Biography
ORLAN FULL RESUME
ORLAN (SHORT) RESUME
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“I AM ORLAN, AMONG OTHER THINGS AND AS FAR AS POSSIBLE. MY NAME IS WRITTEN EVERY LETTER IN CAPITAL LETTERS BECAUSE I DON’T WANT TO BE MADE TO FIT IN, I DON’T WANT TO BE MADE TO FIT IN THE LINE”
1. ARTISTIC PRACTICES
ORLAN is one of the most famous French artist internationally known.
She is not tied to any one material, technology or artistic practice. She creates sculptures, photographs, performances, videos, and videogames, augmented reality, artificial intelligence and robotics (she has created a robot in her own image that speaks with her voice) using scientific and medical technics like surgery and biogenetic. Those are only mediums for her, the idea prevails and the materiality pursues.
ORLAN makes her own body the medium, the raw material, and the visual support of her work. It takes place as the “public debate”. She is a major figure of the body art and of “carnal art” as she used to define it in her 1989 manifesto.
Her commitment and her liberty are an integral part of her work. She defends innovative, interrogative and subversive positions, in her entire artwork. ORLAN changes constantly and radically the datas, which disrupt conventions, and “ready-made thinking”. She is opposed to the natural determinism, social and politic and to all domination forms, male supremacy, religion, cultural segregation and racism, etc.
Always mixed with humor, often-on parody or even grotesque, her provocative artworks can shock because she shakes up the pre-established codes.
ORLAN won the E-reputation award, designating the most observed and followed artist on the Web.
2. HONORIFIC, AWARDS, GRANTS AND PRIZES
ORLAN has received several awards and grants throughout her career:
In 2020, ORLAN was made President of Hundred Heroines (London)
In 2019, ORLAN received the Maestro Academico Emerito by Academia Di Belle Arti Di Roma delivered by the director of the Academia, Tiziana D’Acchille.
In 2019, ORLAN was honored by the special price of the Woman of the year by the Prince of Monte-Carlo (Monaco).
In 2018, ORLAN received the Hundred Heroines of Photography price from The Royal Photograhic Society at Paris Photo (Paris)
In 2017 she received the International Award for Female Excellence from the Ministry of International Affairs in Genoa (Italy)
In 2013 she received the E-REPUTATION Great Prize by Alexia Guggemos at Christie’s in Paris (France).
In 2010, ORLAN was made Chevalier de l’ordre national du Mérite and received the medal from Fréderic Mitterrand, then Minister of Culture.
In 2007, during the retrospective of her work at the Musée d’Art Moderne of her native town of Saint-Étienne, ORLAN received the Golden Medal of Saint-Étienne and the Bronze Medal of Saint-Étienne Métropole.
In 2004 she won the top prize at The Moscow Festival of Photography (Russia).
In 2003, ORLAN was made Chevalier de L’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture. The medal was delivered by Jean-Jacques Aillagon, then Minister of Culture.
In 1999 she was awarded the Arcimboldo Prize for digital photography from Hewlett Packard (France) and won the Griffel-Kunst Prize in Hamburg (Germany).
In 1993 she received the Prix Mona Lisa and Prix Lavoisier (France).
In 1989 and 1992 she received two grants from FIACRE (Fonds d’Innovation Artistique et Culturelle en Rhône-Alpes) for her research and residency in Chennai (Former Madras, India).
In 1967 she received the Top Prize from the ‘Bourse du Travail’ in Saint-Étienne (France).
3. ARTISTIC RESIDENCES
In 2016, ORLAN was invited by the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles, CA (U.S.A) to participate on their Scholar Research and Residence Program.
In 2008 she was also a guest at SymbioticA, the art an science collaborative research laboratory of the University of Western Australia in Perth (Australia).
In 2007 she was invited by the Getty Institute in Los Angeles, CA (U.S.A.) to participate in their Scholar Research and Residence Program.
In 2005 ORLAN was a guest at the ISCP (International Studio and Curatorial Program) in New York, NY (U.S.A.), sponsored by the AFAA (Association Française d’Action Artistique).
4. PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
ORLAN produced two large installations for :
The Medical School of the Nantes University , France.
The Medical Library of Nantes University, France.
