Guillaume Talbi

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Bio

EDUCATION
2012-2013 – Post-graduate, Nationale School of Fine Arts, Paris (FR)
2008-2012 – DNSEP / DNAP, Nationale School of Fine Arts, Paris (FR)
2010-2011 – Exchange program, Sculpture Department, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing (CN)
2005-2008 – DNAP with honors, Nationale School of Fine Arts, Bourges (FR)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026
• Shun Art Gallery, Tokyo (JP)
• JinShang Yuan, Beijing (CN)
• Guihu Art Museum, G-Lake Art Gallery, Fuzhou (CN)
2024
• Brave Flowers, New Franco-Chinese Institute, Lyon (FR)
Curator : Jean-Marc Dimanche
2022
• Unidentified Living Object, La Borne, The Land Where the Sky is Always Blues, Valençay (FR)
2021
• Forms of Life, Alain Gutharc Gallery, Paris (FR)
2019
• Fresh Sculpture, Eleven Steens Art Center, Brussels (BE)
Curator : Jean-Marc Dimanche
2018
• Butterfly Effect, Yishu 8, Beijing (CN)
Curator : Jean-Marc Dimanche
2017
• Phantasmagoria of the World, Premier Regard Gallery, Paris (FR)
Curator : Jean-Marc Dimanche
2016
• Chapter 2, Fujiki Gallery, Shigaraki (JP)
2014
• Chapter 1, Jolie Gallery, Shenyang (CN)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
The Uncharted, Hongqi Center, Shanghai Zhenru Subcenter, ICCI – USC-SJTU, Shanghai (CN)
With Marco Abrate, Jérémy Griffaud, Huang Saifeng, Magdalena Kleszyńska. curator : Tao Xiaojun
Exhibition in a private collection, Aux Verdures, Paris (FR)
With Jenna Kaes, Shinsuke Kawahara, Jean-Marie Appriou, Mathias Kiss, Marie Christophe,
Daniela Busarello, Pierre Marie, Font & Romani, Julien Drach, Victor Cadène, Inès Mélia, Sara
Badr Schmidt, Marie Victoire de Bascher …
• West Bund Art Fair, Carte Blanche Gallery, Shanghai (CN)
With Antoine Auboiron, Gommaar Gilliams, Keita Mori, Lionel Sabatté, Simon Berger, Yang Toba,
Mengzhi Zheng, Duan Zhao

• A Chord of Light, Ler Space Gallery, Shanghai (CN)
With Arcaute, Bianka Rolando, Bryan McFarlane, Wang Wanxing, Zhang Zhongyu, Wang Zhiqiang,
Xu Jiaying. curator : Song Tao
• Saint-Ange Residency – 10 Years, Joseph Gallery, Paris (FR)
With Lionel Sabatté, Maude Maris, Clément Bagot, Mathilde Denize, Boris Chouvellon, Estefanía
Peñafiel Loaiza, Hoël Duret, Nicolas Momein, Floris Dutoit, Io Burgard, Mathis Collins, Lucien
Murat, Keita Mori, Valentin van der Meulen, Nelson Pernisco, Zélie Nguyen, Luca Resta, Loic
Morel-Derocle
• It’s never too late, Alain Gutharc Gallery, Paris (FR)
With Nelson Bourrec Carter, Edi Dubien, Laurent Goumarre, Romuald Jandolo, Kris Knight,
Guillaume Linard-Osorio, Bernard Quesniaux
• Beijing Dangdai Art Fair, Carte Blanche Gallery, Beijing (CN)
With Chloé Silbano, Lionel Sabatté, Zhao Meng, Ken Eastman
• Exhibition in a Private Collection, Paris (FR)
With Georg Baselitz, Franz West, Xavier Veilhan, Giorgio Morandi, Lee Ufan, Bertrand Lavier,
Bernard Buffet, Jean Degottex, Anish Kapoor, Henri Michaux, Odilon Redon, André Derain, Liu
Xiaodong, Yue Minjun, Norman Dilworth, Salvador Dali, Daniel Buren, Pablo Picasso …
• Drawing Now, Alain Gutharc Gallery, Paris (FR)
With Edi Dubien, Suzanne Husky, Kris Knight, Michael Roy
• Last Call, Aux Verdures, Exhibition in a Private Collection, Paris (FR)
With Jenna Kaes, Jean-Marie Appriou, Mathias Kiss, Marie Christophe …
2024
• Dreamland – Homeland, Young Franco-Chinese Creation, Winland Center, Hangzhou (CN)
With Mengzhi Zheng, Yang Toba, Yi Yang, Hong Zhu, Han Ren, Adrien Menu, Quentin Spohn,
Lionel Sabatté, Chloé Silbano, Marie Ouazzani, Nicolas Carrier, Gaëlle Delort, Cheng Yue, Pocono
Zhao Yu, Hainan Li, Yaqun Han, Charlotte Jeanningros, Yang Wang, Yunyi Zhu, Shibai Li, Anna
Haillot. curators : Amel Nafti, Mathieu Mercier
• Side by Side, Waybe Space Gallery, Chengdu (CN)
With Anting Qiu, Hainan Li, Yan Li, Zhohong Ning … curators : Xiaoyi Liu, Hong Li
• I can’t take my eyes off you, Alain Gutharc Gallery, Paris (FR)
With Edi Dubien, Suzanne Husky, Romuald Jandolo, Guillaume Janot, Kris Knight, Guillaume
Linard-Osorio, Philippe Million, Estefanía Peñafiel Loaiza, Bernard Quesniaux
• The Story of Yishu 8, Franco-Chinese Artist Residency, Yishu 8 Collection, National Art Museum
of China, Beijing (CN)
With Claire Tabouret, Nathanaëlle Herbelin, Lionel Sabatté, Antoine Roegiers, Claire Chesnier,
Clément Bagot, Li Xin … curator : Su Dan
2023
• Art 021, Shanghai Exhibition Center, Migrant Bird Space Berlin-Beijing Gallery, Shanghai (CN)
With Clara Broermann, Olaf Hajek, Geng Xue, Xia Peng, Yuya Suzuki, Valentina Eppich, Anide,
Pawel Olszczynski, Miriam Beichert
• Premier Regard in Support of the Artists’ Fondation, Art Curial, Paris (FR)
With Giulia Andreani, Clément Bagot, Damien Cadio, Antoine Carbonne, Marion Charlet, Céline
Cléron, Odonchimeg Davaadorj, Latifa Echakhch, Elsa Guillaume, Fabien Mérelle, Mari Minato,
Asami Nishimura, Christelle Téa …
• Herboratum, Aux Verdures, Exhibition in a Private Collection, Paris (FR)
With Marie-Victoire de Bascher, Bella Hunt, Sara Badr Schmidt, Françoise Pétrovitch, Pierre- Marie
Agin, Gérard Kuijpers, Daniela Busarello, Shinsuke Kawahara …

