Annabelle Frenette
Artist Statement
Annabelle studied photography at Cégep du Vieux Montréal, Quebec. In 1999, she undertook a photographic research on the transformation and representation of reality.
In 2000, she moved to Paris and held her first exhibition at the 19th District City Hall. In less than two years she held six exhibitions (Galerie 17, Espace Allery-France Télécom, 11iem Mois Bis de la Photographie...) and diffused her work very actively throughout Internet, publicizing on various websites. Annabelle also published articles about photography on espacephoto.org. In 2003, she had a exhibition in Spain, at Galeria Zero, Barcelona. She began also a collaboration with Perdurado art with whom she did exhibitions in London and New-york. Since 2004, she has been spending time both in Paris and Madrid and stay ponctually in Quebec where she do her’s shooting. She do by herself the prints at Self Color in Paris.
Then, in 2005-06 she did a collective exhibition in Guanzhu and at Xiamen University, China. And, for the Hans Cristan Andersen's Festival, with Crissolart Galleries she has taken part in a travelling exhibition in Denmark (Copenhagen Rahuset, Alborg Kunst museum, Ribe Amt Kunst Museum). And she is a represented of Canada at Florence’ Biennal.
In 2006 she did a exhibition at L’espace Contemporain. She worked to Casa Encendida, Obra social Caja Madrid, on a serie of 30 photographies in black and white. She stay in London.
Her work is part of the permanent exhibitions Galerie De Visu in France. She figures in the Drouot quotation’s 2002, 2004, 2005 and 2007 dictionaries. Some of her pictures can also be found as part of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France’s collection and Casa Encendida, as well as in some private collections both in Europe and in America.
Resume
Selected Exhibitions:
2006:
. Third Meeting, Art Gallery Xiamen University, China.
. Meeting, Guanzhou, China.
. Le corps Humain: objet de beauté, L'espace Contemporain, Québec, Canada.
2005:
. Florence Biennal, Italy.
. Fairy Fair 2005:
. Copenhagen Rahuset, Denmark.
. Esberj Sparbank Vest, Denmark.
. Ride Amt Kunst-Museum, Denmark.
. Alborg Kunst museum, Denmark.
. Meeting whit China, Art Gallery of Xiamen University, China.
2004:
. Affordable Art Fair, London, England.
. Artexpo, New-York, US.
2003:
. Point of View. Galeriazero, Barcelona, Spain.
2002:
. Corps et Âmes. Galerie 17, Paris, France. (solo)
. Corps et Ames, Espace Alleray, France Télécom Head Office, Paris, France. (solo)
2001:
. Quand la Réalitée Bascule. Dépôt des photographes, Paris, France. (solo)
2000:
. Petit Format. Galerie 17, Paris, France.
. Quand la Réalitée Bascule. 19th District City Hall, Paris, France. (solo)
References:
. Dictionnaire 2007 de Drouot Cotation, Paris, Éditions Larousse.
. Catalogue 2005 de la Biennale Internazionale dell'Artecontemporanea. Florence.
. Dictionnaire 2004 de Drouot Cotation, Paris, Éditions Larousse.
. Dictionnaire 2003 de Drouot Cotation, des Artistes Modernes et Contemporains, Paris.
. Dictionnaire 2002 de Drouot Cotation, des Artistes Modernes et Contemporains, Paris.
. Catalogue des collections de la Bibliothèque Nationale de France.
Workshop/Residence:
2006:
Casa Encendida, Obra social Caja Madrid, print of Opening dream a series of 30 images.
Collections:
. Casa Encendida, obra social Caja Madrid.
. Bibliothèque Nationale de France. Legal Deposit 2003.
. Privates collections in Europe and America.
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