Marguerite Bornhauser has attracted considerable attention in recent years. Simon Baker, Director of the Maison Européenne de la Photographie in Paris (MEP), who hosted her first solo show in 2019, writes: “Color is not just the focus of her work, but more often a way of perceiving, re-seeing and picturing the world. And hers is a world that, at first glance, perhaps looks little different to our own: fragments of daily life, details, faces and places. But it is the nature of Bornhauser’s aesthetic response to the things she sees around her that mark her out as one of the most significant young photographers working in France today.”
In 2020, Bornhauser was the winner of the emerging photographer of the year Photo London. For Baker, the world-renowned artists William Eggleston and Wolfgang Tillmans are important precursors of Bornhauser‘s practice, especially in dealing with color and perspective. He underlines Bornhauser’s cross-disciplinary affinities with writers, painters and theorists: “The overall effect of Bornhauser’s practice, however, is to remind us of the way in which color can echo, not only from one image to another, but from one place, or one moment in time, to another. Color as subject-matter, or rather, color as a means of producing photographic representations of the real world, becomes a kind of psychological projection into or onto the everyday. In a sense this is why Bornhauser has so much in common with writers like Hammett or painters like Henri Matisse, each of whom were sensitive to color in their own unique and personal way. More in common with pictorial or linguistic abstractions derived or drawn from color, than with other photographers for whom color is simply a technical issue to be resolved and exploited.”
Marguerite Bornhauser was born in 1989; she lives and works in Paris. After studying literature and journalism, she attended the National School of Photography in Arles, graduating in 2015. The Maison Européenne de la Photographie in Paris (MEP) presented her first solo show in 2019. Her work has been shown in several art institutions, galleries and art festivals worldwide, example, in France (Paris, Arles, Toulouse, Deauville), the United States, Great Britain, Belgium, Portugal, Turkey, and most recently in Japan.
In 2020, Bornhauser was the winner of the emerging photographer of the year Photo London. For Baker, the world-renowned artists William Eggleston and Wolfgang Tillmans are important precursors of Bornhauser‘s practice, especially in dealing with color and perspective. He underlines Bornhauser’s cross-disciplinary affinities with writers, painters and theorists: “The overall effect of Bornhauser’s practice, however, is to remind us of the way in which color can echo, not only from one image to another, but from one place, or one moment in time, to another. Color as subject-matter, or rather, color as a means of producing photographic representations of the real world, becomes a kind of psychological projection into or onto the everyday. In a sense this is why Bornhauser has so much in common with writers like Hammett or painters like Henri Matisse, each of whom were sensitive to color in their own unique and personal way. More in common with pictorial or linguistic abstractions derived or drawn from color, than with other photographers for whom color is simply a technical issue to be resolved and exploited.”
Marguerite Bornhauser was born in 1989; she lives and works in Paris. After studying literature and journalism, she attended the National School of Photography in Arles, graduating in 2015. The Maison Européenne de la Photographie in Paris (MEP) presented her first solo show in 2019. Her work has been shown in several art institutions, galleries and art festivals worldwide, example, in France (Paris, Arles, Toulouse, Deauville), the United States, Great Britain, Belgium, Portugal, Turkey, and most recently in Japan.
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Exhibitions
2022
• (solo) Galeria Carlos Carvalho Arte, Lisboa de cember, march 2023
• (solo) Galery BILDHALLE, Amsterdam, june
• Arco Lisboa, Galerie Carlos Carvalho Arte, may
• Le Grand Café – centre d’art contemporain, Saint Nazaire, march
2021
• Bahrain, French Alliance, november
• Paris Photo, Gallery Carlos Carvalho Arte, november
• Kyotography, Gallery HOSOO, Kyoto, september
• Photo London, Gallery Carlos Carvalho Arte, september
• Emerging Photographer of the year, Nikon, Photo London, september
• Kyotographie, Gallery Hosoo, Kyoto, september
• Superzoom, Galerie Joesph, Paris, May
• Renk ver bana, Kasa Gallery, Istanbul, March
• Hangar Art Photo Center, Photo Brussels Festival 05, January
2020
• Paris Photo, november - cancelled due to covid
• Festival In Cadaquès, October Portes ouvertes de Montreuil, October
