biography of Francis ALYS (1959)
Personal data
Birth : 1959 - Antwerp, Belgium
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : Belgium - Mexico
Address
Mexico, MexicoRepresentatives
Galeria Fortes Vilaça – Rue Fradique Coutinho 1500 – São Paulo, Brazil
Galerie Peter Kilchmann – Limmatstrasse 270 – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
Lisson Gallery – 52-54 Bell Street – London, United Kingdom
Education
1978 – 1983 : Institut Supérieur d’Architecture Saint-Luc de Wallonie – Site de Tournai – 50 chaussée de Tournai – Ramegnies-Chin, Belgium
1983 – 1986 : IUAV Istituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia – Santa Croce 601 – Venice VE, Italy
Work
Categorie and medium
Painting : 
Sculpture-Volume : Installation 
Photography : 
Audiovisual-Multimedia : DVD - VHS Video 
Performing Art : Performance Subject
history/societyurbanism
Movements and styles
Latin American ArtWorks
| Bolero | |
| Date of creation : 2000 Medium : VHS Video Technical data : 22'' Subject : gender | |
| Hands | |
| Date of creation : 1999 Medium : Video | |
| The Thief | |
| Date of creation : 1999 Medium : Video Subject : gender | |
| Narcotourismo | |
| Date of creation : 1996 Medium : Installation Technical data : text on postcards: "I will walk in the city over the course of seven days , under the influence of a different drug each day. My trip will be recorded through photographs, notes, or any media that become relevant." | |
| El Colector/Pack Rat | |
| Date of creation : 1992 Medium : Performance | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2006
“The Sign Painting Project (1993-97): A Revision”
Schaulager – Basel BS, Switzerland
05/13/2006 – 09/24/2006
2005
La cour des miracles
Musée des Beaux-Arts – Nantes, France
01/08/2005 – 03/28/2005
2003
MNCARS Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía – Madrid, Spain
2003 – 08/18/2003
Collection Yvon Lambert – Hôtel de Caumont – Avignon, France
10/25/2003 – 01/25/2004
2002
Projects 76: Francis Alÿs
MoMAQNS Museum of Modern Art Queens – New York NY, United States
06/29/2002 – 09/16/2002
2001
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art – Hartford CT, United States
10/06/2001 – 01/06/2002
1998
Contemporary Art Gallery – Vancouver BC, Canada
1998
The liar, the copy of the liar
Museo de Arte Moderno – Mexico, Mexico
1998
Web Site Proyect
Dia Center for the Arts – New York NY, United States
1998
PICA Portland Institute for Contemporary Art – Portland OR, United States
1998
1997
Le Temps du Sommeil
Jack Tilton Gallery – New York NY, United States
1997
1996
Walking and Thinking and Walking
Louisiana Museum for Moderne Kunst – Humlebæk, Denmark
1996
1995
Jack Tilton Gallery – New York NY, United States
1995
1994
The Liar, The Copy of the Liar
Galeria Ramis Barquet – Monterrey, Mexico
1994
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2006
Frieze Art Fair
Regent’s Park – London, United Kingdom
10/12/2006 – 10/15/2006
Represented by : Galerie Peter Kilchmann – Limmatstrasse 270 – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
2004
FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain, n°31
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/21/2004 – 10/25/2004
Represented by : Galerie Yvon Lambert – 108 rue Vieille du Temple – Paris, France
Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Galerie Peter Kilchmann – Limmatstrasse 270 – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
2003
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Galerie Peter Kilchmann – Limmatstrasse 270 – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
Art Cologne, n° 37
Cologne, Germany
10/29/2003 – 11/02/2003
Represented by : Lisson Gallery – 52-54 Bell Street – London, United Kingdom
FIAC, n°30
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/09/2003 – 10/13/2003
