biography of Jean-Michel FOLON (1934-2005)
Professional data
Work and Life
2000:Creation of the Folon Foundation, Belgium
1988:Creation of the sigle Anniversary of French Revolution
1986:First sculptures in wood
1985:Retrospective in Tokyo, Osaka and Kamakura, Japan
1970:Travels to Japan
1960:Presents his first drawings to various magazines, USA
1955:Moves to France and begins to draw
Other professions
Illustrator
Work
Categorie and medium
Painting : Mural painting - Stained glass
Print-Multiple : Engraving - Etching, aquatint
Sculpture-Volume : Object - Plaster
Drawing-Watercolor : Watercolour
Subject
space/environmenthuman being
nature
opposition/conformity
urbanism
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2000
Galerie Guy Pieters – Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France
2000
1996
Rétrospective
Musée Olympique – Lausanne VD, Switzerland
1996
1994
Marisa Del Re Gallery – New York NY, United States
1994
1990
The Metropolitan Museum of Art – New York NY, United States
1990
Museo Marino Marini – Florence FI, Italy
1990
1987
MNBA Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes – Buenos Aires, Argentina
1987
Musée botanique – Brussels, Belgium
1987
1984
Musée Picasso – Antibes, France
1984
1982
Musée de la Poste – Paris, France
1982
Musée Ingres – Montauban, France
1982
1977
ICA Institute of Contemporary Arts – London, United Kingdom
1977
1976
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen – Rotterdam, Netherlands
1976
1974
Galleria Gio Marconi – Milan MI, Italy
1974
1972
The Arts Club of Chicago – Chicago IL, United States
1972
1971
Musée des Arts Décoratifs – Paris, France
1971
Palais des Beaux-Arts – Brussels, Belgium
1971
1970
Galleria il Milione – Milan MI, Italy
1970
1968
Galerie de France – Paris, France
1968
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2001
ArtBrussels – 19th Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/20/2001 – 04/24/2001
Represented by : Guy Pieters Gallery – Zeedijk 742 – Knokke-Heist, Belgium
Art Miami, n° 11
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
01/18/2001 – 01/22/2001
Represented by : Buschlen Mowatt Galleries – Main Floor 1445 West Georgia Street – Vancouver BC, Canada
Artpalmbeach – 4th Modern & Contemporary Art Fair
International Pavilion of the Palm Beaches – West Palm Beach FL, United States
01/10/2001 – 01/15/2001
Represented by : Buschlen Mowatt Galleries – Main Floor 1445 West Georgia Street – Vancouver BC, Canada
2000
Art Expo – Fira d’Art de Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
05/18/2000 – 05/22/2000
Represented by : Cardelli & Fontana Arte Contemporanea – Via Mazzini 35 – Sarzana SP, Italy
Group exhibitions
2003
Sept Lieux – Sept Matières
Hôtel du Département, Centre d’Art Présence Van Gogh, Château de l’Empéri, Galerie du Conseil Général des Bouches du Rhône, Musée de l’Arles Antique – Marseille, France
10/17/2003 – 01/15/2004
1973
Bienal Internacional de São Paulo
São Paulo, Brazil
1973
1970
XXXV Biennale di Venezia
Venice VE, Italy
1970
1968
Triennale di Milano
Milan MI, Italy
1968