From the sky to the earth, the visual artist photographer Manolo Chrétien is fascinated by the effects of gravitation on elements. Atmospheric pressure, deformation of matter, distortion, clouds, currents, winds, waves, fluid dynamics, erosion ... all these terms have accompanied him every day since his birth at the end of a runway at Orange air base in 1966 .
Manolo describes himself thus: "I am an eternal wonder, who captures the unexpected and composes with an uninterrupted child's gaze ... Fluidity tracker, I’m definitely guided by the ephemeral transformation of the elements".
Manolo Chretien lives and works in Blois. He is represented by several galleries in Paris, Brussels, Montreal, Singapore and in London with >french art studio since 2009.
Born in 1966.
Lives and works in France.
Represented in France, Belgium, Singapore, Canada and UK.
Represented by >french art studio since 2008.
Exhibitions
2016
group shows
'Materpiece' >french art studio (London, UK)
2015
group shows
'So Fresh, so French', >french art studio (London, UK)
2014
Solo shows
‘Hommage à Antoine de Saint Exupery’, Art Cube (Paris, France)
‘Espace Manolo Chretien’, Galerie PromenArts (Ile de Ré, France)
‘BMV Citillusions’, Espace George V (Paris, France)
‘Anémorphoses’, Galerie Arnaud Bard (Boulogne, France)
Group Shows
‘Spring Group Show’, >french art studio (London, UK)
‘XLX’, Galerie Arnaud Bard, (Boulogne, France)
2013
Solo shows
‘Aluminations’, Red Sea Gallery (Singapore)
‘Aluminations’, Galerie Shainintr (Bangkok, Thailand)
‘Légendaires’, Galerie ArtCube (Paris, France)
‘Nouveauz Nez’, Galerie FAE (Boulogne, France)
2012
Solo shows
‘Aluminations’, >french art studio (London, UK)
‘Transmission’, Galerie FAE (Boulogne, France)
Galerie Francois Giraudeau (Saint Martin de Ré, France)
Group shows
>french art studio (London, UK)
2011
Solo shows
‘Vol de nuit’, Galerie ArtCube (Paris, France)
‘Carte Blanche’, Galerie FAE (Boulogne, France)
Group shows
Galerie Leroyer (Montreal, Canada)
2010
Solo shows
‘Nouveaux Nez Aluminations’, Galerie Francois Giraudeau (Paris, France)
‘Nouveaux Nez Aluminations’, Galerie Mauger Modern (London, UK)
Group shows
Galerie du Levant (Porto Vecchio, Corsica)
2009
Solo shows
‘Juste Ciel”, Galerie Ricco (Calvi, Corsica)
‘Tombés du ciel”, Galerie FAE (Boulogne, France)
‘Juste-Ciel Aluminations”, Galerie Francois Giraudeau (Saint Martin en Ré, France)
‘Must Move”, Galerie Taiss (Paris, France)
‘New York Aluminations’, Espace Culturel Porte Côté (Blois, France)
Group shows
Galerie Chiefs and Spirits (La Haye, Neetherlands)
2008
Solo shows
‘Juste Ciel’, Musée de l’air & de l’Espace (Le Bourget, France)
‘New York Aluminations’, Galerie Francois Giraudeau (Paris, France)
‘Juste Ciel’, Galerie Francois Giraudeau (Ile de Ré, France)
‘Juste-Ciel & New York Aluminations’, Galerie Baltazar (Brussels, France)
‘Juste Ciel’, Galerie FAE (Boulogne, France)
‘Juste Ciel & NY Aluminations’, Galerie Tesson (Cheverny, France)
‘Juste Ciel’, Galerie Petit Jean (Aix-en-provence, France)
‘Juste Ciel’, Galerie Isabelle Laverny (Paris, France)
‘Juste Ciel’, Galerie Quintessence (Saint Tropez, France)
‘Juste Ciel & NY Aluminations’, Galerie W (Paris, France)
‘Juste Ciel & NY Aluminations’, Galerie Baltazar (Brussels, Belgium)
‘NY Citillusions’, Galerie Anti-reflets (Nantes, France)
2007
Solo shows
‘Juste Ciel’, Aéroclub de France (Paris, France)
‘Juste Ciel’, Salon du Bourget (Le Bourget, France)
‘Effets Mer’, Galerie Francois Giraudeau (Ile de Re, France)
‘Juste Ciel’, Cultural Space (Blois, France)
‘NY Aluminations & Juste Ciel’, Galerie W (Paris, France)
2006
Solo shows
‘Juste Ciel’, Galerie Anti reflets (Nantes, France)
“’uste Ciel’, Young Gallery (Bruxelles, Belgium)
‘Intime Loire’, Galerie Carla Milivinti (Blois, France)
2005
Solo shows
‘Juste Ciel’, Galerie Carla Milivinti (Blois, France)
‘Effets Mer’, LBD (Blois, France)
‘Effets Mer’, Le 30-30 (Tours, France)
2004-2003
Solo shows
‘Juste Ciel’, Pavillon d’Auron (Bourges, France)
‘Intime Loire’, Rheinische Landesbibliothek (Coblence, France)
Group shows
‘Intime Loire’, Chateau de Tours (Tours, France)
Art fairs
London Art Fair (London, UK) 2010, 2011, 2012
20/21 International Art Fair, Royal College of Arts (London, UK) 2008, 2009, 2013
Art London (London, UK) 2009, 2010, 2011
AAF (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2009, 2010
AAF Battersea (London, UK) 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
AAF Hampstead (London, UK) 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
AAF (Brussels, Belgium) 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
AAF (Hamburg, Germany) 2013
AAF (Stockholm, Sweden) 2013
Art Hamptons (New Hampton, USA) 2014
Lille Art Fair (France) 2008
International Contemporary Art Fair (Istanbul, Turkey) 2007
International festival of the Sea Picture (Vannes, France)
Publications
- CHRETIEN Manolo, Manolo Chretien // Aluminations, Red Sea Gallery, 2012.
Manolo Chretien in English :
Manolo Chrétien - Artist Photographer from EspritVoyageur.net on Vimeo.