Encompassing sculpture, installation and performance, Jimmy Beauquesne’s practice centers on a reconsideration of the limits of drawing in the post-Internet era. The artist employs the medium of drawing as a nostalgic, melancholic and also recuperative act. Often borrowing figures from celebrity culture, Beauquesne’s images re-contextualize their subjects within a strange and fantastic landscape—while also commenting on the mechanism of the screen.
Group exhibitions that have shown Beauquesne’s work have taken place at: the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, France (2019); 22.48m2 in Paris, France (2021); Fragment Gallery in Moscow, Russia (2020); the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Saint-Etienne, France (2020); Magasins généraux in Pantin, France (2019); and Triangle Arts in New York City (2020); among others.
EDUCATION
2016
Ecole Supérieure d’Art de Clermont Métropole
Clermont-Ferrand – DNSEP
2015
Master Arts Plastiques
Sorbonne Paris 1
2012
École Nationale Supérieure d’Arts Appliqués
Olivier de Serres
Paris – BTS Design de mode, textile et environnement
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
Duo exhibition with Camille Juthier, 22,48m2, Paris (forthcoming)**
Solo exhibition curated by Manon Klein, Galerie Foco, Lisbonne (forthcoming)
Solo exhibition, Fragment Gallery, New York, USA
(Two person show marked by **)
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2022
KIND OF HYGGE curated by Margaux Fontaine, Pamela Artist Run Space, Nîmes, France
2021
Generiq Generiq (with Emilie Brout & Maxime Marion), 22,48m2, Paris
Sentimental Hackers curated by Antoine Champenois, Confort Mental, Paris
Go West Go Far, with KimPetrasPaintings, Glassbox, Paris
SPOILER, with KimPetrasPaintings, Glassbox, Paris
Half Way Through, Fragment Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Drawing Now, Alain Gutharc, Paris, France
Chapter 1: The Fourth of Ordinary Clover. Orangery of the Tête d ́Or park, Lyon, France
Sleep No More, Aubervilliers, France
V A S E, Alain Gutharc, Paris, France
2020
to Thomas curated by Lucas Morin & Sasha Pevak, La Box – Ensa Bourges, Ygrec – Ensapc – Aubervilliers, France
Biennale Artpress, Musée d’art moderne et contemporain, Saint-Etienne, France
Does My Thumb Erase My Mouth?, Cité Internationnale des Arts, Paris, France
Prix Sciences Po pour l’art contemporain, Paris, France
2019
Future of Love curated by Anna Labouze & Keimis Henni, General stores, Pantin, France
If All You Told Was Turned Gold Curated by Sasha Pevak, Galerie Charraudeau, Paris, France
Do Disturb, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
Nos futurs curated by Manon Klein, Prix Dauphine pour l’art contemporain, Paris, France
Great Stories Start Here with Emilie Brout & Maxime Marion, 22,48m2, Paris, France
2018
You Should Only Have Eyes for Me curated by Emilie Brout & Maxime Marion, Villa du Parc, Annemasse, France
Fomosapiens curated by Maxime Delhomme, Palais Bondi, Lyon, France
To Michael curated by Sasha Pevak, Doc! Paris, France
L’amour a ...curated by Eve Escofet & Seumboy Vrainom, Villa Belleville, Paris, France
2017
Les Enfants du Sabbat 18, Le Creux de l’Enfer , Thiers, France
After-Pride curated by Sophie Lapalu, ESACM / IN EXTENSO, Clermont Ferrand, France
At.ti.tu.des curated by Stephanie Vidal, Indice 50, Paris, France
Elle Attendait à Côté, patiemment curated by Léa Puissant, L’amour, Paris, France
A Rendering in Seven Fits curated By Bruno Silva, Triangle Arts Association, New York, USA
Ravages curated by Øiamètre, Point éphémère, Paris, France
RESIDENCIES & AWARDS
2022
SOOPA, Porto (forthcoming)
2021
KimPetrasPaintings, Glassbox, Paris, France
Mobilisé.e.s, Centre d’art contemporain, Malakoff
2020
Triangle Arts Association together with ESACM, New York, USA
Opéra curated by Margaux Bonopera, Arles, France
2019
Nominee for Prix Dauphine, Paris France
2018
Summercamp, Bassilac, France