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BIOGRAPHIES

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Matthieu Laurette was born in 1970 (Villeneuve St Georges, France).
He lives and works in Paris and New York and is represented by Yvon Lambert, Paris / New York http://www.yvon-lambert.com/, Deweer Art gallery, Otegem http://www.deweerartgallery.com/, Blow de la Barra, London http://www.blowdelabarra.com/

Matthieu Laurette recent selected exhibitions and projects include Let's Make Lots of Money, Blow de la Barra, London (2006) [Solo]; Notre Histoire, Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2006); Day Labor, PS1/MoMA, N.Y (2005) ; Populism, CAC, Vilnius, Lithuania; Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands, (2005); The Today Show, Yvon Lambert Gallery, Paris (2005) [Solo]; Comodities, Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem (2004) [Solo]; Biennale de Pontevedra, Pontevedra (2004); Matthieu Laurette : Prix Ricard S.A. 2003, MNAM-Centre Pompidou, Paris, (2004) [Solo]; Publicness, ICA, London; GNS (GLOBAL NAVIGATION SYSTEM), Palais de Tokyo, Paris; Propaganda, Espace Paul Ricard, Paris (2003); Less Ordinary, Artsonje Center, Seoul; La vie au fond se rit du vrai, CAPC Musée d'Art Contemporain, Bordeaux; Art and Economy, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg (2002); Form Follows Fiction, Castello di Rivoli, Torino; Plateau of Humankind, 49th Venice Biennale (2001); Voilà, Arc-Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville, Paris, El Gran Trueque, Consonni, Bilbao (Solo); Plan B, De Appel, Amsterdam; Au dela du Spectacle (Let's Entertain), Centre Pompidou, Paris (2000); Patchwork in Progress, Mamco-Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain, Geneva [Solo]; Crash !, ICA, London (1999); Applaus, Casco Projects [Solo], Utrecht; Premisses, Salomon R. Guggenheim Museum Soho, New York (1998). He received in 2003 the RICARD S.A. Award for the most representative artist under 40 y.o. in the French scene.

His works are in several public, corporate and private collections in Belgium, France, The Netherlands, Switzerland, UK, USA, including Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris; FNAC-National Fund for Contemporary Art, Paris; FRAC-Collection Aquitaine, Bordeaux; FRAC Languedoc-Roussillon, Montpellier; Ricard S.A., Marseille/Paris; The Speyer Family Collection, New York; William Grant and Sons Ltd, Dufftown.

He has taught as guest professor and visiting lecturer at several art academies and universities including San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco; Staedelschule, Frankfurt; ECAL, Lausanne; ENSBA, Paris; Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona; Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh and ESAV Geneva and gives lectures and seminars worldwide including Tate Modern, London; the Bronx Museum, New York; Musée du Quebec, Quebec; Musée National d'Art Moderne-Centre Pompidou Paris; Kunst Werke, Berlin; Musée d'Art Contemporain, Lyon and Kiasma, Helsinki.