5. MAIN RETROSPECTIVES
Several Retrospectives have been dedicated to ORLAN:
Musée de la Photographie (MEP), ORLAN EN CAPITALES in Paris (France) curated by Jérôme Neutres (2017)
Museum of Contemporary Art, MACRO, ORLAN Retrospective in Roma (Italy), curated by: Alessandra Mammi (2017)
Sungkok Art Museum, ORLAN-Techno-Body Retrospective 1966-2016 in Seoul (Republic of Korea), curated by Soukyoun Lee (2016)
FRAC Normandie, ORLAN TODAY in Caen (France), curated by Sylvie Froux (2016)
Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogota, ORLAN / Hybridaciones y Refiguraciones in Bogota (Colombia) curated by Ricardo Arcos-Palma (2012)
Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, M HKA, MesuRages (1968-2012) Action: ORLAN-body in Antwerp (Belgium) curated by Bart de Baere (2012)
Prometeo Gallery, ORLAN AAKA ORLAN in Milan (Italy), curated by Eugenio Viola (2010).
Tallin Art Hall, ORLAN: Post Identity Strategies in Tallinn (Estonia), curated by Eugenio Viola (2008).
Museum of Modern Art of Saint-Etienne, Le Récit, retrospective in Saint-Etienne (France), curated by Lorand Hegyi and Eugenio Viola (2007).
CCC (Center of Contemporary Creation), ORLAN, in Tours (France), curated by Alain Julien-Laferrière (2004).
National Center of Photography (CNP), ORLAN 1964-2004. . . Artist’s methods, retrospective exhibition in Paris (France), curated by Regis Durand (2004).
FRAC Pays de la Loire, Éléments favoris, retrospective in Nantes (France), curated by Jean François Taddei (2002).
Centro de Fotografía, Universidad de Salamanca, Retrospective 1964-2001 in Salamanca (Spain) curated by Olga Guinot (2002)
6. BIENNALES
ORLAN’s work has been featured in several Biennales of Contemporary Art:
In France at Enghien-les-bains at the Bains Numériques (2018);
In Ukraine at the Kyiv International (2017);
In Pakistan at the Karachi Biennale (2017);
In Peru at the Lima Biennale (2016);
In Senegal at the Dakar Biennale (2016);
In Mali at the Bamako Biennale (2015);
In Italy at the Venice Biennale (1986, 1993, 1997, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2017);
In Greece at the Thessaloniki Biennale (2011);
In Russia at the Moscow Biennale (2004, 2009);
In Poland at the Poznan Biennale (2008);
In South Korea at the Busan Biennale (2016, 2008) and the Changwon Biennale (2016);
In Australie at the Sydney Biennale (1992); Biennale of Electronic Arts Perth Stillness (2007);
In Spain at the Valencia Biennale (2003);
In Turkey at the Istanbul Biennale (2001);
In France at FIAC Paris Biennale (1975, 1980), Nice Biennale (1981)
In France at Lyon Biennale (1995, 2000);
In Yugoslavia at the Ljubljana Biennale (1987).
7. EXHIBITION PLACES
ORLAN’s work has been featured in several exhibitions all over the world.
In France : Center Georges Pompidou, Palais de Tokyo, Musée d’Orsay, Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Centre National de la Photographie, Musée Bourdelle (Paris), Centre de Création Contemporaine (CCC) de Tours, Musée d’art contemporain de Marseille, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes, Musée du Nouveau Monde La Rochelle, Musée d’Art Moderne de Saint-Étienne, Villa Arson, Nice, etc…
In the U.S.A : Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA; LACMA and MOCA, Los Angeles, CA; PS1, New York, NY; Bass Museum, Miami, FL; Schmidt Center Gallery Public Space of Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL; Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Saint-Louis, MO; Sheldon Museum, Lincoln, NE, etc…
In Canada: Art Galerie of Vancouver, Le lieu, Quebec, MacLuhan Science Center, Toronto.
In Colombia: Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogota; Academia Superior de Artes de Bogota; Museo de Antioquia, Medellin
In Belgium: Museum aan der Stroom, Antwerpen; M HKA Museum, Antwerpen; Musée d’Art et d’histoire de Lessines.
In Italy : MADRE Museum, Napoli ; Palazzo Strozzi, Florence ; Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome; Palazzo Grassi and Palazzo Franchetti, Venise ; Museo D’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Rovereto.
In Germany : Gemäldegalerie, Berlin ; Kunstmuseum, Ahlen; KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin; Städtische Galerie, Karlsruhe; Kunstraum Dreieich, Frankfurt.
In Austria: Kunsthalle and MAK, Vienna.
In Luxembourg: Casino Luxembourg.
