Francis LIMERAT
Introduction
He teaches at the Regional School of Fine Arts of Angers.
Represented in several galleries in France and abroad, F. Limérat participates in many solo and group exhibitions .
Francis Limérat continues a very original work that has gradually changed during the forty years of his artistic practice. However, materials and technique has changed ; pieces of oblong wood of various sizes, most often painted, layered, sticked, like repetitive modules, assembled together in a certain order or disorder ; or sheep of paper, black ink or sepia worked with a feather or as tint.
This approach allowed him to alternate spatial constructions and drawings, works playing with the tension between empty and full, between absences that distribute light and these presences as signs.
There aren't images, neither support . The material is both the skeleton and the body's work. It is the wood already used, sometimes recovered : boards , rod, enslaved to geometry, measured , calibrated , tinted ...
Biography
Born 1 August in Alger.
Works and lives in Paris.
Solo exhibitions (selected)
2015
- Art espace 83 Gallery, La Rochelle, France
- Capazza Gallery, Nançay, France
- Fine Arts Museum of Angers, France
2014
- Fine Arts Museum, Angers, France
- Nouvellet Gallery, Paris, France
2013
- Kandler Gallery, Toulouse, France
- Matière d'arbre, Pome Turbil Gallery, Lyon, France
2012
- Arts et Lettres Gallery, Vevey, France
- Pome Turbil Gallery, Lyon, France
2010
- Oeuvres sur papier, Olivier Nouvellet Gallery, Paris, France
2009
- Art/Espace, Thonon-les-Bains, France
- Christine Kandler Gallery, Toulouse, France
2008
- Mémoires en Promenade, Cabinet d'arts graphiques, Fine Arts Museum, Caen, France
- Scripto Sensu 2 angles, Contemporary Art Center, Flers, France
2007
- Mémoires en promenade (1975-2006), Cabinet d'arts graphiques, Fine Arts Museum, Angers, France
2006
- Art et chapelles, Notre-Dame de la Garde Chapel, Seiches, France
2005
- Linéaments, CIRCA, Montreal, Canada
- Eric Devlin Gallery, Montreal, Canada
2003
- Devoirs de Vacances, Moments Artistiques chez Christian Aubert, Paris, France
2002
- Bleue Gallery, Riscle, France
- L'Art dans les chapelles, Saint-Nicomède-en-Guenin Chapel, France
- Claires-Voies, Sabine Puget Gallery, Paris, France
2001
- Arrêt sur l'image Gallery, Bordeaux, France
2000
- Vingt ans de création-bois peints, dessins, carnets de voyage, Fine Arts Center, Royan, France
1997
- Francis Limérat. Oeuvres de 1973 à 1997, Lescombes Domain, Eysines, France
1992
- Francis Limérat (1972-1992), Fine Arts Museum, Angers, France
- Le Troisième Oeil Gallery, Bordeaux, France
1990
- Graff Gallery, Montreal, Canada
- Leif Stahle Gallery, Paris, France
Group exhibitions (selected)
2017
- India Art Fair, New Delhi, India
- Francis Limérat et Michel Duport, baudoin lebon, Paris, France
- KIAF, with baudoin lebon, Seoul, South Korea
2016
- Vénus et Vulcain, Capazza Gallery, Nançay, France
- India Art Fair, New Delhi, India
2015
- India Art Fair, New Delhi, India
2014
- Art Elysées, Paris, France
- India Art Fair, New Delhi, India
2013
- Lignes, baudoin lebon, Paris, France
- India Art Fair, New Delhi, India
2012
- Art Elysées, Paris, France
- Figures en lignes, baudoin lebon, Paris, France
2011
- Traces d'aube et de nuit. Autour de la revue Préau des collines n°12, Olivier Nouvellet Gallery, Paris, France
- Francis Limérat et Charles C. Hill, Kandler Gallery, Toulouse, France
2010
- Arts Elysées, Paris, France
- Art on Paper, Kandler Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2009
- Abstractions faîtes, Sabine Puget Gallery, Fox-Amphoux, France
- Salon du dessin contemporain, Paris, France
- Tritptyque, Angers, France
- Suivez la ligne, Francis Limérat et Charles Christopher Hill, 212 Gallery, Aspen, Colorado, USA
