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Laurent La Gamba
laurentlagamba@aol.com
Born in Paris, 1967. |
Solo Exhibitions (selection) * catalogue
2006
• Camouflages, Space 538, Portland, ME, USA (June 2006)
• "Urban Camo", Juming Museum of Art, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
2005
• International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage
• "Urban Camouflages ", The Walton Arts Center, curated Michele McGuire, Fayetteville, Arkansas *
• "Swimming-pools", Galerie Gora, Montréal, Canada.
• "Trompe-l'oeil", Munson Williams Proctor Art Institute, Utica, New York, U.S.A.
2004
• "Bodies in disguise", Photography Gallery Sinclair Community College, Dayton, Ohio, U.S.A.
2003
• "Homochomies, photographs, installations and video works", Galerie B, Vic, France.
• "Pro-cryptic photography", Wilson Street Gallery, Albury, Australia.
• "Pro-cryptic Installations", ArtSpace Gallery, Maynard, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
2001
• Chamber of Commerce, Tarbes, France.
1999
• Galerie Espace 515, Marsanne, Drôme, France. |
Group Exhibitions (selection)
2012
• " Décalées - Fonds photographique de l'Imagerie-Lannion ", Domaine de La Roche Jagu , Ploëzal, France
2011
• " Fashion talks ", Museum für Kommunikation, Berlin Germany
2010
• " Camuflajes ", MUPAM, Museo del patrimonio de la ciudad, Malaga, Spain, June 2010.
2009
• Arte Camuflaje, La Casa Encendida Museum, Madrid, Spain, September 2009
• Le Portrait en Photographie, La Lucarne, Arradon, France, Nov. 2009
2006
• Biennale d'art Contemporain de St Cloud - " Illusions et Metamorphoses "
• Biennale Internationale de l'Image de Nancy, Nancy, France *
• M.I.A.D Venado Tuerto 2006, Digital Art Internacional exhibition / Muestra Internacional
de Arte Digital, Argentina
2005
• "The Camo Projects", New Langton Arts, San Francisco, U.S.A.
• Manifestation Internationale d'Art Contemporain, Québec, Canada. *
• "ManifestO ", Festival de l'Image Contemporaine, Toulouse, France *
2004
• The Iowa Biennial of Contemporary Miniature Prints, The University of Iowa, USA
• "Boundary Crossing ", ENMU-R Art Department, Roswell, New Mexico, U.S.A.
• "Consumables ", Bumberbiennale, Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
• "Installation ", Chapelle San Subra, Toulouse, France.
• "Shopping-Not Shopping ", 4eme Biennale Européenne d'Art Contemporain, Nîmes, France *
• "ManifestO ", Festival de l'Image Contemporaine, Toulouse, France *.
• "In Motion", Project Creo, The Arts Center, St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S.A.
• "Cashier Escape Route ", The Cube, Bristol, England.
• "Voilé/Dévoilé", Chateau de Linardié, Contemporary Art Center, France.
• "Réserves de la Galerie d'Art Contemporain", Galerie l'Art en Stalles, Pouzac, France.
2003
• Griffin Museum of Photography, Curated Karen Hass, Winchester, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
• "Video Screening", Sztuka-Fabryka Media Art Festival, Sin-Niklaas, Belgium *
• Holter Museum of Art, Helena, Montana, U.S.A.*
• "Photo ID: Examining the figure through photography", MoCA Museum of Contemporary Art,
Fort Collins, Colorado, U.S.A.*
• " Portraits ", Galerie l'Art en Stalles, Pouzac, France.
• Voies Off, Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie d'Arles, Arles, France.
• Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida. *
• "NAP Invitational", New Arts Program, Kutztown, Pennsylvania, U.S.A*
• "Kreisen" [Circles] video screening, Galerie für Landschaftskunst, curated Dirck Möllmann, (Hamburger Kunsthalle) Hamburg, Germany.
• " Dérision ", Galerie L'Imagerie, Centre de Photographie Contemporaine, Lannion, France.*
• The San Diego Art Institute, curated Hugh M. Davis, San Diego, California.
• 3rd Rodeo [performance] rodeo festival, CAMAC, Marnay Art Center, Marnay-sur-Seine, France.
• 5th Issy Contemporary Art Biennale, Paris, France. *
• "Les 4 éléments ", Détours'03, 14th International Contemporary Art Exhibition, Anciens Abattoirs,
Billère, France. *
• "Le Corps", International Photography Biennale, Nancy, France. *
2002
• "Eye of the Beholder", FFCA, Fredericksburg Center for Creative Arts, Fredericksburg, Virginia.
• Galerie l'Art en Stalles, Pouzac, France.
• "Small and Ugly" (conceptual video works), curated by Timothy Nohe, UMBC
Department of Visual Arts, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland.
