Davide Balula

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Born in 1978 in Annecy, France. Lives and works in Paris, France.

http://davide.balula.free.fr
http://www.lappareil.com

Education

2004 DNSEP, École Nationale Supérieure d’Arts de Paris-Cergy, France
2002 DNAP, École Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs de Strasbourg, France

Solo Exhibitions

2009
American Wall Nut, Fake Estate Gallery, NY, USA
The Doors behind the darts, Envoy Gallery, NY, USA

2008
Le Lac, le mensonge, Confort Moderne, Poitiers, France (cat.)

2007
De la place pour le sable, galerie frank elbaz, Paris, France
Tonspur 22, Museums Quartier Wien, Vienna, Austria
Sirène du Mississipi, Musée de l’Objet, Blois & Ecole des Beaux Arts de Châteauroux &
Bourges, France
Sirène du Mississipi, Project Room, CCC, Tours, France
White Hey Mister Wave !, SMP, Marseille, France

2006
L’Appareil : Un inventaire de la Collection, Nuit des Musées, Musée d’Art Contemporain du
Val de Marne, Vitry-sur-Seine, France
Free Hand, Second Hand, Galerie du Jour Agnès b., Paris, France

2005
Low Fidelity, Le Confort Moderne, Poitiers, France

Group Exhibitions and Performances (selection)

2009
Un nouveau festival, Centre George Pompidou, Paris, France
Endless Pace (Mechanical Clock for Dancers), Performa Biennale, 590 Madison Ave
Building, NY, USA
Zero Budget Biennale, Galerie Cardenas/Bellanger & Galerie Schleicher/Lange, Paris,
France
Toe, Tap, Stomp, Step, Stamp, Spank, Snap, Slide, Shuffle, Shim, Sham, Scuff, Riffle, Pick,
Leep, Hop, Heel, Flap, Dig, Click, Clap, Chug, Brush. Wing, Fake Estate Gallery, NY, USA
Seven in one ! seven in one third !!, Kate Werble gallery, NY, USA
Zweckgemeinschaft, Mica Moca, Berlin
L’avenir d’une Illusion, Centre d’Art Contemporain Passages, Troyes
Robot Monkey Baby Jesus Part I, Monkey Town, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Mesure du désordre, Le parvis centre d’art contemporain, Ibos, France
Picnic, Domaine Départemental de Chamarande, France
As Small As It Gets, Art Since the Summer of ‘69, curated by Hanne Mugaas, Paul-Aymar
Mourgue d’Algue, Fabienne Stephan, NYC, USA
Return to Function, MMoCA, Madison, USA, curated by Jane Simon
Builder Vor Boatin, Silver Shed, NY, USA, curated by Dirk Skreber
008. Collections, nouvelles connexions, Frac Poitou-Charentes, Angoulême, France

2008
The Possibility of an Island, MOCA, Miami, USA
Je reviendrai, nouvel accrochage permanent du Mac/Val, Vitry-sur-Seine, France
Uovo open Office, Berlin, Germany
Nuit Rouge, CCC, Tours, France
Antidote, Galerie des Galeries, Galeries Lafayette, Paris, France
VOLUME(S), Casino Luxembourg – Forum d’art contemporain, Luxembourg
The Sound Of Art, TONSPUR_expanded at Freiraum/quartier21 and in the public space at MuseumsQuartier, Vienna, Austria, curated by Georg Weckwerth

2007
The Sound of Music, Broelmuseum, Courtrai, Belgium
Inventaire 2, MacVal, Vitry-sur-Seine, France
Du machinique et du vivant, La Réserve, Pacy-sur-Eure, France, curated by Régis Durand
Science Fictions, Czarna Gallery, Poland, curated by Severin Dünser
L’amorce ou la partition des possibles (sculptural bootlegs and remixed artworks), LIA, Grenoble
Anzengruber Biennale, Caté Anzengruber, Vienna, Austria
The lab, Into position, Vienna, Austria
The Potential Meanings of Sound, Seoul, Korea
The ubiquitus aural SFX, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
Songwon Art Center, Seoul, Korea
Logiques du rêve éveillé, Instants Chavirés, Montreuil, France, curated by Maëlle Dault
Off Modern, La Station, Nice, France
Balula & Contador meet Coffin, Green House, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
Section Amour, Centre National d’Art Contemporain, Le Magasin, Grenoble, France
360, Transparent, ARC/MAMVP, Musée d’Art Moderne de la ville de Paris, France
360, Translucent, CCC, Centre de Création Contemporaine, Tours, France

2006
This Is Not For You, Sculptural Discourses, Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna
Nuit Blanche, Section Amour Residency, Amiens, France
Section Amour, Le Magasin, Grenoble, France
L’Appareil : Inventaire de la Collection, Mac/Val, Vitry-sur-Seine, France
Re-shuffle : Notions of an Itinerant Museum, Art in General, New York, USA
Deaf, From the Visible to the Audible, galerie frank elbaz, Paris, France
Accords excentriques, Domaine Départemental de Chamarande, France
… D’où l’écoute prend forme, Centre d’Art Passerelle, Brest, France
Free Hand, Second Hand, Galerie du Jour Agnès b., Paris, France
The Wrinkle Party, W139, Amsterdam, Holland
Cinema muet en concert : Metamorphoses, Auditorium du Louvre, Paris, France
Global Tour, W139, Amsterdam, Holland

2005
Shobus-Mobium, Japan : Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Gifu, Yamaguchi, Daizaifu, Beppu, Nagoya…
J’en rêve, Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain, Paris, France
I still believe in miracles, Musée d’art moderne de la Ville de Paris, France
Mots d’ordre, Mots de passe, Espace Paul Ricard, Paris, France
Popisme, École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Tours, France
Amour notices, Consortium, Amsterdam, Holland
Inhabituel, Centre culturel Français, Milan, Italy

2004
Captain Subzero in the Spiral Peninsul, Glassbox, Paris, France
Occupations, Scène Nationale de Cergy-Pontoise, France
Mon Choix, La Vitrine, Paris, France
After Hours, Glassbox & Pnut, Paris, France
Study of a Pigeon Career, SKC, Belgrade, Serbia
Ecoute, Atelier des enfants, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Heavy Bricks, Wall of Sound & Mobile Home for a Spiral Tiger Device Installation, Le
Plateau-Frac Île-de-France (collaboration with Palais de Tokyo and Centre Pompidou)
Avril.dot, Confluences, Paris, France
Espace Daylight, La Vitrine, Paris, France
Ganattack, Vooruit Art Center, Gent, Belgium

2003
Betrug, Loop Gallery, Berlin, Germany