Ivan MESSAC
Introduction
Ivan Messac is a French painter and sculptor born in 1948.
His work is connected to the French Figuration narrative, from 1969 to 1980. In the 80' He turned to sculpture and winned public orders and private contracts : French Embassy Beyrouth, EDF in Saint Denis. From 2000, Ivan Messac has participated to many group shows dedicated to French Figuration narrative (Musée des Beaux-arts, Dôle and Orléans, Musée Hospice Comtesse in Lille, La Patinoire Royale in Brussels. Not long ago his work "Geronimo" (1971), was in quai Branly Museum Exhibition « Cross-cultural Dialogue » and he made a magistral work in live at Centre Pompidou in Paris.
Biography
Solo exhibitions (selected)
2016
- What will be, will be, Art To Be Gallery, Lille, France
- L'Amour à Cloche-pied, Georges Pompidou Center, Studio 13/16, Paris, France
2015
- Paroles d'Images, Le Radar, Bayeux, France
- Tout s'éclaire, Art Paris, with baudoin lebon, Grand-Palais, Paris, France
- Sur la voie, Pepper Gallery, Antibes, France
- Au train où vont les choses, Galerie Anne-Marie et Roland Pallade, Lyon, France
2014
- 2 temps, 2D, baudoin lebon, Paris, France
- Stained-glass window for the Saint Sylvain Chapel, Nevers, France
- Beware, Art to be Gallery, Lille, France
- Street Immo, Commines Center, Paris, France
2013
- From me to you, Villa Tamaris, La Seyne-sur-Mer, France
2010
- Hommage à Maïakovski, Elsa Triolet-Aragon House, Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines, France
- Zoo Mio, JCM Billy Gallery, La Baule, France
- Histoire de Temps, Nuit Blanche, Forney Library, Paris, France
- Narration(s), Mazel Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2009
- Crazy Legs, Villa Tamaris, La Seyne-sur-Mer, France
- Peintures et sculptures des années 1980, Bernard Ceysson Gallery, Luxembourg
- Ivan Messac, Domaine de Lescombes, Eysines, France
2008
- Pessoa est un autre, Antonio Prates Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal
- My generation, Laurent Strouk Gallery, Paris, France
- Messac, Bernard Ceysson Gallery, Saint-Etienne, France
- Lunatiques, Moments Artistiques, Paris, France
2007
- Histoire d'amour, Confluence(s) Gallery, Lyon, France
- ?uvres récentes, Louis Lumière Art Center, Hénin-Beaumont, France
- C'est dans la boîte, Domaine Galuval, Cairanne, France
- ?uvres sur papier 1967-2006, Art School Gérard Jacot, Belfort, France
- Le grand écart, hommage à V. Maïakovski, Orel art Gallery, Paris, France
2006
- Regarder et être vu, le Garage Gallery, Orléans, France
- Adam & Eve, Laurent Strouk Gallery, Paris, France
2005
- Impression Prime-Time, Laurent Strouk Gallery, Paris, France
2004
- Klepsévitch, Hervé Lourdel Gallery, Paris, France
- Carton plein, Espace Château Neuf, Tours, France
- Clic-clac 3D, Laurent Strouk Gallery, Paris, France
2003
- Mes années Pop, Métropolis Gallery, Lyon, France
- Comment s'y retrouver, Contemporary Art Center Passages, Troyes, France
- Klepsévitch, Library of the Villa Tamaris, La Seyne-sur-Mer, France
2001
- Les années narratives, Villa Tamaris, La Seyne-sur-Mer, France
- Carta Pesta, marmo pesto, Studio d'Arte La Subbia, Pietrasanta, Italy
- De toutes les couleurs, Hervé Lourdel Gallery, Paris, France
2000
- Maison Française, Washington-DC, USA
- Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, USA
1999
- Pièces d'appartement by C. Aubert, Paris, France
1998
- Orangerie des Musées, Sens, France
1996
- Lumière Center, Hénin-Beaumont, France
1994
- Art Center Le Carré Saint Vincent, Orléans, France
1993
- Gallery 15, Paris, France
1992
- Art Center CREDAC, Ivry-sur-Seine, France
- Gallery of the Old College, Châtellerault, France
- Gallery of the School of Fine Arts, Cherbourg, France
1990
- Museum of Fine Arts of Joliette, Québec, Canada
- Catherine Mayeur Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Collective exhibitions (selected)
2017
- Sous le soleil exactement, with Thomas Dreyfuss, Art Déco Gallery, San Ferran, Formentera, Ibiza
- Art Paris Art Fair, with Art to Be Gallery and Michel Giraud Gallery, Paris, France
