Alexis Gautier
alexisgautier(at)live.fr
(EN)
Alexis Gautier is an artist based in Brussels and Brittany. His work explores the relationships at play in cultural transactions, collaborations and the creation of narratives. Often made with other individuals, his work creates a space for exchanges and appropriation, weaving encounters, discoveries and misunderstandings. Gautier documents his research and interventions through textiles, sculptures, videos, narrations and drawings.
Alexis is a graduate from the Städelschule in Frankfurt Am Main (DE) and from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Antwerp (BE). He has had solo exhibitions at the museum M Leuven (curator Eva Wittocx), at JESTER/ CIAP Kunstverein in Genk (curator Alicja Melzacka & Orlando Maaike Gouwberg), at the Leopold-Hoesch Museum (Düren, DE), at BOZAR (Brussels, 2017), Blue Mountain School (London, 2018), Basis (Frankfurt Am Main, 2019) and ISLAND (Brussels, 2020).
In 2022, Gautier was a resident of the WIELS art center in Brussels. Since 2020, he is supported by the Günther-Peill Stiftung (Düren, DE), by the Fondation des Artistes (Paris, FR) and by the Flanders Art Fund. Gautier is affiliated as a researcher in the Arts at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Antwerp.
(FR)
Alexis Gautier est un artiste basé à Bruxelles et en Bretagne. Son travail explore les relations qui interviennent entre les transactions culturelles, les collaborations et la construction de récits. Souvent réalisé avec d'autres individus, son travail ouvre un espace propice aux échanges et à l'appropriation, tissant des rencontres, des explorations et des malentendus. Gautier documente ses recherches et ses interventions au travers de textiles, sculptures, vidéos, narrations et dessins.
Alexis à étudié à la Städelschule de Francfort-sur-le-Main (DE) et précédemment à l'Académie royale des beaux-arts d'Anvers (BE). Il a présenté des expositions personnelles au musée M Leuven (commissaire Eva Wittocx), au JESTER/ CIAP Kunstverein à Genk (commissaire Alicja Melzacka & Orlando Maaike Gouwberg), au Leopold-Hoesch Museum (Düren, DE), à BOZAR (Bruxelles, 2017), Blue Mountain School (Londres, 2018), Basis (Francfort-sur-le-Main, 2019) et ISLAND (Bruxelles, 2020).
En 2022, Gautier était résident du WIELS à Bruxelles. Il est soutenu depuis 2020 par la Günther-Peill Stiftung (Düren, DE), par la Fondation des Artistes (Paris, FR) et par le Flanders Art Fund. Gautier est affilié en tant que chercheur en arts à l'Académie Royale des Beaux Arts d'Anvers.
Solo Shows:
2024 Vleeshal Middelburg, Netherlands Oemoemenoe Nomadic Program
2024 WIELS Project Room, Bruxelles, BE (upcoming)
2022 Leopold-Hoesch-Museum, Düren, DE
2022 JESTER / CIAP Kunstverein, Genk, BE
2021 M Leuven, Leuven, BE
2021 Playground (M Leuven / STUK), Leuven, BE
2020 Island, Sandy & Mulberry (Shown or Told), Brussels
2019 BASIS, Frikadelle on a Mirror, Frankfurt am Main, DE
2018 Blue Mountain School, Stairs, Zebras, Bees and Light Purple Jackets,
with contributions from Kasper Bosmans, Gauthier Oushoorn & Max Pinckers, London, GB
2017 BOZAR, Pulau Jengkerik (Cricket Island), Europalia Indonesia Arts Festival, Brussels, BE
2017 Museum of Fine Arts La Boverie L'île au Criquet, Europalia Indonesia Arts Festival, Liège, BE
Group Shows:
2023 The Balcony, The Hague, NLThe Promise of Ruin(s), Chapter IV
2023 Cloud Seven, Brussels, Collection of Frédéric de Goldschmidt curated by Chantal Pattyn & Benedicte Goesaert.
2023 Predikheeren Church, Public installation in collaboration with Richard Tuttle,
curated by Nico Dockx, BE (upcoming)
2021 Goethe Institut Dublin brought together by Gerard Byrne, IR
2020 Manifesta, Avec le Vent... Curated by Nico Dockx, Marseille, FR
2020 New Wight Biennial, Los Angeles, USA
2020 Love Among the Artists, Netwerk Aalst, by Laure Prouvost and Alex Cecchetti, BE
2020 Lucrèce curated by Olivier Bellflamme, Genly, BE (upcoming)
2020 Group Show, Syros, Greece (upcoming)
2020 Städelschule Rundgang,Städelschule, Frankfurt, DE
2019 Städelschule Rundgang,Städelschule, Frankfurt, DE
2019 Null Island, AAIR Antwerp, BE
2019 The Shipworm and the Glory of Enkhuizen / Alexandre Humbert, Picturehouse Central, London, GB
2018 The Welcomer, Curated by Giulia Blasig and Clémence Bellisson, Brussels, BE
2018 Un|settled, curated by Hans Martens, organised by Argos & Raversyde, KC Nona Mechelen, BE
2018 Generation Brussels. Vanderborght. Curated by Louis-Philippe Van Eeckhoutte, Brussels, BE
2018 WORKFLOW, curated by Wim Wauman, CC Sint-Niklaas, BE
2018 Periptero, The Pink House, Antwerp, BE
2018 BOZAR, NATURAL CAPITAL curated by Laura Herman & Charlotte Dumoncel D'Argence, Brussels BE
2018 M KHA, Museum of Contemporary Arts, LODGERS curated by Oushoorn & Milius, Antwerp, BE
2017 Extra City Kunsthalle, FUTURES NOW, curated by Nico Dockx & Geert Goiris, Antwerp, BE
2017 Re-Art, Zaventem (BE) group show curated by Julie Senden, BE
2017 Zuiderzee Museum, The Nederlands, SZZMS, curated by Jan Boelen and Evelien Bracke
2017 Gallery Charlama, Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina.
2016 HARBOUR HOUSE Stairs, Zebra, Bees and Light Purple Jackets, with Kasper Bosmans, Gauthier Oushoorn & Max Pinckers, curated by Hans Theys, Antwerp, BE
2016 Brooklyn Industry City, TALKING TEXTILES, curated by Li Edelkoort, New York, USA
Residencies
2022 WIELS
2021 FLACC
2019 AIR Frankfurt, artist residency
2016 Shanghai Artist residency, (ITS Award, Trieste)
Awards / Subsidies:
2023 Flanders Art Fund
2020 Fondation des Artistes
2020-2022 Gunther-Peill Foundation
2018 Bourse de la Direction Générale des Affaires Culturelles, Rennes.
2018 Flanders Art Fund
2017 Flanders Art Fund
2016 Dorothy Waxman Textile Prize, Li Edelkoort Inc, New York - Finalist
2015 Horlait-Dapsens Foundation Award, winner
2015 ITS - International Talent Support, winner, Swatch Art Peace Hotel Award
Editions:
2020 M Leuven - JESTER, Mulberry's Weight
2018 Kunst in Huis, Edition of 20 works commissioned for the 40th anniversary of Kunst in Huis.
2018 Stairs, Zebra, Bees and Light Purple Jackets, published by Blue Mountain School, edition of 750
2017 Pulau Jengkerik, edition of 1000, self-published at the occasion of Pulau Jengkerik in BOZAR
2017 Pos Kupang Newspaper, edition of 200, at the occasion of Pulau Jengkerik in BOZAR
