1980
Born, Paris

2005
L'Ecole Cantonale d'Art de Lausanne (ECAL)


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2009

Sedimented Landscapes, Laboratorio 987, MUSAC, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, Spain

Cyprien Gaillard, Live at Tate Modern, Turbine Hall, London

Pruitt-Igoe Falls, Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany

Beton Belvedere, Stroom Den Haag, The Hague, The Netherlands, curated by Zoë Gray

Cyprien Gaillard, FRAC Champagne Ardenne, Reims, France

2008

Cyprien Gaillard, SMS Contemporanea, Siena, Italy

Glasgow 2014, The Hayward Gallery Project Space, Hayward Gallery, London, curated by Tom Morton

Le Canard de Beaugrenelle, CAC, Centre d'art Contemporain de Brétigny, Brétigny sur Orge, France

Real Remnants of Fictive Wars I, Centre d'Art Les Eglises, Chelles, France

2007

Homes & Graves & Gardens, Centre d'art et du Paysage de l'Ile de Vassiviere, Vassiviere, France, curated by Chiara Parisi

Pentagone, Cyprien Gaillard, L'Atelier du Musee du Jeu de Paume, Paris

Desniansky Raion, Cosmic Gallery, Paris,

2006

The Lake Arches, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London,

2005


One Shot By...Nuke, Galerie Nuke, Paris

2004

It's Just Me And My Brother, Nuit d'Encore, Paris


PERFORMANCES/LIVE EVENTS

2008

Desniansky Raion, Live performance with Koudlam, Complesso Monumentale Santo Spirito Rome, 4 November, Curated by Valentina Ciarallo and Pier Paolo Pancotto

Crazy Horse, Live performance with Koudlam, When Things Cast No Shadow, BB5, Berlin Biennial, 5 April, Skulpturenpark Berlin

2006

Desniansky Raion, Live performance with Koudlam, 30th Floor, Guy's Tower, 22 November, Guys Hospital, London


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2009

Performa 09, Biennal of Performing Arts, New York, November 1 - November 22

Projections, Le Carré d'Art, Musée d'art contemporain de Nïmes, Nïmes, curated by Françoise Cohen, october 14, 2009 - January 3, 2010

Platform 2009, KIMUSA, Seoul, South Korea

Actual Fears 2, CAN, Centre d'art Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel

Modernism as a Ruin, An Archaeology of the Present, Generali Foundation, Vienna, curated by Sabine Folie

Summertime; or, Close-ups on Places We've (Never) Been - an Exhibition of Film and Video Works, San Francisco Art Institute

Desiring Necessities, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton, curated by Ilaria Gianni

The Generational: Younger Then Jesus, New Museum, New York

Sounds and Visions, Art Film and Video from Europe, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel, Commissioned by the European Parliament, curated by Angelo Gioé and Maria Rosa Sossai

27 November - 21 January, Dependance/Catherine Bastide, Brussels

2008

Sudden White, Royal Academy, London, curated by Mark Beasley

Modern(c)ité, Le Grand Café Centre d'art contemporain, Saint-Nazaire, France

second_nature, Parc Heintz, Dexia BIL, Luxembourg (traveling to Centre artistique et culturel Chamarande

After October, Elizabeth Dee, New York

La consistence du visible, Prix Fondation d'entreprise Ricard, Fondation Ricard, Paris, curated by Nicolas Bourriaud

Re-construction, Biennial of Young Artists, Bucharest,

I desired what you were, I need what you are, Maze, Turin, curated by Ilaria Gianni, April

Art Focus 2008, International Biennale of Contemporary Art, Jerusalem, curated by Ami Barak and Bernard Blistène

Expenditure, Busan Biennale, Busan Museum of Modern Art, Busan

Can Art Do More, Art Focus 5, Pavillion, Jerusalem, curated by Ami Barak and Bernard Blistène

The Sublime is Now, Galleria Civica di Modena, Modena, Italy, curated by Marco de Michelis