Represented by : Galerie Yvon Lambert – 108 rue Vieille du Temple – Paris, France
Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Galerie Peter Kilchmann – Limmatstrasse 270 – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
ArtBrussels – 21st Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/04/2003 – 04/08/2003
Represented by : Lisson Gallery – 52-54 Bell Street – London, United Kingdom
The Armory Show 2003
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
03/07/2003 – 03/10/2003
Represented by : Lisson Gallery – 52-54 Bell Street – London, United Kingdom
2002
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : Galerie Yvon Lambert – 108 rue Vieille du Temple – Paris, France
FIAC, n°29
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/24/2002 – 10/28/2002
Represented by : Galerie Yvon Lambert – 108 rue Vieille du Temple – Paris, France
Art Forum Berlin, n° 7
Messegelände Berlin / Exhibition Grounds Berlin – Berlin, Germany
09/26/2002 – 09/30/2002
Represented by : Galerie Peter Kilchmann – Limmatstrasse 270 – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Galerie Peter Kilchmann – Limmatstrasse 270 – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
The Armory Show 2002
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/22/2002 – 02/25/2002
Represented by : Galerie Yvon Lambert – 108 rue Vieille du Temple – Paris, France
2001
Art Basel Miami Beach: cancelled
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/13/2001 – 12/16/2001
Represented by : Lisson Gallery – 52-54 Bell Street – London, United Kingdom
FIAC, n°28
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/10/2001 – 10/15/2001
Represented by : Lisson Gallery – 52-54 Bell Street – London, United Kingdom
Art Forum Berlin, n° 6
Messegelände Berlin / Exhibition Grounds Berlin – Berlin, Germany
10/03/2001 – 10/07/2001
Represented by : Lisson Gallery – 52-54 Bell Street – London, United Kingdom
Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Galeria Camargo Vilaça – Rua Fradique Coutinho 1500 – São Paulo, Brazil
The Armory Show 2001
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/23/2001 – 02/26/2001
Represented by : Acme – Space 1 6150 Wilshire Boulevard – Los Angeles CA, United States
1999
ARTissima – Arte Contemporaneo a Torino, n° 6
Turin TO, Italy
10/07/1999 – 10/10/1999
Represented by : Bilinelli Lucien – 179 Avenue Brugmann – Brussels, Belgium
Art Chicago 1999
Navy Pier’s Festival Hall – Chicago IL, United States
05/07/1999 – 05/11/1999
ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo, n°18
Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I – Madrid, Spain
02/11/1999 – 02/16/1999
1998
ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo, n°17
Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I – Madrid, Spain
1998
1997
Art Chicago 1997
Navy Pier’s Festival Hall – Chicago IL, United States
1997
ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo, n° 16
Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I – Madrid, Spain
1997
Festivals
1998
Primer Festival Internacional de Corto Metraje de la Ciudad de México
Mexico, Mexico
10/01/1998 – 10/07/1998
Group exhibitions
2007
Primaverra
La BF 15 – Lyon, France
03/23/2007 – 04/14/2007
2006
Message personnel
Galerie Yvon Lambert – Paris, France
03/18/2006 – 04/22/2006
2005
Le temps d’une photo
Privas, France
09/24/2005 – 10/22/2005
2004
Made in Mexico
UCLA Hammer Museum – Los Angeles CA, United States
06/06/2004 – 09/12/2004
2003
Francis Alÿs / Salla Tyrrä
Collection Yvon Lambert – Hôtel de Caumont – Avignon, France
10/25/2003 – 01/25/2004
CiudadMULTIPLEcity
Panama City, Panama
03/20/2003 – 04/20/2003
20 Millions Mexicans can’t be wrong
John Hansard Gallery – University of Southampton – Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom
