Nicolas Tourte

Nicolas Tourte was born in 1977 in Charleville-Mézières, France (the birthplace of the poet Arthur Rimbaud).

He lives in Lille and works everywhere.
He is an associated artist at Groupe A Cultural Cooperative
After studying at ESAD in Valenciennes, he focused on the notion of cycle and maintained a strong link with architecture. The life sciences guide him in his research, he questions with humor and derision the place of man in the universe.

In 2015 he lived in Rome, Italy and imagined the monumental video installation “Lupanar” deployed during the Interstice #10 festival, Caen.

In 2016, “Stratigraphic Views”, a series of photomontages related to trench warfare, was the subject of the personal exhibition “Crepuscular State”, at the “Musée de la Piscine”, Roubaix.

IN 2017 “Intermediate Visions”, an exhibition at the “Château d’Hardelot” with a retrospective feel.

In 2018, he was invited to the Gran Taipei, Taiwan Biennale and exhibited his research on natural phenomena in Katowice, Poland during COP 24, Cooldown, with the Alliance Française.

In 2019, he was selected by HYAM to inaugurate its first carte blanche to a French artist on the island of Hydra, Greece. He participated in the exhibition “Plein vent!” curated by COAL (Art and Environment) at the Sugar Hall, Dunkirk.

In 2020, he designed Éllipses, commissioned by the Route des Villes d’Eaux du Massif Central, presented at Vidéoformes, Clermont Ferrand.

In 2021, his graphic works entered the FRAC Picardie collection.
Initiated by Espace, the artist would collaborate with four museums in French-speaking Flanders and would hold a contextual exhibition in each location.

In 2022, the artist took part in the Artists’ Perspective on urban planning program through “No shelter”, a sculpture in a public space.

In September 2023, the artist was invited to the Shenzhen Art Museum, China, to present a
new configuration of his work “Lupanar”.

In 2024, Tourte became an associated artist at Group A, joins a residency program at the Rimbun Dahan Art Center, Selengor, Malaysia and deploys a unique structure on the Pont du Gard site (France).

Artist Website｜ https://www.nicolastourte.net/

Instagram｜ https://www.instagram.com/nicolastourte_art/

Vimeo｜https://vimeo.com/nicolastourte

［Solo Exhibitions］

2024　Terrain Vague, La Sécu, espace d’art contemporain, Lille, France
2023　Lupanar, Shenzhen Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
2022　Home cinema, Groupe A, Lille, France
2022　Flash back , quARTier, Fresnes-sur-Escaut, France
2022　Quai des arts, Argentan, France
2021　Parcours parallèle, Espace 36
2021　Falling into infinity, Flow, Lille
2021　Ellipses, Centre culturel de Vichy, Videoformes
2020　Origines, Chasse Royale, Valenciennes
2019　Témoin, HYam/ Hydra, Greece
2019　Paradigma, La Belle Époque, Villeneuve d’Ascq, France
2019　Au nord du futur, Galerie L’Œil Histrion, Caen, France
2018　Earth wind and fire, Espace Frontière$, Lille, France
2018　Vidéobar #54, Chapelle de l’Oratoire, Vidéoformes, Clermont-Ferrand, France
2018　Unité de valeur, Espace des Tanneurs, L’Aigle, France
2017　Visions intermédiaires, Château d’Hardelot, France
2017　A place to BEEP, Mémorial de Monthormel, France
2016　Drag and drop, Galerie Laure Roynette, Commissariat Renato Casciani, Paris, France
2016　Etat crépusculaire, Musée de la Piscine, Commissariat Sylvette Gaudichon, Roubaix, France
2015　Lupanar, Interstice #10, Station Mir, ESAM, Caen, France
2015　Ovaire toute la nuit, Musée de l’Ardenne, Charleville-Mézières, France
2014　Pete and Repeat , Galerie Laure Roynette, Paris, France
2014　La tête dans les nuages, ZONA MACO , Mexico
2013　Mise à jour v 3.0, Musée Arthur Rimbaud, France
2013　Tutti frutti, Galerie L’Œil Histrion, Hermanville sur Mer, France
2012　Fabrique d’images, Musée de Louviers, France
2012　Immersions, Lille 3000, France

