ORLAN CURRICULUM VITAE www.ORLAN.eu CONTENTS CONTENTS.......................................................................................... 2 RESUME .............................................................................................. 3 EXHIBITIONS ..................................................................................... 11 TALKS & CONFERENCES ................................................................. 62 BIBLIOGRAPHY ................................................................................. 72 Monographs ........................................................................................................ 72 Group Exhibition CAtAlogs .................................................................................. 77 Books feAturing ORLAN ...................................................................................... 99 Academic Writings About ORLAN ..................................................................... 120 Books inspired by ORLAN ................................................................................ 124 Books written by ORLAN .................................................................................. 124 ScolArship works feAturing ORLAN .................................................................. 124 WRITERS BY COUNTRY ................................................................. 125 PRESS ............................................................................................. 132 FrAnce ..................................................................... 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Europe ............................................................................................................ 164 North AmericA ................................................................................................ 179 South America ................................................................................................ 186 AsiA ................................................................................................................ 186 Other Countries .............................................................................................. 188 FILMOGRAPHY ............................................................................... 189 Directed And Produced by ORLAN ................................................................... 189 FeAturing ORLAN ............................................................................................. 190 DISCOGRAPHY ............................................................................... 193 LINKS ............................................................................................... 195 2 RESUME ORLAN wAs born in SAint-Étienne, FrAnce. She lives And works between PAris, Los Angeles And New York. (ORLAN is written eAch letter in capitAl) 1. ARTISTIC PRACTICES ORLAN is one of the most fAmous french Artist internAtionAlly Known. She creAtes sculptures, photogrAphs, performAnces, videos, And videogAmes, Augmented reAlity And uses scientific And medical technics like surgery And biogenetic. ORLAN chAnges constAntly And rAdically the dAtAs, which disrupt conventions, And “reAdy- mAde thinking”. She is opposed to the nAturAl determinism, sociAl And politic And to All dominAtion forms, mAle supremAcy, religion, culturAl segregAtion And rAcism, etc. AlwAys mixed with humor, often pArody or even grotesque, her provocative Artworks can shock because she shAkes up the pre-estAblished codes. 2. HONORIFIC In 2019, ORLAN received the MAestro Academico Emerito by AcademiA Di Belle Arti Di RomA delivered by the director of the AcademiA, TiziAnA D’Acchille. In 2010, ORLAN wAs mAde Chevalier de l’ordre nAtionAl du Mérite And received the medAl from Fréderic MitterrAnd, then Minister of Culture. In 2007, during the retrospective of her work At the Musée d’Art Moderne of her nAtive town of Saint-Étienne, ORLAN received the Golden MedAl of SAint-Étienne And the Bronze MedAl of Saint-Étienne Métropole. In 2003, ORLAN wAs mAde Chevalier de L’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture. The medAl wAs delivered by Jean-Jacques AillAgon, then Minister of Culture. 