Olivier Masmonteil

Olivier Masmonteil
Olivier Masmonteil in his Paris studio in 2019 - by Frédéric Elin
Born	1973 (age 52–53) Romilly-sur-Seine, France
Known for	Painting
Website	www.oliviermasmonteil.com

Olivier Masmonteil (born September 23, 1973, Romilly-sur-Seine, France) is a French artist.

Education and Career

He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux from 1996 to 1999. As a painter, Olivier Masmonteil dedicates his work exclusively to landscapes. ^[1] While offering a variety of treatment, the paintings of Olivier Masmonteil assume a thematic unity which the landscape is both the substance and form, subject and object, the content and container. ^[2] Globetrotter artist, he has started a second world tour in Asia (India, Thailand, Vietnam) and South America (Chile, Brazil). ^[3]

Selected works

• Tempête à Giverny, 2011, oil on canvas, 89 x 116 cm
• La Dordogne, 2010, Acrylic on canvas, 180 x 270 cm (French Ministry of Foreign Affairs collection)
• Cascade Argentine, 2010, Acrylic and oil on canvas, 235 x 240 cm (Fondation Eileen S. Kaminsky Family collection Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine )
• Routes du monde, 2009, Acrylic on canvas, 27 x 35 cm each (Fondation Colas collection)
• Augenweide XVI, 2004, oil on canvas, 250 x 280.5 cm (FNAC collection)

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions (selection)

2020:

• Serial Colors, L’Artothèque, Caen (à venir)

• Horizons so big, Suquet des artistes, Pôle d'art moderne et contemporain de Cannes

• The veil erased, Galerie Thomas Bernard - Cortex Athletico, Paris

2019:

• Countryside, Galerie Thomas Bernard - Cortex Athletico, Paris

2018:

• The space of metamorphoses, Cité des Arts, Chambéry

2017:

• From Gimel to Ushuaia, château de Sédières, Clergoux (Corrèze)

2016:

• Portrait, Galerie Dukan, Saint Ouen

2015:

• LE put in Diane, Patio Art Opera, Paris

2014:

• A week and a day in Prague/ A week and a day in Prague, Dvorak Sec Contemporary Gallery, Prague

• Courtesans, Galerie D.X, Bordeaux

• The memory of the past, Galerie Dukan, Paris

2012:

• Place, La Galerie du Nouvel-Ontario, Ontario, Canada
• Olivier Masmonteil, Galerie du CAUE, Limoges, France

2011:

• Walden ou la vie dans les bois, Galerie Domi Nostrae, Lyon, France

2010:

• The long and winding road, Galerie Dukan&Hourdequin, Marseille, France
• Quelle que soit la minute de jour, Chapelle de la Visitation, Thonon-les-Bains, France

2007:

• Olivier Masmonteil, Klare Ferne, French Institute, Berlin, Germany

2006:

• Pêcher l’eau, Galerie Suzanne Tarasiève, Paris, France

2005:

• Olivier Masmonteil, Augenweide, Michael Schultz Gallery, Berlin, Germany

Group exhibitions (selection)

2012:

• Plaisirs de France, curated by Philippe Costamagna, Baku, Azerbaijan and Almaty, Kazakhstan

2011:

• A Glimpse at French Contemporary Painting, Galeria Tap Seac, Macao, China ^[4]
• Des paysages, des figures. Carte blanche à Olivier Masmonteil, Le Château de Saint-Ouen, Saint-Ouen, France

2010:

• Collection 3, Fondation pour l’art contemporain Claudine et Jean-Marc Salomon, Alex, France

2008:

• Délicatesse des couleurs, Hangar 7, Salzburg, Germany

2007:

• Peinture: Génération 70, Fondation pour l’art contemporain Claudine et Jean-Marc Salomon, Alex, France

2004:

• Climats, cyclothymie des paysages, Centre national d’art et du paysage, Vassivière-en-Limousin, France

Awards, grants and residencies (selection)

2005-2006:

• Residency Spinnerei, Leipzig, Germany

2002-2003:

• Residency La Source-Villarceaux, France

2002

• Painting Prize, Fondation Coffim, France

Collections

• FRAC (Regional Contemporary Art Funds) Haute-Normandie, France
• French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Paris, France
• Eileen S. Kaminsky Family Foundation, New York, USA
• Claudine and Jean-Marc Salomon Foundation, France
• Colas Foundation, France
• FNAC (National Contemporary Art Fund), France
• FRAC (Regional Contemporary Art Funds) Alsace, France

References

1. Pierre-Evariste Douaire (May 2011), "Interview of Olivier Masmonteil", Paris Art
2. Philippe Piguet (2004), Olivier Masmonteil ou l’insoutenable nécessité de peinture, in Olivier Masmonteil: Lightscape, Suzanne Tarasiève Paris
3. World Painting Tour
4. The Macao Arts Festival (MAF)

Further reading

• Malherbe, Anne (2010). Olivier Masmonteil, The long and winding road. Galerie Dukan&Hourdequin.
• Collection 3, Peinture et dessin. Fondation pour l'art contemporain Claudine et Jean-Marc Salomon. 2010.
• Lurin, Emmanuel (2009). Olivier Masmonteil. Suzanne Tarasiève Paris and Editions Ides et Calendes.
• Délicatesse des couleurs. Red Bull Hangar-7 GmbH. 2008.
• De leur temps (2): art contemporain et collections privées en France. Musée de Grenoble. 2007.
• Malherbe, Anne; Piguet, Philippe (2007). Peinture(s) / Génération 70. Fondation pour l'art contemporain Claudine et Jean-Marc Salomon.
• Buhl, Susann (2006). The Wrong Line. Suzanne Tarasiève Paris and Spinnerei.

External links

• Artist's Website
• Artist’s page on doukan hourdequin gallery’s website