© Farid
Biography
I like to evoke the desire of Elsewhere by questioning the notion of Sublime.
I was a mechanic before studying philosophy. This dual training leads me to wonder about the paradigm of technological progress as much as about transcendence and the sacred.
Having moved to Arles, I discovered Photography, and from art lover I became an amateur photographer, I had then the opportunity to study at the National School of Photography.
Solo Shows
2023 :: ateliermichelwattebled, རླུང་རྟ། Lungta, Perpignan, March 24th
2022 :: Gallery Le lac gele, རླུང་རྟ། Lungta, Rencontres d'Arles, July 4-12th
2021 :: at Richard's, Island of the Gods, Rencontres d'Arles, July 4th-12th
- Artotheque Aix-Marseille Provence, cosmonaute!, Miramas, June-July (postponed 2022-23)
- Galerie du Tableau, Future Perfect, Marseille, France, March 15th to 27th
2020 :: Galerie Voies Off, Border Line, Arles, France, July - August
- Le Lac Gele, Border Line, Nimes, France
2019 :: Galerie du Tableau, Petit, Petits, with Didier Petit, Marseille, France
- Lumiere d'Encre, Border Line, La Capeletta, Ceret, France
- Lumiere d'Encre, Cheap Land, Ceret, France
- A L'arriere du T3, Future Perfect, Perpignan, France
2017 :: Galerie Voies Off, Cosmonaute! Rencontres d'Arles, France
2012 :: Musee de l'Image, Les Neiges, Epinal, France
2010 :: La Chambre, Cheap Land, Strasbourg, France
2009 :: Le Lac Gele, Cheap Land, Nimes, France
- chez Arthur & Janine, Rencontres d'Arles, France
- Galerie du Tableau, Marseille, France
2006 :: Hotel Burrhus, Vaison la Romaine, France
Festivals and Group Shows
2021 :: Oostende Foto Biennale - Border Line - Oostende, Belgium
- Koppelmann Gallery- Kunstwerk Nippes - Corona Feeling - Cologne - Germany
- Galerie La Chambre, 10 ans de Photographie - Strasbourg, France
2020 :: FotoArica - Cheap Land - Arica, Chile
2019 :: Fotolimo - Border Line - Cerbere, France & PortBou, Spain
2018 :: L’Imagerie, Forty Years of Gallery l'Imagerie , Lannion, France
- chambre07, Guest of Honour, Aubenas, France
- Self Reflection - Wer best du! / Internationale Photoszene Köln, Germany
2017 :: Solstice Divers, la FabriC, Le Futur Anterieur, screening, Annecy, France
- :: Fotofever Art Fair, Paris, France
- :: The Dream is Over, Montpellier, France
2016 :: The Dream is Over, Montpellier, France
- :: Kolga Tbilisi Photo, Georgia
- :: Itineraire des Photographes Voyageurs, Bordeaux, France
2015 :: Prix des Mouettes, Prix du Jury Art Contemporain, La Rochelle, France
- London Art Fair, London, UK
2014 :: Galerie Binome, Paris, France
- :: Slick Attitude, Paris, France
- :: Aaensp, Voies Off Festival, screening, Arles, France
- :: Voies Off, Palais de Luppé, Arles, France
- :: Parcours de l’Art, Avignon, France
2013 :: Les Nuits Photographiques de Pierrevert, exhibition and screening, Jury's Award, Pierrevert, France
- :: Fotofever Art Fair, Paris, France
- :: ManifestO/ Exposure 12, The Flood Wall II, Toulouse, France
- :: Exposure 12 Gallery, The Flood Wall II, Berlin, Germany
2012 :: No found Photofair, Paris, France
- :: Galerie du Tableau, La passion des Gurly, Marseille, France
2011 :: Musée des Tapisseries, Regards Croises, Aix en Provence
- :: Maison de la Culture, Documents Terre, Amiens, France
- :: L’Imagerie, Les Estivales Photographiques du Trégor, Lannion, France
2010 :: MRPF festival, projection, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
2007 :: Bourse du Talent #33, Finalist
- :: Hotel Burrhus, Supervues, Vaison la Romaine, France
- :: Voies Off, Climax, exposition et projection, Arles, France
- :: Les Boutographies, Montpellier, France
- :: Videoformes, back on the highway, Clermont Ferrand, France
2006 :: Mois de la Photo Off, A deux pas... le silence, Atelier Gustave, Paris, France
- Hotel Burrhus, Vaison la Romaine, France
