{"id":19721,"date":"2025-09-29T17:25:52","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T15:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/galerie-artima.com\/francois-bel-biography"},"modified":"2026-01-07T13:20:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T12:20:33","slug":"francois-bel-biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/galerie-artima.com\/en\/francois-bel-biography","title":{"rendered":"Fran\u00e7ois BEL – Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"

Works<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Biography<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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\nBorn in Lyon in 1977. Lives and works in Capbreton (Landes)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fran\u00e7ois Bel is a multidisciplinary artist, equally at ease with painting, sculpture and installations. His work is as eclectic as his inspirations: influenced by Street Art, from which he borrows its system of repetition and variation, he is also interested in \u201cNew Realism\u201d movements, which particularly appeal to him, as do Dada and Pop Art, for the way they subvert daily objects in order to criticise today\u2019s consumer society, like Duchamp\u2019s ready-mades.<\/p>\n

Fran\u00e7ois Bel re-appropriates each material, working in turn with nylon cord for his suspensions and wire for his sculptures. He makes play with the idea of compartmentalisation, enclosing some of his sculptures in wire mesh, condemning contemporary society yet again for its individualism and materialism.<\/p>\n

In this way, each medium serves an approach that is both artistic and philosophical. His small \u201cBig Bangs\u201d set in synthetic crystal, as though frozen in the explosion\u2019s ultimate moment of grace, make us reflect on passing time which is frittered away and undeniably survives us. In a society where everything happens increasingly quickly and mankind controls a great many things; Fran\u00e7ois Bel crystallises every person\u2019s dream by stopping time for an instant in his works. A mixture of frustration and fascination, his sculptures mirror our civilisation, anger and rebellion, imprisoned and confined in economic, cultural, social and political contexts.<\/p>\n

Fran\u00e7ois Bel is exhibited and collected in France and Europe, Korea, China, Hong Kong and the USA.<\/p>\n

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Exhibitions and fairs:<\/strong>
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2025
\nGalerie Artima – Honfleur – FR
\nGalerie Sophie Le M\u00e9e – Ile de R\u00e9 – FR
\nAAF Stockholm – NO
\nGalerie Le Container – Aix-en-Provence – FR
\nAAF Wien – AU
\nAAF Berlin – D
\nAdelson Galleries – Palm Beach – USA
\nAAF Battersea – London – GB
\nAAF Brussels – BE
\nFresh Art Fair London – GB<\/p>\n

2024
\nArt Miami – Adelson Galleries – USA
\nExposed<\/em> – Solo show – Redsea gallery – Singapore – SG
\nLausanne Art Fair – CH
\nAAF Hampstead – London – GB
\nMurmures des vagues<\/em> – Group show – Galerie Platini – Veyrier du Lac – FR
\nGalerie Le Container – Aix-en-Provence – FR
\nUn \u00e9t\u00e9 enchant\u00e9<\/em> – Group show – Galerie Sophie Le M\u00e9e – Ile de R\u00e9 – FR
\nUrban Art Fair – Galerie Le Container – Paris – FR
\nLuxembourg Art Fair – LU
\nAAF Battersea – London – GB
\nLa vie est belle<\/em> -Group show – Galerie Sophie Le M\u00e9e – Ile de R\u00e9 6 FR
\nAAF Brussels – BE
\nBrussels Art Fair – BE<\/p>\n

2023
\nArt Miami – Adelson Galleries – USA
\nArtistes en hiver<\/em> – Group show – Galerie Sophie Le M\u00e9e – Ile de R\u00e9
\nContemporary Art Fair Paris – FR
\nLausanne Art Fair – CH
\nAdelson galleries – NYC – USA
\nAAF Hampstead – London – GB
\nUrban Art Fair – Galerie Le Container – Paris – FR
\nLuxembourg Art Fair – LU
\nAAF Battersea – London – GB<\/p>\n

2022
\nDistrict 13 Art Fair – Paris
\nArt Market Hamptons – USA
\nVolta Basel – CH
\nAAF Hampstead – London – GB
\nMarkowicz Fine Art – Miami – USA
\nAAF NYC – USA
\nAAF Battersea – London – GB
\nContemporary Art Fair Paris – FR<\/p>\n

2021
\nContext Art Miami – USA
\nGalerie Artima – Group show – Paris – FR
\nLausanne Art Fair – CH
\nAAF Hamburg – D
\nAAF Battersea – GB
\nTime stands still<\/em> – Solo show – Redsea Gallery – Singapore – SG
\nGalerie 337 – Meg\u00e8ve et Gen\u00e8ve – FR\/CH
\nAAF Brussels – BE
\nArt Contemporary Biarritz – FR<\/p>\n

