BIOGRAPHY
Born in 1967, Valéry Grancher is a French-born artist, theorist, curator and lecturer, living and working in Paris and Hong Kong since 2014.
He first became well known in the mid-1990s for being one the first net artists (online art) and for his ‘Google paintings’ but his artistic practice is vast and covers internet art, video, photography, painting, AI painting and VR installation. Valéry Grancher is an explorer. His curiosity leads him to investigate all kinds of territories such as the different media and new technology to define new forms and concepts. On 2014, the French public collection National Fund for Contemporary Art, National Centre for Visual Arts (FNAC) acquired his video installations Geopol (a 24-hour tracking shot of the horizon at the North Pole) and Tanguntsa (a 6-hour shot in deep Amazonia). His productions are included in several public collections such like Cartier Foundation for contemporary arts (Paris), Maison Européenne de la photographie (Paris), Carillo Gil Museum (Mexico), Berkeley Art Museum Pacific Film Archive (Berkeley), ZKM (Karlsruhe), Bandjoune Station (Cameroon), VMAC (Hong Kong) and many others…
EXHIBITION HISTORY
2019
- Solo exhibition and digital residence PLANT8 Shangha, Hunan, China. April - July 2020
- "Paris Berlin" Video encounter and festival. Louvre. Paris. March 5-8 2020
- "Evolution, nouveaux Territoires" Curator Yeng Ze. With Salome Chariot, Kimikotomalune, Nicolas Grenier FOSUN Foundation December 18 - February 16 2020. Shanghaï, China
2018
- "Where is our mind?" Aberdeen Art Day, Art Statement gallery, South Island Cultural district, Aberdeen, Hong Kong SAR. march 29 2018. Solo exhibition
- "Orb" After Piet Mondriaan, Google Tilt Brush and solo exhibition, Monochrome Paris, Paris, France. November 30 - December 30 2017
- "Unauthorized show" Virtual Reality Paintings, Solo exhibition, SF Moma, San Francisco, USA. May 3 - July 2 2017
CONTACTS
Email: info[@]valerygrancher.com