• Current Works 2002, Society for Contemporary Photography, SCP Gallery,
curated by Nathan Lyons, Kansas City, Missouri. *
• Art Center Waco, curated by Peter Franck, Waco, Texas. *
• "The portrait Project", Bumberbiennale, curated by Mathew Kangas, Seattle Center,
Seattle, WA.
• " Naturecult', Regards Sur La Création Contemporaine ", Saint-Cloud Biennale,
Avelines Museum, Saint-Cloud, France. *
2001
• "Nudités", Galerie l'Art en Stalles, Pouzac, France.
• "Œuvres Sur Plastique", Maison de la Culture, Monléon-Magnoac, France.
1997
• Chelles Contemporary Art Fair, Cultural Center, Chelles, France.
• "Autoportraits", Maison de la Culture, Monléon-Magnoac, France.
1994
• "Cylindres", Sorbonne Nouvelle University, Paris, France. |
Grants and residencies (selection)
2001-2002 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, New York. (Grant)
2002 La Napoule Art Foundation, La Napoule-Mandelieu, France (artist-in-residence)
2003 CAMAC/Marnay Art Center, Marnay-sur-Seine, France (artist-in-residence) |
Public collections
• The San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, U.S.A.
• La Napoule Art Foundation, Mandelieu-La Napoule, France
• Art Center Waco, Waco, Texas, U.S.A.
• Arizona State University Art Museum Video Archives, Tempe, Arizona, U.S.A.
• The Space Museum, Toulouse, France
• CAMAC-Marnay Art Center, Marnay-sur-Seine, France
• L'imagerie, Center for Contemporary Photography, Lannion, France
• N.A.P., New Arts Program, Kutztown Museum, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
• MoFA, Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, Florida. U.S.A.
• Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, U.S.A.
• Artothèque d'Hennebont, France.
• The Iowa Biennial Exhibition Research Archives, University of Iowa, USA.
• El Museo de Fotografía "Fernando Paillet", Argentine
• MoMA / Franklin Furnace Artist Book Collection – Museum of Modern Art, NY, USA
• Juming Museum of Art, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C. |
Awards
2003 Hugh M. Davis Award – San Diego Art Institute – San Diego, SDAI, U.S.A.
2003 Richard Notkin Award – Holter Museum of Art – Helena, U.S.A.
2003 Karen Hass – Award – Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, U.S.A. |
Catalogues - Group exhibitions (selection)
• [Tout n'est qu'ordre…], 5th Biennale d'Issy, Paris, Sept. 2003
• [Le Corps…], Biennale internationale de l'image de Nancy, Nancy, avril 2003
• [Les quatre éléments], Détours'03, 14ème Exposition Internationale d'Art Contemporain, Mai 2003
• [Currents Works 2002], Society For Contemporary Photography, Kansas City, [on CD-Rom], oct. 2002
• [Vision International Competition], Art Center Waco, Texas, August 2002
• [Naturecult'], 1ère Biennale de St-Cloud, Musée des Avelines, Sept. 2002
• [Photo ID: Examining the figure through photography] Laurent La Gamba, Gwen Laine,
Suzanne Opton,] MoCA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Fort Collins, June 2003
• [Dérsions], Galerie l'Imagerie, (Editions Filigranes) July 2003
• [Combined Talents] Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, Florida, August 2003
• [NAP Invitational] New Arts Program, Kutztown, Pennsylvania, May 2003
• [ANA32] Holter Museum of Art, Helena, Montana, October 2003
• [Video Screening] Sztuka-Fabryka Media Art Festival, Sin-Niklaas, Belgium, April 2004
• [Expressions pour demain/euro@se.arts], 4eme Biennale Européenne d'Art Cont., Nîmes, France, 07 /04
• [ManifestO], Festival de l'Image Contemporaine, Toulouse, France, sept 2004
• Libraire "Ombres Blanches ", Toulouse, Numéro 17, Septembre 2004
• [ManifestO], Festival de l'Image Contemporaine, Toulouse, France, Juin 2005
• Biennale Internationale de l'Image de Nancy, Nancy, France, 2006
• Biennale d'art Contemporain de St Cloud - " Illusions et Metamorphoses ", Oct 2006
• Arte Camuflaje, Catalogue de l'exposition, publication: La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Sain, Sept.2009 |
Catalogues - Solo exhibitions
• Laurent La Gamba, "Urban Camouflages ", The Walton Arts Center.
• "Urban Camo", Juming Museum of Art, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C. |
Press and Reviews (selection)
• Kate Hackman Focus on Photo, Society for Contemporary Photography shows extol substance,
The Kansas City Star, Nov. 2002
La Gamba, L., D.P.M. (Disruptive Pattern Material), by Hardy Blechman and Alex Newman,
Editors London.