- Galerie Arena, A deux pas... le silence, Arles, France
Artist's residencies
2024 :: MadLab, Marseillan, France
- Objectif 2.1.7, Marseille, France
2023 :: AiR Artist's Residency, Halsnøy Kloster, Norway
2019 :: Residence Lumiere d'Encre, Ceret, France
2016 :: Crete Photo Experience, Thalori, Kapetaniana, Greece
Public Collections
Universidad de Tarapaca, Arica, Chile
Aix Marseille Provence Art Library, Miramas, France
Artotheque, Jarny, France
Musee de l'Image, Epinal, France
Galerie l'Imagerie, Lannion, France
Publications
2023 :: TK-21 La Revue, "Lungta, Horses of the Wind", text by Frederic Martin
- 5ruedu, "Lungta, Horses of the Wind", text by Frederic Martin
2022 :: རླུང་རྟ། Lungta, artist's book, realised with Michel Wattebled
- Commune Presence 2, aventure poetique & visuelle, book & blog
2021 :: Galerie La Chambre, 10 ans de Photographie, book & exhibition
2020 :: Commune Presence, aventure poetique & visuelle, book & blog
2018 :: Les Nuits de Pierrevert, Une aventure photographique
2014 :: Charlotte Sometimes Publishing, Printemps Ete Automne Hiver
- Amateur Photographer, Final Analysis, text Roger Hicks
- Editions Voies Off, Artist's Portfolio, Cheap Land
2013 :: Le regardeur, text Christian Maccotta, Cheap Land
- Cheap Magazine, Cheap Land
2012 :: Musee de l'Image, Epinal, Les Neiges, Exhibition Catalog, text Martine Sadion
Teaching
2022 :: Large Format in the Pyrenean, Large Format Photography Practice, Espezel, France
2021 :: A Day with Richard Petit, Arles
2020 :: A Day with Richard Petit, Voies Off Gallery, Arles
- A Day with Richard Petit, festival chambre07, Aubenas, France
- Lecture, Influences, festival chambre07, Aubenas, France
- Large Format in the Pyrenean, Large Format Photography Practice, Espezel, France
2019 :: A day with Richard Petit, The photographical project, festival chambre07, Aubenas, France
- Lecture, Photography and Painting, festival chambre07, Aubenas, France
- Landscape, Natural, Industrial and Urban, Gallery La Chambre, Strasburg, France
- Large Format in the Vosges, Meisenthal, HEAR Strasbourg, France
- Large Format in the Pyrenean, Large Format Photography Practice, Espezel, France
2018 :: Large Format in the Pyrenean, Large Format Photography Practice, Espezel, France
2016 :: La Fontaine Obscure, Large Format Photography Practice, Aix en Provence
- l'Imagerie, Large Format Photography Practice, Gallery l'Imagerie, Lannion, France
2015 :: Colloque psychiatrique Isadora, Elaboration of an Art Project, Pignan, France
- Nimes University, Lecture, Photography in 1900, is it modern?
- portfolio reviewer @ Les Boutographies, Montpellier
- Rabelais University, Lecture for Prof. Denoit, Tours, Local colour and global image
2014 :: La Fontaine Obscure, Aix en Provence, Large Format Photography Practice
- Universite de Nimes, Lecture for Prof. Antzenberger, History of Photography
2013 :: Universite de Nimes, Lecture for Prof. Antzenberger, History of Photography
2012 :: portfolio reviewer @ Photaix, Aix en Provence
- portfolio reviewer @ Bieler Fototage, Biele, Switzerland
- portfolio reviewer @ Les Boutographies, Montpellier
2011 :: Universite Rabelais, lecture for Prof. Denoit, Tours, Le paysage : une notion politique ?
- Lecture, Les Boutographies, Montpellier, Landscape Photography
2010 :: Lecture, La Chambre, Strasbourg, Landscape Photography
- Les Boutographies, Montpellier, Large Format Photography
- Tibetan Children’s Village, Mac Leod Ganj, India, Initiation to photography
2000-10 :: Albaron Primary School in Camargue, Evening course: Photography and Video for children
© Joan Anton Serra
Education
- Graduated from the Ecole Nationale Superieure de la Photographie (with honours), Arles
- Licence of Philosophy, Nanterre
- University Studies in Mechanical Engineering