PIERRE HUYGHE

Huyghe’s oeuvre has gained international acclaim for its ability to challenge conventional forms of representation and accepted, narrative models. Covering an eclectic array of topics—ranging, variously, from genetic engineering and new realist philosophy to seascapes—Huyghe’s work unremittingly interrogates the contours of cultural, biological and exhibition-based systems.

Huyghe has been celebrated internationally with solo exhibitions at venues including the Serpentine Gallery, London, UK (2018), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, U.S.A. (2014), Ludwig Museum, Cologne, Germany (2014), Centre Pompidou, Paris, France (2013), Tate Modern, London, UK (2006). He has also featured in major international group shows including the Skulptur Projekte, Münster (2017), Documenta, Kassel, Germany (2012), Sydney Biennal, Autralia (2008), Whitney Biennal, New York, U.S.A. (2006).

In 2017, Huyghe participated in the decennial exhibition of public art Skulptur Projekte Münster with the highly regarded speculative ecosystem After A Life Ahead. In 2017, Huyghe was awarded the Nasher Prize for Sculpture. He was also the recipient of the Kurt Schwitters Prize at The Sprengel Museum in Hannover, Germany (2015), Roswitha Haftmann Prize in Zurich (2013), the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Contemporary Artist Award (2010), the Hugo Boss Prize (2002), the Special Jury Prize awarded by 49^th Venice Biennale (2001) and received the DAAD Artist in Residence grant in Berlin (1999–2000).

Courtesy Galerie Chantal Crousel