• Memory of Forms, Marcel Duchamp College Gallery, EMBAC, Châteauroux (FR)
With Guillaume Linard-Osorio. curator : Jean-Marc Dimanche
• Life, in Other Words, Liusa Wang Gallery, Paris (FR)
With Han Qin, Wifredo Lam, Ma Zhong Yi, Julie Navarro, Tian Dexi, Zhao Duan …
curator : Joseph Cui
2022
• From Beijing with Love, Guimet Museum and Heidelbach Private Mansion, Paris (FR)
With Claire Tabouret, Claire Chesnier, Sulong Ouyang, Clément Bagot, Lionel Sabatté, Duxi Chen,
Xue Geng, Lyes Hammadouche, Li Xin … curator : Henry-Claude Cousseau
• Fluxxy, Plateforme Gallery, Paris (FR)
With Pauline Bazignan, Anne-Sarah Le Meur, Stephen Maas, Julie Navarro, Zhao Duan. curators :
Julie Navarro, Jean-Marc Quittard
• Under the Spell of Neon, Art Fair Dijon, Exhibition and Convention Center, Dijon (FR)
With François Morellet, Raymond Hains, Nathalie Talec, Michel Verjux, Esther Ruiz, Blair
Thurman … curator : Christophe Delavault
• Welcome Back, Alain Gutharc Gallery, Paris (FR)
With Edi Dubien, Suzanne Husky, Guillaume Linard Osorio, Estefanía Peñafiel Loaiza …
• I have a dream, Alain Gutharc Gallery, Paris (FR)
With Edi Dubien, Laurent Goumarre, Suzanne Husky, Bernard Quesniaux, Michael Roy …
• Estivales, 4th Edition of the Contemporary Art Festival of Greater Paris, Sceaux (FR)
With Marlène Mocquet … curator : Christophe Delavault
• Art Paris, Grand Palais Éphémère, Alain Gutharc Gallery, Paris (FR)
With Edi Dubien, Suzanne Husky, Jean-Baptiste Janisset, Guillaume Linard Osorio …
• Past/Future – Present, Alain Gutharc Gallery, Paris (FR)
With Joël Bartoloméo, Edi Dubien, Jean-Baptiste Janisset, David Medalla …
2021
• Shenzhen International Art Fair, Di Art Space, Shenzhen (CN)
With Wang Bo, Chen Jingzi …
• Louis Vuitton Event, High Jewelry, House 19, Beijing (CN)
With Sui Cheng, Wang Bo, Xu Yahan
• Persistent Objects, Yuan Museum, Beijing (CN)
With Geng Xue, Huang Zeijian, Liu Dongxu, Yuya Suzuki … curator : Lu Mei
• Aux Verdures, Exhibition in a Private Collection, Paris (FR)
With Philippe Cognée, Luzia Simons, Shinsuke Kawahara, Pierre-Marie Agin, Matthieu Cossé …
• Vase, Alain Gutharc Gallery, Paris (FR)
With Ron Arad, Joël Bartoloméo, Johanna Grawunder, Mathias Kiss, Nøne Futbol Club …
2020
• Saint-Ange Residency – 5 Years, 24 Beaubourg Gallery, Paris (FR)
With Lionel Sabatté, Maude Maris, Clément Bagot, Mathilde Denize, Boris Chouvellon, Estefanía
Peñafiel Loaiza, Hoël Duret, Nicolas Momein. curator : Philippe Piguet
• A Sheep in the Box, Alain Gutharc Gallery, Paris (FR)
With Edi Dubien, Suzanne Husky, Kris Knight, Bernard Quesniaux …
• Oh ! The Beautiful Days, Alain Gutharc Gallery, Paris (FR)
With Jean-Baptiste Janisset, Jacques-Henri Lartigue, Guillaume Linard-Osorio …
• Between Two, Visitation Chapel, Contemporary Art Center, Thonon-les-bains (FR)
With Christophe Robe. curator : Philippe Piguet

