Marguerite Bornhauser

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Marguerite Bornhauser
Born1989
France
NationalityFrench
Education Sorbonne, Weißensee Academy of Art Berlin
Occupation(s)Visual artist, photographer

Marguerite Bornhauser (born 1989), is a French visual artist and photographer.

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Early life and education

Marguerite Bornhauser studied literature and journalism at the Sorbonne. [1] She is the daughter of a poet father and a painter mother. [2] In 2014, she participated in a residency at the Weißensee Academy of Art Berlin. [3] In 2015, she graduated from the École nationale supérieure de la photographie  [ fr ] in Arles. [1] [2]

Career

Marguerite Bornhauser mainly uses a colorful palette and bright tones. [4] [ non-primary source needed ] She regularly accompanies her photographic research with editorial work. In 2015, she published a first work in self-publication. [1] [ non-primary source needed ] In the same year, Plastic Colors was selected among the ten finalists for the First Book Award, presented by the MACK publishing house. The book is published in 2017. [5] [ non-primary source needed ]

In 2019, Margueritte Bornhauser presented her first solo exhibition Moisson Rouge, in a French institution, at the Maison européenne de la photographie. [6] [ non-primary source needed ] The project mixed abstract compositions and close-ups. The uncaptioned images carry elusive meanings. [7] [ non-primary source needed ] The photographer said: "I often use images as words to tell stories, create fictions and particular atmospheres ". [8] She also confronted, in the form of diptychs, images taken at different periods. [7] [ non-primary source needed ]

As a continuation of this exhibition, she published the book Moisson Rouge (Red Harvest), published by Poursuite, in which she immortalized nature as an enigmatic, dreamlike and colorful universe. [9] [ non-primary source needed ] The title of the book refers to the work Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett, an American screenwriter and novelist, considered to be the founder of the roman noir. [8]

Her artistic work has been presented in meetings and exhibitions around the world, such as in the streets of Cincinnati in the United States, at the Rencontres de la Photographie in Arles, at the Festival Planches Contact in Deauville or in the BETC and Agnès B galleries in Paris. [1] [ non-primary source needed ]

In 2020, Margueritte Bornhauser is the winner of the Emerging Photographer Award from Photo London. [10] [11] [12]

Exhibitions

Awards

Publications

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Galerie Madé | Marguerite Bornhauser – Le bruit des cactus". galeriemade.com. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  2. 1 2 Philomène, Piégay (2021). "Marie-Claire, n°821". En résidence Marguerite Bornhauser. p. 14.
  3. "Marguerite Bornhauser – Blink Network". Blink. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  4. "FMA Le Bureau – Marguerite Bornhauser". fmalebureau.com. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  5. "Book Plastic colors : MARGUERITE BORNHAUSER". margueritebornhauser.com. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  6. "Marguerite Bornhauser". Maison Européenne de la Photographie (in French). Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  7. 1 2 "Galerie Madé | Marguerite Bornhauser – Red Harvest". galeriemade.com. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  8. 1 2 "Songes d'un jour d'été | "Moisson Rouge", Marguerite Bornhauser". Fisheye Magazine – Un magazine de photo contemporaine (in French). 8 September 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  9. "RED HARVEST : POURSUITE". www.poursuite-editions.org. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  10. "Photo London Digital : le meilleur de la photographie en un clic !". Fisheye Magazine – Un magazine de photo contemporaine (in French). 5 October 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  11. "Le directeur de la Maison européenne de la photo Simon Baker veut enrichir sa collection". gazette-drouot.com (in French). Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  12. "Marguerite Bornhauser wins the Emerging Photographer of the Year Award – Photo London". photolondon.org. Retrieved 1 February 2021.

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