2020
\nAAF Battersea – Galerie Virginie Barrou Planquart – GB
\nUrbanity Art Fair – Madrid – ES<\/p>\n

2019
\nDesign <\/em>– Galerie Artima – Paris – FR
\nContext – Miami – Galerie Virginie Barrou Planquart – USA
\nFotofever – Paris – FR
\nLille Art Up – FR
\nArte Madrid Feria – Galerie PrestaArt – ES
\nArt Wynwood – Markowicz Fine Art – Miami – USA
\nPalm Beach Modern and Contemporary Art Fair – USA<\/p>\n

2018
\nExplosions <\/em>– Personal exhibition – Galerie Artima – Paris – FR
\nArt Market – Bridgehampton – NY – Galerie Virginie Barrou Planquart – USA
\nem>Kings and Queens of Pop Art – Group show – NASSAU 42 Fine Arts – Anvers – BE
\nHong-Kong Art Fair – <\/strong>Galerie Virginie Barrou Planquart – HGK
\nAAF Brussels – Galerie Virginie Barrou Planquart – BE
\nDesign<\/em> – Group show – Galerie Artima \u2013 London – GB<\/p>\n

2017
\nMappa Mondo<\/em> – Group exhibition – Galerie Artima – Paris – FR
\nArt Miami \u2013 Galerie Olivier Waltman – USA
\nYIA Basel – Galerie Virginie Barrou Planquart – CH
\nGalerie Artima – London – UK
\nHong-Kong Art Fair – Galerie Virginie Barrou Planquart – HGK<\/p>\n

2016
\nScope Miami – Galerie Virginie Barrou Planquart – USA
\nPartnership with the Gamba Group \u2013 Toulouse – FR
\nArt Southampton – New York – Galerie Virginie Barrou Planquart – USA
\nScope Basel – Galerie Virginie Barrou Planquart – CH
\nAAF New-York – Galerie Virginie Barrou Planquart – USA
\nAAF Bruxelles – galerie Sophie Le M\u00e9e – BE<\/p>\n

2015
\nPartnership with the Swiss watches\u2019 manufacturer Corum. Exhibition at the Printemps Haussmann \u2013 Paris – FR
\nGalerie Next – Toulouse – FR
\nGalerie Sophie Le M\u00e9e – Ile de R\u00e9 – FR
\nCity Hall – Seoul – Galerie BDMC – KR
\nEspace Roguet – Toulouse – FR
\nGalerie Marie Ricco – Calvi – FR
\nYang Hong Art Space Center – Galerie BDMC Beijing – CN
\nLe fil \u00e0 retordre <\/em>– Centre Culturel des Mazades – Toulouse – FR<\/p>\n

2014
\nGalerie Kunstraub – K\u00f6ln – Galerie BDMC – D
\nMister Freeze, Street Art<\/em>: Group show with Miss Van, Oko, Legz, Gris1, Katre\u2026 – Toulouse – FR
\nGMAC – Grand March\u00e9 d\u2019art contemporain de Bastille – Paris – FR
\nOpen of the Artists of Monaco – Group exhibition – Galerie L\u2019Entrep\u00f4t \u2013 Monaco – MC<\/p>\n

2013
\nGuest of honor at Aucamville Arts Week – FR
\nGalerie Ingres – CRDP – Toulouse – FR
\nGalerie Espacio 8\/Findeskul – Madrid – ES
\nGroup show Mister Freeze – Toulouse: Di Rosa, Chamizo, Costa, L\u2019Atlas, Tilt, Mist, Gris 1\u2026 – FR<\/p>\n

2012
\nCow Parade – Toulouse – Auction and edition of a catalogue – FR
\nExhibition and artist residency in the gallery Is\u2019Art – Antananarivo \u2013 Madagascar – MG
\nLes Sens de l\u2019Art<\/em> – A\u00e9roport de Blagnac – Toulouse – FR<\/p>\n

2010
\nGalerie Mandy\u2019Art – Toulouse – FR<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19721","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nFran\u00e7ois BEL - Biography - Galerie Artima<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"FRANCOIS BEL - French artist born in 1977 - Sculptures - Big Bang in acrylic glass - Inspired by Pop Art and Ready Made\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/galerie-artima.com\/en\/francois-bel-biography\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fran\u00e7ois BEL - Biography - Galerie Artima\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"FRANCOIS BEL - 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