Florence Obrecht
Born in 1976 in Metz (France)
Graduate in the fine art school of Paris (ENSBA) in june 2001
Since 2009, lives and work in Berlin
Prices and scholarships :
2003 : price of the Support committee of the AIAP/UNESCO, Monaco.
2001: Egide scholarship for a post diploma in Sofia, Bulgaria.
2000: 1st price of the Coprim foundation.
1999: Colin-Lefrancq scholarship for studying in the Hunter College of New York.
1997: ERASMUS scholarship for studying in the Kunsthochschule of Berlin Weissensee.
Solo exhibitions:
2017: "Jusqu´à ce que la mort nous sépare" (with Axel Pahlavi), Centre d´art contemporain ACMCM,
Perpignan.
2017: "Comedian harmonist" (with Axel Pahlavi), Projektraum Ventilator, Berlin.
2016: "Sagt ihr kleinen Kinderlein, warum lacht ihr nicht mehr", Projektraum Ventilator, Berlin.
2015: "Le Royaume" (with Axel Pahlavi), Spieß Schumacher Schmieg & Partner Rechtsanwälte, Berlin.
2014: "La grande parade" (text from Léa Bismuth), galerie ALB, Paris.
2014: "En substance" (with Axel Pahlavi), Espace culturel du temple réformé de Sarre-Union, (curator:
le Triangle des Bermudes).
2014 : "Planetarium Altera" (avec Axel Pahlavi), Ventilator Prokektraum, Katzbachstr. 24, Berlin Kreutzberg.
2012 : Opera Seria, SineDie Project room, Kunsthaus Tacheles,Berlin.
2011: présentation of a série of 9 sculptures realised in collaboration with Axel Pahlavi in the frame of a limited edition realized by Annual Art Magazine, Show off, Chic Art Fair et FIAC.
2011: "La dernière rose de l’été" (text: Axel Pahlavi), Urwerk, Kolonie wedding, Berlin.
2008: "Des corps décorent", solo show in the contempory art center of Istres, France.
2007: "Conte fantastique", (text: Alexandra Fau), galerie Iragui’s show room, Paris.
2006: "Rétrospective" (curator Hélène Jourdan gassin), galerie Norbert Pastor, Nice.
2006: Les mondes engloutis" with Axel Pahlavi, galerie Solers, (with the support of the French Institute of Sofia), Sofia, Bulgarie.
2005: "fiction" with Axel Pahlavi, galerie Sintitulo, Mougins.
2003: personal show in galerie Lola Gassin, Nice.
2003: "Je prends la vie, tu prends la mort" with Axel Pahlavi, galerie en cours, Paris.
Group exhibitions:
2017: "Où poser la tête? Wo soll mein Kopf ruhen?" (curator: Julie Crenn), galerie Dukan, Baumwollspinnerei, Leipzig.
2016: "Inglan is a bitch", Spor Klübü, Kolonie Wedding, Berlin.
2016: "Entre les lignes II" (curator: Mathieu Boisadan and Nicolas Schneider), Zone d´art, Strasbourg.
2016: "Seuls/ Ensemble", artothèque espace d´art contemporain, Caen.
2016: "True mirror", Espace Commines, Paris.
2015: "Cosmos seven", Pörnbach contemporary, Pörnbach.
2014: rund &bund, Ventilator Projektraum, Katzbachstr. 24, Berlin Kreutzberg.
2014: Art Paris art fair, Grand Palais, galerie ALB, Paris.
2014: Drawing now, Espace Commines, stand ALB, Paris.
2013: "Petit mais costaud", galerie Anouk Le Bourdiec, Paris.
2013: Three Days in Paris, Friends & Family, galerie Eva Hober, Paris.
2013: Synecdoche, Freies Museum Berlin, Berlin.2012 : "La belle peinture est derrière nous", Umetnostna galerija, Maribor, Slovénie.
2012 : Art work in Progress, Tacheles New Gallery 5th floor, Berlin.
2012 : "A l’origine, Nice", (curator: Hélène Jourdan Gassin), Marlborough Gallery, Monaco.
2012 : "La belle peinture est derrière nous", Lieu unique, Nantes.
2012 : "Je hais les couples", (curator: Jeanne Suspluglas et Alain Declercq), W Jamois art space, LOFT CMJN, Paris.
2011 : "zeichenerklärung", works on paper from the collection of Thibaut de Ruyter, Babette, Berlin.
2011: Nuclear Unfair, Quick-Art-Action International Group show, (curator: Barbara Fragogna), Tacheles.
2010 - 2011: "La belle peinture est derrière nous", Sanat Limani, Istanbul from the 27/11/10 to the10/01/11, and Cagdas Merkesi, Ankara from the 01/02/11 to the 15/03/11, exhibition organized by the french Institute of Turquey.
2010: "4 Union states", galerie Uhrwerk (Kolonie Wedding), Berlin
2010: "The Mad Masters Ceremony", Kindl Brauerei, Berlin.
2010: "Rêves Party", galerie Albert Benamou, Paris.
2010 : Salon du Dessin Contemporain, galerie Albert Benamou, carroussel du Louvre, Paris.
2010 : "Les maîtres fous", freies museum, Berlin.
2009 : "Die neuen schönsten Franzosen sind in Berlin", freies Museum (curator: Marianne Wagner Simon), Berlin.
2009 : "Tigres et peintresses", galerie Celal (curator Renaud Serraz), Paris.
2008 :"The flowers of evil still bloom, Spleen: les fleurs du mal", Cueto Project, New York.
2008: "Génération 70" (text: Philippe Piguet), opening of the galerie Iragui in Moscou, Russie.
2008: "C’est bien le problème Sarah, chacun son propre idéal..." Psychopompes divers, galerie Albert Bénamou, Paris.
2007: SLICK, galerie Norbert Pastor, La Bellevilloise, Paris.
2007: "Places", Luxe gallery, New York.
2006: "Kunst Zürich", galerie Iragui, Zürich.
2006 "Nos amours de vacances", CIAC de Carros, France.
2006: "Art Moskva", galerie Iragui, Moscou.
2006: "Revisitation", galerie Sainte Réparate, Nice.
2005: "Low tech", Villa Arson, Nice.
2005: "Art Moskva", galerie Iragui, Moscou, Russie.
2004: "Nice in Nice", galerie Bernsteinzimmer, Nüremberg.
2004: "Paranoïa", musée d’architecture de Moscou (exhibition organized by the galerie Iragui).
2003: "Paranoïa", Ecole Spéciale d’architecture (exhibition organized by the galerie Iragui), Paris.
2002: "180°", le Souk, Paris.
2000 : prix de la fondation Coprim, Paris.
2000: "BFA exhibition", the Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf gallery, New York.
1999: "Fila", centre d’art Passerelle, Brest.
Catalogs :
"Le Royaume", book about the collaboration of Axel Pahlavi and Florence Obrecht (text from Marc Molk), 2016.
"Seuls/ Ensemble", artothèque espace d´art contemporain, Caen, 2016.
"La belle peinture est derrière nous", 2010.
"A l’origine, Nice", (curator: Hélène Jourdan Gassin), Marlborough Gallery, Monaco.
"Des corps décorent" personal catalog, centre d’art contemporain intercommunal, Istres, 2008.
"C’est bien le problème Sarah, chacun son propre idéal... ", galerie Albert Benamou, 2008.
"Nos amours de vacances", CIAC de Carros (text: Mylène Ferrant), 2006.
"Low tech", Villa Arson, Nice, 2005.
"Paranoïa" (text: Amélie Pironneau) 2003.
"Mu" (text: Patrick de Sinety)