biography

Sandrine Llouquet

Visual artist

Born, 1975 in Montpellier, France.

Paris - 1993 - Nice - 1999 - Bordeaux - 2005 - Ho Chi Minh city - 2019 - Lisbon

Lives and works in Lisbon, Portugal

Miscellany

From January 2021

Founder of O Gabinete de Madame Thao, Lisbon, Portugal

https://ogabinetedemadamethao.com

September 2019 - September 2020

Grantee (Orient Foundation Research Grant), Lisbon, Portugal

June 2016 - July 2019

Director of Salon Saigon - Heritage and Contemporary Arts Museum, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam

http://salonsaigon.com

2017 - 2019

Jury member of Villa Saigon (artists´ residency program by Institut Francais a Ho Chi Minh ville), Vietnam

2006 - 2010

Founding member of the Vietnamese collective Mogas Station

2000-2011

Founding member of Wonderful and Wonderful District with Bertrand Peret

2007 - 2015

VJing under the name of Discocactus

2010 -  Present

Member of Digital Mekong Creative Network

2011 - 2013

Founding member of Saigon Creative monthly talks, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam

2007 – 2010

Member of Jetlag – a Vietnam-based DJs and VJ collective

Education

1993 – 1997     

École Pilote Internationale d’Art et de Recherche - Villa Arson, Nice, France

Diplôme National d’arts Plastiques

1997 – 1998     

Ho Chi Minh City University of Fine Art, Vietnam

1998 – 1999     

École Pilote Internationale d’Art et de Recherche - Villa Arson, Nice, France

Diplôme National Supérieur d'Expression Plastique

Selected Exhibitions

2022

Art at the Park - Saigon Contemporary Art Fair, Park Hyatt Saigon, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam

2020

Natura, ARTFEM Macau Biennale, China (catalog)

Lunar Breccia, Galerie Quynh, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam

10 ans, Le Point Commun, Annecy, France

2019

Where the Sea Remembers, The Mistake Room, Los Angeles, US

Chapitre 4 : Days and Nights of Revolving Joy, Galerie Quynh, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam (solo)

2018

Alluvium, Galerie Quynh, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam

2017

Chapitre 3: Les 101 grandes deesses, Le Point Commun, Annecy, France (solo)

The Foliage, VCCA, Hanoi, Vietnam

Iris noirs resilients, Montpellier, France

2016

The Cabinet of Doctor Komo, Kenpoku Art, Ibaraki, Japan (solo) (catalog)

La diagonale du fou, SPRMRKT, Singapore (solo)

Transmutations, Galerie Quynh, Ho chi Minh city, Vietnam

2015

Chapitre 2: Midi, L'Espace, Hanoi, Vietnam (solo)

Carne Vale, Galerie Quynh, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam (duo show)

The Primacy of Drawing, Dia Project, Ho chi Minh city, Vietnam

2014

Daisy, Daisy, San Art Production, Phuong My Flagship Store, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam (solo)

Papier(s), Fondation Salomon, Annecy, France

Drop, Galerie Quynh, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam

Spring Galleria, San Art, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam

Galerie Quynh 10th anniversary, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam

On the streets, Java Arts, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

2013

Chapter 1: Where I attempt to drown the dragon, Galerie Quynh, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam (solo)

Day of Discovery, Renaissance Riverside Hotel, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam (solo)

Sovereign Asian Art Prize exhibition and auction in Singapore, Espace Louis Vuitton, Singapore

2012

Ligne de fuite, Post Vidai Collection, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam (solo) (brochure)

AAA Annual Foundraiser, Sotherby's, Hong Kong

Group show, Galerie Quynh, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam

2011

Vis a vis, Galerie Quynh, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam

Affordable Art Fair, with Give Art, Singapore

Shaping a line, San Art, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam

Esperantopolis, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam

Mise en scene, Galerie Quynh, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam

The Art of Travel, Air France event, Flow, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam

Now Boarding. Island Thinking and Flights of Fancy, Give Art, Singapore

I would prefer not to, Give Art, Singapore (solo)