In Spain: Fundación Joan Miró, Barcelona; Artium Museum, Vitoria; Museo de la Fotografía, Salamanca; MACBA, Madrid.
In Switzerland: Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne.
In Russia: Maison de la Photographie, Laboratoria Art&Science Space and Manege, Moscow.
In South Korea : National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul; Busan Museum, Busan ; Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon; Sungkok Museum, Seoul.
In Japan: Red Brick Warehouse, Yokohama; The National Museum of Art, Osaka.
8. LECTURES AND MASTER-CLASSES
ORLAN taught at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena (CA, U.S.A.).
She was also a professor at the École Nationale Supérieure d’Arts de Paris-Cergy (ENSAPC).
She is regularly invited by universities and institutions worldwide to give lectures and Master-classes, such as :
U.S.A : Florida Atlantic University (Boca Raton, FL), University of South Florida (St Petersburg, FL), University of Nebraska (Lincoln, NE), New York University, Standford University (San Francisco, CA), University of California (Santa Barbara, CA), Otis College of Art and Design (Los Angeles,CA), Getty Research Institute (Los Angeles, CA), CalArts (Valencia, CA)
France: École Nationale des Beaux Arts, ENSBA (Paris, Dijon, Lyon, Marseille, Grenoble, Saint-Étienne, Nantes, Nice, Toulouse, etc.), Sorbonne University (Paris), Sciences Po (Paris).
In the United Kingdom: Intelligence Square Institute, ICA (Institute of Contemporary Art), London; University of Nottingham.
In Germany: Art Academy, Berlin, Fine Arts University, Hamburg.
In Australia: College of Fine Arts of the University of New South Wales.
She has also taught in South-Korea, Canada, Spain, Poland, Latvia, Sweden, Austria, etc…
9. PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
The Centre Pompidou (Paris, France) has selected ORLAN’s “Kiss of the Artist” (1977) from the MNAM collections, to appear in their book “100 Masterpieces of the 20th Century”. Her works are part of several public and private collections such as :
In Europe: Centre Georges Pompidou, Maison Européenne de la Photographie (Paris) Musée de la Photo de Bièvre, Musée d’Epinal, Musée du Nouveau Monde de La Rochelle, Musée d’Art Moderne de Saint-Etienne, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes, FNAC (National Fund of Contemporary Art), FRAC (Regional Fund of Contemporary Art) of FRAC Pays de la Loire, FRAC Ile-de-France, FRAC Rhône-Alpes, FRAC Basse-Normandie, Arthotèque la Réunion, MHKA (Antwerp, Belgium), etc …
In the U.S.A : MoMa (Museum of Modern Art), New-York, LACMA, The Andy Warhol Museum (Pittsburgh, Penn), The Getty Museum, MOCA (Los Angeles, CA), Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation (Malibu, CA), Sheldon Museum of Art (Lincoln, NE)
In Asia: The National Museum of Art (Osaka, Japan), Sungkok Museum (Seoul, South Korea)
In Africa : Mali National Museum (Bamako, Mali), The Bandjoun Station (Bandjoun, Cameroun), …
10. MAIN MONOGRAPHS
ORLAN’s works has been published in a large number of books, including several recent monographs, such as :
Laurence Devillers, Ariel Kyrou and Virginie Martin, “ORLANoid hybrid robot with artificial and collective intelligence”, Editions Lienart, Paris 2018.
Jérôme Neutres, Shelley Rice, Tatyana Franck, Jean-Luc Monterosso, “ORLAN ARTIST IN THE CAPITAL”, Éditions SKIRA, Paris, 2016.
Frédéric Acquaviva, “ORLAN Exogène”, AcquAvivA, 2017
Domenica Quaranta, “ORLAN TechnoBody Retrospective 1966-2016”, Éditions Scala, South-Korea, France, 2016.
Moon Soon Park, Soukyoun Lee, Jinsang Yoo, Donatien Grau, Philippe Piguet, Imma Prieto,
Domenica Quaranta, “ORLAN TechnoBody Retrospective 1966-2016”, Éditions Scala, South-Korea, France, 2016.
Donatien Grau, Jackie-Ruth Meyer, Philippe Piguet, Imma Prieto, Domenico Quaranta, “ORLAN, Striptease des cellules jusqu’à l’os”, Editions Scala, Paris, 2015.
Inese Baranovska, Catherine Grenier, Dominique Païni, Jean-Pierre Rehm; “ORLAN, The Icon of the French Contemporary Art”, Editions Neputns, Riga, Latvia, 2014.
