Paul Devautour is a French artist born in 1958 who lives and works in Shanghai. [1] [2]
In collaboration with Yoon Ja Choi he created in 1985 the Collection Yoon Ja & Paul Devautour. [3] They conceived works and exhibitions until 2004 under the names of Buchal et Clavel, Cercle Ramo Nash, [4] Gladys Clover, J. Duplo, Manuel Ismora, Art Keller, Claude Lantier, [5] Alexandre Lenoir, Martin Tupper and David Vincent. [6] Some of their collected pieces are kept at the MAMCO in Geneva. [7] Others are part of the Frac Poitou-Charentes collection (registered under the pseudonym Martin Tupper), [8] the Villeurbanne Institut d'Art Contemporain collection, [9] the Centre national des arts plastiques collection. [10]
From 2004 to 2008, Paul Devautour held the position of dean of the École Nationale Supérieure d’Art de Bourges. [11]
Since 2008 he is the director of XiYiTang in Shanghai, an exchange platform for art school students and a residency program for young artists. [12]
He created with Xia Yilan DeYi Studio. [13] Their manifesto [14] was published in 2015 in Art Press. [15]
He opened in 2011 in a Shanghai market an independent art space named Bazaar Compatible Program. [16] [17]
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