Éric Poitevin

Éric Poitevin is so pure and intuitive that by staying in the details of nature, people can trace back to the essence of photography and feel the endless delicate texture of life at the same time, which is both rational and imaginative, precise and casual.

b. 1961, Longuyon, France.

1985 Obtained the Diplôme National Supérieur d'Expression Plastique (DNSEP) from École supérieure d'art de Lorraine.

IMPORTANT EXPERIENCE

2003　Marcel Duchamp Prize (Prix Marcel-Duchamp) -Duchamp

1989　Awarded a one-year residency grant at the Villa Médicis by the French Academy in Rome and its Italian partner institutions

1988　French Ministry of culture and communication-Grand Prix Jeune Talen

ARTISTS STATEMENT

Born in Longuyon, France in 1961, Éric Poitevin gained his degree in Plastic Arts from the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Metz in 1985. Selected by the jury made up of the members of the French Academy in Rome and its collaborative Italian institutes in 1989, he received a grant for one-year residency at Villa Médicis in Rome.

Poitevin previously taught at the École Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs de Strasbourg and the École Nationale Supérieure d’Art et de Design de Nancy. Starting from 2008, he is a professor at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, while continuing his creative career in photography.

Since 1991, Poitevin's photographic works have been exhibited at art museums and galleries in France, Belgium, Greece, Vienna, Switzerland, the United States, etc., including Centre Pompidou Paris, Palace of Versailles, Centre Pompidou-Metz, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, Musée de la Photographie de Charleroi in Belgium, Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain in Geneva. He has also published dozens of catalogues.

Written by Éric Poitevin