Jose Ignacio Benito Climent, “El Arte-Carnal en ORLAN, hacia una estetica del sacrificio”, Editions Devenir, Madrid, Spain, 2013.
Hubert Besacier, Alain Charre, Bart De Baere, Sophie Gregoir and Win Van Mulders, “ORLAN mesuRages (1968-2012) actions: ORLAN-body”, M HKA, Antwerp, Belgium, 2012.
Ricardo Arcos-Palma, Nicolas Bourriaud and Michael La Chance, “Art Charnel et Corps Obsolète / Hybridations et Refigurations”, Editions Musée Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia, 2012.
Anne Morelli, Johan Muyle and Pierre-Olivier Rollin, “Est-ce que vous êtes Belge? ORLAN”, Yellow Now/ENSAV La Cambre, Brussels, Belgium, 2012.
Blandine Chavanne, Christine Buci-Glucksmann and Camille Morineau, “Un Boeuf Sur la Langue”, Éditions Fage, Lyon, France, 2011.
Rhonda K. Garelick and Jorge Daniel Veneciano, Homi K. Bhabha, Michel Serres, Isabel Tejeda, Paul Virilio, Lan Vu and Faboulous Harlequin, “ORLAN and the patchwork self”, The University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE, USA, 2010.
Simon Donger, Simon Shepherd, Gianna Bouchard, Christine Buci-Glucksmann, Howard Caygill, Simon Donger, Sander L. Gilman, Markus Hallensleben, Jens Hauser, Dominic Johnson, Stéphane Malysse, Hans-Ulrich Obrist, Catherine Petitgas, Simon Shepherd, Paul Virilio and Sarah Wilson, “ORLAN, a Hybrid Body of Artworks”, Routledge Editions, London, UK, 2010.
Raphael Enthoven, Raoul Vaneigem and ORLAN, “Unions Mixtes, Mariages Libres et Noces Barbares”, Editions Dilecta, Paris, France, 2010.
Paul Virilio and ORLAN, “Transgression, transfiguration “, Editions L’Une et L’Autre, Paris, France, 2009.
Joerg Bader, Lorand Hegyi, Marcela Iacub, Donald Kuspit, Peggy Phelan, Eugenio Viola, ORLAN, The Narrative/Le Récit, Éditions Charta, Milan, Italy, 2007.
Bernard Blistène, Christine Buci-Glucksmann, Caroline Cros, Régis Durand, Eleanor Heartney, Laurent Le Bon, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Vivian Rehberg, Julian Zugazagoitia and ORLAN, “ORLAN, Carnal Art”, Éditions Flammarion, Paris, France, 2004.
Marc Partouche, Monographie CD-Rom et Papier, Se placer au center du monde, ORLAN, Editions Jériko, 2000.
11. GALLERIES
ORLAN is represented by:
- Ceysson & Bénétière Gallery, Paris (France)
- Prometeo Gallery, Milan (Italy)
- Stux Gallery, New-York (USA)
- Sejul Gallery, Seoul (South Korea)
- Ace Gallery, Los Angeles (USA)
- Espaivisor Gallery, Valencia (Spain)
- Hélène Lamarque Gallery, Miami (USA)
12. COLLABORATIONS
ORLAN has worked
in process with artist Bob Wilson
with Fabrice Hyber for the ” Orlanoïde ” project with Pasteur Institute (2017)
with artist Jan Fabre in workshop (2017)
with photographer Roberto Battistini for ” Hybridization Serge Gainsbourg and Salvador Dali ” (2016)
with artist Mael Le Mée for her performance ” Tangible Striptease en Nanoséquences ” at Paris-Diderot Universtity (2016) and CDA Enghien-Les-Bains (2016)
with artists and musicians Chicks On Speed, for the Vinyl Factory – Soho House (Berlin, Germany) (2016)
with artist Guillaume Paris for the project “A Winter Story” at the Shunt in London (United Kingdom) (2009)
with laboratory SymbioticA in Perth (Australia) for “Le Manteau d’Arlequin” (2008)
with choreographers Karine Saporta in Paris (2002) and Emio Greco/PC for the Avignon festival (2008)
with perfumer Christophe Laudamiel, from International Flavors & Fragrances Inc (IFF) for the perfume “Le Baiser de l’artiste” (2007)
with performance artist Jan Fabre for her performance “MesuRage d’Institution” at the Troubleyn / Laboratorium in Antwerpen (Belgium) (2007)
with architect Philippe Chiambaretta for “Pièce Lumineuse” in the CCC of Tours and at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris in (2005)
with Fréderic Sanchez for the original soundtrack of the video “Bien que… Oui mais!” (2003)
with the musicians of the group Tanger for the original soundtrack of the video “Le Plan du film” (2001)
with director Stephan Oriach in “ORLAN, Carnal art” (2001)
with fashion designers Walter Van Beirendonck, Jeremy Scott, Maroussia Rebecq of Andrea Crews, Davidelfin and Agatha Ruiz de la Prada
with fashion designer Walter Van Beirendonck and photographer Juergen Teller for the book Believe! (1998), etc…
ORLAN SUMMARY SHORTCUT
“I’M ORLAN, AMONG OTHER THINGS AND AS FAR AS POSSIBLE. MY NAME IS WRITTEN EVERY LETTER IN CAPITAL LETTERS BECAUSE I DON’T WANT TO BE MADE TO FIT IN, I DON’T WANT TO BE MADE TO FIT IN THE LINE.”
