Yves GELLIE
Introduction
Yves Gellie was born in 1953, in Bordeaux.
After studying medicine at Université Bordeaux II, Yves Gellie practiced tropical medicine for 2 years in Gabon before entirely focusing on photography.
In 1981, he started his photographer career with a first series which subject was the cocaine traffic in Colombia. Soon after, he produced a story on the Ogaden war in Somalia.
For his work on Saudi Arabia, Yves Gellie received an award from the Society of Publication Designer's. In 2003, he received the Merit Award.
During the last fifteen years, Yves Gellie developed a visual work in between documentary and contemporary art. He explored the ambiguous relations existing between photography, reality and experience with the fictional power of images.
Through his photographs, Yves Gellie shows us the link that can unite the real world and the power of images.
He regularly participates in exhibition and events, in France and abroad.
Biography
Solo exhibtions (selected)
2017
- Singapore Art and Science Museum, Singapore
- Bettina Von Arnim Gallery, Paris, France
- Vitra Design Museum, Well am Rhein, Germany
- Golem, Berlin jewish Museum, Berlin, German
2016
- La Lanterne, Cultural Space of Rambouillet, Rambuillet, Frace
- Human +, Center of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
2015
- Musée du Petite Palais, Paris, France
- Gallery of Fine Arts School of Versailles, Versailles, France
2014
- Coding the Body, Church Street, New York, USA
- Human Version 2.0, House of urban area, Saint-Brieux, France
2013
- Hunting Rituals, Le Carré d'Art Gallery, Rennes, France
2012
- Superhuman, WellcomeTrust Foundation, London, UK
2011
- Science Gallery, Dublin, Irlande
2008
- baudoin lebon, Paris, France
2007
- Visual Field (Chine Nouvelle), International Festival of Pingyao, China
2006
- Distinct Perception, Art Museum of Shangaï, China
2005
- Dach Gallery, Munich, Germany
- Rouge de l'image, Sorbonne, Paris, France
- Emotion Gallery, Paris, France
2004
- L'oeil en Seyne Festival, la Seine-sur-Mer, France
- Mois de la Photo, Galerie Trigano chez Picto, Paris, France
2002
- Franca Gallery, Milano, Italy
1999
- French Institute Bagdad, Irak
- Institute of the Arab World, Paris, France
1997
- FNAC Paris, Strasbourg, Bordeaux, Lyon, France
Group exhibitions (selected)
2017
- The Photo Book Museum, Duisburg, Germany
- Vienna Biennale 2017, MAK Exhibition Hall, Vienna, Austria
- Art Paris 2017, Le Grand Palais, Paris, France
2016
- Un autre monde, agnès b. Gallery, Paris, France
- May 2016, Photo London, London, UK
2014
- Kyoto Graphie, Murakamijyu Building, Kyoto, Japan
- Pixels of Paradise, Images et croyances, Biennale de la photographie et des arts visuels, Liège, Belgium
2012
- Hunting Rituals, Paris Photo, with baudoin lebon, Paris, France
2011
- Science Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2010
- Art Paris, Grand Palais, Paris, France
2009
- Paris Photo, Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, France
2008
- Foto Espana, Spain
2007
- Visual Field (Chine Nouvelle), Show, Festival du vent, Calvi, France
- 40 Years of the Gamma agency, International Festival of Pingyao, China
- Visual Field (Chine Nouvelle), Show, Les Rencontres d?Arles, France
2005-2006
- Sorbonne Ouverte, Sorbonne square, Paris, France
- Perceptions Distinctes, Katia Rid in der Dachgalerie Gallery, Munich, Germany
2003
- Society of Publication designer?s competition in New York (Merit Award Winner for Saudi arabia), New York, USA
2002
- Exhibition and auction, Drouot, Paris, France
2001
- Exhibition and auction, Drouot, Paris, France
1999
- Taranto Gallery, New York, USA
1998
- Souffles du monde (Cambodge), FNAC Paris, France
1994
- Oman, Institute of the Arab World, Paris, France
1993
- Syria, Institute of the Arab Worl, Paris, France
- Design, Mirror of the Century, Grand Palais, Paris, France
Publications
Chine Nouvelle, Naïve, 2007
Irak, La guerra perpetua, Altaïr, 2003
La France du National Geographic, 2004
Traditions Françaises, National Geographic, 2003
Aquitaine, National Geographic, 2001
Iraq(s), Marval, 1999
Souffles du Monde, Fnac, 1998
Hong Kong, retour en Chine, Casterman, 1997
La Pluie des Mangues, Marval, 1997
Les Nouvelles Routes de la Soie, Li and Fung, 1996.
Ecosse, les Secrets des Highlands, Casterman, 1995
Ile de Pâques, Casterman, 1994
Trois Jours en France, Nathan, 1989
A Day in the Life of America, Collins, 1986
Exhibitions