Degrees of Remove: Landscape and Affect, Sculpture Center, New York

Josef Hannibal, Now, Blancpain Art Contemporain, Genève, curated by 1m3

Greenwashing. Environment: Perils, Promises and Perplexities, Palazzo Ducale di Laurino, Parco Nazionale del Cilento, Salerno, curated by Ilaria Bonacossa and Latitudes

Modern Ruin, Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane

Arcadia, Château d'Oiron, Oiron, curated by Dominique Pineau and Paul Hervé Parsy Untamed Paradises, CAAC, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, curated by Virginia Torrente

My Brain’s a Cliff and My Heart’s a Bitter Buffalo, Castillo/Corrales, presented at Jonathan Viner / Fortescue Avenue, London

L'art contemporain en Europe (Experience Pommery # 5), Domaine de Pommery, Reims, curated by Fabrice Bousteau and Barbara Soyer

Les mondes disparus – Une archéologie du futur, Centre d'art Bastille, Grenoble

Landscope, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, curated by Matthieu Poirier

Second_nature, Park Heintz, Dexia Building, Luxembourg (traveling to Centre artistique et culturale du domaine de Chamarande, Chamarande)

1st Exhibition from the FRAC, Fondo Regional Arte Contemporanea Regione Piemonte, ARCA, Vercelli

Fragile Democracy, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland, UK, curated by Alistair Robinson

BB5, Fifth Berlin Biennale, Berlin, April 5 - June 15, curated by Elena Filipovic and Adam Szymczyk

Building, Dwelling, Thinking, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London, curated by John Slyce

I desired what you were, I need what you are, Maze, Turin, curated by Ilaria Gianni

A Stake in the Mud, A Hole in the Reel, Museo Tamayo, México City; touring to MARCO, Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Vigo, Vigo (8–9 May), Stadtkino, Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, 27 May; CAAC, Centro Andaluz Arte Contemporáneo, Sevilla (24–25 June), Fundació Suñol, Barcelona (7–8 July), Barn Hongersdijk Farmstead, Wilhelminapolder, Zeeland, The Netherlands (11 July), curated by Mariana Canepa Luna and Max Andrews

Painting the Glass House: Artists Revisit Modern Architecture, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, (touring to Yale Museum, Connecticut; Mills College of Art Museum), curated by Jessica Hough and Monica Ramirez Montagut

Untamed Paradises, MARCO, Museum of Contemporary Art Vigo, curated by Virginia Torrente

Greenwashing. Environment: Perils, Promises and Perplexities, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, curated by Ilaria Bonacossa and Latitudes

Paraísos Indómitos / Untamed Paradises, MARCO, Museum of Contemporary Art, Vigo; touring to CAAC, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, Sevilla, curated by Virginia Torente

Estratos, PAC, Proyecto Arte Contemporánea, Murcia, Curated by Nicolas Bourriaud

Cyprien Gaillard: Prospectif Cinéma, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris

Fusion/Confusion, Museum Folwang Essen, Germany

2007

Beyond the Country Perspectives of the Land in Historic and Contemporary Art, Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork, curated by Rene Zechlin

Voices of the Moon - A Triibute to Federico Fellini, GCAC, Galleria d'arte moderna di Monfalcone, Monfalcone, curated by Andrea Bruciati

The History Of A Decade That Has Not Yet Been Named, Lyon Biennale 2007, Lyon, France, curated by Stephanie Moisdon and Hans-Ulrich Obrist

ReMAp KM, Destroy Athens, 1st Athens Biennial, Open Air Screening Room, Athens

The Landsc Apes, Music & Performance, Stadtkino Basel, Basel, organized by Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland

Enlarge Your Practice, La Friche de la Belle de Mai, Marseille, France

Unknown Pleasures, Stadtgalerie, Bern, Switzerland, curated by Angelique Campens

Exit, Maison des arts de Creteil, Creteil, France
Dazed and Confused Versus Warhol, Baltic C.C.A, Newcastle, UK