• Photo London, october - cancelled due to covid
• Espace Futur, Not so crazy girls, September
• Invisible Stranger, Carlos Carvalho Gallery, Portugal, June
• RATP Metro Paris, Moisson Rouge, June Photo London, June
• Théâtre national de Chaillot, june - cancelled due to covid
• Nuits de la Photo, Switzerland, February
2019
• Paris Photo, Grand Palais, Paris, November
• Salon de la Photo, Paris, November Festival été Indien, Arles, September
• Francs Bourgeois, Arles, July
• (solo) Maison Européenne de la Photographie, June
• (solo) Galerie Made, Paris, March
• AMP Studios, London, March
2018
• Marion Vidal, June
• Jeune Création, Projection, May
• Havas gallery, February
2017
• Rue des Filles du Calvaire, October
• Rue de l‘Université, November
• What‘s Up Photo Doc, Paris, April
• Hameau des Baux, April
• (duo) Ourcq Blanc, February
2016
• (solo) Triton, Paris November
• (solo) Issy-les-Moulineaux, September
• Galerie Atelier du Midi, Arles, Les rencontres de la photo d‘Arles, July
• (solo) Musée Dupuy, Festval MAP Toulouse June
• (duo) Galerie Atelier du Midi, Arles, May
• Art rooms, London, ione & mann, April
• L‘avant goût du Hameau, Maussane, April
2015
• Agnès B, Paris, November
• Festival Planches Contact, Deauville, October
• Le BAL, Paris -Display - September
• BETC, Paris, September Nord Pinus, Rencontres d‘Arles, July
• Eglise Saint-Julien, Arles, July
• Palais de l’Archevêché, Arles, June
• (solo) Public art exhibition, Cincinnati Art Museum, April
• La Manutention, Paris, April
Books
Marguerite Bornhauser, Percevoir, Editions de La Martinière, texts by Flavien Berger and Simon Baker 2019
The world within, Hangar art center, texts by Christian Caujolle and Delphine Dumont
Red Harvest, Poursuite Editions, text. by Simon Baker 2019
8, Poursuite Editions, 2018
Plastic Colors, Les Editions du Lic, 2017
Carnet de Résidence du Hameau des Baux, Poursuite Editions, 2017
Fisheye photobook, 2017
8, Self published, 2016.
Festival de créations photographiques à Deauville Edition 6, Filligranes Editions, 2015
Echappées Belles, Edition Diaphane, 2015
Plastic Colors, Self published, January 2015.
Awards & Residencies
2021-2024 / Residency carte blanche for Le Grand Palais, Paris
2022 / Residency at Chapelle Saint Antoine, Naxos, Greece - July
2022 / Residency in Détroit, USA - june & october
2020 / Winner of the emerging photographer of the year Photo London
2020 / Shortlisted in the Foam Talent Call, 2020
2016 / Residency on archaeological excavations in Arles with the Departmental Museum of Antique Arles, the National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research, the National School of Photography and the Photo Festival of Arles
2016 / Residency in Hameau des Baux in Maussane
2016 / Shortlisted for the Athens Photo Festival
2015 / Book Plastic Colors short-listed for the First Book Award, Mack books
2015 / Residency Planches Contact Photo festival in Deauville with Fondation Louis Roederer
2014 / Residency in Weißensee Kunsthochschule, Berlin
Workshops, Talks Jury, Books Launches (Extracts)
2022 / Workshop for Les Rencontres de la photographie d‘Arles
2020 / Bloo Ecole, jury of the Diplomas
2020 / Not so crazy girls, jury of the exhibition
2020 / Orange, jury of the award Orange at Home
2020 / MEP, jury of the award « Fenêtre ouverte » during confinement
2017-2020 / Workshop Musée Arles Antique, Photography & Archeology
2019 / Conference au Grand Palais, Paris Photo
2019 / Talk with les jeudis arty, Carreau du temple, Paris
2018 / Talk with the eyes, Paris Photo, grand palais 2017-2019 Workshops of Photography primary schools, Paris
2018 / Workshop Paris Secret, classes in primary schools, Paris
2018 / Workshop « Destination Louvre » pour Le Louvre,
2015 / Mediation for the Photo festival of Arles
2015-2021 / Book launches and signings in Offprint Beaux Arts Paris, le BAL Paris, Cosmos Arles, Temple Arles Book, Paris Photo Grand Palais, Media Museum London, Offprint at Tate London, Silencio Paris
Studies
2015 / MA photography, National superior school of photography (ENSP), Arles
2014 / Exchange program with the Weißensee Kunsthochschule, Berlin
2012 / Master‘s degree of literature and journalism at La Sorbonne, Paris IV
2011 / Bachelor of contemporary literature at La Sorbonne, Paris IV
2007 / Graduation specialised in Literature and arts
2022
• (solo) Galeria Carlos Carvalho Arte, Lisboa de cember, march 2023
• (solo) Galery BILDHALLE, Amsterdam, june
• Arco Lisboa, Galerie Carlos Carvalho Arte, may
• Le Grand Café – centre d’art contemporain, Saint Nazaire, march
2021
• Bahrain, French Alliance, november
• Paris Photo, Gallery Carlos Carvalho Arte, november
• Kyotography, Gallery HOSOO, Kyoto, september
• Photo London, Gallery Carlos Carvalho Arte, september
