Romain Vicari
Romain Vicari, Double-Face Over Me, 2022, site-specific installation, variable size, resin, glass, light bulbs, found objects, lead, wood, steel, video, plaster, oranges and various materials, exhibition view 'Garage Band', courtesy of Adrien Thibault.
Romain Vicari (b. 1990) is the winner of the Prix Découverte des Amis du Palais de Tokyo (2016). Influenced by the language of the construction site, his practice is determined by the exploration of the territory and the will to maintain a state of ruin. His installations extend his approach of appropriation, fragmentation, and deconstruction, painting a picture of an underwater archaeology. He develops his practice in places that he considers to be dead architectures, non-places. The pieces he creates there are ephemeral because they share the same transitory aspect with these sites in perpetual mutation. The scale of these pieces is very important because they result from a physiological relationship of his body to the space. Their presence therefore has a certain human energy. The notions of scale, architecture, ruin and precarious equilibrium play a key role in his approach.
Biography
Exhibitions
His work has been presented in several group exhibi- tions, including at BSMNT Gallery (2020, Leipzig), Studio Argote (2020, Pantin), La Villette (2020, Paris), Houloc (2020, Aubervilliers), Palais de Tokyo (2018, Paris), at the Villette de Paris (2020 and 2019 Paris), at the CAC La Traverse (2019 and 29015, Alfortville), ThunderCage (2019, Aubervilliers), at the Magasins Généraux (2018, Pantin), at the Ateliers Vortex (Dijon, 2017), at the Parc Saint Léger, Center for Contemporary
Art (2017, Dorne),at the Villa Medicis (2017, Rome), at the Bugada & Cargnel gallery (2017, Paris), at the Air Project gallery (2017, Geneva), at the Villa Medicis (2017, Rome), at the Double V gallery (2017, Marseille), at the Sans Titre gallery (2016, Paris), at the Ceysson & Bénétière gallery (2016, Saint Etienne), at the Villa Belleville (2016, Belleville), at the Jeanroch Dard gallery (2015, Brussels) or at the Friche Belle de Mai (2015, Marseille), at the Dohyang lee gallery (2015, Paris).
In 2020 he had a monographic exhibition at Placement Produit (Paris), and in 2021 at Ateliers Chiffonnier (Dijon). Romain Vicari is curator of the ThunderCage exhibition project in Aubervilliers. He has participated in the festival Ovini (2018, Nice) and at the 14th Bien- nale Lyon, MONDES FLOTTANTS (2017, Lyon).
Awards
2016 Prix Découverte des Amis du Palais de Tokyo, Paris, FR
2016 Prix Fondation Maison Rouge, FR
2012 Prix ICART, Paris, FR (nominated)
Related Artworks
Romain Vicari (born in 1990 in Paris) lives and works between Paris and Sao Paulo. Graduated and congratulated from ENSA Dijon (2012, Dijon) and ENSBA Paris (2014, Paris), Romain Vicari is laureate of the Prix Découverte des Amis du Palais de Tokyo (2016, Paris), finalist of the Prix Fondation de la Maison Rouge (2016, Biarritz).
Romain Vicari 'Pegasus', 2021, Rice, digital photography, resin, steel, 180 x 120 cm
Romain Vicari 'Folha', 2017, Resin, steel, 120 x 180 cm
Romain Vicari, 'Folha 2', 2017, Resin, steel, 20 x 220 cm
Romain Vicari 'Folha 3', 2017, Resin, steel, 40 x 30 cm
Romain Vicari 'Big Sky Blue', 2018, Resin, steel, 210 x 140 cm
Romain Vicari, 'Exygu&', 2020, Resin, 35 x 20 x 15 cm
Romain Vicari, 'Nie@mnj', 2020 Resin, 35 x 20 x 15 cm
Romain Vicari, 'Double Face Over Me - Model', 2022, Resin, plaster, glass, screen, light bulbs, found objects, lead, wood, steel, video, plaster and miscellaneous materials, Variable size