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Print & drawing
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Introduction

Francis Limérat was born on August 1st 1946 in Alger. He lives and works between Paris and the Entre-Deux-Mer.

 

He is a teacher at Anger's Ecole des Beaux-Art.

Represented in several galleries in France and abroad, F. Limérat is featured in many solo and collective exhibitions.

 

Francis Limérat's work is very original and has gradually changed during the forty years of his artistic practice. Materials and techniques are new; pieces of oblong wood with different sizes, almost always painted, layered, stacked, like repetitive modules and assembled together with or without a precise order; sheets of paper and black ink or sepia worked with a feather or as a tint.

 

"No images, no medium. The material is both the work's skeleton and body. The wood, sometimes recycled, had already been shaped for other uses: boards or sticks, enslaved to geometry – measured, calibrated, tinted with nut husk.

His work is only rigour, order and rhythm. Appended and juxtaposed boards create an animated surface following the woods fibres, their texture, reliefs and the interstice separating them. The repetition of the shapes created as such guaranties the order. In contrast, the sticks form a hemstitched space with a steady – and almost haunting – rhythm. Surface-line, full-empty, black-white, contrasts, symmetry and asymmetry and rhythm compose the visual vocabulary of Limérat, recalling those of rural buildings (like wooden fences, timbering, doors) and African or other constructions. The “act” is precise, conscientious; well-done work is the basis of creation. Sometimes, accidents trouble this meticulous organisation. Then, ruptures – visual chocks disturbing the eye – but repetition soon takes over them. From linearity arise writing. The space condenses, tightens. It breathes."

Anto Alquier, visual art teacher at Riscle school.

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

André Barelier / Michel DUPORT / Karen FARKAS / Nathalie GRENIER / H.K KWON / Francis LIMERAT / Henri MICHAUX / Evsa MODEL / Josep Riera i Aragó / Keiji UEMATSU
Albert BESNARD / Beatrice BISSARA / Alain CLEMENT / Anish KAPOOR / Francis LIMERAT / Manish PUSHKALE / Sayed Haider RAZA / Vladimir SKODA
Alain CLEMENT / Karen FARKAS / Charles Christopher HILL / Mi-Hyun KIM / Tschang-Yeul KIM / H.K KWON / Francis LIMERAT / Joel-Peter WITKIN
Michel DUPORT / Dorian FRANCOIS / Kyung-Ae HUR / Francis LIMERAT
Michel DUPORT / Francis LIMERAT
Michel DUPORT / Lucien Hervé / Tschang-Yeul KIM / Francis LIMERAT / Sung-Hy SHIN
Shadi Ghadirian / Nathalie GRENIER / Francis LIMERAT / Antoine POUPEL / Francis Newton Souza
Javier BALMASEDA / Luciano Castelli / Chu Teh Chun / Alain CLEMENT / Joël DUCORROY / Charles Christopher HILL / Tschang-Yeul KIM / Francis LIMERAT / Robert MAPPLETHORPE / Ivan MESSAC / Evsa MODEL / Gloria Petyarre / Jaume PLENSA / Julian Schnabel / Sung-Hy SHIN / Vladimir SKODA / Antoni Tàpies / Joel-Peter WITKIN / A-Sun WU
Alain CLEMENT / DUBUFFET / Nathalie GRENIER / Francis LIMERAT / Patrick RIMOUX
Francis LIMERAT / Bhrigu K. Sharma / Carla TALOPP
Malala Andrialavidrazana / Alain CLEMENT / Yves GELLIE / Tschang-Yeul KIM / Francis LIMERAT / Patrick RIMOUX / Sung-Hy SHIN
Patrick BAILLY-MAITRE-GRAND / Claude BAURET-ALLARD / Alain CLEMENT / DUBUFFET / Max ERNST / Francis LIMERAT / Sung-Hy SHIN / Robert WILSON / A-Sun WU
Charles Christopher HILL / Francis LIMERAT