2010

ART HK 10, with Galerie Quynh, Hong Kong

No Soul For Sale 2, with Sanart, Tate Modern, London, UK

The Complex of the Glass Frog, Galerie Quynh, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (solo)

Affordable Art Fair, with Give Art, Singapore

Collective Memories: Together in Electric Dreams, Give Art, Singapore

No conical hat, Give Art, Singapore

Of reveries and obsessions, Galerie Quynh. Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam

Bordeaux Block Party, Eponyme Galerie, Bordeaux, France

2009

Half of the Sky, Galerie Quynh, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam

Hanoi Future Art, Hanoi, Vietnam
Nghe Thuat Sap Dat, Ho Tram resort, Vietnam
Who Do You Think We Are?, Bui Gallery, Hanoi, Vietnam

New Asian Promises, Palais Project, Vienna, Austria

2008

FOBII: Arts speaks (curated by Tram Le, Lan Duong), VAALA Center, Santa Ana, Californie, USA

Olio the year end show, Galerie Quynh, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam

transPOP:  Korea Vietnam Remix, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, US

Art multiple, Ke Center for the Contemporary Arts, Shanghai, China

transPOP:  Korea Vietnam Remix, ARKO Art Center, Seoul, South Korea

Supervues, Hotel Burrhus, Vaison  la Romaine, France

Ce que je dis trois fois est absolument vrai, 3x+, Le mois de l’image, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam (solo) (catalog)

Milk, Galerie Quynh, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (solo) (catalog)

2007

Requiem for a wall, Galerie Quynh, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam

Shenzhen Biennale (with Mogas Station), China (brochure)

Le mois de l’image (with Mogas Station), Ho Chi Minh City Fine Art Museum, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Migration Addicts (with Mogas Station), a collateral event of the 52nd Venice Biennale, Caffè Aurora, Piazza San Marco, Venice, Italy (brochure and catalog)

2006

LZ (with Mogas Station), Goethe-Institut, Hanoi, Vietnam

Belief (with Mogas Station), Singapore Biennale 2006 (brochure and catalog)

Jouissance, Xu Saigon, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Welcome Home, itinerant exhibition organized by Ipso Facto Gallery, apartment of Mai Tran, Christophe Salaun and their children, Nantes, France (solo)

2005

Troi oi!, Galerie Quynh, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (solo) (brochure)

Rendezvous, Blue Space Contemporary Art Center, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

2004

Bleu presque transparent, Galerie Cortex Athletico, Bordeaux, France (solo)

Chambre d’amis, Sandrine Llouquet and Bertrand Peret’s apartment, Bordeaux, France (solo)

Aujourd’hui c’est ravioli, Galerie Cortex Athletico, Bordeaux, France

Buy sellf, municipal spaces, Marseille, France

2003

Livre N°12 (published by Peravprod), La Quincaillerie, Bordeaux, France

Soleil sur Nantes, Show Bedroom, Nantes, France

Ctrl+O, Inkorporation, Toulouse, France

2002

Kiki restaurant, Chez Chalana, Bordeaux, France (solo)

2001

Generic Workspace, Bordeaux, France

Buy sellf, Galerie BF15, Lyon, France

2000

Un thé chez les fous, No Beach, Bordeaux, France (solo)

1999

3 en k, Galerie rue Quineleu, Rennes, France

1998

Hoa si tre, Long Phi, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

1997

Tôi là ai, Ho Chi Minh City University of Fine Art, Vietnam

1995

Nice by night, with Villa Arson, Nice, France

Performance / Directing, staging

2019

Lub Qhoj Rooj, performance, 20´, co-directed with choreographer Nguyen Phuc Hung, Krossing Over Arts Festival, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam

2018

Perinthia, performance, 20', with dancer Nguyen Minh Tam and musicians Zach Shreier and Benoit Bottex, Krossing Over Arts Festival, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam

