Arnaud Rochard’s work is the result of a process close to the craftsmanship of art, which he develops in a universe inspired by both wild, cruel, and dark imagery as well as the fantastic parade of mythological romanticism. But these figurative codes, if present as clues, never overwhelm the perception of the whole, that of a landscape composed of lush and scattered vegetation. The object of his research is then revealed: Nature and the allegory of Freedom. (Maëlle Delaplanche)
Arnaud Rochard graduated from the École Européenne Supérieure d’Art de Bretagne. He lives and works in the region of Bretagne, France where he develops interdisciplinary work between engraving – in all its forms -, painting, and drawing. In 2018, he received the grant of creation from DRAC Pays de Loire and, in 2019, the Pierre Cardin Prize for engraving from the Académie des Beaux Arts.
Born in 1987 in Saint – Nazaire, France
Lives and works in Brittany, France
EDUCATION
2010
DNSEP (National Superior Diploma of Plastic Arts), Ecole Européenne Supérieure d’Art de Bretagne, site de Quimper, France
2009
Erasmus stay, Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
2008
DNAP (National Diploma of Plastic Arts), Ecole Européenne Supérieure d’Art de Bretagne, site de Quimper, France
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
La mer des Hystoires, PARIS-B, Paris, France
2023
Impasse des seigneurs, Galerie Felix Frachon, Brussels, Belgium
Arnaud Rochard, Galerie Talote, Vannes, France
2022
Un voyage, Galerie Felix Frachon, Brussels, Belgium
2020
Edad de oro, Galerie Felix Frachon, Brussels, Belgium
2018
Iles artificielles, Villa Boesch, Le Pouliguen, France
2017
NEST, Chantier Art House, Brussels, Belgium
2015
Solstice, Atelier d’Estienne, as part of l’Art Chemin Faisant, Pont Scorff, France
2013
Lord of the flies, Galerie Maïa Muller, Paris, France
Forbiden Zoo, with Marine Penhouët, Le Kabinet, Brussels, Belgium
2012
Funny Game, Galerie Maïa Muller, Paris, France
2011
You can’t bring me down, Galerie Maïa Muller, Paris, France
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Echo(s), Musée Goya, Castres, France
Itinérance Paris, Académie des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France
Itinérance Nantes, École des Beaux-Arts de Nantes, France
2022
Viva Villa, Lambert collection, Avignon, France
Itinérance, Casa de Velazquez, Madrid, Spain
Espaces Mutants, Galerie Lou and Loo, Paris, France
2021
Histoire de bois, duo with Prathap Modi, Galerie Felix Frachon, Brussels, Belgium
Ouverture d’atelier, Hasy galerie Atelier, Saint Nazaire, France
2020
Paysages Présages 2, with the collective Körper, le 6B, Saint Denis, France
2019
Larguer les Amarres, Le Kiosque Centre d’Art Contemporain, La Chapelle des Calveriennes, Mayenne, France
2018
Romantic again, Galerie Net Plus, Cesson-Sevigne, France
Les Georgiques, Galerie Detais, Paris, France
Loup y es tu ? Curator : Amelie Adamo, Château de Maisons Laffitte, France
Jour de colère, Paysages extrèmes, Galerie Anouk Le Bourdiec, Paris, France
2017
Yellow Bridge, Kabinet d’Estampes. Le Kabinet, Brussels, Belgium
Collisions. Curator : Amelie Adamo, Galerie Catherine Putman, Paris, France
2016
Who’s afraid of wild?, Galerie Sabine Detais, Paris, France
L’esprit Singulier, La halle saint Pierre, abbaye d’Auberive collection, Paris, France
2015
Chasing Posada: A Macabre Populist in the city, Spudnik Press, Chicago, USA
Nêtre, Plateforme, Paris, France
Kabinet de curiosité, Le Kabinet E2, Brussels, Belgium
A titre Provisoire, Creahm, Brussels, Belgium
Le salon du petit format, Crash Galerie, Lille, France
Furiosité, Galerie Frédéric Lacroix, Paris, France
Print Noiz, le Dernier Cri, Friche Belle de Mai, Marseille, France
2014
Chasing Posada: A Macabre Populist in the city, Signal-Return Printshop, Detroit Kabinet d’Estampes, Le Kabinet, Brussels, Belgium
Heta Uma, Le Dernier Cri, MIAM, Sète, France
L’echo ce qui sépare, Frac Pays de Loire, Carquefou, France
Open your eyes, galerie Maïa Muller, Paris, France
2013
International Zeitgenössische Druckgrafik, Leipziger Baumwollspinnerei, Leipzig Kabinet d’estampes, Le Kabinet, Brussels, Belgium
Linokult, Le Dernier Cri, Friche Belle de Mai, Marseille, France
Jardin des délices, Le Kabinet, Brussels, Belgium
Viens la mort on va danser, Galerie Maïa Muller, Paris, France
2011
Tir groupé, Galerie Maïa Muller, Paris, France
State of the Union, Fries Museum, Berlin, Germany
Anthropomorphism, Galerie G11, Berlin, Germany
RESIDENCIES
2021-2022
Casa de Vélazquez, Madrid, Espagne
2020
TAMAT, Tapestry and Textile Museum, Tournai, Belgique
2019
Le Kiosque, Mayenne, France
2018
Villa Boesch, Le Pouliguen, France
2016
Le Vent des Forêts, Fresne-aux-Monts, France
2015
A titre provisoire, Creahm Brussels, Belgium
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2022
Creation grant from DRAC Pays de Loire
2021
Grant to help purchase equipment from la DRAC des Pays de Loire
2020
Scholarship and resident at the TAMAT in Tournai
2019
Pierre Cardin Prize for engraving, Académie des Beaux-Arts
2018
Creation grant from DRAC Pays de Loire
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Cabinet des estampes, Académie des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France
Casa de Velazquez, Madrid, Spain
Artothèque de Brest, Brest, France
Abbaye d’Auberive, Auberive, France
Musée Bernard Boesch, Le Pouliguen, France
PUBLICATIONS
Echo(s), musée Goya Castres, exhibition catalogue
Viva Villa, collection Lambert Avignon, exhibition catalogue
Casa de Vélazquez, residency catalogue
Arnaud Rochard, catalogue
Tranchée Racine n°6, UDA
Heta Uma, Le dernier cri, exhibition catalogue
Hopital Brut n°10,Le dernier cri
Lord of the flies, exhibition catalogue
Jardin des délices, exhibition catalogue
WORKSHOPS
2020
Engraving/ painting, lycée saint Stanislas, Nantes, France
2021
Ceramic decoration and motif, atelier des tropiques, Brussels, Belgium
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ARNAUD ROCHARD
PB PROJECT: LA MER DES HYSTOIRES
04/27/2024 - 06/15/2024
