Isabelle Le Normand | |
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| Born | 1980 |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation | Curator |
| Organization | Mains d'Oeuvres (2008-2013) |
Isabelle Le Normand is a French contemporary art curator based in Los Angeles, California who has curated exhibitions and events internationally. [1] [2] After her double Master's from the Sorbonne in curatorial studies and art history, Le Normand curated for public institutions in Paris: at Mains d'Oeuvres where she was director and curator for six years; Palais de Tokyo; [3] at Galerie Anne Barrault; La Box in Bourges; in Los Angeles at ForYourArt, Machine Project, and 18th Street Arts Center; at private collector Danny First's house [4] [5] [6] and galleries Anne Barrault in Paris, [7] FKSE in Budapest. She completed residencies at the Total Museum and Gwangju Biennale in South Korea, the Stroom Foundation in the Netherlands, [8] Cité des arts in Paris, Komplot in Brussels, and Residency Unlimited in New York. [9] At Mains d'Oeuvres she built a large audience and distinguished the space in the international arts community through innovative, multidisciplinary programming.
Exhibitions
- Nuit Blanche: Wim Delvoye/ Laurent Grasso, Iesa, 2003 [10]
- Diagonal Argument, cocurated with Florence Ostende, Bétonsalon, 2008 [11] [12]
- Better Being a virus than catching a cold, Mains d’Œuvres, 2008 [13]
- 23 minutes and 17 seconds, 2009 [14]
- Operation tonnerre, Mains d’Œuvres, 2009 [15]
- The Farrell Family, cocurated with Florence Ostende, Mains d’Œuvres, Maison Pop, 2010 [16] [17] [18]
- Who do you admire? Cocurated with Florence Ostende, La Box, Bourges, 2011 [19]
- Without you, nothing will happen, 2011 [20]
- An Auction, 2011 [21]
- Une chaînette relie toutes les pendeloques et forme le corps principal de l’objet,: Jean-Luc Blanc and Michel Blazy, Mains d’Œuvres, 2012 [22]
- Collective Fictions, cocurated with Albertine de Galbert; Jesse McKee; Andrew Berardini; Anca Rujoiu, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, 2013 [23]
- Destiny the B's, Anne Barrault Gallery, Paris, 2013 [24]
- Sex in Museums: Jon Bernad, Swab, Barcelona, 2013 [25]
In Los Angeles
- My next life, ForYourArt, Here is Elsewhere, Danny First's house, 2013 [26] [27]
- Confidential, The Impermanent Collection, 2013 [28]
- Argote and Bastard studios, 18th Streets Arts Center, Santa Monica, 2013 [29]
- Museum of Destiny, The Impermanent Collection, Los Angeles, 2013 [30]
- The work of the work, UC Santa Barbara, 2014 [31] .
Residencies
- Public School, Brussels, 2010 [32]
- Gwangju Biennale, 2011 [33]
- 18th Streets Arts Center, Santa Monica, 2013 [34]
- Residency Unlimited, New York 2014 [35]
- Roadshow Gyeonju, Total Museum, Seoul, 2014 [36] [37]
Events
- Diagonal Argument program, Betonsalon, 2008 [11]
- Talk with Thomas Hirschhorn, Mains d’Œuvres, 2008 [38]
- Concours de rhétorique, Maison Pop, 2010 [39]
- Emily Mast, Mains d’Œuvres, 2012 [40]
- Born to curate: by Pauline Bastard and Ivan Argote, Santa Monica, 2013 [41]
- Paris at your home / Los Angeles at your home, Machine Project and Mains d’Œuvres, 2013 [42]
- Dawn Kasper, Mains d’Œuvres, 2013 [43]
- Megan Daalder, Mains d’Œuvres, 2011 [44]
- Luke Fischbeck, Mains d’Œuvres, 2013 [45]
- Nikki Darling, Kulapat Yantrasast's house [46]
- Sarah Gail, Rachel Mason and Deenah Vollmer at Maryanne Tagney and David Jones house [47]
Publications