2018
• A Conversation in Two Voices, School of Art and Design, Grenoble (FR)
With Boris Chouvellon
2016
• A Summer at LaM, Museum of Modern, Contemporary and Outsider Art, Villeneuve d’Ascq (FR)
With Barry Flanagan. curator : Marc Donnadieu
• Now is Our Future, Drawing Now, Paris (FR)
With Sarah Tritz, Tudi Deligne, Assan Smati, Karine Rougier … curator : Philippe Piguet
• Shooting Star, Palace Plaza Athénée, Paris (FR)
With Lilian Daubisse, Jim Skull, Lise Stoufflet … curator : Jean-Marc Dimanche
2015
• Hilltop Gallery, Shanghai (CN)
• Art Fair SOFA, Chicago (USA)
With Bertrand Secret, Ingrid Van Munster, Élisabeth Raphaël …
• Oh my Cabinet, Maison Assouline, London (UK)
With Valérie Delarue, Elsa Guillaume, Jim Skull … curator : Jean-Marc Dimanche
• Return to Earth, 18th Biennale of Contemporary Ceramics, Châteauroux (FR)
With Clémence Van Lunen, Xue Sun, Leiko Ikemura … curator : Stéphanie Le Follic-Hadida
• Behind the Scenes, Former Nunciature, Brussels (BE)
With Jean Claracq, Laurent Pernot, Mathias Kiss … curator : Jean-Marc Dimanche
2014
• Alchemic Ceremony, Mallett Private Mansion, London (UK)
With Vincent Barré, Gabrielle Wambaugh, Lilian Daubisse … curator : Jean-Marc Dimanche 2013
• Writings, Myths and Legends, 17th Biennale of Contemporary Ceramics, Châteauroux (FR)
With Michel Gouéry, Klara Kristalova, Françoise Pétrovitch …
• We are here, 1905 Re-Creative Space, Shenyang (CN)
With Laetitia Bénichou, Yi Fei Zhang, Sui Xin Xu … curator : Xiaoning Cai
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESS ARTICLES
2024
• From Beijing with Love, The Story of Yishu 8, Franco-Chinese Artist Residency, Bernard
Chauveau Editions, November 2024
Text by Henry-Claude Cousseau, Christine Cayol … (p.98-99 and 132-133)
• The World as It Is, La Chapelle – Contemporary Art Space, Cultural Pole of La Visitation,
Thonon-les-Bains, Semaine 2018-2024, Immédiat, Les Presses du Réel Editions, Catalogue,
December 2024
Text by Philippe Piguet (p.103-120)
• Meeting with Guillaume Talbi, An Aesthetic of Eruption, PointeMag, September 2024
Interview with Laetitia Eyiké Vergy
• La Borne, 365 Days of Contemporary Art in the Centre-Val de Loire Region, 2021/ 2022 and
2022/2023 Season, August 2024
Text by Laurent Mazuy, Sébastien Pons, Stéphanie Heendrickxen (p.28-29)
• Guillaume Talbi, When Matter Comes to Life, Arts Magazine, N°156 June/July/August 2024
Interview by Christian Charreyre (p.66-69)
• The Story of Yishu 8, Franco-Chinese Artist Residency, Catalogue, April 2024
Text by Su Dan, Henry-Claude Cousseau, Christine Cayol …