2008
- Arts Elysées, Paris, France
- Salon du dessin contemporain, Paris, France
2007
- Citadelle, Fort Vauban, Belle-Île-en-Mer, France
- Les métamorphoses du végétal, Sabine Puget Gallery, Fox-Amphoux, France
- Rendez-vous d?Octobre, chez Jacqueline Boissier, Paris, France
- Francis Limérat et Charles Christopher Hill, Lescombes Domain, Eysines, France
2006
- D'autres mondes, Dartois Workshop, Bordeaux, France
- Francis Limérat et Jean-Pierre Schneider, Sabine Puget Gallery, Fox-Amphoux, France
2005
- Peintures, dessins, sculptures, Libéral Bruant Gallery, Paris, France
2004
- Oeuvres choisies de la collection John A. Schweitzer, Stewart Hall Gallery, Montreal, Canada
- Le silence aussi se regarde, Sabine Puget, Fox-Amphoux, France
2003
- D'ailleurs, carte blanche à Francis Limérat et C. Van Lunen, Ronceray Abbey, Angers, France
- Campus Europe Art, travelling exhibition through the European universities, International Muhan Station 2003, MA Gallery, Japan
- Francis Limérat et Tanguy Tolila, Contemporary Art Center Bouvet-Ladubay, Saint-Florent, Saumur, France
2002
- Territoires alentour, Sabine Puget Gallery, Paris, France
- Triptyque, Angers, France
- Art Paris, Sabine Puget Gallery, Paris, France
2001
- Manif 01, Art Center, Seoul, South Korea
1999
- Les peintres de Sed Contra, hier et aujourd?hui, Lescombes Domain, Eysines, France
- Francis Limérat et Nils Udo, Krief Gallery, Paris, France
1998
- Collection de Jean-Pierre Alys, donation, Ceret?s Museum, France
1997
- Cinq années d'activités, Le Troisième Oeil Gallery, Paris, France
- Kolb-Limérat, Krief Gallery, Paris, France
1996
- Cabinet d'un amateur, Krief Gallery, Paris, France
- Hommage à Geneviève Thévenot, Museum of Modern Art, Troyes, France
- Septemvir, Beaux-Arts Gallery, Bordeaux, Le Troisième ?il Gallery, Paris, France
- Dessein-dessin, Studio Kostel, Paris, France
1994
- Taxi-Couleur, French Cultural Center and National Institute of Arts, Bamako, Mali
- Ecole régionale des Beaux-Arts, Angers, France
1993
- 20 années d'activités ou les sillons du temps, Le Troisième ?il Gallery, Bordeaux, France
- Dessins et sculptures du FRAC Picardie, Cultural House, Amiens, France
- Les artistes rendent hommage à Sud-Ouest, Le Troisième ?il Gallery, Bordeaux, France
1992
- Le rythme et la rigueur, Le Troisième Oeil Gallery, Bordeaux, France
1991
- Collection B.N.P. National School of Fine Arts, Paris, France
- SAGA, Editions Brandes, Roubaix, France
- Dessins d?été, Régional School of Fine Arts, Angers, France
1990
- Art Frankfurt, Leif Stahle Gallery, Francfurt, Germany
- Art Basel, Leif Stahle Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
- Barbara Sylvester Gallery, Montreal, Canada
public collections
Artothèque 2 angles, Flers, France
BNP Paribas Bank, Paris, France
National Bank of Paris, Limoges, Mexico
Bibliothèque nationale de France (France National Library), Paris, France
Deloitte Office, Paris, France
Caisse des dépôts et consignations, Angers, France
Center for Visual Arts, Royan, France
John A. Schweitzer collection, Montreal
Crédit Mutuel d'Anjou, Angers, France
Contemporary Art Funds for the following regions : Aquitaine, Picardie, Rhône-Alpes, Champagne-Ardennes, France
Pays de Loire et Auvergne, France
National Fund for Contemporary Art, Paris, France
Modern Art Museum (dépôt Alis), Céret, France
Modern Art Museum of the city of Paris, France
Modern Art Museum of Lille métropole, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
Contemporary Art Museum, Montreal, Canada
Angers Fine Arts Museum, France
Bordeaux Fine Arts Museum, France
Calais Fine Arts Museum, France
Paul Delouvrier Museum, Evry, France
Exhibitions
gallery exhibition
Francis Limérat / Michel Duport
Art fair
ART ELYSÉES
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