1980
Born, Paris

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


Solo Exhibitions

2008
The Hayward Gallery Project Space curated by Tom Morton, October
Cyprien Gaillard, Stroom Den Haag, The Hague, November
Glasgow 2014, Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, December

2007
Homes & Graves & Gardens, Centre d'art et du Paysage de l'Ile de Vassiviere, Vassiviere, curated by Chiara Parisi
Art Unlimited, Art Basel
Open Space, Art Cologne, Laura Bartlett Gallery, April 18 - 21
Pentagone, Cyprien Gaillard, L'Atelier du Musee du Jeu de Paume, Paris, February 28 - April 1
Desniansky Raion, Cosmic Gallery, Paris, January 20 - March 3

2006
The Lake Arches, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London, November 2 - December 14

2005
One Shot By...Nuke, Galerie Nuke, Paris

2004
It's Just Me And My Brother, Nuit d'Encore, Paris


Selected Group Exhibitions


2008

bb5, Fifth Berlin Biennale, Berlin, curated by Elena Filipovic and Adam Szymczyk, April 5 - June 15
Fragile Democracy, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland, UK, curated by Alistair Robinson
Paraísos Indómitos / Untamed Paradises, MARCO, Museum of Contemporary Art, Vigo; touring to CAAC, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, Sevilla, curated by Virginia Torente
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, April
My Brain’s a Cliff and My Heart’s a Bitter Buffalo, Castillo/Corrales, Paris
Prospectif Cinéma, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
The Object is the Mirror, Group Show, Curated by Max Henry, Wilkinson Gallery, London, January - February
Beyond the Country - Perspectives of the Land in Historic and Contemporary Art, Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork, curated by Rene Zechlin, October - February
Fusion/Confusion, Museum Folkwang Essen, Germany, Curated by Prof. Dr. Sabine Maria Schmidt, January 12 - March 29
Greenwashing. Environment: Perils, Promises and Perplexities Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, curated by ilaria Bonacossa and Latitudes, February 28 - May 4th
Série Noire, Villa Bernasconi, Geneva, curated by Frédéric Latherrade, November 30, 2007- January 20, 2008
Real Remnants of Fictive Wars V, Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie de Besançon, Besançon, October 19, 2007 - March 3, 2008
Estratos, Proyecto Arte Contemporaneo , - PAC, Murcia, curated by Nicolas Bourriaud, January 24 - March 31, 2008
Painting the Glass House: Artists Revisit Modern Architecture, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, March 9 - August 31 (touring to Yale Museum, Connecticut; Mills College of Art Museum), curated by Jessica Hough and Monica Ramirez Montagut
A Stake in the Mud, A Hole in the Reel, Museo Tamayo, Mexico City, curated by Mariana Canepa Luna and Max Andrews, April


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, 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
Enlarge Your Practice, La Friche de la Belle de Mai, Marseille, July 7 - September 16
Unknown Pleasures, Stadtgalerie, Bern, curated by Angelique Campens
Exit, Maison des arts de Creteil, Creteil, France
Dazed and Confused Versus Warhol, Baltic C.C.A, Newcastle, UK, May 16 - September 2
Black & White, IBID Projects, London, March 23 - April 15
Salon Nouveau, Engholm Engelhorn Galerie, Vienna, Curated by Jasper Sharp, January 2 - April 7
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
FIAC 2005, Le Bal Jaune Caroussel du Louvre, Paris
L'ELAC, Espace Lausannois d'Art Contemporain, Lausanne, Switzerland
The Elated Pedestrian, Champion Fine Arts, Los Angeles

2004
Anciennes Usines Sprint Court, Nuke, Paris

2003
Moph, Parko, Tokyo


Bibliography

2008

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"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
Forthcoming publication by UOVO in collaboration with Laura Bartlett Gallery
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
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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
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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
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Corbetta, Caroline. “The Wonderland of Utopia”, in L’Uomo Vogue, March
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2006

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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