helmond, Helmond (NL)
24 May 2003 – 7 Sep 2003

with Lars Arrhenius, Rineke Dijkstra, Margi Geerlinks, Anthony Goicolea, Risk Hazekamp, Bill Henson, Sarah Jones, Elke Krystufek, Justine Kurland, Sally Mann, Maria Marshall, Muntean & Rosenblum …
ars photographica

Fotografie und Künstlerbücher

Weserburg Museum, Bremen (DE)
1 Dec 2002 – 9 Mar 2003

with Marina Abramovic, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Christian Boltanski, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Gilbert & George, Roni Horn, Alfredo Jaar, Edmund Kuppel

Events

29th Biel/Bienne Festival of Photography

29. Bieler Fototage

Bieler Fototage, Biel Bienne (CH)
9 May 2026 – 31 May 2026

with Julie Bourges, Annette Boutellier, Alan François, Solene Guen, Monique Jacot, Khashayar Javanmardi, Angela Marzullo, Aude Mayer, Rafal Milach, Jean Mohr, Enrique Munoz Garcia , Dominic Nahr …
ARCOlisboa 2025

ARCO Lisboa, Lisboa (PT)
29 May 2025 – 1 Jun 2025

with Eugenio Ampudia, Daniel Canogar, Leyla Cardenas, Anna Bella Geiger, Paul Graham, Dor Guez, Arturo Herrera, Iman Issa, Lucia Koch, Glenda Léon, Oscar Munoz
Mulhouse Biennial of Photography 2024

Mondes impossibles / Impossible Worlds

Biennale Mulhouse, Mulhouse (FR)
13 Sep 2024 – 13 Oct 2024

with Pascal Amoyel, Janine Bächle, Nigel Baldacchino, Bénédicte Blondeau, Christophe Bourguedieu, Celine Clanet, Paul Gaffney, Matthew Genitempo, Geert Goiris, Léa Habourdin, Karin Jobst, Laurence Kubski …
artgenève 2024

artgeneve, Genève (CH)
25 Jan 2024 – 28 Jan 2024

with Markus Amm, Valerie Belin, Jean-Marc Bustamante, Sunah Choi, Sara De Brito Faustino, Jimmie Durham, Patrick Faigenbaum, Peter Hauser, Olaf Holzapfel, Maureen Kaegi, Guillaume Leblon, Renée Levi …
artgenève 2022

artgeneve, Genève (CH)
3 Mar 2022 – 6 Mar 2022

with Vito Acconci, Carlos Aires, Miles Aldridge, Brook Andrew, Valerie Belin, Abdelkader Benchamma, Werner Bischof, Matt Black, Daniel Blaufuks, Guillaume Bresson, Rene Burri, Lisetta Carmi …
ARCOmadrid 2022

ARCO ARte COntemporáneo, Madrid (ES)
23 Feb 2022 – 27 Feb 2022

with Ignasi Aballi, María María Acha-Kutscher, Pep Agut, Ghada Amer, Eugenio Ampudia, Marcelo Brodsky, Carmen Calvo, Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Daniel Canogar, Lisetta Carmi, Andres Denegri, Latifa Echakhch …
FIAC 2021

FIAC Paris, Paris (FR)
21 Oct 2021 – 24 Oct 2021

with Adel Abdessemed, Darren Almond, Rosa Barba, Valerie Belin, Marcel Dzama, Latifa Echakhch, Simon Fujiwara, Douglas Gordon, Leiko Ikemura, Ann Veronica Janssens, Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla, Guillaume Leblon …
Z<font size=-2>s</font>ONA MACO 2020

Z<font size=-2>s</font>ONA MACO Foto Presents its 5th edition with a selection of vintage, modern and contemporary photography of worldwide galleries.

Zsona Maco, Mexico City (MX)
5 Feb 2020 – 9 Feb 2020

with Marina Abramovic, Miles Aldridge, Pablo Boneu, Inaki Bonillas, Soledad Cordoba, Lenka Clayton, Laura Cohen, Judy Dater, Ana de Orbegoso, Elena Dorfman, Michael Dweck, Guenther Foerg …
Frieze Art Fair 2018

Frieze art fair, London (GB)
5 Oct 2018 – 7 Oct 2018

with Marina Abramovic, Jane Alexander, Vanessa Beecroft, Helen Chadwick, Natalie Czech, Thomas Demand, Stan Douglas, William Eggleston, Nilbar Gueres, Luigi Ghirri, Andy Goldsworthy, Kathy Grove …
EYE FEEL - Photography

Artcurial, Paris (FR)
19 Oct 2017 – 24 Oct 2017

with Berenice Abbott, Nobuyoshi Araki, Richard Aujard, Roger Ballen, Adam Bartos, Anne-Catherine Becker-Echivard, Erwin Blumenfeld, LIU Bolin, Margaret Bourke-White, Dirk Braeckman, Balthasar Burkhard, Edward Burtynsky …
Les p'tits ateliers

pour les 8-14 ans

Centre Photographique, Paris (FR)
23 Feb 2005 – 24 Feb 2005
PHOTOWIN - FOR THE CPG !

30th anniversary of Centre de la Photographie Genève (CPG)<br>- Party - Tombola (>100 Artworks) - Auction (12 Artworks) -

Centre Photographie Geneve, Genève (CH)

with Rhona Bitner, Silvie Defraoui, Sylvie Fleury, Fabrice Gygi, Carsten Hoeller, Boris Mikhailov, Gianni Motti, Franck Scurti, Jeff Wall