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Biography
Vincent Fournier (b. 1970, Burkina Faso) is a French photographer whose work explores the past, present and future in relation to utopian ideas of space travel; how has the past influenced the present? What are expectations for the future and has the future already happened?
After an education in both sociology and the visual arts, Fournier studied at the National School of Photography in Arles to obtain his diploma in 1997 before working as a creative director and photographer within the advertising and film industry. In 2004, he left to travel around the world which would provide the space and time to realise his first series, Tour Operator. This was also the starting point of many characteristics that now define Fournier’s practice; a shrewd attention to architectural form, a precise, rudimentary aesthetic and a compulsion to render contrasts in scale.
Fournier’s commitment to outer space and our representations of it have fuelled him to gain unparalleled access to various leading space and research centers around the world. NASA, the European Space Agency, the Russian Space Agency and the European Southern Observatory are amongst those institutions that Fournier has spent decades negotiating access to, giving way to a unique perspective that few will ever have the chance to see apart from through the frame of his photographs.
His works can be found in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET) New York, the Centre Pompidou Paris, MAST Foundation Bologna, the Vontobel Art Collection Zürich, Baccarat Art Collection New-York, Domaine des Etangs Massignac, the LVMH contemporary Art collection Paris (with Le Bon Marché) or Fondation Bullukian Lyon among others.
He has been participating in major exhibitions such as « the Universe and Art » at the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo and the Art Science Museum in Singapore or solo shows at the Museo d’Arte Moderna di Bologna (MAMbo) during Foto Industria 2018 or les Rencontres d’Arles in 2014. -
Exhibitions
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Fotografiska Stockholm | 'SPACE'
Groupexhibition with Vincent Fournier 18 Oct 2024 - 2 Mar 2025Throughout history, humans have looked up to the stars and tried to understand what is out there. Space represents how we can expand the outer limits for what is possible,...Read more -
Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature | 'Uchronie'
Vincent Fournier 11 Apr - 17 Sep 2023In his futuristic and dreamlike universe, Vincent Fournier invents magical animals, fantastic settings, images that challenge us. Fournier is a multi-talented artist: known for his activity as a photographer, the...Read more -
'I'M SORRY DAVE'
Bownik, Philippe Braquenier, Vincent Fournier, Koen Hauser, Inez & Vinoodh, Martina Sauter 5 Nov 2022 - 14 Jan 2023Across a sleek and clinical universe of Kubrick’s own design, the movie projected an artificial intelligence so sophisticated that it would, sooner or later, defy its creators; ‘I’m sorry Dave,’...Read more -
LE PRIX SWISS LIFE À 4 MAINS | 'Auctus Animalis'
Vincent Fournier 6 Sep 2022 - 21 Oct 2023This exhibition will travel around and will be on view at the following locations: From September 6 to 24, 2022: revelation at the Clémentine de la Féronnière gallery , Paris....Read more -
'One of a Kind'
A 10-year anniversary show with unique pieces 3 Sep - 22 Oct 2022When, in 2012, Narda van 't Veer and Jasper Bode founded The Ravestijn Gallery, they were amongst the few galleries in the Netherlands who felt photography was more than simply...Read more -
Summershow 2020: 'The Salon Show'
in collaboration with Ingeborg Ravestijn Antiques and The Wunderkammer 13 Jun - 22 Aug 2020The Ravestijn Gallery is pleased to announce The Salon Show, created in collaboration with Ingeborg Ravestijn Antiques and The Wunderkammer. The exhibition will show over 80 works from (all) represented...Read more -
'Space Utopia'
Vincent Fournier 30 Mar - 11 May 2019Space Utopia collects over a decade of Fournier’s work surrounding space exploration on earth. Evoking a tenacious nostalgia toward the science fiction of the twentieth century, his photographs reflect on...Read more -
'Brasilia'
Vincent Fournier 16 Apr - 28 May 2016Brasília is a city composed of reinforced concrete, a paragon of the tenets of modernist architecture and city planning. Enfolded by the artificial Paranoá Lake, the city fashions a curious...Read more -
'Past Forward'
Vincent Fournier 6 Sep - 31 Oct 2014In September 2014, The Ravestijn Gallery presented photographer Vincent Fournier’s work from his uncanny series ‘Space Project’ and ‘The Man Machine’ (2012). Shown for the first time in the Netherlands,...Read more -
'Post Natural History'
Vincent Fournier 17 May - 30 Jun 2013In the work of the French photographer, Vincent Fournier, science features prominently. Since visiting the Palais de la Découverte in Paris as a young boy, the wonders of the world,...Read more
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Series
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Art Fairs
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Approche 2022
'AUCTUS ANIMALIS' BY VINCENT FOURNIER AND SÉBASTIEN GAXIE 10 - 13 Nov 2022With pride we present you this years winners of the Swiss Life 4 Hands Prize, Sébastien Gaxie and our very own Vincent Fournier . At...Read more -
Photo Basel 2018
Duo presentation Vincent Fournier / Alinka Echeverria 12 - 17 Jun 2018Photo Basel is Switzerland’s first and only international art fair dedicated to photography based art. Photo Basel brings together galleries from around the world in...Read more
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Publications
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'AUCTUS ANIMALIS'
by Vincent Fournier & Sebastian Gaxie Vincent Fournier & Sebastian Gaxie, 2022Hardcover, 64 pagesRead more
Publisher: Filigranes Editions
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'Post Natural History'
by Vincent Fournier Limited edition box set of 50, contains 20 colour prints on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper mounted onto embossed boardSpecial BoxRead more
Publisher: Les Editions Be-Poles
Dimensions: 33,5 x 49 cm
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Press
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With 'Uchronie' Vincent Fournier lives in the realm of the chimerical.
Gilles Renault, Libération Magazine, June 10, 2023 -
Brutalist dreams: how visual artist Vincent Fournier photographs past visions of the future
Peter Martin, Effect Magazine, June 9, 2023 -
RETROFUTURISME
Jeroen Bos, FD Persoonlijk, December 31, 2022 -
I'm Sorry Dave: art in the footsteps of Stanley Kubrick's universe
Design Mate, December 1, 2022 -
EXHIBITION REVIEW: 'I'M SORRY DAVE'
Caroline Johnson, Musée Magazine , November 29, 2022 -
New exhibition samples the deep space and alien vibes of Stanley Kubrick’s work
Jonathan Bell, Wallpaper*, November 5, 2022 -
Auctus Animalis by Vincent Fournier & Sébastien Gaxie
Denis Lavant, Filigranes, September 23, 2022 -
The unknown: the new frontier of living
Alessandro Scarano, Domus, July 14, 2022 -
The Swiss Life 4 Hands Prize has just announced its winners!
Apolline Coeffet, Fisheye Magazine, January 29, 2022 -
L'oeil de la Photographie: Vincent Fournier
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Vincent Fournier: a time traveler taking the past into the future / In conversation with Alice Zucca
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L'Officiel Art
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Trendland
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Hypebeast
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SixtySix
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Architectural Landscape
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FD Persoonlijk
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Het Parool
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The Guardian
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Financial Times
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American Airlines Magazine
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WeTransfer
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Wired
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Previiew
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The Guardian
June 22, 2017
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