01/21/2003 – 03/01/2003
2002
20 Millions Mexicans can’t be wrong
South London Gallery – London, United Kingdom
2002
Axis Mexico: Common Objects and Cosmopolitan Actions
SDMA San Diego Museum of Art – San Diego CA, United States
09/14/2002 – 03/09/2003
Photographier
Hôtel de Caumont – Avignon, France
06/01/2002 – 11/24/2002
3a Bienal Iberoamericana de Lima
Centro de Artes Visuales – Municipalidad Metropolitana de Lima – Lima, Peru
04/17/2002 – 05/31/2002
La Teoría del Ocio
Galería Colección Jumex – Mexico, Mexico
02/01/2002 – 06/30/2002
2001
Ironía
Koldo Mitxelena Kulturunea – San Sebastián, Spain
12/04/2001 – 02/02/2002
Animations
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center – Long Island NY, United States
2001
EGOFUGAL : Fugue from Ego for the Next Emergence – 7th International Istanbul Biennial
Istanbul, Turkey
09/22/2001 – 11/17/2001
Francis Alÿs, Ernesto Neto
Centre d’Art Contemporain – Geneva GE, Switzerland
09/13/2001 – 11/04/2001
Monitor: Volume 1
Gagosian Gallery – New York NY, United States
06/20/2001 – 07/27/2001
Platea dell’ Umanità – 49° Biennale di Venezia
Giardini di Castello / Arsenale – Venice VE, Italy
06/10/2001 – 11/04/2001
Da Adversidade Vivemos (De l’adversité, nous vivons)
ARC Animation, Recherche, Confrontation – Musée d’Art Moderne de la ville de Paris – Paris, France
06/01/2001 – 09/30/2001
Painting at the edge of the World
Walker Art Center – Minneapolis MN, United States
02/10/2001 – 05/06/2001
2000
Más cerca uno del otro – 7a Bienal de la Habana
Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wifredo Lam – Havana, Cuba
11/17/2000 – 01/05/2001
Tout le temps, every time – Biennale de Montréal, n° 2
Palais du Commerce – Montréal QC, Canada
09/28/2000 – 10/29/2000
Redrawing the line
Art in General – New York NY, United States
09/09/2000 – 10/26/2000
1998
Lenguajes de la tierra – III Bienal Barro de América
MACCSI Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas Sofía Imber – Caracas, Venezuela
05/1998 – 10/1998
Roteiros – Bienal Internacional de São Paulo, n°24
Parque do Ibirapuera – São Paulo, Brazil
10/03/1998 – 12/13/1998
1997
inSITE97
San Diego CA, United States
1997
Bibliography (Selected)
On the artist
Books
2002
Art Tomorrow
Publisher: Editions Terrail – Paris, France
Author: Lucie-Smith Edward – London, United Kingdom
2002
ISBN : 2879392497
Art Now
Publisher: Taschen – Hohenzollernring 53 – Cologne, Germany
Author: Grosenick Uta – Cologne, Germany
Author: Riemschneider Burkhard
2002
ISBN : 382281444X
Vitamin P – New Perspectives in Painting
Publisher: Phaidon Press – Regent’s Wharf – London, United Kingdom
Author: Collectif
2002
ISBN : 071484246X
Exhibition catalogues
2001
7th International Istanbul Biennial
Istanbul, Turkey
2001
ISBN : 9757383227
2000
Tout le temps : La Biennale de Montréal 2000 = Every Time
Publisher: CIAC Centre International d’Art Contemporain – C.P. 760 Place du Parc – Montréal QC, Canada
Author: Gale Peggy – Montréal QC, Canada
2000
ISBN : 2920825178
The Last Clown
Publisher: Centre Cultural de la Fundació “la Caixa” – Passeig Sant Joan, 108 – Barcelona, Spain
2000
Periodicals
2004
LAFUENTE Pablo – Francis Alÿs
in: Frieze n° 80 p. 108
London, United Kingdom
01/2004-02/2004
2002
LAVRADOR Judicaël – Nouveaux talents / New artists
in: Qu’est-ce-que l’art ? What is art ? (today) – Beaux Arts Magazine p. 50
Paris, France
05/2002
ISBN : 07572271
Francis Alÿs
in: Guide Sourcebook to the U.S. Art World – Art in America n° 8 p. 27
New York NY, United States
2001-2002
BIESENBACH Klaus – Hunting Men Hunting Dogs
in: Flash Art n° 225 p. 82 vol. 34
Milan MI, Italy
07/2002-09/2002
2001
AMMANN René – Auf Plateausohlen zur Menschheit
in: Kunst-Bulletin p. 12
Zürich ZH, Switzerland
07/2001-08/2001
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