BIOGRAPHY

Born in 1974, Éric Antoine is a self-taught French photographer.
During his adolescence, he discovered his passion and put all his energy into exploring the possibilities of film photography. In 2010, he chose the tranquility of a house in the countryside, far from the chaos of cities. He considerably slows down his pace and concentrates on life and nature in their simplest appearances. For 5 years, he only photographed his close environment, within his house. This period of voluntary isolation will give birth to the book Ensemble Seul at the end of 2015.
For several years, Éric Antoine has focused his work on the ancient technique of wet collodion. Each stage is managed by the artist, from the preparation of the chemicals to the final framing, passing through the multiple constraints of a capricious technique. All is a singular alchemy, and the use of primitive photographic equipment reinforces the feeling of absence and tranquility in his photographs. These images on glass, the fragile result of laborious work, firmly counter the contemporary “digital deluge” that Éric Antoine denounces.
Eric Antoine centers his current work on the relationship between the body and the tree, the fragmented body dialoguing with nature. He treats the rendering of materials like a painter. Between flesh and bark. We think of pictoriality. He does not hide his interest in the work of Steichen but, although it is deeply opposed, he also admits his attraction for the radical expression of the new objectivity and a particular passion for Renger-Patzsch. “It's absurd to love both but my heart swings and I question myself every time I should or shouldn't accept the flaws of an image”.
Éric Antoine exhibits his photographs in galleries and museums in France and abroad.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
National Library of France - Paris
MAIN BIBLIOGRAPHIES
The use of time, text by Pierre Wat, Paris, Galerie Berthet-Aittouarès, 2018
Together alone– By Eric Antoine Monograph – 196 pages, 2015
Preface by Eloïse Conesa - Historian of photography and Curator in charge of contemporary photography at the National Library of France
PORT LAND - By Eric Antoine Monograph – 60 pages, 2013
2024
- Abodes, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, USA
- Horizons, Galerie Capazza, Nançay, France
2022
-Even Ghosts Get Lost, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, USA
2021
- Spring X hotel de Gallifet, Hotel de Gallifet, Aix en Provence, France
- Useful Lies, Photo Saint Germain, Galerie Berthet-Aittouares, Paris, France
2020
- Modern Art Fair, Galerie Capazza, Paris, France
- Spring X Paris, Spring contemporary art agency, Paris, France
2019
- Useful lies, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, USA
2018
- Photographs, Galerie Berthet-Aittouarès (as part of Photo Saint-Germain), Paris, France
- The Simplicity Complex, SHOOT gallery, Oslo, Norway
- The Kickplate Project, Wales, 76m2 gallery, Pontypool, Wales
2017
- Traffic(s), Cormeilles-en-Parisi, France
- AIPAD photo fair, SHOOT gallery New York, USA
- Art Karlsruhe, contemporary art fair Karlsruhe, Germany
2016
- St'art, European Contemporary Art Fair Strasbourg, France
- Between Two, Barrois Bar le Duc Museum, Bar le Duc, France
2015
- St'art, European Contemporary Art Fair Strasbourg, France
- See the place, Museum of Plombieres les Bains, France
- Black Mirror, Landskröna Museum Sweden
2013
- Port Land, SCOPE, Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland
2012
- Art en Capitale, Art fair at the Grand Palais, Paris, France
- Retroduction, Templar Tower, Hyères, France
2010
- Retroduction, La Gaieté Lyrique, Paris, France
2007
- Riding Modern Art (With Raphael Zarka), Lyon Contemporary Art Biennial, Lyon, France
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Texte de Pierre Wat
Edition Galerie Berthet-Aittouarès, 2018
48 pages
Dimensions: 22 x 22 cm
ISBN:978-2-490315-01-7
Prix de vente: 25 €
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