Nicolas Grospierre

Nicolas Grospierre, photo courtesy of the artist

Nicolas Grospierre is an artist who uses photography as his primary tool to portray architecture. He sees architecture as a relic of recent past and explores the ideas behind the visual representations of institutions such as libraries, banks, and hotels. Urban planning and ecopoetics are also areas of interest for him. In his conceptual works, Grospierre engages the viewer by drawing them in with almost hypnotic objects.

Born in 1975, Nicolas Grospierre grew up in France and has been living in Poland since 1999. Prior to pursuing photography, he studied political science and sociology in Paris and London. In 2008, he was awarded the Golden Lion at the 11th Architecture Biennale in Venice (alongside Kobas Laksa) for his exhibition at the Polish Pavilion. In 2011, he received the Polityka’s Passport award in the Visual Arts category. His works have been exhibited at various prestigious venues worldwide, including CCA Zamek Ujazdowski, Raster and BWA galleries in Warsaw, Cueto Projects in New York, Signum Foundation in Venice, Graham Foundation in Chicago, Architectural Association Gallery in London, Polish Institute in Madrid, Peresvetov Pereulok Gallery in Moscow, and Architektur Galerie in Munich.

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Heliograms in the Salle de Solomon.
In Search of Light

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LCAXN – exhibition at Kolektiv Cité Radieuse Gallery in Marseille 

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Viewing machines – exhibition

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Lapis Mundi – exhibition 

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2012-2008 2019 Longue Durée 2017-2013 2022-2018 / / 2022 Lapis Mundi Museum of the Earth Pniewski’s Villa, Warsaw 2021 LCAXN Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris (with Nelly Agassi), Pola Magnetyczne, Warsaw 2018 The Best Possible City (with Fthenakis Ropee), Architekturgalerie Munchen, Munich / 2007-2003 2012-2008 2015 Viewfinder 2017-2013 2022-2018 / / 2017 Heliosophia Alarcon Criado Gallery, Seville 2016 Modern Forms. A Subjective Atlas of 20th Century Architecture Architecture Association, London Signum Foundation, Poznan 2014 The Oval Offices Maison de la Photographie, Lille / 2007-2003 2013 The Embassy Platan Gallery, Budapest 2012-2008 2010 T A T T A R R A T T A T 2017-2013 2022-2018 / / 2012 Axonometria Galeria Alarcon Criado, Seville 2011 One Thousand Doors, No Exit Graham Foundation, Chicago Signum Foundation, Venice 2009 The Bank Location 1, NYC / 2007-2003 2008 Hotel Polonia (with K. Laksa) Polish Pavilion at the 11th Venice Architecture Biennale 2012-2008 2005 Hydroklinika 2017-2013 2022-2018 / / 2007 Mauzoleum (with Olga Mokrzycka) with Raster Gallery, Warsaw 2006 Biblioteka In–situ exhibition with the CCA, Warsaw Polish Architects Association Pavilion, Warsaw 2004 Lithuanian Bus Stops Rebell Minds Gallery, Berlin / 2007-2003 2003 Portraying Communities: Kamionka Teatr Academia, Warsaw selected exhibitions

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