• Emerging Photographer of the year, Nikon, Photo London, september
• Kyotographie, Gallery Hosoo, Kyoto, september
• Superzoom, Galerie Joesph, Paris, May
• Renk ver bana, Kasa Gallery, Istanbul, March
• Hangar Art Photo Center, Photo Brussels Festival 05, January
2020
• Paris Photo, november - cancelled due to covid
• Festival In Cadaquès, October Portes ouvertes de Montreuil, October
• Photo London, october - cancelled due to covid
• Espace Futur, Not so crazy girls, September
• Invisible Stranger, Carlos Carvalho Gallery, Portugal, June
• RATP Metro Paris, Moisson Rouge, June Photo London, June
• Théâtre national de Chaillot, june - cancelled due to covid
• Nuits de la Photo, Switzerland, February
2019
• Paris Photo, Grand Palais, Paris, November
• Salon de la Photo, Paris, November Festival été Indien, Arles, September
• Francs Bourgeois, Arles, July
• (solo) Maison Européenne de la Photographie, June
• (solo) Galerie Made, Paris, March
• AMP Studios, London, March
2018
• Marion Vidal, June
• Jeune Création, Projection, May
• Havas gallery, February
2017
• Rue des Filles du Calvaire, October
• Rue de l‘Université, November
• What‘s Up Photo Doc, Paris, April
• Hameau des Baux, April
• (duo) Ourcq Blanc, February
2016
• (solo) Triton, Paris November
• (solo) Issy-les-Moulineaux, September
• Galerie Atelier du Midi, Arles, Les rencontres de la photo d‘Arles, July
• (solo) Musée Dupuy, Festval MAP Toulouse June
• (duo) Galerie Atelier du Midi, Arles, May
• Art rooms, London, ione & mann, April
• L‘avant goût du Hameau, Maussane, April
2015
• Agnès B, Paris, November
• Festival Planches Contact, Deauville, October
• Le BAL, Paris -Display - September
• BETC, Paris, September Nord Pinus, Rencontres d‘Arles, July
• Eglise Saint-Julien, Arles, July
• Palais de l’Archevêché, Arles, June
• (solo) Public art exhibition, Cincinnati Art Museum, April
• La Manutention, Paris, April
Books
Marguerite Bornhauser, Percevoir, Editions de La Martinière, texts by Flavien Berger and Simon Baker 2019
The world within, Hangar art center, texts by Christian Caujolle and Delphine Dumont
Red Harvest, Poursuite Editions, text. by Simon Baker 2019
8, Poursuite Editions, 2018
Plastic Colors, Les Editions du Lic, 2017
Carnet de Résidence du Hameau des Baux, Poursuite Editions, 2017
Fisheye photobook, 2017
8, Self published, 2016.
Festival de créations photographiques à Deauville Edition 6, Filligranes Editions, 2015
Echappées Belles, Edition Diaphane, 2015
Plastic Colors, Self published, January 2015.
Awards & Residencies
2021-2024 / Residency carte blanche for Le Grand Palais, Paris
2022 / Residency at Chapelle Saint Antoine, Naxos, Greece - July
2022 / Residency in Détroit, USA - june & october
2020 / Winner of the emerging photographer of the year Photo London
2020 / Shortlisted in the Foam Talent Call, 2020
2016 / Residency on archaeological excavations in Arles with the Departmental Museum of Antique Arles, the National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research, the National School of Photography and the Photo Festival of Arles
2016 / Residency in Hameau des Baux in Maussane
2016 / Shortlisted for the Athens Photo Festival
2015 / Book Plastic Colors short-listed for the First Book Award, Mack books
2015 / Residency Planches Contact Photo festival in Deauville with Fondation Louis Roederer
2014 / Residency in Weißensee Kunsthochschule, Berlin
Workshops, Talks Jury, Books Launches (Extracts)
2022 / Workshop for Les Rencontres de la photographie d‘Arles
2020 / Bloo Ecole, jury of the Diplomas
2020 / Not so crazy girls, jury of the exhibition
2020 / Orange, jury of the award Orange at Home
2020 / MEP, jury of the award « Fenêtre ouverte » during confinement
2017-2020 / Workshop Musée Arles Antique, Photography & Archeology
2019 / Conference au Grand Palais, Paris Photo
2019 / Talk with les jeudis arty, Carreau du temple, Paris
2018 / Talk with the eyes, Paris Photo, grand palais 2017-2019 Workshops of Photography primary schools, Paris
2018 / Workshop Paris Secret, classes in primary schools, Paris
2018 / Workshop « Destination Louvre » pour Le Louvre,
2015 / Mediation for the Photo festival of Arles
2015-2021 / Book launches and signings in Offprint Beaux Arts Paris, le BAL Paris, Cosmos Arles, Temple Arles Book, Paris Photo Grand Palais, Media Museum London, Offprint at Tate London, Silencio Paris
Studies
2015 / MA photography, National superior school of photography (ENSP), Arles
2014 / Exchange program with the Weißensee Kunsthochschule, Berlin
2012 / Master‘s degree of literature and journalism at La Sorbonne, Paris IV
2011 / Bachelor of contemporary literature at La Sorbonne, Paris IV
2007 / Graduation specialised in Literature and arts
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