RESET III and VIRTUAL REALITY
Sep 9 – Oct 28, 2017
Die Arbeit Tracker von Fiona Valentine Thomann (*1987, lebt und arbeitet in Colmar, Frankreich, und Berlin) besteht aus einem 3D-Modell, ähnlich einer physischen Skulptur, das die Künstlerin im digital Raum frei gezeichnet hat. Die Tracker sind Collagen auf Spiegeln. Um ihre Augmented Reality-Version aufzurufen, scannt der Betrachter die Collagen mit seinem Smartphone. Auf den ersten Blick wirken sie abstrakt, bei näherer Betrachtung weisen sie eine Vielzahl von Referenzen zur heutigen digitalen Kultur auf, darunter eine Tafel mit verschiedenen Hautfarben, Human Color Wheel von Neil Harbisson, der erste Cyborg, der nur in schwarz-weiß sehen konnte, oder Sauerstoffflaschen der kanadischen Firma Vitalic, die nach China für 20 Dollar pro Stück verschickt werden. Um die Augmented-Reality-Version von Tracker zu aktivieren und anschließend auf dem Handydisplay die Größe des 3D-Modells im Raum zu verändern, es an einen anderen Ort zu verschieben und in die Details einzutauchen, scannt der Besucher mit seinem Smartphone die im Ausstellungsraum verteilten Collagen.
Studium
2014 Kuvat Akademie, Academy of Fine Arts , Helsinki, Finland
2012 HEAD, High School of Art and Design, Geneva, Switzerland
2007-2012 ENSBA, National Superior School of Fine Arts, Lyon, France
Licence 2009 & Master 2012
2010 CAFA, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
2006-2007 École Maryse Eloy, Art School, Paris, France
2005-2006 Instituto Superior Josefina Contte, Art School, Corrientes Capital, Argentina
1992-2000 Music Conservatory, Colmar, France
Einzelausstellungen (Auswahl)
2017 Fiona Valentine Thomann, Tracker, Exgirlfriend Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2016 Fiona Valentine Thomann, Palace MNEMO…, Larrys, Berlin, Germany
2014 Fiona Valentine Thomann, DATA GHOST, Erratum Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Gruppenausstellungen (Auswahl)
13/09/2020-infinite , Glory_hole_2020, online show
05/09/2020-15/10/2020, ‘Slender Axes’, at Exgirlfriend Berlin Gallery, Germany
20/07/2020-01/08/2020 ‘Our duty is to experiment, 20 years Gallery PRISKA PASQUER, Cologne, Germany
07/10/2019 – 10/10/2019 Paris Photo at the Grand Palais, Paris, France
21/09/2019 Yami Ichi, at Hek – Haus der elektronischen Künste, Basel, Switzerland
11/04/2019 – 14/04/2019 “NEW POSITIONS” at Art Cologne with Priska Pasquer, Cologne, Germany
06/2019 Retrospective Show – Grand Opening, Exgirlfriend Gallery, Berlin, Germany
14/05/2019 – 29/07/2019 50 Anos de Realismo, do Fotorrealismo a Realidad Virtual, at Centro Cultural Banco do Brazil, Sao Paulo -Brazilia – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
11/11/2019 – 04/02/2019 Sound Embodied, Regionale 19, at Hek, Haus der electronischen Künste, Basel, Switzerland
2018 Feÿ – Rencontres d’arts, Château du Feÿ, Villecien, Burgundy, France
05/06/2018 Yami Ichi, at Hek, Haus der electronischen Künste, Basel, Switzerland
15/03/2018 Calabi Yau, at Los14, Mexico City, Mexico
2018 Pdf objects, Exgirlfriend Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2018 Radiancevr, virtual reality platform
2017 RESET III and Virtual Reality, PRISKA PASQUER, Cologne, Germany
14/09/2017 – 1/10/2017 Mind the Space, One Wall One Piece, at Kunstpunkt,
Part of Berlin Art Week, Berlin, Germany
2016 1 JAHR, Larrys Show, Berlin
2015 GECKO, Kokoï, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
2014 IRON, Open-Air Museum in Pedvale, Sabile, Latvia
2013 SUB SITU #2, Lyon, France
2012 Synhaptique, at Le Magasin, National Contemporary Art Center, Grenoble, France
2011 Experimental Art , CAFA, Central Academy of Fine Art, CAFA, curated by Lu Shengzhong, Beijing, China
Auszeichnungen
2019 “NEW POSITIONS” at Art Cologne, Cologne, Germany
2014 Future Generation Art Prize: Future Call(ing), at Bpigs – Independent Guide of Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany
2012 Linossier Grant, ENSBA, Lyon, France
2012 Paris Prize (Prix de Paris), ENSBA, Lyon, France
Le chassis, support platform to emerging artist, Paris
Le magasin, CNAC, National Contemporary Art Center, Grenoble, France (page 26)
Fiona Valentine Thomann (*1987), lives and works in Colmar, France, and Berlin) creates the work Tracker, a 3D model, similar to a physical sculpture, freely drawn by the artist in the digital space. The Trackers are collages on mirrors. Their Augmented Reality version is accessible by scanning the collages with the smartphone. At first glance Tracker looks abstract, but then reveals a variety of references to the current digital culture, from the Human Color Wheel made by Neil Harbisson, the first cyborg that only sees black and white and listens to color, to the Canadian company Vitalic’s pure oxygen bottles ready to be sent to China for 20 dollars per bottle.
