Xolo Cuintle is an artist duo formed by Romy Texier (1995) and Valentin Vie Binet (1996), who live in Paris and work in Aubervilliers. The duo constructs heterotopic spaces, on the threshold between dream and simulacrum. Within these deserted and petrified scenes, a new grammar of ornaments takes shape which, in layers, form an interpretation of time through the decorative arts. Between furniture and sculpture, décor and interiors, their constructions are a meticulous setup in which the furniture is sometimes sculpture, pedestal, backdrops. In these spaces, where the temporality is undefinable, dwell objects who’s narrative potential constitute the topography of our daily life. With their four hands, the duo create concrete sculptures and transform this solid and inert material into a fertile soil from which flourishes organic inspired ornamentation.
Romy Texier (b.1995) and Valentin Vie Binet (b.1996)
Live in Paris and work in Aubervilliers.
EDUCATION
Romy Texier
2018-2019
Master 2 Design: Mode & Industries Créatives à l’Université Sorbonne Nouvelle-Paris 3 et l’Ecole Duperré Paris
2016-2018
Diplôme Supérieur d’Arts Appliqués mention Mode – majeure image média éditorial à ESAA Duperré, Paris
2014-2016
BTS Design Graphique option médias imprimés à l’ENSAAMA, Paris
Valentin Vie Binet
2019-2020
Master experimental de design CESAAP en residence au Mobilier National, Manufacture des Gobelins, Paris
2017-2019
Diplôme Supérieur d’Arts Appliqués mention Mode – majeure image média éditorial à ESAA Duperré, Paris
2015-2017
BTS Design Graphique option médias imprimés à l’ENSAAMA, Paris
SOLO & DUO EXHIBITIONS
2024
Sequel to 1450°C, PARIS-B, Paris
La Borne, solo show, Le Pays où le ciel est toujours bleu, Région Centre
2023 : Point de Fusion, duo show with Juan Gugger, curated by Dayneris Brito, POUSH, Aubervilliers
1450°C, solo show, Art-o-Rama with DS Galerie, Marseille
1 and 1 is 3, DS Galerie, Paris
Current Upcoming Past, solo show avec contributions, Galerie Chloé Salgado, Paris
2021
Début d’Hiver, duo show with Peter Marcasiano, curated by Joël Riff, Double Séjour, Clichy
Weeping Sun, Sainte Anne Gallery, Paris
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Lunulae, curated by Thomas Maestro, CAC Brétigny (hors les murs), Brétigny
éternel écho, Le Pays où le ciel est toujours bleu, Orléans
Fondale, curated by Caterina Taurelli Salimbeni, Atelier 11, L’air Arts, Paris
Restes de Traces, curated by Eladio Aguilera, Diamètre 15, Tour Orion, Montreuil
Phantasmagoria Palace, Espace Voltaire, commissariat Paulo Iverno, Paris ∙
2O22
Design Parade Toulon, Villa Noailles, Toulon
Un endroit de rêve pour cacher un cadavre, Galerie Hors-Cadre, Paris
eune Création 72ème édition, Fondation Fiminco, Romainville, France
«Le Métier de Vivre», Le Théâtre des Expositions, commissariat Raphaël Giannesini, Beaux Arts de Paris, Paris ∙ Janvier Global Pool Club, First Laid, commissariat Raphaël et Laurent Giannesini, Poush Manifesto, Clichy
2021
Temple Magazine pour 3 days of Design, Ambassade de France, Copenhague
Sans Feu Ni Lieu, commissariat Rencard Collectif, Clichy
In&Out, group show, commissariat Mathieu Buard, 3537, Paris
The Sun Also Rises, Everyday Gallery, Anvers
If The House Catches Fire, Chapelle XIV, Paris
Worst Case Scenario, curated by Chloe Bonnie More, Paris
Head Office, Poush Manifesto, Clichy
2020
The Ghost Between the Guest and the Host, commissariat Laurent & Raphael Giannesini, Poush Manifesto, Clichy
Waiting Room, Poush Manifesto, Clichy
LIMBO, commissariat Leo Lopez, Everyday Gallery, Anvers
Home Theatre Saison 4 : La Salle à Manger, Manufacture des Gobelins, Paris
Exposition pour le lancement de Feu magazine N°2, Glassbox, Paris
Home Theatre Saison 2 : Le Salon, Manufacture des Gobelins, Paris
Tumulus, commisariat Leo Lopez, Everyday Gallery, Anvers
2019
Home Theatre Saison 1 : Le Cabinet, Manufacture des Gobelins, Paris
Exposition pour le lancement de Temple Magazine N°7, Glassbox, Paris
Savoir Faire Savoir, Galerie des Galeries, Galeries Lafayette, Paris
2018
Scénographie pour la performance Carte Blanche à Zoé Guédard, « L’invitation au musée », Centre National de la Danse, Pantin
COLLECTIONS
2023
CNAP, Collège Arts décoratifs, design et métiers d’art, Paris
2020
Collection KADIST , Paris
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Xolo Cuintle
PB PROJECT: Sequel to 1450°C
01/27/2024 - 03/09/2024