2016
- Jacques Chirac ou le dialogue des cultures, Museum of Quai Branly, Paris, France
2015
- Art Paris Art Fair, with baudoin lebon, Paris, France
- La résistance des images, La patinoire Royale, Brussels, Belgium
2014
- Art Elysées, with baudoin lebon, Paris, France
- Une relecture, Villa Tamaris, La-Seyne-sur-Mer, France
2013
- Art Elysées, with baudoin lebon, Paris, France
- Inauguration, AD Gallery, Montpellier, France
- One Page Magazines, Cabinet du livre d'artiste, University Rennes 2, Rennes, France
- Une génération, The painters of 1970?s in the collection of the Villa Tamaris, La-Seyne-sur-Mer, France
- Point rouge, Le Garage Gallery, Orléans, France
2012
- De l'Art contemporain à l'Art urbain, Artfiler Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
- 20, House of Art, Sallaumines, France
2011
- Hommage à Christian Calligarot, IUFM Confluence(s) Gallery, Lyon, France
2010
- New acquisitions, Colas Foundation, Boulogne-Billancourt, France
- Remix, Mazel Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
- Picasso forever, Laurent Strouk Gallery, Paris, France
- Jazz in the collections of theVilla Tamaris, La-Seyne-sur-Mer, France
- Messac/Morteyrol, Fort Napoléon, La-Seyne-sur-Mer, France
- Heart, Laurent Strouk Gallery, Paris, France
2007
- La Figuration Narrative, Hospice Comtesse Museum, Lille, France
- L'amour de l'Art, Contemporary Art and private collections of South-West, Museum of Fine Arts of Agen, France
2005
- La Figuration narrative dans les collections publiques, 1964-1977, Museum of Fine Arts of Orléans, Museum of Fine Arts of Dôle, France
2006
- Collections of artists, Art Center - Château prieural, Monsempron-Libos, France
- 13 Sévigné Gallery, Paris, France
2004
- La Peau du Chat, hommage to Carlota Charmet, Art Center of Yonne, Tanlay Castel and Artothèque of Caen, Museum of Sainte-Croix Abbey, Les Sables d'Olonne, France
2003
- Creations for the Ballet Théâtre Contemporain, Museum of Fine Arts, Nancy, France
2002
- Art Paris Art Fair, with Art K Thierry Salvador Gallery, Paris, France
2000
- Pleine ligne, Gallery of Centre, Paris, France
1999
- Art Papier, FRAC Alsace, romanesque Abbey of Alspach, France
- Del porcello e?, Studio d?Arte La Subbia, Pietrasanta, Italy
- 30 artistes, Assemblée Nationale, Paris, France
texts
Sport Museum, Paris, France
Sallaumines City, France
Local Fund of Contemporary Art of Paris, France
National Fund of Contemporary Art, France
Regional Fund of Contemporary Art : Pays de la Loire and Alsace
Fine Arts Museum of Mulhouse, France
Carnavalet Museum, Paris, France
Sens Museum
Public orders
1988
- Sculptures? Park of Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire : sculpture in steel and marble of Carrara.
1989
- Place Maurice Quentin, Paris : Pas au-delà de l'horizon, sculpture in steel and marble of Carrara.
- La Voix du poète brise les théières : vidéo, order of National Found of Contemporary Art (FNAC).
1990
- Park of the Nature of Laval, Québec : sculpture in ferroconcrete.
- Voce Amara, Dolce Motore : video, order of National Found of Contemporary Art.
1992
- Airport of Carcassonne (store of State) : Éloge, sculpture massif steel.
1998
- Site EDF Cap Ampère in Saint-Denis : Le Dialogue d'Archimède, sculpture in marble of Carrara and Iroko.
1998
- Building RIVP, 44/46 Boulevard de Grenelle, Paris : Vénus Blanche, sculpture in marble of Carrara.
1999
- Changchun, Popular Republic of China : Beyond the Horizon, sculpture in marble and steel.
2000
- École maternelle de la rue de la Villette, Paris : la Petite et la Grande Ourses, sculptures in blue marble.
- Ville de Montcenis, communauté urbaine du Creusot Montceau : L'astronome, sculpture in marble of Carrara.
2001
- Embassy of France, Beyrouth, Lebanon : Grand Buste, sculpture in marble of Carrara.
Exhibitions
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
Wayne BARKER / Lawrence CARROLL / Alain CLEMENT / Gianni Colosimo / DUBUFFET / Michel DUPORT / Tschang-Yeul KIM / Ivan MESSAC / Bernard Rancillac / Carla TALOPP / Robert WILSON / A-Sun WU