• Noah Bambard, The Invisible art of Laurent La Gamba, in "Beacon-Villager", March 2003
• Sylvia Jenkins, Patrick Schmidt and Laurent La Gamba, in Arts Media, April 2003
• Erica France, Interview: Laurent La Gamba, MOCA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Fort Collins.
• S.B., Laurent La Gamba, l'Express Magazine, n.2705, May 2003
• Louise Thompson, Pro-cryptic Photography: Photography by Laurent La Gamba, Wilson Street Gallery
Review, May 2003
• F.C., Laurent La Gamba, in Télérama, Juin 2003
• Humour et Dérision, 25es Estivales Photographiques du Trégor, in Le Monde 2,
Juillet/Août 2003, n. 31
• Rencontres Photographiques du Trégor, Art Actuel, n. 01086, Juillet 2003
• Alyson B. Stanfield, Photo I.D., Fort Collins Weekly, July 2003 n. 19
• Mary Voelz Chandler, Laurent La Gamba 's Mixed Vegetables, Rocky Mountains News, July 2003
• Franck de Lavarène, Biennale d'Issy: Baudelaire dans tous ses états, 92 Express-Septembre 2003
The William and Mary Review, The W&M Editors, Williamsburg, Virginia, U.S.A.
• Nancy Kangas, "Extreme Camo", Muse Magazine, Carus Publishing, Chicago, March 05, USA.
• Philippe Le Guillou Laurent La Gamba, Une posture Visuelle, Libraire "Ombres Blanches", Toulouse,
Numéro 17, Septembre 2004
• Lauren Perkins, Interview, The Walton Art Center, June 2005.
• Roy R. Behrens DPM: Disruptive Pattern Material: An Encyclopedia of Camouflage: Nature, Military, Culture
by Hardy Blechman and Alex Newman, Editors, Massachusetts Institute of technology Press
Reviewed by Roy R. Behrens Department of Art, University of Northern Iowa, USA
• Natasha Burroughs, Artist Hides People in Images, Arteology, Special to The Morning News.
Laurent La Gamba, George Rousse, Gestalten mit digitalen Medien,
Universitat der Kunste, Berlin.
• Emily Koscheski Laurent La Gamba, Cloaked Contemplation, Arkansas Times, USA
• C.S. Stone Shih Installation art of La Gamba, Associate professor, Department of Sociology,
Soochow University, Taiwan
• Allen Li City in Camouflage: Laurent La Gamba Solo Exhibition, Taipei Times,
Fri, Nov 17, 2006
• Carol Schwartz Essay on Camouflage, Color Works, Laurence King Publishing (LPK),
Harry N Abrams (US), Sept 07
• Amblin Her About camouflage Artist Laurent La Gamba, For Him Magazine (FHM Taiwan
Publishing Co, Ltd.), August 2007, ISSN 16066995
• Frederica Ratti Car Camouflage di Laurent La Gamba, in Arte fotografia, November 2007 Laurent La Gamba, Photographer of "Royal Chien", Nelson Literacy Grade 8, Magazines for
independent and Guided Practice kit, Volume 8, Issue 17, Learning Media Ltd, Wellington,
New Zealand, 2008.
• Geoffroy Barre, Le Camouflage art de Laurent La Gamba, le Blog Auto, France, Dec 2007
• Christian Kohnle , Urban Camouflage by Laurent la Gamba, in Sanity For Sale, Mars 2009
• Isabelle Rupprecht, Camouflage art by Laurent La Gamba, in Süddeutsche Zeitung, Avril 2009
• Sophie Limare "Les anamorphoses dans l'art contemporain", PHD, University of Pau, 2010
• Sophie Limare "L'esprit des lieux", revue Eidolon, 2010
• Isabelle Rupprech Laurent La Gamba, Kunst der Tarnung, sueddeutsche, Germany 2009
• Adriana de Barros Camouflage art, Laurent la Gamba.
Urban Camouflage by Laurent La Gamba, Sanity for sale, Dec 2007
Urban Camouflage, Next Nature
• Tokao.com The uninvisible Art of Amazing Urban Camouflage, Feb 2009
• Teresa Mendez Baiges Camuflage : engano y ocultacion en el arte contemporaneo,
Suspension of Disbelief, Desiree Palmen and Laurent La Gamba's Camouflage
photography
• Samantha Khan, Laurent La Gamba: Camouflage art photography, SamanthaKhan.com, Dec 2007
• Len Read Laurent La Gamba, Ferrari Press, October 2011
• Traces d'artistes, Dictionnaire de l'art moderne et contemporain dans les Hautes-Pyrénées de 1900 à nos jours, Sylvio Brianti, Édicité/Cité4, 2010.
• The Sun, Painter pulls off disappearing art, 31 oct 2011.
