Benjamin Hochart // Profile
Benjamin Hochart (1982, France) graduated in 2006 from Ecole nationale des beaux-arts de Lyon, France. From 2006 to 2009, he was in residency in France (Marseille, Paris), Scotland, Germany, India and Singapore. He is based in Paris since 2007, when he joined the La Seine research program. His work was shown recently in group and solo exhibitions in France, Europe and Asia.
Benjamin Hochart uses both drawings (on paper or installed one) and various printing technics (posters, books…) in an abstract way. His work aims to create multiple possibilities of narratives and interpretations. Benjamin Hochart's work deals with figuration and abstraction, geometry and chaos, representation and assimilation.
e-mail : benjamin.hochart@gmail.com
Artist's CV
Solo Exhibitions 2009
Institut Français, Stuttgart, G (cat.)
2008
La mécanique des situations, galerie OÙ, Marseille, F
Tourner (au carré), (Galeries Nomades de l’Institut d’art contemporain, Villeurbanne) le Fort du Bruissin, Centre d’art contemporain, Francheville, F
2007
La forme de loisirs, (Galeries Nomades de l’Institut d’art contemporain, Villeurbanne) exhibition at Cité des arts, Chambéry, F
in resonance to 9th Lyon Biennale
Serviteur et tout et égal, Galerie du Tableau, Marseille, F
Group Exhibitions
2009
Salon de Montrouge, curator : Stéphane Corréard, Montrouge, F (cat.)
Re-Make, curators : Charlotte Jones and Jenny, 7 Barclay Terrace, Edinburgh, UK
The Lala, PRAXIS Space, gallery of LA SALLE, Singapore (cat.)
2008
X, Y, Z, (with Sarah Tritz) curated by bureaudesvidéos, Georges Abstraction Surface, Centre Pompidou, Paris, F
Re-Cherche, Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart, G (cat.)
BOOK is a book drawing by numbers, LENDROIT Galerie, Rennes, F
The Clearing, curator : Pascal Beausse, International Triennale of Contemporary Art, Narodni Galerie, Prague, CZ (cat.)
Science & Fiction, minimalismes narratifs, curators : Marie-Cécile Burnichon et Léa Fluck, La Générale, Paris, F
2007
Exposition de Noël, (curated by Le MAGASIN, Centre d’art contemporain, Grenoble) Musée de Grenoble, F
Mulhouse 007, Mulhouse, F
Les enfants du sabbat 8, le Creux de l’enfer, Centre d'art contemporain, Thiers (cat.), F
2006
De l’art, coûte que coûte, galerie RLBQ, Marseille, F
Goods to Declare, MFA International, curator : Nahum Tevet, Tel Aviv, I (cat.)
Sculptocratie, curator : Anita Molinero, galerie RLBQ et galerie District, Marseille, F
Leurres, sournoiseries ou autres stratégies, galerie Éof, Paris, F
La poésie/nuit, théatre des Ateliers, Lyon, F
Travaux en cours, Musée d’Art Moderne, St Étienne, F
Residencies :
2009
LA SALLE, Singapore (with La Seine research program)
2008
Institut Français, Stuttgart, G
National Institut of Design, Ahmedabad, India (with La Seine research program)
2007
(2007 - 2009) La Seine research program, Ensba, Paris, F
(oct 2007 - Sept 2008) Cité internationale des Arts, Paris, F
Scottish Sculpture Workshop, Aberdeen, S
2006
(oct 06 - sept 07) Astérides, Friche Belle de Mai, Marseille, F
Grant and Award :
2008
Grant for research, ville de Paris
Grand for travel, Art3 Valence / Institut Français, Stuttgart
2006
Hélène Linossier Award, ENBA Lyon