2003

Thucnd1 Online, video performance, 6' - Incomprehension (with Le Pavillon), Palais de Tokyo site de création contemporaine, Paris, France

Curatorial experiences

2022

1 (André Almeida e Sousa, Luís Almeida, Constança Arouca & Madalena Parreira, Francisca Carvalho, Nina Fraser, Run Jiang, Le Phi Long, Florian Song Nguyen, Bertrand Peret, Thao Nguyen Phan, Pedro Proença, Quentin Spohn, Truc-Anh and Mai-Loan Tu), O Gabinete de Madame Thao, Lisbon

Syzygie, um ritual para o Oceano (Filipe Lourenco, Florian Song Nguyen, Bao Vuong), LX Factory, Lisbon
Ainda não sabemos ao certo que florestas vamos atravessar (Nadege David, Hoang Duong Cam, Le Phi Long, Bertrand Peret, Pedro Proenca, Francisca Carvalho), O Gabinete de Madame Thao, Lisbon

2021

Historias de boudoir (Francisca Carvalho, Nina Fraser, Hoang Nam Viet, Florian Song Nguyen, Truc-Anh, Mai Loan Tu, João Vilhena), O Gabinete de Madame Thao, Lisbon

2018

Les Villes Invisibles / Festival Krossing Over (Bao Vuong, Florian Nguyen, Sto Len, Hoang Nguyen, Dat Vu), Metaxu, Toulon

2017

Then I Can Turn the World Upside Down (Florian Nguyen, Hoang Nam Viet, Nguyen Manh Hung, Mai Hoang, Le Hoang Bich Phuong), Salon Saigon

To shut his thoughts up, he paints them clear and watches them dry (Mai Loan Tu), L'Usine, Ho Chi Minh city

Salon Saigon Permanent Collection (Bùi Công Khánh, Tiffany Chung, Hà Mạnh Thắng, Hoàng Dương Cầm, Chinh Lê, Dinh Q. Lê, Lê Hoàng Bích Phượng, Lê Thừa Tiến, Nguyễn BanGa, Nguyễn Hữu Trâm Kha, Nguyễn Mạnh Hùng, Nguyễn Phương Linh, Oanh Phi Phi, The Propeller Group, Trần Trọng Vũ, Truc Anh, Trương Tiến Trà, Trương Tân and Võ Trân Châu), Salon Saigon, Ho Chi Minh city

2016

Bittersweet Whispers (Mai-Loan Tu, Ngo Thi Thuy Duyen, Le Hoang Bich Phuong), Salon Saigon, Ho Chi Minh city

... with Wonderful (District)

2008

AliceIN Miami (with Tam Vo Phi, Olivier Llouquet ang guest Stephane Cochard), organized by Bui Gallery, Miami Beach, US

AliceIN Paris (with Tam Vo Phi, Olivier Llouquet and guest Rachid Ouramdane), organized by Bui Gallery, Paris, France

2007

AliceIN Saigon (with Tam Vo Phi, Olivier Llouquet, Richard Streitmatter-Tran, Robert Cianchi, Nhu Huy), Le mois de l’image, Fine Art Museum, Galerie Quynh, IDECAF, Ho Chi Minh City Photography Association, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam – four nights of installation, video and sound performances in the nomadic architectural structure AliceIN

A Wonderful Weekend, 72-13, Singapore - 3 days of exhibition, video projection, talks, sound performances, DJ and VJ nights – with Stephane Cochard, NS101, Madame Patate, Fugu, Vu Nhat Tan, Jean Phan, Rich Streitmatter-Tran, Robert Cianchi, Tam Vo Phi

Bonjour Colette – a series of workshops with children of Ecole Colette – with Anna Tuyen Tran, Jean Phan, Olivier Llouquet

