Yves Hayat

Yves Hayat is a French artist, born in Cairo (Egypt) in 1946. 
== Career ==
Yves Hayat was born in Egypt in 1946. At the age of 10, after the Egyptian revolution of 1952 his family left Cairo for the South of France.
From 1967 he studied art at the Ecole nationale des arts décoratifs of Nice . In 1973, Hayat chose to go into advertising and marketing, which led him to open his own agency. His experience in this domain enabled him to discover and learn to master the new forms of material and technology. After 25 years, he decided to return to Art and improve his artist's statement. 
From 2003 to 2006, he takes the artistic direction of the contemporary art magazine "Art Jonction"
In 2005, he was the winner of the Contemporary IAA UNESCO / Monaco (1st jury prize) 
In the last twenty years, Yves Hayat has been featured in over 30 solo exhibitions around the world (London, New York, Istanbul, Paris, Monaco, Cologne, Brussels, Geneva, Vienna, Mykonos, Koweït, Beirut, …) and over 50 group exhibitions.
He has also exhibited within institutions such as Paris City Hall, Palazzo Bonvicini and Vitraria Museum in Venice, The International Museum of Perfumery in Grasse, Chiesa San Silvestro al :it:Chiesa_di_San_Silvestro_al_Quirinale|Quirinale in Rome, Sigmund Freud Museum (Vienna)|Sigmund Freud Museum in Vienna, Klosterneuburg Monastery in Austria, ...
Yves Hayat has been also featured in several international artfairs : Art Miami NewYork / Volta Basel / Art Central Hong Kong / Art Stage Singapore / Beirut Art Fair / Contemporary Istanbul / Art 16 London / Toronto Artfair / Zona Maco Mexico / Artfair 21-Cologne / Art Paris.
Yves Hayat lives between Paris and Nice, where his artist studio is located.
He is represented by Mark Hachem Gallery (Paris, Beirut, New York) 
== Artist's statment ==
Hayat's art focuses on the current state of the world, of this ultra-media universe, of its domination by the image, the icons of appearance, luxury, war ... Yves Hayat stages his works. Using superimpositions, shifts, misappropriations and transparencies, he confronts beauty and horror, indifference and fanaticism, luxury and violence, thus facing the viewer with human ambivalence and the contradictions of this world. 
== Solo Exhibitions (selection) ==
• Vienna, The Dark side of the dream, Galerie Frey (2020)
• Grasse, Quid novi ? Crypt of the :fr:Cathédrale_Notre-Dame-du-Puy_de_Grasse|Cathedral ND du Puy (2018)
• Paris, Women n the verge of a war breakdown, Mark Hachem gallery (2018)
• Grasse, The Perfume, that obscure object of desire Musée International de la Parfumerie (2017)
• Rome, L’Ultimo giorno prima dell’Eternità, Chiesa San Silvestro al Quirinale (2017)
• Paris, Sale temps, Mark Hachem Gallery (2016)
• New York City, Violent Luxury, Shirin Gallery NY (2015)
• Istanbul, Passion(s), Gaia Gallery (2015)
• Beirut & Paris, Mythification/Mystifications, Mark Hachem Gallery (2014)
• Venice Yourope in Progress, Palazzo Bonvicini, Venice (Biennale 2013)
• Monaco, Quand les images se croisent, Galerie du Forum Kamil (2008)
• Paris, Statuts de Femmes, Hôtel de Ville, Paris|Paris City Hall 13 (2007)
• Toulouse, Il y a une ombre au tableau, Maison de la Culture St Cyprien (2005)
== Exhibitions in Museums and Institutions ==
* 2021 Passion particulière, Centre International d’Art Contemporain Carros (Catalogue).
* 2018 Quid novi ? Crypte de la Cathédrale de Grasse (solo exhibition)
* 2017 Le Parfum, cet obscur objet du désir, Musée International de la Parfumerie de Grasse (solo exhibition)
* 2017 L’Ultimo giorno prima dell’ Eternità, Chiesa San Silvestro al Quirinale, Rome (solo exhibition)
* 2016 Middle East Art Exhibition, Basel Art Center, Basel
* 2015 Vitraria Glass+A Museum, Palazzo Nani Mocenigo, Venice
* 2014 Galerie der Moderne, Klosterneuburg Monastery|Stift Klosterneuburg Vienna Klosterneuburg
* 2013 Yourope in Progress, Palazzo Bonvicini, Venice Biennale 2013 (solo exhibition)
* 2010 Clairs-Obscurs, Château-Musée Grimaldi , Cagnes sur Mer.
* 2007 Statuts de femmes, Hôtel de Ville, Paris|Mairie de Paris 13e (solo exhibition)
* 2007 Ni Verre, ni Sage, Musée de la Photographie-André Villers, Mougins.
* 2007 Freud... Beau comme un symptôme, Centre International d’Art Contemporain Carros (Catalogue).
* 2006 Rapt, Centre culturel Alliance Française de Montevideo (solo exhibition)
* 2001 Frère(s), Les Docks (Marseille)|Docks Ville de Marseilles (solo exhibition)
== Collections ==
• Triptyque Crucifixion, Monastère de Klosterneuburg, Austria
• Triptyque Fleurs blessées, Musée International de la Parfumerie, Grasse
== Bibliography and press ==
• 2014, INTERVIEW & REPORT ON FUTURE TV LEBANON (10 mn)
• 2018, WALL STREET INTERNATIONAL, « Femmes au bord de la crise de guerre »
• 2018, ARTICLE BY 2 FRENCH ART CRITICS Yves Hayat at the International Museum of Perfumery (Hélène Jourdan Gassin, journalist and Thierry Martin, writer)
• 2015, ARTICLE L'ORIENT LE JOUR Yves Hayat, Un art au parfum de révolte (paper and internet), Text Zena Zalzal, journalist
• 2021, SELECTION MAGAZINE Yves Hayat, Museum acquisitions (Paper and Web)
• 2017, ART.ES MAGAZINE, Yves Hayat o la fascinaciòn de la ambivalencia humana, Text by Fr. Birembaux, Special issue (26 pages + Magazine cover)
• 2018, L'ART DE NICE, L'oeuvre d'Yves Hayat à Grasse et Draguignan, Text Michel Gathier, art critic
• 2018, AAL MAGAZINE Montevideo (10 pages), "Yves Hayat, El Arte debe tener sentido" Text by Juan Pablo Casado, art critic
• 2018, ACTUPHOTO ART MAG Yves Hayat, Sale temps
• 2018, NICE MATIN CULTURE, « Quoi de neuf Yves Hayat ?" (Paper and web)
• 2017, NICE MATIN CULTURE, Yves Hayat met le parfum en question, (Paper and web), Text Vincent Tanguy, journalist
• 2016, URBAN GLASS ART MAGAZINE Yves Hayat utilizes material transparency to combine images of violence and luxury (Paper and web)
• 2009, YVES HAYAT MONOGRAPH, Quand les images se croisent, Kamil Editions, Monaco 112 pages, Text Francis Parent, curator
Category:French artists
Category:1946 births 
Category:People from Cairo