Fabienne VERDIER (Born in 1962)

Education

1979-1983 Studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Toulouse 1982-1984 Studied Chinese at the Institut des Langues et Civilisations Orientales in ,

Awards

1982 Grand prize, Toulouse Municipal painting competition 1983 First scholarship for the study of Chinese in the context of the sister cities relationship between Toulouse and , . Excellence prize, Fine Arts Institute of Sichuan, China

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2014 Crossing Signs, Hong City Hall, , China The Ink Discipline: A series of rare original prints by , Hing Wai Centre, Hong Kong, China

2013 Objects and Paintings, David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles Fabienne Verdier, The Spirit of Painting: A Tribute to the Flemish Renaissance, at Groeninge Museum and Memling Museum (St. John Hospital), , Fabienne Verdier, Eloges, notes et etudes, Erasmus House, Art Plural Gallery, Patrick Derom Gallery, Brussels Galerie Jaeger Bucher, Paris

2012 Art Plural Gallery, Singapore

2009 Peinture, Galerie Jaeger Bucher, Paris Elles @ , Musée National d’Art Moderne Centre Pompidou

2007 Galerie Alice Pauli, ,

2005 Galerie Alice Pauli, Lausanne, Switzerland

2004 Silvacane Abbey (Centre des Monuments nationaux et ville d’Aix-en- Provence)

2003 Ariane Dandois Gallery, Paris

2001 Chapelle des Beaux-arts, Paris

1997 Pacific Cultural Foundation, Taiwan

1996 Galerie Joyce, Palais Royal, Paris

1993 Centre for Contemporary Art, Hong Kong

1992 Maison de la Chine, Paris, France

1991 French Cultural Centre,

1990 French Embassy, Beijing, China

1989 Fine Arts Museum, Chongqing China

1983 Palais des beaux-arts, Toulouse, France

Selected Group Exhibitions

2014 “Köningsklasse II”, , at Herrenschiemsee Palace, “Formes simples”, Centre Pompidou, Metz, France “Flux”, Art Plural Gallery, Singapore

2013 The Collection, Kunsthaus , Zurich, Switzerland

2012 My Private Passion – Foundation Hubert Looser, Kunstforum, , Austria. Waddington Custot Galleries, London Fine Art Asia 2012, Art Plural Gallery, Hong Kong Art Stage Singapore 2012, Art Plural Gallery, Singapore

2011 Regards Croisés: A Selection of Asian Contemporary Art, Art Plural Gallery, Singapore

2009 FIAC, Paris Elles@Centre Pompidou, Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris

2008 Expansion Résonance, Galerie Jaeger Bucher, Paris

2006 Art Paris, Grand Palais, Paris Galerie Alice Pauli, Lausanne, Switzerland

1990 Contemporary Brushstrokes, Beijing Fine Arts Museum, China

1989 International calligraphy exhibition, Peking Fine Arts Centre

Selected Commissions and Permanent Collections

2013 Commission for Majunga Tower, Paris

2010 Commission from the Palazzo Totrlonia Foundation,

2009 Collection of Uli Sigg

2008 Collection of Beat Curti

2007 Collection of Musée National d’Art Moderne Centre Pompidou Collection of H.Looser Foundation

2005 Collection of François Pinault Collection of Barbier-Mueller

2004 Collection of Bruce Kovner

2003 Permanent collection of Musée Cernuschi Permanent collection of E. de Rothschild

2001 State commission for the official logo and visual conception of ‘Année de la Chine en France et Année de la France en Chine’ for the joint project of the French Foreign Ministry and the Chinese Ministry of Culture.

1998 State commission via the Centre national des arts plastiques for the creation of the official poster for the Avignon Theatre Festival, France