2006

Atelier Wonderful, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam - public programming included lectures on the visual arts, architecture, design, illustration, graffiti and other creative expressions; exhibitions, video projections; concerts; presentations of work by students.  Events occurred weekly over five months – with Delphine Trouche, BOOT, GF, G2, Tuan Andrew Nguyen, Julie Tseselsky, George Papadimas, Bui Cong Khanh, Justin Barrera, Anna Tuyen Tran, Do Hoang Tuong, Jean-Baptiste Bressy, Richard Streitmatter-Tran, Nhu Huy, Bruno Peinado, Motoko Uda, Seiji Shimoda, Thach Thao, Maharishi, Bui The Trung Nam, Laure Bollinger, Gulschan Gothel, Laurent Jeanneau, Nicolas Lainez, Tam Vo Phi, Karen Maldonado, Ecole Colette, British school…

2005

Rendezvous (electronic and digital art event), Blue Space Contemporary Art Center, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam – with the participation of Heidi, Tran Kim Ngoc, Rich Streitmatter-Tran, Bui Cong Khanh, Benoit Maire

Sunday morning, Galerie Fra Angelico, Nantes, France – publication in collaboration with Frederic Amproux

2003

Fémina squat, La Pieuvre, Point Noire, Republic of Congo - workshop and exhibition with a group of congolese artists organized by PSAP

Wonderful, Lendroit, Rennes, France

2003

Les enfants du mercredi - workshop with children from CapcMusée d’art contemporain de Bordeaux, H14, Bordeaux, France – with the participation of Seydou Grepinet

2002 – 2004

5ememur magazine (trimestrial magazine/nomadic art space welcoming artists site specific works) – with the participation of Paul Devautour, Seulgi Lee, Ciaddict.org, Laetitia Bourget, Erational, Julien Previeux, Beate Engl, Damien Mazieres, Remi Marie, Marc Vernier, Arnaud Maguet, Francoise Quardon, Pascale Martine-Tayou, Laurent Septier, Frederic Latherrade, Jean-Luc Desmond, Arnaud Ducasse, Bui Cong Khanh, Camille Fallet, Karin Pelte, Pierre Giquel, Maitetxu Etcheverria, Karim Ghelloussi, Patrice Ferreira, Axel Huber, Alexander Raima, Sebastien Blanco, PNCI, Jean-Luc Verna, Inkorporation, Patrich Hospital, Sylvain Courtoux, Anne-Marie Pecheur, Julien Bouillon

2001

Aller-retour, artistic exchange between Bordeaux and Nantes – exhibitions in museums, cinemas, apartments, art galleries, cafes, night clubs - with the participation of 36 artists and collectives from Bordeaux and Nantes

2000

No Beach, itinerant exhibition in apartments and a night club, Bordeaux – with the participation of 8 international artists and collectives

Participation in symposiums and conferences

2019

Art and Museum Summit - Getty Foundation / Asia Society, National Museum, New Delhi, India

2018

Korea Research fellow, 10 global curators x 10 Korean curators: "Asian Visual Culture and Art" - The Korean Culture and Information Service, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

Cultural and Creative Hubs Vietnam Project - The British Council, Hanoi, Vietnam

2017

CIMAM Annual Conference: "The roles and Responsibilities of Museums in Civil  Society", National Gallery, Singapore

2006

"Cultural Ecologies: Communicating Contemporary Art in the 21st Century" - Asia Art Archive, Drama Theatre, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Wanchai, Hong Kong

Writing

2014

"On y travaille" (Art exhibition by the students of Lycee Francais International Marguerite Duras, Ho Chi Minh city (Vietnam)

2006 – 2009

articles for Noi That magazine, Doanh Nhan Saigon Cuoi Tuan (Vietnam)

2006

Articles for Aart magazine (Vietnam)

2004

Rendez-vous sur un banc public (exposition Sébastien Vonier), Bordeaux Culture Juin

Nicolas Milhé: mémorial “Sicile”, “Portugal”, “Pays de Galle”, catalogue La valise, Nantes

2003

16 décembre 2002, catalogue Péravprod, éditions CapcMusée d’art contemporain

de Bordeaux

2002 – 2004

articles and interviews for 5ememur magazine

2002 – 2003

articles for TILT (contemporary art newspaper published by the FRAC Aquitaine)