1. ARTISTIC PRACTICES
ORLAN is one of France’s most internationally acclaimed artists. It is not tied to a particular material, technology or artistic practice. She uses sculpture, photography, performance art, video, 3D, video games, augmented reality, the Internet and other media.Artificial intelligence and robotics (she has created a robot in her image that speaks with her voice) as well as scientific and medical techniques such as surgery and biotechnology. ORLAN constantly and radically changes the data, upsetting conventions and ready-made thinking. She opposes natural, social and political determinism, all forms of domination, male supremacy, religion, cultural segregation, racism… Always mixed with humor, sometimes parody or even the grotesque, her provocative work can shock because it upsets pre-established codes. ORLAN was awarded the E-reputation prize for the artist most observed and commented on on the web. His work is highly relevant to today’s artistic and social issues.
Since the 1960s, ORLAN has been questioning the status of the body and the political, religious and social pressures it is subject to, particularly in women’s bodies. Her commitment, freedom and feminism are an integral part of her visual work, in which she defends innovative, questioning and subversive positions. ORLAN constantly and radically changes the givens, upsetting conventions and ready-made thinking.
She has chosen to question the genetic fatality and aesthetic canons assigned to women in our society, in the Baroque period, and in traditional African, pre-Columbian, Indian and Chinese cultures, … by simultaneously investing their physical, sensitive and virtual realities thanks to the most contemporary scientific, biological and computer techniques, such as surgery and biotechnology. For the artist, these are just mediums: the idea comes first, the materiality follows.
2. HONOURS, AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS AND PRIZES
ORLAN has received several awards and prizes throughout her career:
In 2020, ORLAN was appointed President of Hundred Heroines (London)
In 2019, ORLAN was awarded the Maestro Academico Emerito by the Academia Di Belle Arti Di Roma, presented by the director of the Academia, Tiziana D’Acchille.
In 2019, ORLAN was awarded the special Woman of the Year prize by the Prince of Monte-Carlo (Monaco).
In 2018, ORLAN received the Hundred Heroines of Photography award from the Royal Society of Photography at Paris Photo (Paris).
In 2017, ORLAN was awarded the Grand Prix International de l’Excellence Féminine by the Ministry of International Affairs in Genoa (Italy).
In 2013, ORLAN was awarded the Grand Prix de l’E-REPUTATION, 1st visual artist, a medal presented by Alexia Guggémos at Christie’s Paris.
In 2010, ORLAN was made a Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Mérite by the French Minister of Culture Frédéric Mitterrand.
In 2007, on the occasion of her retrospective at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Saint-Etienne, ORLAN was awarded the Médaille d’Or de Saint-Etienne, her hometown.
In 2004, first prize at the Moscow Photography Festival, Russia.
In 2003, ORLAN was made a Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Ministry of Culture), a medal awarded by Jean-Jacques Aillagon, then Minister of Culture.
In 1999, Arcimboldo prize for his work in digital photography from Hewlett Packard, France, Griffel-Kunst prize from Hamburg, Germany.
In 1993, Mona Lisa Prize and Lavoisier Prize, France.
In 1989 and 1992, two FIACRE grants for research in residence in Madras (formerly Chennai), India.
In 1967, first prize from the Bourse du Travail in Saint-Etienne, France.
3. ARTIST RESIDENCY
In 2005, ORLAN was invited to the ISCP (International Studio and program sponsored by AFAA) in New York (NY, USA).