［Group Exhibitions］

2024
Effervescences, Château du Rivau, France
L’époque bénie des globophages, Idem + art, Maubeuge, France
So Sorry, Trans Galerie, Paris, France
Noise_Media Art, Commissariat Dominique Moulon, Istanbul, Turkey

2023
Dsoérdre , H Gallery, Paris, France
Game Over, Parcours d’art contemporain, Tourrines-la-Grosse, Belgium
Polaris, Maison de la culture, Arlon, Belgium
Figurer l’absence, Galerie Provost Hacker, Lille, France
Particules, Centre d’art Arc en ciel, Lievin, France
So flowers, Trans Galerie, Paris, France

2022
Around Video art fair #2, Moxy hotel, Lille, France
Memory from the future, Macadam gallery, Bruxelles, Belgium
Wall of sound, Fondation La Ruche-Seydoux, Paris, France
Regards d’Artistes sur l’Urbanisme #7, Groupe A, Roubaix, France
Safranumerique, Safran, Amiens, France
Ricochet, Quai des arts, Cugnaux, France

2021
Coton : Dissonance, Musée de Cholet, France
Soyez les bienvenu e s, FRAC Picardie, Amiens, France
So écolo ou pas, Trans Galerie, Paris, France

2020
L’Echo du silence, Culture Foundry, Paris, France
Vanités, Galerie Laure Roynette, Paris, France
Paysages, Centre d’art Puzzle, Thionville, France
Métamophose du quotidien, Maioson Des Arts Rosa Bonheur, Chevilly-Larue, France
Vidéoforme 2020, Clermont-Ferrand, France

2019
Plein Vent, Halle aux sucres, Commissariat : COAL, Dunkerque, France
Micro Macro, Abbaye de Neimenster, Luxembourg
Interstice #14, Station Mir, Caen, France
Da da s in, Abbatiale de St Hubert, Belgium

2018
Hyper Quotidien, Biennale Gran Taipei, Taiwan
Cool Down Project – COP 24, Katowice, Poland
Medio Acqua, Base sous-marine, Commissariat Renato Casciani, Bordeaux, France
1001 nights, 1001 works, Commissariat Alice Mogabgab, Libanon
Clar de vermell, Mutuo Galería, Barcelone, Spania

2015
Serendipity, Galerie Laure Roynette, Paris/ France
Format à l’italienne VI, Espace Le Carré, Lille/ France
Centre d’art contemporain du Luxembourg Belge, Montauban/ France
FEW, Wattwiller, France
Wanderland, Hermès – Saatchi Gallery, London, England

 

Residencies (2004 – 2024)
Flow, Lille
Espace 36, Art & Science, St Omer
Vidéoformes, Clermont-Ferrand
Atelier Wicar, Rome – avec le soutien de l’Institut français
Espace(s) Son(s) Hainaut(s), Transcultures, Mons
Laboratoire, sous le regard de Christian Rizzo, le Fresnoy, Le Phénix
IEAC, Groupe A
National Taiwan University of Arts, Taipei
Villa Caldèron
Les Bains-Douches
Usine Utopik
Station Mir

Grants
L’empreinte écologique de l’art, 2020
HYam, 2019 
Prix Wicar, 2015
Aide à l’installation (DRAC), 2015
Pictanovo, fond expérience interactive, PNC, Acnot, ID3om, 2014
Aide à la création (DRAC), 2011

Public Collections
FRAC Picardie, Département de l’Orne, Département du Pas-de-Calais, Château d’Hardelot, Ville de Lille, Ville de Roubaix

Orders and collaborations
Fondation Abbé Pierre, Hermès