# Xavier Veilhan

Xavier Veilhan (French pronunciation:) is a French artist who works and lives in Paris, France.

## Career

Significant projects include: Veilhan Versailles at the Palace and Gardens of the Palais de Versailles in 2009; Architectones, a series of interventions between 2012 and 2014 in seven major modernist buildings around the world; Le Château de Rentilly, a continuation and augmentation of his architectural practice, re-designing the entirety of the facades of the building in 2014; the films Vent Moderne (for La Villette, Paris) and Matching Numbers (for 3e Scène, Opéra National de Paris) in 2015.
In 2017 Xavier Veilhan was chosen to represent France at the 57th Venice Art Biennale (May - November 2017). He transformed his national Pavilion into an immersive recording studio dedicated to audio experimentation, curated by Lionel Bovier and Christian Marclay. His Studio Venezia welcomed more than 200 musicians over the course of 7 months. In 2022, he is the first artist invited by CHANEL to imagine the staging of a Haute Couture show.

## Selected exhibitions

Veilhan's art has been exhibited at venues such as Centre Pompidou (Paris), MAMCO (Geneva), The Phillips Collection (Washington), Mori Art Museum (Tokyo) and Fundació Joan Miró, Barbican Centre and Kitakyushu Center for Contemporary Art.

### Solo exhibitions

| Year(s) | Title | Venue |
| 1990 | Un peu de biologie | Galleria Fac-Simile, Milano |
| 1991 | Un centimètre égal un mètre | Centre d'art contemporain du parc Saint-Léger |
| 1993 | Xavier Veilhan | Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, ARC, Paris |
| 1999 | La Ford T | MAMCO, Geneva |
| 1999 | La Forêt | Le Consortium, Dijon |
| 2000 | La Ford T | Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris |
| 2000 | The Rhinoceros | Yves Saint-Laurent, Wooster Street, New York |
| 2000 | Les Vélos | La Salle de Bains, Lyon |
| 2000 | Xavier Veilhan, une rétrospective | Le Magasin, Grenoble |
| 2001 | Lightworks | Espai 13 in Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona |
| 2001 | Light Machines | Sandra Gering Gallery, New York |
| 2002 | Xavier Veilhan | Barbican Art Gallery, London |
| 2002 | Installation from the workshop | CCA, Kitakyushu |
| 2002 | Xavier Veilhan | Göteborgs Konsthall |
| 2003 | Keep the Brown | Sandra Gering Gallery |
| 2004 | Vanishing Point | Espace 315 at Centre Pompidou; Écuries de Saint-Hugues, Musée de Cluny |
| 2004 | Light Machines | Fondation Vasarely, Aix-en-Provence |
| 2004 | Le Grand Mobile | Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris |
| 2004 | The Photorealist Project | National Academy Museum, New York (USA) |
| 2005 | Le Plein emploi | Strasbourg Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art |
| 2005 | Le Projet Hyperréaliste | Rose Art Museum |
| 2005 | People as volume | Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm |
| 2005 | Fantôme | Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Burgos (CAB) |
| 2006 | Les Habitants | Cité internationale in Lyon |
| 2006 | Miami Snowflakes | Galerie Perrotin in Miami |
| 2006 | Sculptures automatiques | Galerie Perrotin in Paris |
| 2007 | Xavier Veilhan | Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm |
| 2008 | Furtivo | Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli |
| 2009 | Veilhan Versailles | Palace of Versailles |
| 2010 | RAL 5015 | Artcurial |
| 2010 | Le Carrosse | Place de la République |
| 2010 | Xavier Veilhan | Galerie Perrotin in Miami |
| 2011 | Free Fall | Espace Louis Vuitton, Tokyo |
| 2011 | Dark Matter | Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm |
| 2011 | Orchestra | Galerie Perrotin in Paris |
| 2012 | Veilhan at Hatfield: Promenade | Hatfield House |
| 2012 | (IN)balance | The Phillips Collection |
| 2012 | Architectones | Neutra VDL Studio and Residences; Bailey House (Los Angeles) |
| 2012 | Rays | La Conservera, Murcia |
| 2013 | Avant | Château de Rentilly |
| 2013 | Mobiles | Galerie Perrotin in Hong Kong |
| 2013 | Architectones | Sheats–Goldstein Residence, Los Angeles; Unité d'habitation, Marseille; Église Sainte-Bernadette du Banlay, Nevers |
| 2014 | Maquettes | Frac Centre |
| 2014 | On/off | Galerie des Galeries |
| 2014 | Architectones | Maison Melnikov in Moscow; Barcelona Pavilion |
| 2014 | Les 30 Ans de Canal+: L'Expo | Palais de Tokyo |
| 2014 | Bodies | 313 Art Project, Seoul |
| 2015 | Music | Galerie Perrotin in New York City and in Paris |
| 2015 | Horizonte verde | Galeria Nara Roesler, São Paulo |
| 2015 | Matching Numbers | Paris Opera |
| 2015 | Cedar | Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm |
| 2016 | Le Baron de Triqueti | Cluny Abbey |
| 2017 | Studio Venezia | Venice Biennale, French pavilion, Venice |
| 2017 | Flying V | Galerie Perrotin in Paris |
| 2018 | Studio Buenos Aires | Kirchner Cultural Centre, Buenos Aires |
| 2018 | Silhouettes (working title) | 313 Art Project, Seoul |
| 2019 | PLUS QUE PIERRE | Collégiale-Saint-Martin & FRAC des Pays de la Loire |
| 2019 | Xavier Veilhan | 313 Art Project, Seoul |
| 2019 | Channel Orange | Galerie Perrotin in Shanghai |
| 2019 | Nuit mexicaine | Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm |
| 2020 | The confinement drawings | Perrotin Viewing Room |
| 2021 | Autofocus | Galerie Perrotin in New York City |
| 2021 | Chemin Vert | Galerie Perrotin in Tokyo |
| 2021 | Mobile n°4 (2017) | Musée du Louvre, Paris |
| 2022 | Solo Show | Galeria Nara Roesler, Rio de Janeiro |
| 2023 | Portrait Mode | Galerie Perrotin in Paris |

