Eric Fonteneau

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untitled [tree trunk], 1996
frottage
87 x 73 cm (34¼ x 28¾ in.)
untitled [tree trunk], 1996
frottage
87 x 73 cm (34¼ x 28¾ in.)
untitled [tree trunks with pine cones], 1996
frottage
87 x 73 cm (34¼ x 28¾ in.)
untitled [tree trunks with pine cones], 1996
frottage
87 x 73 cm (34¼ x 28¾ in.)
<i>La Bibliothèque</i>, 1999 - 2009
Installation
charcoal rubbings (frottage) on paper, lights, wood
350 x 150 cm (137⅘ x 59 in.)
La Bibliothèque, 1999 - 2009
Installation
charcoal rubbings (frottage) on paper, lights, wood
350 x 150 cm (137⅘ x 59 in.)
<i>Laguna Veneta</i>, 2006
carte blanche
57 x 76 cm (22½ x 30 in.)
detail
Laguna Veneta, 2006
carte blanche
57 x 76 cm (22½ x 30 in.)
detail
<i>Laguna Veneta</i>, 2006
carte blanche
57 x 76 cm (22½ x 30 in.)
Laguna Veneta, 2006
carte blanche
57 x 76 cm (22½ x 30 in.)
<i>All over Stream</i>, 2008
carte blanche
62 x 81 x 4 cm (24½ x 32 x 1½ in.)
detail
All over Stream, 2008
carte blanche
62 x 81 x 4 cm (24½ x 32 x 1½ in.)
detail
<i>All over Stream</i>, 2008
carte blanche
62 x 81 x 4 cm (24½ x 32 x 1½ in.)
All over Stream, 2008
carte blanche
62 x 81 x 4 cm (24½ x 32 x 1½ in.)

Artist Bio

After completing his studies at the Universite de la Haute-Bretagne in Rennes, Eric Fonteneau (born 1954, France) was invited to teach at his alma mater. At the same time, he became an art critic for magazines such as Art Vivant and Axe Sud. The practice of drawing is at the heart of Fonteneau's work; the artist also has recourse to a large variety of means of expression such as collage, models, photography, cut glass and printing plates. His first solo exhibition was at Moeller Fine Art in New York in 1998, and in 2009 he has his first exhibition at Moeller Fine Art in Berlin. Since 1985 he has produced many commissioned works for private and public institutions, including the Musee des Beaux-Arts, Nantes, the Marie de Paris, the Centre d'art de l'Yonne Chateau de Tanlay, and many more. Last year the artist was represented at the International Forum Toyko. Eric Fonteneau lives and works in Nantes.


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2009
"Ville de Jean Sebastien Bach", International Forum Tokyo
Moeller Fine Art, Berlin

2008
Atelier Bastille, general consulate, Nantes

2006
Résidence/ exposition Galerie Archiv4, Cheb, Czech Republic
Moeller Fine Art, New York, "Un cabinet de dessin" Art Miami 2006

2003
Galerie Rabouan Moussion, Paris

2002
Atelier Edvard Munch, Oslo

2001
Musée de l'imprimerie, Nantes

Institut français, Barcelone

2000
Southern Exposure, San Francisco

Galerie Der Spiegel, Cologne

1999
Espace d'Art Camille Lambert Juvisy s/Orge
Paule Anglim Gallery, San Francisco

1998
Moeller Fine Art, New York
Château de Châteaubriant, Châteaubriant

1997
University of Hawaii Art Gallery, Honolulu
Théâtre de Cherbourg
Chapelle Saint Gabriel, Bayeux

1996
Espace des arts, Colomiers

1995
Galerie Der Spiegel, Cologne
Grenier du Chapitre, Cahors

1994
Galerie Plessis, Nantes
Galerie du Théâtre du Vieux Colombier, Paris

1993
Galerie Aline Vidal, Paris

1992
Institut Français, Freiburg RFA,
Centre Culturel "Le Triangle", Rennes
Espace de Création Contemporaine, Marseille

1991
Musée de Montbélliard,
Galerie Aline Vidal, Paris
Musée de La Roche-sur-Yon

1990
Institut Français, Cologne
Galerie Der Spiegel, Cologne
Galerie Aline Vidal, Paris

1988
Abbaye de Bouchemaine, (Maine et Loire)

1988
Maison de l'Avocat, Nantes
Galerie Coprah, Paris

1986
Artothèque, Montpellier

1984
Galerie de l'Ecole des Beaux Arts, Nantes

1982
Galerie de "l'OEil d'Eli", Château Gontier



GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2009
"Ouverture", Moeller Fine Art, Berlin
"On a marché sur la terre" Centre d'art de l'Yonne Château de Tanlay