• Stephane Boularand, France 5 se cache à la Halle Marcadieu, à Tarbes. |
Texts by the artist
• "Pro-crypsis in Urban Spaces", Laurent La Gamba, (January 2002)
• " Homochromies : corps-machines et corps camouflés " L. La Gamba (Mars 2002)
• "About Open Fridges: Man, The Machine and the kinetic energy Myth",
Laurent La Gamba, (April 2002)
• "Homochromie, P.i.c.s., et Disruptive Pattern Material", L.L.Gamba, (Janvier 2003)
• "Prokrypsis in Urbanen Räumen und Maschine/Mensch Installationen",
Laurent La Gamba, 2002
• " Le camouflage : identification moïque et transitivisme", Laurent La Gamba
• "Pro-cryptic photography et mimétisme cataleptique ", Laurent La Gamba, (28 Avril 2003)
• "The P.i.c.s. series: mimicry, intimidation and aggression", Laurent La Gamba, (July 2003)
• " One hundred Self-portraits- foreword "- Project 2000- 2001 / Paris, July 27, 2003.
• "[ Inside MIR ] Installation and video project" - Laurent La Gamba (March-April 2003)
• "About the "High-Gloss" series and the "People with their Swimming-Pools" series,
Laurent La Gamba, (June 2003)
• "Cataleptic mimitism", L. La Gamba, Dec. 2003 |
Related articles
• Sol Selegan Du Darwinisme Consommationnel, A propos des installations
photographiques de Laurent La Gamba, Juin 2003
• Foric Laine " Laurent La Gamba : Au delà de l'obsessionnel…". |
Conferences
• Laurent La Gamba Camouflages, " Images of Social Life " 8-10 July 2003, University
of Southampton, Conference of the International Visual Sociology
Association (IVSA)
• Laurent La Gamba La Gamba au LEGTAF Jean Monet, "Interview-conférence" donnée
lors l'inauguration de l'exposition, Vic, France, le 20 Mai 2003.
• Laurent La Gamba About the "Inside MIR project", 7th Space and Arts Workshop "Space: Science, Technology
and the Arts" May 18 – 21, 2004 – European Space Agency ESA/ESTEC,
Noordwijk, The Netherlands.
• Laurent La Gamba "Urban Camo", Juming Museum of Art, Taipei, 21 Nov. 2006-Taiwan, R.O.C. |
Video Projections
• VIDEO: "Kreisen" [Circles] video screening, 3 Sept 2003 - Galerie für Landschaftskunst,
curated Dirck Möllmann, (Hamburger Kunsthalle) Hamburg, Germany.
• VIDEO: "Video Screening", Sztuka-Fabryka Media Art Festival, Sin-Niklaas, Belgium*
• WEB screening: (conceptual video works), curated by Timothy Nohe,
Department of Visual Arts, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
• VIDEO: Juming Museum of Art, Taipei, 21 Nov. 2006-Taiwan, R.O.C. |
Artist Books
"Contribution to the American Art History through pro-crypsis", 2002,
Franklin Furnace Artist Book Collection - MoMA / Museum of Modern Art, NY, USA
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Télévision (Sélection)
| "Le Camouflage Urbain", Chronique de Daphné Burki, L'Edition Spéciale, Canal +, 20 Mars 2009 |
Projects
2001 One hundred Self-portraits: project > Photography
09/2001 Homochromies et homochromies in situ : Camouflages > Photography and Installations
03/2002 Too much paradise: La Napoule Art Foundation in residency project > Photography
04/2002 Contribution to the American Art History through pro-crypsis : Monography
03/2003 Monochroma(s) > Photography.
03/2002 Pro-cryptic installations in a supermarket I > Photography
11/2002 Pro-cryptic installations in a supermarket II > Photography
2002/2003 Pro-cryptic installations Appliances > Photography
2002/2003 Pro-cryptic installations People with their car > Photography
02/2003 P.i.c.s. and Virtual P.i.c.s.: Protective suits in illuminated plexiglass containers.
03/2003 F.O.F. > Photography and installations
02/2003 Pro-cryptic Graffitis >Photography
02/2003 Air Lourdes, 7 sins: Airport pro-cryptic installations project > Photography
03/2003 Inside MIR: installation and video project inside the core module > Photography
05/2003 High Gloss: Managing Eden > Photography
08/2003 People with their swimming pools > Photography |
Film/Video
2002 Circling: video works under the action of camera circling > Video/ VHS-15 minutes
2002 Experiencing Benzodiazepine > Video/VHS-30 minutes
2003 Die Traumfilm: On Freud's dreams > Video/DV- 30 minutes
2003 People with their swimming-pools > Video/ 10 minutes
2004 Shooting Eurydice > Film/DV- 40 minutes |
Télévision (Sélection)
• "Le Camouflage Urbain", Chronique de Daphné Burki, L'Edition Spéciale, Canal +, 20 Mars 2009
• "On n'est pas que des Cobayes", France 5, 18 Mai 2012
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