Education
2014 Kuvat Akademie, Academy of Fine Arts , Helsinki, Finland
2012 HEAD, High School of Art and Design, Geneva, Switzerland
2007-2012 ENSBA, National Superior School of Fine Arts, Lyon, France
Licence 2009 & Master 2012
2010 CAFA, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
2006-2007 École Maryse Eloy, Art School, Paris, France
2005-2006 Instituto Superior Josefina Contte, Art School, Corrientes Capital, Argentina
1992-2000 Music Conservatory, Colmar, France
Solo exhibitions (selection)
2017 Fiona Valentine Thomann, Tracker, Exgirlfriend Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2016 Fiona Valentine Thomann, Palace MNEMO…, Larrys, Berlin, Germany
2014 Fiona Valentine Thomann, DATA GHOST, Erratum Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Group exhibitions (selection)
13/09/2020-infinite , Glory_hole_2020, online show
05/09/2020-15/10/2020, ‘Slender Axes’, at Exgirlfriend Berlin Gallery, Germany
20/07/2020-01/08/2020 ‘Our duty is to experiment, 20 years Gallery PRISKA PASQUER, Cologne, Germany
07/10/2019 – 10/10/2019 Paris Photo at the Grand Palais, Paris, France
21/09/2019 Yami Ichi, at Hek – Haus der elektronischen Künste, Basel, Switzerland
11/04/2019 – 14/04/2019 “NEW POSITIONS” at Art Cologne with Priska Pasquer, Cologne, Germany
06/2019 Retrospective Show – Grand Opening, Exgirlfriend Gallery, Berlin, Germany
14/05/2019 – 29/07/2019 50 Anos de Realismo, do Fotorrealismo a Realidad Virtual, at Centro Cultural Banco do Brazil, Sao Paulo -Brazilia – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
11/11/2019 – 04/02/2019 Sound Embodied, Regionale 19, at Hek, Haus der electronischen Künste, Basel, Switzerland
2018 Feÿ – Rencontres d’arts, Château du Feÿ, Villecien, Burgundy, France
05/06/2018 Yami Ichi, at Hek, Haus der electronischen Künste, Basel, Switzerland
15/03/2018 Calabi Yau, at Los14, Mexico City, Mexico
2018 Pdf objects, Exgirlfriend Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2018 Radiancevr, virtual reality platform
2017 RESET III and Virtual Reality, PRISKA PASQUER, Cologne, Germany
14/09/2017 – 1/10/2017 Mind the Space, One Wall One Piece, at Kunstpunkt,
Part of Berlin Art Week, Berlin, Germany
2016 1 JAHR, Larrys Show, Berlin
2015 GECKO, Kokoï, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
2014 IRON, Open-Air Museum in Pedvale, Sabile, Latvia
2013 SUB SITU #2, Lyon, France
2012 Synhaptique, at Le Magasin, National Contemporary Art Center, Grenoble, France
2011 Experimental Art , CAFA, Central Academy of Fine Art, CAFA, curated by Lu Shengzhong, Beijing, China
Awards
2019 “NEW POSITIONS” at Art Cologne, Cologne, Germany
2014 Future Generation Art Prize: Future Call(ing), at Bpigs – Independent Guide of Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany
2012 Linossier Grant, ENSBA, Lyon, France
2012 Paris Prize (Prix de Paris), ENSBA, Lyon, France
Le chassis, support platform to emerging artist, Paris
Le magasin, CNAC, National Contemporary Art Center, Grenoble, France (page 26)
OUR DUTY IS TO EXPERIMENT – 20 years Galerie PRISKA PASQUER
July 2, 2020 – August 1, 2020