• Brave Flowers, The Review of Ceramics and Glass, N°255 March/April 2024
Interview with Hervé Godard (p.85)
• Guillaume Talbi’s Discreet Garden at the New Franco-Chinese Institute, Le petit Bulletin, March 2024
Text by Fabrizio Migliorati
• Shigaraki, The Land of the Tanuki, The Review of Ceramics and Glass, N°254 January/February 2024
Interview with Jean-Marc Dimanche (p.16-17)
2023
• Châteauroux, A Utopia of Contemporary Art, Art Press, N°513 September 2023
Interview with Camille Paulhan by Étienne Hatt (p.62)
2021
• My Collection – Colette 2012-2020, Catalogue, February 2021
Text by Isabelle Bernini (p.207)
• The Life of Forms According to Guillaume Talbi, Arts Hebdo Médias, April 2021
Interview with Manon Schaefle
2019
• Saint-Ange Residency, Guillaume Talbi, Catalogue, March 2019
Interview with Philippe Piguet (p.6-7)
2018
• Butterfly Effect, Yishu 8 Residency Catalogue
Text by Christine Cayol (p.2-3)
• China, United and Varied, Art Absolument, N°84 July-August 2018
Text by Philippe Piguet (p.8)
• They are Making News, Beaux-Arts Magazine, N°409 July 2018 (p.136)
2017
Boris Chouvellon and Guillaume Talbi, 2018 Saint-Ange Residency Laureates, Connaissance des
Arts, N°761 June 2017
Text by Élodie de Dreux-Brézé
Contemporary Art Talk, Claudine and Jean-Marc Salomon Foundation
Conversation with Philippe Piguet
2016
• Drawing Now, 10th Edition – Contemporary Drawing Fair Catalogue
Text by Marc Donnadieu (p.12-13)
• Drawing Now, Connaissance des Arts, 10th Edition, N°746 March 2016
Text by Marie Maertens (p.122)
2015
• Return to Earth, 18th Edition Ceramic Biennale, Châteauroux
Text by Stéphanie Le Follic-Hadida (p.42-43)
• The Time for Creation, The Review of Ceramics and Glass, N°204 September/October. 2015
Text by Angélique Escandell (p.62-63)
• New Weekly, Chinese Art Magazine, N° 450 September 2015
Text by Xiaoning Cai (p.103-104)
2013
• Writings, Myths, and Legends, 17th Edition Ceramic Biennale, Châteauroux
Text by Jean-Pierre Viot (p.138-139)
• Graduates of 2012 from the Beaux-Arts of Paris, Editions Beaux-Arts of Paris
Text by Camille Paulhan (p.198-199)

MEDIA
2023 You Are Amazing, France 3 Centre-Val de Loire
Chronicle by Élodie Bernard on the “Memory of Forms” exhibition, broadcasted on May 24, 2023
RESIDENCIES
2026 A4 Residency Art Center, Chengdu (CN)
2026 Jinshang Square, Beijing (CN)
2025 ICCI – USC – SJTU, Institute of Cultural and Creative Industry, Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
Shanghai (CN)
2025 Guihu Art Museum, G-Lake Art Gallery, Fuzhou (CN)
2024 Ming Qing Ce, Chinese Painting Association, Luxun Academy of Fine Arts, Shenyang (CN)
2023 Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Shigaraki (JP)
2019 Fondation Dufraine, Villa les Pinsons, Academy of Fine Arts, Chars (FR)
2018 Saint-Ange Residency, architect Odile Decq, Seyssins, Grenoble (FR)
2018 Yishu 8, House of Arts, Beijing (CN)
2016 Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Shigaraki (JP)
2015 Songjiang Art, Shanghai (CN)
2014 Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Shigaraki (JP)
2013 1905 Re-Creative Space, Shenyang (CN)
2010 Fondation de Coubertin, St Rémy-lès-Chevreuse (FR)
2009 Manoir de Soisay, La Perrière (FR)
AWARDS
2021 Finalist, Individual Artist Grant, DRAC, Île-de-France (FR)
2021 Support for First Solo Exhibition, CNAP, Paris (FR)
2019 Winner of the Fondation Dufraine Award, Institut de France, Academy of Fine Arts, Paris (FR)
2018 Winner of the Boucheron Prize, Paris (FR)
2011 Winner of the Colin-Lefrancq Prize, Paris (FR)
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
2025 Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai (CN)
2025 Why Garden, Meng Ye studio, Beijing, Shanghai (CN)
2024 New Franco-Chinese Institute, Lyon (FR)
2024 Duke Kunshan University, Suzhou (CN)
2021 Yuan Museum, Museum Collection, Beijing (CN)
2018 Saint-Ange, Grenoble (FR)
2018 Boucheron, Beijing (CN)
2018 Yishu 8, Beijing (CN)
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Exhibitions