caroline bénech selected artwork

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1 selected artwork 2016

2 8 weeks ago (update), 2723 and 2797 still images from the video, C-type photo print, alu mounting, 120x67.5 cm, unique, 2012

3 APP_239 Archival ink on Arches Museum paper, aluminium framing, 150x100cm, unique, 2012

4 APP_214 Archival ink on Arches Museum paper, aluminium framing, 120x80cm, unique, 2012

5 apparition_215 computer animated HD video, 04:10, stereo sound, 2015

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7 DXB_1640, DXB_3932, DXB_3048 still images from the video, UV ink on aluminium panel, 120x90cm, unique, 2015

8 play on vimeo DXB computer animated HD video, 06:40, stereo sound, 2015

9 UV ink on aluminium composite panel, acrylic painting, aluminium framing, 40x30cm, unique, 2015

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11 Vivera ink and graphite on vellum paper, aluminium framing, 20x20cm each, unique, 2015

12 THI_636 (things are going to happen) Archival print and graphite on vellum paper, 50x50cm, unique, 2015

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15 Archival ink photographs - 80x120cm - edition

16 DIV_3207 still image from the video Roller Coaster 2015

17 Roller Coaster computer animated HD video, 05:20, stereo sound, 2015

18 bio Caroline Bénech was born in 1980 in Paris. She obtained a Masters in Graphic Arts from the ESAG Penninghen (Paris) in 2003, following studies at Académie Julian. While expanding her personal practice as a visual artist, she spent several years between France and China (Shanghai and Hong-Kong), developing projects with luxury brand companies interested in her plural creative expression. Her ability to flourish artistically in very diverse environments and cultures allows her to collaborate with architects and decorators, whether on commissions or site specific projects. As she began to experiment with new media, Caroline has proven sensitive to the energy of urban universes and she travels widely to collect her own samples, through SLR photography, smartphone, videos and sound takes in such environments. Her work focuses on recordings of reality transformed with filters and superimposed colored graphics. Often initially figurative, her work evolves into an uncluttered stream of expression symbolized by harmony between planes, colors and textures. Through this approach she shows a constant interest for the sensory perception of light and space. Caroline Bénech est née à Paris en Elle obtient le Master d Arts Graphiques de l ESAG Penninghen en 2003, après avoir suivi les cours de l Académie Julian. Parallèlement au développement de sa propre pratique artistique, elle élabore, pendant plusieurs années en France et en Asie (Shanghai et Hong-Kong), des échanges avec des marques de luxe qui s intéressent à son univers visuel. Son sens du dialogue avec des environnements et cultures variés, l amène également à collaborer avec des architectes et décorateurs, pour des commandes particulières et projets in situ. Sensible à l énergie des univers urbains, elle voyage pour en capter ses propres échantillons : photographies reflex, smartphone, vidéos, prises de sons. Sa pratique est à l origine concentrée sur ces enregistrements du réel qu elle transforme avec des filtres et aplats graphiques superposés. En partie figuratif dans un premier temps, son travail fait ensuite place à une expression plus épurée, symbole d une harmonie entre les plans, la couleur et la texture. Dans cette démarche demeure un intérêt constant pour les phénomènes de lumière et de perception de l espace. EDUCATION Master in Graphic and Digital Design - ESAG / Penninghen, Paris, France Académie Julian, Paris, France. SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED) UNESCO FESTIVAL OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY, Mairie du 1er, Paris, France NK GALLERY, Paris, France WITTGENSTEIN EDITIONS GALLERY, Hong Kong GALERIE DE BEJARRY, Paris, France. GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED) PALAIS DE TOKYO, Curated by Microsoft, Paris, France GALERIE VAN DER PLANKEN, Antwerp, Belgium ARTEMISS CONTEMPORARY, Tokyo, Japan LOUISE ALEXANDER, Porto Cervo, Italy. ARTFAIRS (SELECTED) TRANSIENT FESTIVAL, Biennale Némo, Paris, France ART & ANTIQUES FAIR, (with Van Der Planken gallery), Hertogenbosch, Netherlands FESTIVAL D ART CONTEMPORAIN A-PART, Provence, France TORONTO INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR, (with Van Der Planken gallery), Toronto, Canada HEC ART FESTIVAL, Jouy-en-Josas, France AMERICAN INT. FINE ART FAIR, (with Waterhouse & Dodd gallery, London), Palm Beach, USA ART BRIDGE CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR,(with A.Lesaffre Contemporary Art), Miami, USA ART PARIS CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR, (with Waterhouse & Dodd gallery, London), Abu Dhabi, UAE NUIT BLANCHE, Embarquement/ 5 32 (graphic Art for the installation), Paris, France PALAIS DE TOKYO, Curated by HP Foundation, Paris, France.

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