### Group exhibitions

| Year(s) | Title | Venue | Notes |
| 2000 | Xn00 | Espace des Arts in Chalon-sur-Saône | Curated by L. Bovier in collaboration with Élisabeth Lebovici, Hans Ulrich Obrist, and others |
| 2001 | Métamorphoses et Clonage | Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal | |
| 2002 | Light X Eight | Jewish Museum | |
| 2002 | La Part de l'autre | Carré d'Art | |
| 2003 | Coollustre | Yvon Lambert Gallery | Curated by Éric Troncy |
| 2004 | None of the Above | Swiss Institute Contemporary Art New York | |
| 2004 | L’Eblouissement | Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume | |
| 2005 | Fundacion La Caixa Collection, 20 years with Contemporary Art: New Acquisitions | CaixaForum Barcelona | |
| 2008 | Demolition Party | Royal Monceau Palace Hôtel | |
| 2009 | Le sort probable de l'homme qui avait avalé le fantôme | Conciergerie | |
| 2010 | Catch me | Kunsthaus Graz | |
| 2010 | Le Mont Analogue | Centro Cultural Metropolitano | |
| 2011 | The Deer | Le Consortium | |
| 2012 | Christie's presents House of Cards | Waddesdon Manor | |
| 2014 | Le Baron de Triqueti | Cluny Abbey | |
| 2014 | Matrix: Mathematicians_Heart of gold and the abyss | National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea | |
| 2019 | Reshaped Reality. 50 years of Hyperrealistic | Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall | |
| 2019 | Nouveaux Regards #2 | Villa Noailles | |
| 2019 | Electro | Musée de la Musique | |

## Selected films

As a director, Veilhan has worked on:
* 2002: Le Film du Japon
* 2003: Drumball
* 2005: Cruiser
* 2008: Radiator - in collaboration with Michael Elion
* 2008: Furtivo
* 2010: L'affaire Dreyfus
* 2011: Pendule Dripping
* 2015: Vent Moderne
* 2015: Matching Numbers

## Collaborations

* Stephen Thompson
** Compulsory Figures: An installation spectacle and ice performance by Xavier Veilhan for Stephen Thompson, a dancer and ice skater. Co-production: Théâtre National de Bretagne, Espace Malraux-National Scene of Chambéry and Savoie, as part of the European project Corpo Links Cluster, Halles de Schaerbeek (Brussels), La Villette. Performances: Grande halle de la Villette, Paris (2019); Théâtre National de Bretagne (TNB) (2020) and Espace Malraux in Chambéry.
* Eliane Radigue
** SYSTEMA OCCAM, 2013: A spectacle by Xavier Veilhan for OCCAM I, a harp piece by Eliane Radigue, performed by Rhodri Davies. Performances: MAMO – Cité Radieuse, Marseille (2013); Florence Gould Hall Theater (Fi:af), New York (2013); Théâtre de la Cité Internationale (Festival New Settings), Paris (2013); Musée national Eugène Delacroix, Paris (2013).
* Sébastien Tellier
** Sébastien Tellier rencontre Xavier Veilhan, Maison des arts, Créteil, March 25, 2006.
** Val de Marne, 2006: Xavier Veilhan in collaboration with Sébastien Tellier. MAC VAL, Vitry, December 1–2, 2006.
** Ville Nouvelle, 2006: Xavier Veilhan in collaboration with Alexis Bertrand. Musical performance with Sébastien Tellier. Nuit blanche, City Hall, Paris.
* Air
** Artwork - Air’s Pocket Symphony album 2007.
** Aérolite, 2007: Musical performance by Xavier Veilhan with Alexis Bertrand. Music: Air. Centre Georges-Pompidou, Paris, April 7, 2007.
* Daniel Buren
** La Cabane éclatée aux Paysages fantômes, 2006-2007.
* Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec, facade of Centre Pompidou Metz.
** Jordan, 2010: Polystyrene, 193.5 × 68 × 40. Erwan & Ronan Bouroullec, 35 Clouds Installation, 2010.
* 120 Nuits
** Artistic direction, 1983-1984.