Black & White, IBID Projects, London

Salon Nouveau, Engholm Engelhorn Galerie, Vienna, curated by Jasper Sharp

Architectures / Exploring Concrete, Maison de l'architecture et de la ville, Lille, France


2006

L'Usage du Monde, Musee d'Art Moderne et contemporain, Rijeka, Croatia

Getting Along, Island 6 Art Center, Shangai

Black Flag, Galerie de Multiples, Paris

Tunnel Vision, FotoMuseum, Antwerp

Bring The War Home, Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York

Bring The War Home, QED Gallery, Los Angeles
Super, Le Festival Eist, Maison des Arts de Creteil, France

Abstraction/Surface, Bureau des Videos, Pompidou Centre, Paris


2005

ECAL, Galerie de Multiples, Paris

The Elated Pedestrian, Champion Fine Arts, Los Angeles

2004

Anciennes Usines Sprint Court, Nuke, Paris

2003

Moph, Parko, Tokyo


BIBLIOGRAPHY

2009

Relocating the Past, Art Forum, Issue XLVIII, No. 2 , October
Cyprien Gaillard, Art Monthly, July-August
The Generational: Younger Than Jesus, FRIEZE, Issue 14, June-July
"Cyprien Gaillard", Art Forum, Issue XLVII, No.6, February

2008

"Recycling The Ruins", Map Magazine, Issue no. 16, Winter
Sharifi, Payam. "Geplet verleden", Metropolis M, Monument Issue No. 5, October/November
Sherwin, Skye. "Cyprien Gaillard", Art Review, Issue 26, October
"The Sublime Is Now", exhibition catalogue, Galleria Civica di Modena
"When things cast no shadow", Catalogue for the 5th Berlin Biennial, Edited by Adam Szymczyk and Elena Filipovic
Rehberg, Vivian. “Prospectif Cinema”, in Frieze, Issue 115, May
Sherwin, Skye. “Building, Dwelling,Thinking”, in Art Review, Issue 21, April
"Fusion/Confusion", Museum Folkwang Essen, Germany, Curated by Prof. Dr. Sabine Maria Schmidt, exhibition catalogue
Eichler, Dominic. “5th Berlin Biennial For Contemporary Art”,in Frieze, Issue 112, January - February