2008
Atelier Bastille CNAM avec Fléaca, Chené Cognée Nantes

2007
"Hospitalités" Espace d'Art Contemporain Juvisy S/Orge
"Vedutta Chapelle de Quimperlé Quimperlé
Art Basel, Achim Moeller Gallery New-York/Basel
"Zjednoho brehe na druhy", Cheb, Republique-Tchèque, Republique-Tchèque

2006
Art Basel, Achim Moeller Gallery New-York/Bâle
"La technique au travail", Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers Nantes
Art Miami, Achim Moeller Gallery New York Art Miami
Galerie Oniris Rennes

2005
Hôtel Sully, Conseil Général Nantes
"15 x H x B x T" Galerie Der Spiegel Cologne

2004
"L'invention du monde" Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
Messe Kunst Köln, Galerie Der Spiegel, Cologne

2003
"L'equilibre du Chaos ou de l'expression des Passions" FRAC Pays de
la Loire Carquefou
"Collections privees" Musée des Beaux Arts, Nantes
"Un cabinet de dessin" Galerie Met Room, Barcelone

2002
"Seul le Dessin" Espace Graslin Nantes
FIAC 2002, Galerie Rabouan Moussion, Paris

2000
"Actif Reactif" Lieu Unique, Nantes

1999
"Arpentage" Espace Commine, Paris

1998
"Hui No'eau", Visual Arts Center, Hawaii
"Landschaften", Galerie Der Spiegel, Cologne

1997
"Crossing", University of Hawaii, Manoa, Honolulu
Galerie Architypographie, Bordeaux
"Espace d'espace", Bibliothèque de Nantes

1996
"Art et architecture", Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneve

1995
Galerie Der Spiegel, Cologne
"Les malles a dessin", Musée Bonnat, Bayonne
"Selest'Art", Selestat

1994
"La salle a tracer", with Julien Gautho, (les Allumes 94), Nantes

1992
"La forme d'un monde", Selestat
Collection du FRAC Pays de Loire, Musée de Nantes

1991
"Des Moi et des Moi", CRDC Nantes
"Entre ciel et terre", Hôpital Ephemere, Paris
"L'Insoutenable legerete de l'art", Musée de La Roche-sur-Yon
"Onde de Pierre", Rosnay L'Hôpital

1990
"La collection des œuvres photographiques", du Musée des Beaux-Arts, La Roche-sur-Yon

1989
"Geographies", Galerie Aline Vidal, Paris
"Eric Fonteneau-Pino Pinelli- Philippe Sommerbalter", Espace Domicile,
Ivry sur Seine
"Caserna II", Musée de Rodez
1987
"Cosi Fan Tutte", Abbaye Royale de Fontevraud

"Un an d'enrichissements", Musée des Beaux-Arts Nantes

1986
"Golden Door", White Columns, New York
"Ateliers Internationaux des Pays de Loire", Fontevraud
"Paysages", Julien Gracq, Bibliothèque Municipale, Nantes

1985
"Le style et le chaos", Musée du Luxembourg, Paris
"Emblematic", Maison de la Culture, Rennes
Nantes-Nice, Nantes
"Matiere mémoire", Galerie Isy Brachot, Paris
Paris-Pekin, Forum des Beaux-Arts, Peking

1984
"10 Grands presentent 10 Jeunes" (with Gina Pane), Grand Palais, Paris
"Blessure", Galerie Arlogos

1982
Tours multiple, Tours

Past Gallery Exhibitions

BERLIN
Stille Materie
Eric Fonteneau, Hubertus Gojowczyk, Lothar Osterburg, Sovak
December 13, 2011 - January 27, 2012
BERLIN
Eric Fonteneau + Hubertus Gojowczyk
Labyrinth
July 2 - September 12, 2009
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