In 2006, she was invited as artist-in-residence at the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles (CA, USA).
In 2007, she was invited by SymbioticA, The Art and Science Collaborative Research Laboratory at the University of Western Australia in Perth (Australia).
4. PUBLIC ORDERS
ORLAN produced large-scale installations for the new buildings of the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy and for the University Health Library of the University of Nantes, in the city of Nantes (France), in the context of a public commission.
5. MAIN RETROSPECTIVES
Several retrospectives have been dedicated to ORLAN:
Maison Européenne de la Photographie, ORLAN EN CAPITALES in Paris (France), curated by Jérôme Neutres (2017)
Museum of Contemporary Art, MACRO, ORLAN Retrospective in Roma (Italy), curated by Alessandra Mammi (2017)
Alliance Française de Buenos Aires, Autorretratos Hibridos in Buenos Aires (Argentina), curator: Caroline Coll (2017)
Sungkok Art Museum, ORLAN-Techno-Body Retrospective 1966-2016 in Seoul (Korea), curated by Soukyoun Lee (2016)
FRAC Normandie, ORLAN TODAY in Caen (France), curated by Sylvie Froux (2016)
Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogota, ORLAN / Hybridaciones y Refiguraciones in Bogota (Colombia) , curated by Ricardo Arcos-Palma (2012)
Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, M HKA, MesuRages (1968-2012) Action: ORLAN-body in Antwerp (Belgium), curator: Bart de Baere (2012)
Prometeo Gallery, ORLAN AAKA ORLAN in Milan (Italy), curated by Eugenio Viola (2010).
Tallin Art Hall, ORLAN: Post Identity Strategies in Tallinn (Estonia), curated by Eugenio Viola (2008).
Museum of Modern Art of Saint-Etienne, Le Récit, retrospective in Saint-Etienne (France), curated by Lorand Hegyi and Eugenio Viola (2007).
CCC (Centre de Création Contemporaine), ORLAN, Tours (France), curated by Alain Julien-Laferrière (2004).
Center National de la Photographie (CNP), ORLAN 1964-2004. . . Artist’s methods, retrospective exhibition Paris (France), curated by Regis Durand (2004).
FRAC Pays de la Loire, Éléments favoris, retrospective in Nantes (France), curated by Jean François Taddei (2002).
Centro de Fotografía, Universidad de Salamanca, Retrospective 1964-2001 in Salamanqua (Spain) curator: Olga Guinot (2002)
6. BIENNALES
ORLAN’s work has been exhibited at several contemporary art biennials:
In Ukraine at the Kiev Biennale (2017);
In Australia at the Biennale of Sydney (1992); Electronic Arts Perth (2007);
In France at the Biennale de Paris (1975, 1980), Nice (1981) and Lyon (1995, 2000);
In Greece at the Thessaloniki Biennial (2011);
In Italy at the Venice Biennale (1986, 1993, 1997, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2017);
In Mali at the Biennale de Bamako (2015);
In Pakistan at Karachi Biennale (2017);
In Peru at the Lima Biennial (2016);
In Poland at the Poznan Biennial (2008);
In Russia at the Moscow Biennial (2004, 2009);
In Senegal at the Dakar Biennale (2016);
In South Korea at Busan Biennale (2008);
In Spain at the Valencia Biennial (2003);
In Turkey at the Istanbul Biennial (2001);
In Yugoslavia at the Ljubljana Biennial (1987).
7. EXHIBITION VENUES
ORLAN’s work has been exhibited in numerous institutions.
In France : Centre Georges Pompidou, Palais de Tokyo, Musée d’Orsay, Maison Européenne de la Photographie and Centre National de la Photographie, Paris ; Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes ; Musée du Nouveau Monde, La Rochelle ; Musée d’Art Moderne de Saint-Étienne…
In the USA : MoMa (Museum of Modern Art), New-York, Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA ; LACMA and MOCA, Los Angeles, CA ; PS1, New-York; Bass Museum, Miami, FL ; Schmidt Center Gallery Public Space of Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL ; Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Saint-Louis, MO ; Sheldon Museum, Lincoln, NE.
In Canada : Art Galerie of Vancouver, BC.
In Colombia: Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogota Academia Superior de Artes de Bogota ; Museo de Antioquia, Medellin.
In Belgium : M HKA Museum, Antwerp ; Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Lessines.
In Italy : MADRE Museum, Naples ; Palazzo Strozzi, Florence ; Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome ; Palazzo Grassi and Palazzo Franchetti, Venice.