3. AWARDS, GRANTS AND PRIZES ORLAN hAs received severAl AwArds And grAnts throughout her cAreer : In 2019, ORLAN wAs honored by the speciAl price of the WomAn of the yeAr by the Prince of Monte-Carlo (MonAco). In 2018, ORLAN received the Hundred Heroines of Photography price from The Royal PhotogrAhic Society At PAris Photo (PAris) In 2017 she received the AwArd for FemAle Excellence from the Ministry of InternAtionAl AffAirs 3 in GenoA (ItAly) In 2016, ORLAN received the E-reputAtion AwArd, designAting the most observed And followed Artist on the Web (FrAnce). In 2015, ORLAN wAs invited in residence At the Getty ReseArch Insitute of Los Angeles Acting As A reseArcher (U.S.A.). In 2004 she won the top prize At The Moscow Festival of PhotogrAphy (RussiA). In 1999 she wAs AwArded the Arcimboldo Prize for digitAl photogrAphy from Hewlett PAckard (FrAnce) And won the Griffel-Kunst Prize in HAmburg (GermAny). In 1989 And 1992 she received two grAnts from FIACRE (Fonds d’InnovAtion Artistique et Culturelle en Rhône-Alpes) for her reseArch And residency in ChennAi (Former MAdrAs, IndiA). In 1993 she received the Prix MonA Lisa And Prix Prix LAvoisier (FrAnce). In 1967 she received the Top Prize from the ‘Bourse du TrAvail’ in SAint-Étienne (FrAnce). 4. ARTISTIC RESIDENCES In 2016, ORLAN wAs invited by the Getty ReseArch Institute in Los Angeles, CA (U.S.A) to pArticipAte on their ScholAr ReseArch And Residence ProgrAm. In 2008 she wAs Also A guest At SymbioticA, the Art An science collAborAtive reseArch lAborAtory of the University of Western AustrAliA in Perth (AustrAliA). In 2007 she wAs invited by the Getty Institute in Los Angeles, CA (U.S.A.) to pArticipAte in their ScholAr ReseArch And Residence ProgrAm. In 2005 ORLAN wAs A guest At the ISCP (InternAtionAl Studio And CurAtoriAl ProgrAm) in New York, NY (U.S.A.), sponsored by the AFAA (AssociAtion FrAnçaise d’Action Artistique). 5. PUBLIC COMMISSIONS ORLAN produced two lArge instAllAtions for : NAntes University, UFR PhArmAcie & SAnté, FrAnce. The Medical LibrAry of NAntes University, FrAnce. 6. MAIN RETROSPECTIVES Several Retrospectives have been dedicated to ORLAN: MAison européenne de lA photogrAphie, ORLAN en capitAles, in PAris (FrAnce) curAted by Jeromes Neutres (2017) Sungkok Art Museum, ORLAN-Techno-Body Retrospective in Seoul (Republic of KoreA), curAted by Soukyoun Lee (2016) 4 FRAC BAsse-NormAndie and Saint-SAuveur Church, ORLAN TODAY in CAen (FrAnce), curAted by Sylvie Froux (2016) Museo de AntioquiA, ORLAN / Arte CArnAl y cuerpo en questión in Medellin (ColombiA) curAted by Ricardo Arcos-PalmA (2012) Museo de Arte Moderno de BogotA, ORLAN / HibridAciones y RefigurAciones, curAted by Ricardo Arcos-PalmA (2012) Museum van HedendAAgse Kunst, M HKA, MesuRAges (1968-2012) Action: ORLAN-body in Antwerpen (Belgium) curAted by BArt de BAere (2012) PrometeogAllery di IdA Pisani in MilAn & LuccA (ItAly), curAted by Eugenio ViolA (2010). TAllinA Kunstihoone in TAllinn (EstoniA), curAted by Eugenio ViolA (2008). Museum of Modern Art of SAint-Étienne (FrAnce), curAted by LorAnd Hegyi (2007). CCC (Centre de CréAtion ContemporAine) in Tours (FrAnce), curAted by AlAin Julien-Laferrière (2004). Centre NAtionAl de lA PhotogrAphie in PAris (FrAnce), curAted by Regis DurAnd, Assisted by ClAire GuezengAr (2004). FRAC (Fond RégionAl d’Art ContemporAin) PAys de lA Loire (FrAnce), curAted by JeAn FrAnçois Taddei (2002). Centro de FotogrAfia in SAlamAncA And Centro-Museo VAsco de Arte Contemporáneo Artium Artium in VictoriA (SpAin), curAted by OlgA Guinot And Jan GuArdiolA (2002). 7. BIENNALES ORLAN’s work has been featured in several Biennales of Contemporary Art: In UkrAine At the Kyiv InternAtionAl (2017); In PAkistAn At the KArAchi BiennAle (2017); In Peru at the LimA BiennAle (2016); In SenegAl At the DAKAr BiennAle (2016); In MAli at the BAmAKo BiennAle (2015); In ItAly At the Venice BiennAle (1986, 1993, 1997, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2017); In Greece At the ThessAloniki BiennAle (2011); In RussiA At the Moscow BiennAle (2004, 2009); In Pologne At the PoznAn BiennAle (2008); In South KoreA At the Busan BiennAle (2016, 2008) and the ChAngwon BiennAle (2016); In AustrAlie At the Sydney BiennAle (1992); BiennAle of Electronic Arts Perth Stillness (2007); 5 In SpAin At the VAlenciA BiennAle (2003); In Turquie At the IstAnbul BiennAle (2001); In FrAnce At FIAC PAris BiennAle (1975, 1980), Nice BiennAle (1981) In FrAnce At Lyon BiennAle (1995, 2000); In YugoslAviA At the LjubljAnA BiennAle (1987). 8. EXHIBITION PLACES ORLAN’s work has been featured in several exhibitions all over the world. In France : Centre Georges Pompidou, PAlAis de Tokyo, Musée d’Orsay, MAison Européenne de lA PhotogrAphie, Centre NAtionAl de lA PhotogrAphie, Musée Bourdelle (PAris), Centre de CréAtion ContemporAine (CCC) de Tours, Musée d’Art contemporAin de MArseille, Musée des BeAux-Arts de NAntes, Musée du NouveAu Monde LA Rochelle, Musée d’Art Moderne de Saint- Étienne, VillA Arson, Nice, etc... In the U.S.A : Andy WArhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA; LACMA et MOCA, Los Angeles, CA; PS1, New York, NY; BAss Museum, MiAmi, FL; Schmidt Center GAllery Public SpAce of FloridA AtlAntic University, Boca RAton, FL; Mildred LAne Kemper Art Museum, SAint-Louis, MO; Sheldon Museum, Lincoln, NE, etc... In Canada : Art GAlerie of VAncouver, Le lieu, Quebec, MAcLuhAn Science Center, Toronto. In Colombia :