Alain Bony

Alain Bony (born 7th February 1956 in Paris, France) is a French artist specially dedicated to conceptual interventions on architectural projects. 
He has collaborated over years in numerous projects alongside renowned architects throughout the world.
==Life and career==
=== Early life and education ===
He studied History at Paris VII University and following the advice of Yannis Tsarouchis, he chose to dedicate himself to painting, attending later 
a school of decorative painting in Brussels. In the early 80s he began his longtime collaboration with architect Jean Nouvel, developing artistic interventions in a great number of his projects. In 1984, he founded Studio Bastille with Christian Bony, a company of painted canvas in Paris.
=== Artistic philosophy ===
Alain Bony prefers working with unstable colours and avoiding disconnected flat colours, as he thinks “Colour must be one with the building; working directly on the building’s surface or the intended building material is the only way; it implies a different contemplation that allows one to avoid an isolated or decorative intervention”. Porter, Tom, Mikellides, Byron, Colour for Architecture Today, Taylor & Francis Ltd.,London, United Kingdom, 2009 
=== Working alongside architects ===
He has developed artistic interventions in numerous architectural projects like the Torre Glòries Mattie, Erik, The Colours of ...: Frank O. Gehry, Jean Nouvel, Wang Shu and other architects, Birkhäuser Architecture, Basel, Switzerland, 2015 and the Quai Branly Museum of Jean Nouvel; or the National Centre for the Performing Arts (China) in Pekin and the Oriental Art Center in Shanghai of Paul Andreu, among others. 
He has also collaborated with various artists like Isabelle Clerte and especially Henri Labiole, with whom he has worked as consultant and creator of colorful spaces like the case of the Sofitel Hotel Vienna Stephansdom, where the two artists intervened the rooms.
=== Approach to materials, color and light === 
His means of expression and production include references to contemporary art and cinematography; historical, cultural and environmental context of the place; combinations of colors; natural and/or artificial light; texture, brilliance, reflection and transparency; and others such as sound and landscape effects for staging and creating the ambiance of a specific building or area. Serra Lluch, Juan, Color for Architects (Architecture Brief), Chronicle Books, New York, United States, 2019 
==Selected works and projects==
Alain Bony has designed a number of artistic interventions in notable architectural projects, the most significant are listed below:
=== List of notable works ===
* 1996 – Renovation of Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, Lille, France | Architect: Jean-Marc Ibos et Myrto Vitart
* 2000 – Culture and Convention Center, Luzern, Switzerland | Architect: Jean Nouvel 
* 2004 – Torre Glòries (Office), Barcelona, Spain | Architect: Jean Nouvel 
* 2006 – Quai Branly Museum, Paris, France | Architect: Jean Nouvel 
* 2007 – National Centre for the Performing Arts (China), Pékin, China | Architect: Paul Andreu 
* 2009 – Copenhagen Concert Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark | Architect: Jean Nouvel 
* 2010 – Sofitel Hotel Vienna Stephansdom, Vienna, Austria | Architect: Jean Nouvel 
* 2013 – Jinan Grand Theater, Jinan, China, Paul Andreu
== References ==
Category:1956 births
Category:People from Paris
Category:French artists