In Germany : Gemäldegalerie, Berlin; KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin ; Kunstmuseum, Ahlen ; Städtische Galerie, Karlsruhe ; Kunstraum Dreieich, Frankfurt ; Kunsthalle, Hamburg.
In Austria : Kunsthalle and MAK, Vienna.
In Luxembourg : Casino Luxembourg.
In Spain : Joan Miró Foundation, Barcelona ; Artium Museum, Vitoria ; Museum of Photography, Salamanca ; MACBA, Madrid.
In Switzerland : Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne.
In Russia : Moscow House of Photography (MAMM), Laboratoria Art&Science Space and Le Manège, Moscow.
In South Korea : National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul; Sungkok Museum, Seoul; Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon; Busan Museum, Busan.
In Japan : Red Brick Warehouse, Yokohama ; National Museum of Fine Arts, Osaka.
8. SEMINARS AND MASTER-CLASSES
ORLAN taught at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena (California, USA). She has also taught at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Arts de Paris-Cergy (ENSAPC).
She is regularly invited by international universities and institutions to give seminars and master-classes, including :
France: École Nationale des Beaux Arts, ENSBA (Paris, Dijon, Lyon, Marseille, Grenoble, Saint-Étienne, Nantes, Nice, Toulouse, etc.), Sorbonne University (Paris), Sciences Po (Paris).
United States : Florida Atlantic University (Boca Raton, FL), University of South Florida (St Petersburg, FL), University of Nebraska (Lincoln, NE), New York University, Standford University (San Francisco, CA), University of California (Santa Barbara, CA), Otis College of Art and Design (Los Angeles,CA), Getty Research Institute (Los Angeles, CA), CalArts (Valencia, CA)
Great Britain: Intelligence Square Institute, ICA (Institute of Contemporary Art), London; University of Nottingham.
Germany: Berlin Academy of Art, Hamburg University of Fine Arts.
Australia: College of Fine Arts of the University of New South Wales.
And others, including Korea, Canada (Toronto, Vancouver), Australia, Spain, Poland, Latvia…
9. PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
His works can be found in numerous private and public collections.
In France : Center Georges Pompidou, Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Fond National d’Art Contemporain (Paris), Fond Régional d’Art Contemporain FRAC Pays de la Loire, FRAC Île-de-France, FRAC Rhône-Alpes and FRAC Basse-Normandie, Musée de la Photo de Bièvre, Musée d’Épinal, Musée du Nouveau Monde de (La Rochelle), Musée d’Art Moderne de Saint-Etienne, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes.
United States : At the LACMA County Museum of Art, The Getty Museum, MOCA (Los Angeles, CA), Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation (Malibu, CA), Sheldon Museum of Art (Lincoln, NE)
Japan : The National Museum of Art (Osaka)
The Centre Pompidou has selected ORLAN’s ” Baiser de l’Artiste ” (1977) from the collections of the MNAM, for its book entitled ” 100 Chefs d’oeuvres du XXème siècle “.
10. Main monographs
ORLAN’s work has appeared in numerous books and recently published monographs:
Jérome Neutres, Shelley Rice, Tatyana Franck, Jean-Luc Monterosso, “ORLAN EN CAPITALES”, Skira, 2017
Frédéric Acquaviva, “ORLAN Exogène”, AcquAvivA, 2017
Donatien Grau, Jackie-Ruth Meyer, Philippe Piguet, Imma Prieto, Domenico Quaranta, ” ORLAN, Striptease des cellules jusqu’à l’os “, Editions Scala, Paris, 2015
Inese Baranovska, Catherine Grenier, Dominique Païni, Jean-Pierre Rehm; ” ORLAN, The Icon of the French Contemporary Art “, Editions Neputns, Riga, Latvia, 2014.
Jose Ignacio Benito Climent, ” El Arte-Carnal en ORLAN, hacia una estetica del sacrificio “, Editions Devenir, Madrid, Spain, 2013.
Hubert Besacier, Alain Charre, Bart De Baere, Sophie Gregoir and Win Van Mulders, ” ORLAN mesuRages (1968-2012) actions : ORLAN-body “, M HKA, Antwerp, Belgium, 2012.
Ricardo Arcos-Palma, Nicolas Bourriaud and Michael La Chance, ” Art Charnel et Corps Obsolète / Hybridations et Refigurations “, Editions Musée Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia, 2012.
