BIOGRAPHY DUNCAN WYLIE Born in Harare, Zimbabwe, 7 February 1975. Naturalized french in 2005. Lives and works in London (UK). EDUCATION 2000 Post Graduate year, ENSBA (National Superior School of FineArts), Paris (FR). 19941999 National Diploma of FineArts (with distinctions), ENSBA, Paris (FR). SOLO SHOWS 2015 On the Wire/Under the skin, 7 November 2015 6 December, Mitterrand Gallery, Paris. 2013 Take The Landscape With You, Cahors (46), Les Rencontres d Art Contemporain dans le cadre des «Saisons Afrique du SudFrance» /2013, Grenier du Chapitre. From Chaos, Paris, JGM. Galerie, September / October. Shake Break Bounce, Arcueil (FR), Julio Gonzales gallery (in partnership with Maison Marin). Blood from a Stone, New York (USA), Virgil de Voldère Gallery. 2010 Duncan Wylie New Paintings Paris, Slick, Virgil de Voldère Gallery. 2009 Duncan Wylie Open House, Grenoble (FR), Museum of Grenoble, curator : Guy Tossato. Duncan Wylie, Rotterdam (NL), Art Rotterdam, Virgil de Voldère Gallery. 2008 Duncan Wylie Châteaux de Cartes, Marseille (FR), Dukan&Hourdequin Gallery. 2007 Duncan Wylie Zimbabwe Today, New York (US), Virgil de Voldère Gallery. 2005 Duncan Wylie, Créteil (FR), André Malraux Arts and Culture Centre. Duncan Wylie, Love me, love me not, Munich (DE), FrenchMade Gallery.
Duncan Wylie Recent Paintings, Paris, Yvonamor Palix Gallery. Business as Usual, Harare (ZW), National Gallery of Zimbabwe. 8th Prize of Coffim Foundation, Paris, Coffim Foundation. 2000 Duncan Wylie Recent Paintings, St Grégoire (FR). Duncan Wylie Rupture, Harare (ZW), Delta Gallery. Diplômes 99, Paris, École nationale supérieure des beauxarts, curator : JeanLouis Froment (catalog, program). GROUP SHOWS 2015 La Forza delle Rovine, Museo Nazionale di Palazzo Altemps, Rome (It). 7 Octobre 2015 31 January 2016, Curators : Marcello Barbanera and Alessandra Capodiferro. From Picasso to Warhol, a decade of acquisitions, Museum of Grenoble, 7 May 31 August 2013, curator Guy Tossato. Collection Pilippe Piguet, Une passion pour l art, L Abbaye Espace d Art Contemporain, AnnecyLeVieux (Fr). Who s afraid of picture(s)?, Ecole supérieure d art et de design de Grenoble (FR). Who s afraid of picture(s)? 2, Centre d art contemporain àcentmètresdumonde, Perpignan (FR). 2014 Terrains vagues, école du magasin de Grenoble (FR). Nouvelles Narratives, Belgium (BE) Fernelment Contemporary Art festival, Chateau de Fernelment. 2013 Facing nature, a selection of the De Heus Collection (NL), Museum Belvedere. Vues, Domaine de Chamarande (FR), curator Lauranne Germond/COAL. Days in Paris Friends and Family, Paris (FR), Eva Hober Gallery. La belle peinture 2, Port St Louis (MU), Phoenix des Halles, curators: Eva Hober and Colette Pougnat, in conjunction with the FRAC Réunion. Art is Hope, Paris, Palais de Tokyo, curator: ReneJulien Praz. Young International Painters, Paris, Espace Morin, curators: Eva Hober and Romain Tichit. De Leur Temps 4, Nantes (FR), Le hangar,à Bananes Art Centre, The ADIAF Acquisitions. La Belle Peinture 2, Bratislava (SK), Pisztory palace, curators : Eva Hober and Ivan Jançar. Africa/Africa, Meymac (FR), Contemporary Art Centre, Saint André Abbey. Go Tell Fire, Paris, DukanHourdequin Gallery.
