Mark Geffriaud

Mark Geffriaud was born in 1977 in Vitry sur Seine, he lives and works in Paris.

Based on the production of installations, sculptures, films and performances the work of Mark Geffriaud focuses on the construction of time and memory. The apparition (circulation) and disappearance (oblivion) of images and forms prepares the ground of a fragmented archaeology in which misunderstanding as a cognitive process plays a great part. Free associations, formal comparisons and false fictions allow the artist to share a kind of subtle and shifted perception of the world. Mark Geffriaud’s works suggest an absence and tends to draw the outline of a universe that the viewer is invited to fill up with his own projections.

Press articles and publications

2012: The New York Times, From an Object’s Point of View, text by Karen Rosenberg, June 21; Artist’s book, The Curve of Forgotten Things, Bookworks, London; Artforum, Le sentiment des choses, Le Plateau, Paris, texte de Claire Moulène, May; Artforum, Mark Geffriaud, gb agency, Paris, review by Lilian Davies, March; L’oeil, # 642, Expérience ouverte au plateau, text by Bénédicte Ramade, Jan; Les Inrockuptibles, Le temps de l’innocence, text by Judicaël Lavrador, 23
2011: Les Inrockuptibles, #834, Un temps pour tout, text by Judicaël Lavrador, Nov 23; Mousse, # 28, Agenda (text by Julia Koropoulos), April; Exhibition catalogue, Alex Cecchetti et Mark Geffriaud : The Police Return to the Magic Shop. La Guerre, Le Théâtre, La Correspondance, programmation Satellite 4, Jeu de Paume, Paris (text by Raimundas Malasauskas); Paris-art.com, rerospective XXIème siècle (text by Céline Piettre); Artforum.com, critics’ picks, Alex Cecchetti et Mark Geffriaud (text by Rahma Khazam) April2010; Palinsesto, #0, catalogue Artissima 17, 2010; Art Review, Mise en Scène, (text by Chris Sharp), March; Zérodeux online, Ecrire dans les marges, à l’Ecole des Beaux Arts de Toulouse, July; Exhibition catalogue, The Crystal Hypothesis, GAMeC, Bergamo, (text by Elodie Royer and Yoann Gourmel); Exhibition catalogue, Alchemy Box, Maison d’art Bernard Anthonioz, Nogent-sur-Marne (text by Christophe Gallois); Exhibition catalogue, cf, Galerie Art et Essai, Editions Zédélé, (text by François Aubard); Zérodeux online, cf, review by Aude Launay, February; Les Inrockuptibles #732, et Dixon, review by Judicaël Lavrador, April 28; Mouvement online, Les aventuriers du temps perdu, review by Lucille Uhlrich, April; Exhibition catalogue, Che Cosa Sono Le Nuvole?, Museion, Bolzano, Kaleidoscope, (text by Yoann Gourmel); Exhibition catalogue, Au pied de la lettre, Domaine de Chamarande, Presses du Réel, (text by Yoann Gourmel)
2009: Mousse Magazine, #18, interview with Francesca di Nardo, April - May.; Artforum, review by Joanna Fiduccia, avril.; Semaine, review par Karen Tanguy, mars- mai.; Flash Art International, review par Chris Sharp, mars - avril.; Particules, #23, Centrales Périphéries, interview with Stéphane Corréard, February - March.; Exit Express, #41, Mark Geffriaud, by Guillaume Désanges, February.; Artforum.com, Critics’ picks, by Emily Verla Bovino, February.; Le Journal des arts, #296, Multiplier les points de vue, interview with Frédéric Bonnet, 6 - 21 February.; Les Inrockuptibles, #688, review by Judicaël Lavrador, 3 - 9 February.; Les Inrockuptibles #687, Artiste mille feuilles, par Judicaël Lavrador, 27 janvier - 2 février.; Le Journal des arts, #295, Faire son cinéma, par Frédéric Bonnet, 23 janvier - 5 février.
2008: Artecontexto, #19, L’Anomalie d’Ararat, par Catalina Lozano, automne.; Zérodeux, #47, Drôles de médiums, by Mathilde Villeneuve, Automn.; Art 21, # 17, Tout le reste, by Yoann Gourmel, May - June.; Art 21, # 17, 220 jours, by Rémi Parcollet, May - June.; Les Inrockuptibles, #643, 220 jours de fête, by Judicaël Lavrador, 25 - 31 March.; Flash Art, # 258, review par Joanna Fiduccia, janvier - février.
2007: Exhibition catalogue, 00’s, L’histoire d’une décennie qui n’est encore nommée, Biennale de Lyon, catalogue, Les Presses du Réel, Dijon.