BACKBA Fine Art, London, UK
Artists
BIOGRAPHY
Lucien Murat (born in Ploemeur in 1986) is a Paris-based artist who graduated from Central Saint Martins.
Employing a technique of sewn patches, textures, and found tapestries, he has brought to life a personal mythology that allows him to question and explore the post-internet world.
In his latest body of work, he examines the relationship between humans and nature, particularly focusing on the degradation of the natural environment where humanity once thrived.
In collaboration with AI scientist Victor Rambaud, they have developed an AI capable of generating textured variations of any images or pictures of nature. This AI, trained with a cluster of textures from Murat’s previous works, produces images of a desolate nature devoid of life, resembling petrified powder. Murat’s work offers a glimpse into a near future where human activities have drastically altered the climate and ecosystems, endangering our existence.
Represented by Suzanne Tarasieve in France, Murat has exhibited his work in various institutions such as CAC Meymac, Frac Bordeaux, Musée de Soissons, Miam, and Musée de Rochechouart. Additionally, he has showcased his work in the US, Germany, Belgium, and Italy.
Education
- Central St Martins2007 - 2010
Residencies
- 2022
Résidence Saint-Ange, Seyssins, FR
- 2017
ESKFF, The Eileen S. Kaminsky Family Foundation, Jersey City, USA
- 2012
Musée national de la maison Bonaparte, Ajaccio, FR
Awards
- 2015
Prix Arte/Beaux-Arts Magazine
EXHIBITIONS
- SOLO SHOWS2024
Curation: J’ai fermé les yeux, pal project, Paris, FR
- 2020
Megathesis Das Menshen-Fressende Ungeheuer, gr_und, Berlin, DE
- 2019
One to rule them all, Galerie Suzanne Tarasieve, Paris, FR
Art Brussels – SOLO section, Galerie Suzanne Tarasieve, Brussels, BE
Mégathesis ou la possibilité du héros, galerie Espace à Vendre, Nice, FR
- 2018
Home Sweet Burning Home, La Mauvaise Réputation, Bordeaux, FR
- 2016
Oups I did it again, Galerie LKFF, Brussels, BE
K11, Gare de Marlon Galerie, Paris, FR
- 2015
Tidy Chaos, Galerie LKFF, Brussels, BE
- 2013
Lapin est proche, Galerie Vanessa Quang, Paris, FR
- 2012
1812-2012, Musée Bonaparte, Ajaccio, FR
- GROUP SHOWS2022
Images d’un Monde Numérisé, CAC Meymac, FR
XY, Rundgænger by Schierke Seinecke, Frankfurt am Maim, DE
Oui, la Peinture ! , Galerie Suzanne Tarasieve, Paris, FR
- 2021
Deus ex Machina, Musées de Soissons, Soissons, FR
the_ogre.net, curated by Lucien Murat & Clément Thibault, Galerie Tarasieve, Paris, FR
- 2020
Titre en cours, duo show, Gr_und artist run space, Berlin, DE
- 2019
ArtVilnius’19, Galerie Suzanne Tarasieve, Vilnius, LT
Cette Histoire que nous découvrons en creusant dans la terre, l’Orfèvrerie, Saint-Denis, FR
Draw Art Fair London, Galerie Suzanne Tarasieve, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
- 2018
De fils ou de fibres, CAC Meymac, Meymac, FR
Vers de nouvelles aventures !, Galerie Suzanne Tarasieve, Paris, FR
L’art au jardin, Château d’Esquelbec, Esquelbec, FR
Bruxelles – Les rendez-vous de la Galerie Suzanne Tarasieve, Espace 37, Brussels, BE
- 2017
Sans tambour ni trompette / cent ans de guerres [Chap.4], Musée Massey, Tarbes, FR
La IIIème Narine, Espace à Vendre, Nice, FR
Digérer le Monde, Musée Départemental de Rochechouart, Rochechouart, FR
En Toute Modestie, MIAM, Sète, FR
- 2016
Animals will save the world, Galerie LKFF, BE
Par les Lueurs, Cent Ans de Guerre, FRAC Aquitaine, Bordeaux, FR
4 Pièces, Breaking and Construct, Art Brussels, Brussels, BE
Le Sein-Dessin, Galerie Vidoequidem, Paris, FR
Ca ira mieux demain, Galerie ALB, Paris, FR
- 2014
La Forme Animale, Casablanca, MAR
Duel, Dastan’s Basement, Dastan Gallery, Tehran, IR
Vanitas : Contemporary Reflections on Love and Death from Collection of Stephane Janssen, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, USA
- 2012
Noir Clair, Galerie Vanessa Quang, Paris, FR
Tess Dumon & Lucien Murat, Paris, FR
- 2011
Etape 2, Galerie Vanessa Quang, Paris, FR
- 2010
Archichaos, Rove Space, London, UK
St Martins Degree Show, London, UK
Twenty Plus Some, Rag Factory, London, UK