2007

Gebetsroither, Ines. “Portrait: Cyprien Gaillard” , in Spike, Fall
Pace, Jean Loïc. "Ruines Modernes", in Blast, Fall
Clark, Indigo. "Concrete Castles", in Another Man, No. 5, Fall
Sauvy, Olivier. " Cyprien Gaillard, Vestiges du futur", in Audimagazine, Fall
Soulez, Juliette. "Cyprien Gaillard", in Archistorm, September – October
Cascella, Daniela. "Eyeswideshut", in Blow Up Magazine, Fall
“Ouverture - Cyprien Gaillard”, in Flash Art International, Issue 256, October
"Le phénomène Cyprien Gaillard", in Beaux Arts, September
Hohmann, Silke. "Die Monopol-Watchlist. Fünf Künstler, die uns aufgefallen sind", in Monopol, September
Boukobza, Julie. "Cyprien Gaillard à l'épreuve du feu", in L'Officiel, No. 917, August
Colard, Jean-Max. "Voyage au bout de la ruine", in Les Inrockuptibles, 24 July–30 July 2
Bonaspetti, Edoardo. “Cyprien Gaillard”, in Mousse, Issue 9, Summer
Lequeux, Emmanuelle. "Cyprien Gaillard – L'or en barres", in Beaux Arts Magazine, No. 277, July
Sharifi, Payam. “Cyprien Gaillard, A Portrait of Violence as a Young Romantic”, in 032c, Issue 13, Summer
Art 38 Basel, “Art Unlimited - Cyprien Gaillard”, catalogue pp 60-61
Launay, Aude. “Cyprien Gaillard – Reloaded Land Art”, in 02, Spring, 12 May
Colard, Jean-Max. "Cyprien Gaillard - Cosmic Gallerie" , in Art Forum, Issue XLV, No. 9, May
Jacquet, Claire. “Entre Hubert Robert et Robert Smithson: Cyprien Gaillard”, in Document 4, Jeu de Paume catalogue for the exhibition Territoires en Expansion, une Nouvelle Generation d’Artistes
Vincent, Cedric. “Portfolio – Cyprien Gaillard”, in ART21, No.1, March - April
“Cyprien Gaillard, entre romantisme et vandalisme”, in Direct Soir, 6 March
Davies, Lillian. “Artist profile”, in UOVO, Issue No.13
Corbetta, Caroline. “The Wonderland of Utopia”, in L’Uomo Vogue, March
De Bure, Gilles. “Cyprien Gaillard: Order et chaos”, in Numero, March
Bonnet, Marie. “Critic’s Pick: Cyprien Gaillard, Desniansky Raion”, in Artforum.com, March
Gardellini, Lara. "Cyprien Gaillard: The Lake Arches", in Tema Celeste, March
Malherbe, Anne. “Cyprien Gaillard: Desniansky Raion”, in Artpress, No.332, March
Ross, Millie. “Artist Profile: Cyprien Gaillard”, in Dazed and Confused, March
“Six raisons d’aller voir Cyprien Gaillard”, in VSD Supplement, February
Smyth, Cherry. “Cyprien Gaillard: The Lake Arches", in ArtReview, February
Arlin, Marc. “Art Brut”, in Spray, February
Colard, Jean Max. “Cyprien Gaillard: Desniansky Raion”, in Les Inrockuptibles, 30 January – 5 February

2006

Ward, Ossian. “Cyprien Gaillard: The Lake Arches”, in Time Out London, 6 – 13 December
“Cyprien Gaillard The Lake Arches”, in Kultureflash.net, No.186, 6 December
Hill, Emily. “Cyprien Gaillard, The Lake Arches”, in DazedDigital.com, 4 December
Wilson, Robin. “Cyprien Gaillard: The Lake Arches”, in Architects’ Journal, No.20, Volume 224, 30 November
Jones, Laura. “How to film a fire extinguisher",in The Guardian, 1 November
Price, Matt. “Early Risers, London’s Young Commercial Galleries Program Highlights: Cyprien Gaillard at Laura Bartlett”, in Flash Art International, November
World Tour 2002 – 2003, catalogue, October
“BABYLON:DON”, Royal College of Art, London, Architecture Annual, On the occasion of 10 Mostra Internazionale di Architettura, Venezia
Sharifi, Payam. “Crosscurrents, Bring the War Home at Elizabeth Dee”, in ArtReview, June
Trembley, Nicolas. "Cyprien Gaillard", in Programme Costes, May – June

2005

“Le meilleur de la semaine - Best Of The Week”, in Les Inrockuptibles, No.513, 5 November – 6 December
“Le meilleur de la semaine - Best Of The Week”, in Les Inrockuptibles, No.512, 23-29 November
Colard, Jean Max. “Feux Pales”, in Les Inrockuptibles, 16 November
“Cyprien Gaillard”, in Paris-Art, October
“Cyprien Gaillard”, in pourinfos.org, October
Sharifi, Payam. “The Rear Guard of the Avant Garde- Some Thoughts on Cyprien Gaillard’s Belief in the Age of Disbelief”, exhibition catalogue, Galerie Nuke, Paris, October
Trembley, John. “The Elated Pedestrian”, exhibition catalogue, April

2003

Prigent, Loic. “Pol’art”, in Beaux Arts Magazine, October
Barkley, Nick. "Why Scotland needs Tramway", in The List, October
Mago Journal, Japan, August
So-En, Japan, August
L’affaire de Colette, in DS, France