Antoine Donzeaud
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Antoine Donzeaud (born 1985 in Vitry-sur-Seine, France) is a French visual artist based in Paris.
Biography
Antoine Donzeaud was born in 1985 in Vitry-sur-Seine, France, and grew up in the suburbs of Paris.[1]
He graduated from the Villa Arson (National School of Art in Nice), where he obtained a DNSEP degree in 2010. In 2007, he took part in an exchange program at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). In 2016, he was an artist-in-residence at Rupert, a center for art, residencies and education in Vilnius,[2][3][4] as well as at the La Brea Studio Residency in Los Angeles.[5]
In 2013, he co-founded the independent project space Exo Exo in his studio in Paris, together with curator Elisa Rigoulet. Operating on a non-commercial basis, the space invited artists to present short-term exhibitions lasting one week.[6][7][8][9]
Work
Antoine Donzeaud works across painting, sculpture, installation, and video.[10][11] His practice frequently engages with everyday objects and elements drawn from urban culture, examining the relationship between private and public spaces.[10][12]
Architecture is a recurring element in his practice, addressing public and impersonal environments alongside domestic and intimate spaces.[13]
His works have also been discussed in relation to contemporary image circulation and communication structures, addressing the permeability between art and everyday life.[10][14]
Critical reception
Critical responses to Antoine Donzeaud’s work have emphasized the emotional and conceptual dimensions of his practice, particularly his use of found imagery, everyday materials, and assemblage to evoke personal and collective affect. Commentary has also noted his deconstruction of traditional pictorial conventions and the way his work blurs the boundary between everyday experience and artistic production.[15][16][17]
Selected exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
- 2014: The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, Galerie Valentin, Paris, France.
- 2015: Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters, MonChéri, Brussels, Belgium.
- 2016: De 10h à 4h du matin, Galerie Valentin, Paris, France.
- 2017: Pacing with Richard, Nirox Foundation, Krugersdorp, South Africa.
- 2018: Une décision purement pratique, Musée Vesunna, Musée d'art et d'archéologie du Périgord (MAAP), and Chapelle de la Visitation, Périgueux, France.
- 2019: Garçon triste prolifique, Les Limbes, Saint-Étienne, France.
- 2022: Are You Okay Please Be Okay, Art-o-rama, Marseille, France.
- 2024: Rien sans peine, Galerie Spiaggia Libera, Paris, France.
Group exhibitions
- 2015: Needless to Say I Have Some Unusual Habits, Rivoli Due Foundation, Milan, Italy.
- 2015: What Is a Bird? We Simply Don’t Know, Galeria Nicodim, Bucharest, Romania.
- 2016: Dark Mimes, Ashes/Ashes, Los Angeles, United States.
- 2017: Inventeurs d’aventures, Villa Arson, Nice, France.
- 2017: Two 4 One, BWA Zielona Góra, Zielona Góra, Poland.
- 2018: Intoto, Pernod Ricard Corporate Foundation, Paris, France.
- 2019: Saturnine, Chicago Manual Style, Chicago, United States.
- 2019: Le Grand Détournement, Ceysson & Bénétière, Paris, France.
- 2020: Plates of the Present, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France.
- 2020: Attempt at Rapprochement, Georg Kargl Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria.
- 2021: Las Palabras Azules, Pas une Orange, Barcelona, Spain.
- 2022: Ce qui emporte la décision, Ceysson & Bénétière, Paris, France.
- 2023: Is Something Missing?, FRAC Corse, Corte, France.
Curatorial projects
Through the artist-run space Exo Exo, Donzeaud organized a number of exhibitions featuring contemporary artists.[18] The project focused on emerging and international artistic practices and was part of a broader network of independent spaces active in Paris during the 2010s.[9][19]
Collections
Works by Antoine Donzeaud are held in public and private collections, including the Centre Georges Pompidou[20] and the Nirox Foundation in South Africa.
References
- ↑ "Antoine Donzeaud, artist of the week". LVL3.
- ↑ "Rupert – Rupert, centre for art, residencies and education, located in Vilnius". Rupert. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
- ↑ "Rupert – Antoine Donzeaud". Rupert. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
- ↑ Romuald Demidenko. "Vilnius at Work – A Thousand Friends". New Art Center. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
- ↑ "La Brea Studio Residency". The Cabin LA. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
- ↑ Thomas Conchou, Anna Fera, Victorine Grataloup & Carine Klonowski (25 April 2016). "La vie d'artiste(s)". Vacarme. Retrieved 7 July 2025.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
- ↑ Julie Ackermann (8 March 2018). "Les laboratoires de l'art du futur : Exo Exo 1". Les Inrockuptibles. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
- ↑ Judicaël Lavrador (8 November 2015). "Plasticiens, la génération débrouille". Libération. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Jessica Saxby (24 May 2018). "The New Paris Scene: Reclaiming a Radical Past". Elephant. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Line Ajan (September 2019). "Conversation avec Antoine Donzeaud" (PDF). Figure Figure. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
- ↑ Alain Berland (2015). "To be or not to be abstrait" (PDF). Mouvement (78): 42–46. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
- ↑ Ingrid Luquet-Gad (March 2018). "Antoine Donzeaud". Duel Magazine. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
- ↑ Anna Kovler (June 2019). "Saturnine". Artforum. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
- ↑ Maxime Gasnier (16 August 2022). "Art-o-rama: 10 artistes émergents à découvrir". The Steidz. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
- ↑ Pasqualetti, Sarah Matia (2024). "Antoine Donzeaud à la galerie Spiaggia Libera". Zérodeux (in français).
- ↑ "Antoine Donzeaud". Duel Magazine. 2018.
- ↑ "Antoine Donzeaud – Galerie Valentin". YACI – Young Artists Contemporary International (in français). 2016.
- ↑ "Exo is Korean K-pop: the ex post manifesto of the most talented art project in Paris". Conceptual Fine Arts. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
- ↑ Elise Boutié (24 December 2015). "Exo Exo – Art in Belleville, Paris". Time Out Paris. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
- ↑ "Antoine Donzeaud". Centre Pompidou (in français). Retrieved 16 December 2025.
Further reading
- Nonfiction 6, Cahier Central, 2025 (in French).
- Demidenko, Romuald (ed.). All the Time at Work = Cały czas w pracy. Texts by Sabina Chou, Julie Béna, Antoine Donzeaud, Pakui Hardware, Nicholas Matranga, Tim Steer, Kym Ward, and Romuald Demidenko. Galeria Labirynt, Lublin, 2017 (in English and Polish). ISBN 978-83-64588-48-8 Search this book on .
- Breslav, Sonel (ed.). Dust: The Plates of the Present. Secretary Press / Blonde Art Books, 2015 (in English). ISBN 978-0988321489 Search this book on .
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