Vergine Keaton
Biography
After studying cinema and graphic design, Vergine Keaton directs her first short film I Was Crying Out at Life. Or Agains Her in 2009. This movie, projected in hundreds of festivals, including Cannes (ACID selection), received a dozen prices. Le Tigre de Tasmani, her last opus has been selected to the 2018 Berlinale. She created for the exhibition “Opéra- World” of the Centre Pompidou-Metz Museum, the installation “Vous qui venez ici”. She is now artist resident at the Ateliers Médicis.
Her deconstruction of popular iconography and classical paintings, her dramaturgy of downfalls, explosions and re-appropriation of art make of her a unique iconoclast.
Exhibitions and Residences
- Jun 2019 – Jan 2020:“Vous qui entrez ici”/ Pompidou Center – Metz (FR) / Opera Monde – group exhibition
- Sept 2019 – May 2020_ Residency at Les Ateliers Medicis – Clichy-sous-Bois (FRA)
- Jan 201_ I was crying out at life / Times Square – New York (USA) / solo installation
- Feb 2019_ Taming Nature / FIAF Gallery – New York (USA) / group exhibition curated by Courtney Geraghty, with Françoise Pétrovitch and Christine Rebet
- July 2019_ Les Ateliers Médicis – Clichy-sous-Bois (FR) / installation & projection
- Nov 2018_ Architects of Dreams / Erarta Museum of contemporary Art – St Petersburg (RUS) / group exhibition
- Oct 2018_ Empedocle & le Tigre de Tasmanie / Maison de la Poésie – Paris (FR) / projection performée
- 2018_ Galerie Miyu – Paris / group exhibition
- 2017_ MAZ / Overkill Festival – Enschede (NLD) / installation / group exhibition
- 2017_ Focus Sacrebleu Productions / Conservatoire d’Art et d’Histoire – Annecy (FRA) / group exhibition
Filmography
2018 : Le Tigre de Tasmanie, Sacrebleu Productions (FR)
2016 : Demi-revéillé – video music for Mansfield Tya, self production, (FR)
2016 : Vallées Closes, video music for Les Marquises, Ici, d’ailleurs productions (FR)
2015 : Marzevan, Sacrebleu Productions (FR)
2009 : Je criais contre la vie. Ou pour elle, 25 Films (FR)
Biography
After studying cinema and graphic design, Vergine Keaton directs her first short film I Was Crying Out at Life. Or Agains Her in 2009. This movie, projected in hundreds of festivals, including Cannes (ACID selection), received a dozen prices. Le Tigre de Tasmani, her last opus has been selected to the 2018 Berlinale. She created for the exhibition “Opéra- World” of the Centre Pompidou-Metz Museum, the installation “Vous qui venez ici”. She is now artist resident at the Ateliers Médicis.
Her deconstruction of popular iconography and classical paintings, her dramaturgy of downfalls, explosions and re-appropriation of art make of her a unique iconoclast.
Exhibitions and Residences
- Jun 2019 – Jan 2020:“Vous qui entrez ici”/ Pompidou Center – Metz (FR) / Opera Monde – group exhibition
- Sept 2019 – May 2020_ Residency at Les Ateliers Medicis – Clichy-sous-Bois (FRA)
- Jan 201_ I was crying out at life / Times Square – New York (USA) / solo installation
- Feb 2019_ Taming Nature / FIAF Gallery – New York (USA) / group exhibition curated by Courtney Geraghty, with Françoise Pétrovitch and Christine Rebet
- July 2019_ Les Ateliers Médicis – Clichy-sous-Bois (FR) / installation & projection
- Nov 2018_ Architects of Dreams / Erarta Museum of contemporary Art – St Petersburg (RUS) / group exhibition
- Oct 2018_ Empedocle & le Tigre de Tasmanie / Maison de la Poésie – Paris (FR) / projection performée
- 2018_ Galerie Miyu – Paris / group exhibition
- 2017_ MAZ / Overkill Festival – Enschede (NLD) / installation / group exhibition
- 2017_ Focus Sacrebleu Productions / Conservatoire d’Art et d’Histoire – Annecy (FRA) / group exhibition
Filmography
2018 : Le Tigre de Tasmanie, Sacrebleu Productions (FR)
2016 : Demi-revéillé – video music for Mansfield Tya, self production, (FR)
2016 : Vallées Closes, video music for Les Marquises, Ici, d’ailleurs productions (FR)
2015 : Marzevan, Sacrebleu Productions (FR)
2009 : Je criais contre la vie. Ou pour elle, 25 Films (FR)
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