Anne Morelli, Johan Muyle and Pierre-Olivier Rollin, ” Are you Belgian? ORLAN “, Yellow Now/ENSAV La Cambre, Brussels, Belgium, 2012.
Blandine Chavanne, Christine Buci-Glucksmann and Camille Morineau, ” Un Boeuf Sur la Langue “, Éditions Fage, Lyon, France, 2011.
Rhonda K. Garelick and Jorge Daniel Veneciano, Homi K. Bhabha, Michel Serres, Isabel Tejeda, Paul Virilio, Lan Vu and Faboulous Harlequin, ” ORLAN and the patchwork self “, The University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE, USA, 2010.
Simon Donger, Simon Shepherd, Gianna Bouchard, Christine Buci-Glucksmann, Howard Caygill, Simon Donger, Sander L. Gilman, Markus Hallensleben, Jens Hauser, Dominic Johnson, Stéphane Malysse, Hans-Ulrich Obrist, Catherine Petitgas, Simon Shepherd, Paul Virilio and Sarah Wilson, ” ORLAN, a Hybrid Body of Artworks “, Routledge Editions, London, UK, 2010.
Raphael Enthoven, Raoul Vaneigem and ORLAN, ” Unions Mixtes, Mariages Libres et Noces Barbares “, Editions Dilecta, Paris, France, 2010.
Paul Virilio and ORLAN, ” Transgression, transfiguration [conversation] “, Editions L’Une et L’Autre, Paris, France, 2009.
Joerg Bader, Lorand Hegyi, Marcela Iacub, Donald Kuspit, Peggy Phelan, Eugenio Viola, “ORLAN, The Narrative/Le Récit “, Éditions Charta, Milan, Italy, 2007.
Bernard Blistène, Christine Buci-Glucksmann, Caroline Cros, Régis Durand, Eleanor Heartney, Laurent Le Bon, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Vivian Rehberg, Julian Zugazagoitia and ORLAN, ” ORLAN, Carnal Art “, Éditions Flammarion, Paris, France, 2004.
Marc Partouche, Se placer au center du monde, ORLAN, Editions Jériko, 2000.
11. Galleries
ORLAN is represented by :
- Galerie Ceysson & Bénétière, Paris (France)
- The Prometeo Gallery in Milan (Italy)
- Stux Gallery, New York (USA)
- Sejul Gallery in Seoul (South Korea)
- Ace Gallery, Los Angeles (USA)
- The Espaivisor Gallery in Valencia (Spain)
12. Collaborations
ORLAN has worked with
in progress with artist Bob Wilson
with Fabrice Hyber for “ORLANOÏDE”, project with L’Institut Pasteur (2017) ;
with artist Jan Fabre in workshop (2017)
with photographer Roberto Battistini for ” Hybridation Serge Gainsbourg et Salvador Dali ” (2016)
with artist Mael Le Mée for his performance ” Tangible Striptease en Nanoséquences ” at Université Paris-Diderot (2016) and CDA Enghien-Les-Bains (2016)
with artists and musicians Chicks On Speed, for the Vinyl Factory – Soho House (Berlin, Germany) (2016)
with artist Guillaume Paris for the “A Winter Story” project at the Shunt (London, UK, 2009).
with the SymbioticA laboratory in Perth (Australia) for “Le Manteau d’Arlequin” (2008)
with choreographers Karine Saporta (Paris, 2002) and Emio Greco/PC (Festival d’Avignon, 2008) ;
with perfumer Christophe Laudamiel of International Flavors & Fragrances Inc (IFF) for the fragrance “Le Baiser de l’artiste” (2007)
with performance artist Jan Fabre for his performance ” MesuRage d’Institution ” at Troubleyn / Laboratorium (Antwerp, Belgium, 2007) ;
with architect Philippe Chiambaretta in “Pièce Lumineuse” at the CCC in Tours and the Palais de Tokyo in Paris (2005) ;
with Fréderic Sanchez for the soundtrack to his video “Bien que… Oui mais!” (2003) ;
with the musicians of the group Tanger for the soundtrack of the video “Le Plan du film” (2001) ;
with director Stephan Oriach in ” ORLAN, Carnal art ” (2001) ;
with designers Walter Van Beirendonck, Jeremy Scott, Maroussia Rebecq of Andrea Crews, Davidelfin and Agatha Ruiz de la Prada ; with designer Walter Van Beirendonck and photographer Juergen Teller (Believe !, 1998) ; etc…