Beyond the Crisis, Curitiba (BR), 6 th Curitiba Biennal, curator : Alfons Hug. Canson drawing prize, Paris, Hôtel de Sauroy, president: Gérard Garouste. Our house in the middle of our street, Malakoff (FR), Maison des Arts de Malakoff, curator : Jeanne Susplugas. Tragique du Paysage, Paris, Eric Mircher Gallery. D après la ruine, Vilnius (LH), Academy of FineArts, Titanic Rooms, curator : Renaud Serraz. Des paysages, des figures, SaintOuen (FR), SainOuen castle, curator : Olivier Masmonteil. 2010 Dynasty, Paris, Palais de Tokyo and Museum of Modern Art City of Paris. Collections 3, Alex (FR), Salomon Foundation, curator : Anne Malherbe. 2009 Poétique du Chantier, Annecy (FR), Museum of Annecy, curators : JeanMax Colard and Juliette Singer. Artists for Life, Serris (FR), Espace la Vallée, UNESCO and Association Dessine l'espoir. 2008 B3, Paris, Doors Studio, curators: Hélène Leray and Vincenza Mirisola. Sur les pavés... 68/2008, La Courneuve (93), Fête de l Humanité. 2007 Génération 70, Alex (FR), Salomon Foundation, curator : Philippe Piguet. Of their Time 2: contemporary art and private collections in France, Grenoble (FR), Museum of Grenoble, ADIAF (Association for the International Diffusion of French Art). Black Paris, Bayreuth (D), Kleines Plakat Museum Bayreuth; Frankfurt (D), Museum der Weltkulturen; Paris, Musée des Arts Derniers. Appropriate Appropriations, McAllen, Texas (US), Museum of Arts and Sciences, curator : Yvonamor Palix. 2006 Summer Love, Carros (FR), Contemporary Art Centre. Opening Move, Marseille (FR), Dukan&Hourdequin Gallery. Traversée d'art, SaintOuen (FR), SaintOuen castle. African Expressions, Paris, Les Vitrines du Printemps Hausmann, Musée des Arts Derniers Gallery. Artists4Life, Paris, Hotel Rothschild, Association Dessine l'espoir. Antoine Marin Painting Prize, Arcueil (FR), Galerie Julio Gonzales. Broken Memory Des hommes sans histoire?, Paris, Musée des Arts Derniers, curator : Olivier Sultan. 2005 Raphaël Renaud/Duncan Wylie, SaintOuen (FR), Espace 1789. States of Painting, Malakoff (FR), Maison des Arts de Malakoff, curator : Philippe Piguet. Art and the City, Paris, Orangerie du Sénat, curator : JeanLuc Chalumeau. Salon of the 50 th anniversary, Montrouge (FR), curator : Alain Lamaignère. Group show, Munich (D), Gallery FrenchMade.
The Africas, 36 Contemporary Artists, Paris, Musée des Arts Derniers. Jeune Création International Contemporary Art Exhibition Paris, Grande Halle de la Villette. Disleurs, Marseille (FR), Dukan&Hourdequin Gallery. Novembre à Vitry, Vitry (FR), Municipale Gallery. Young Painters / Big Formats, Marseille, Dukan&Hourdequin Gallery. Landscape Escape, New York (US), Slingshot Project. Novembre à Vitry, Vitry (FR), Municipale Gallery. 2002 Contemporary Art Salon of Montrouge, Montrouge (FR), curator : Nicole Ginoux Art Current, Deauville (FR). Jeune Création, International Contemporary Art Exhibition Paris, Grande Halle de la Villette. Business as Usual, Harare (ZW), National Gallery of Zimbabwe Coffim Foundation Prize, Paris. 2000 Diplomes 99, Paris, ENSBA National School of Fine Art, curator : JeanLouis Froment. PAINTING AWARDS/GRANTS Poject grant, National Foundation for Graphic and Fine Arts. Nominated for the Canson Drawing Prize. Charles Oulmont Foundation Painting Award, Paris. Eddy Rugale Michailov Painting Award,Taylor Foundation, Paris. 2 nd prize, Coprim Foundation for Contemporary Art, Paris. 1999 2 nd prize, SaintGrégoire Painting Prize (FR). 1993 1 st prize, National Exhibition of Zimbabwean Schools Harare (ZW), National Gallery of Zimbabwe.
RESIDENCIES Nirox Foundation, 2013, Johannesburg (SA). Bagfactory, 2013, Johannesburg (SA). ACME Studios, 2008, Londres (UK). Spinnerei Ateliers, 2007, Liepzig (D). Frans Masereel Centrum, Anvers (NL). PUBLIC COLLECTIONS Paris (FR), CNAP. Luxembourg (LU), Mudam Collection. Grenoble (FR), Museum of Grenoble. Puteaux (FR), FNAC (National Collection of Contemporary Art). Amsterdam (NL), CBK. Paris, Gaz de France Foundation/Emmaüs. Boulogne (FR), Colas Foundation. SaintOuen (FR), France. SaintGrégoire (FR), France.