Renaud Auguste‑Dormeuil is a visual artist whose practice, since the mid‑1990s, probes how images are produced, circulated, and instrumentalised in public and political arenas—mapping the skies before bombings, charting the mechanisms of surveillance, and lately adopting more metaphorical, speculative forms. His work has been shown internationally and belongs to major museum, foundation, and private collections. Among numerous honours, he received the Prix HSBC pour la photographie (2004), Prix Meurice pour l’art contemporain (2010), and Prix 1 % Marché de l’Art (2022), and he was a resident at the Villa Médicis, Rome (2009–10). He lives and works in Paris.
Selected solo exhibitions: Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire (2024); Villa Médicis, Rome (2023); Nuit Blanche, Musée Cognacq-Jay, Paris (2022); Musée des Moulages, Paris (2021); MACRO Testaccio, Rome (2017); Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2015); Fundació Caixa, Barcelona (2005); Swiss Institute, New York (2004).
Selected group exhibitions: Biennale de Lyon (2017); Helsinki Photography Festival (2009); Bucharest International Biennial of Contemporary Art (2008); Bildmuseet, Umeå (2009); Espace culturel Louis Vuitton, Paris (2009); MAC VAL, Vitry-sur-Seine (2007); Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris (2007).
Selected institutional collections: Musée national d’art moderne – Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Fonds national d’art contemporain (FNAC/CNAP), Paris; MAC/VAL – Musée d’art contemporain du Val-de-Marne, Vitry-sur-Seine; FMAC – Fonds municipal d’art contemporain, Paris; FRAC Pays de la Loire; FRAC Bourgogne; FRAC Basse-Normandie; FRAC Languedoc-Roussillon.
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Hope It Was Worth It - Tapisserie dite nuit bleue (Ciel du 16 décembre 1707 _ dernière éruption du mont Fuji dit éruption de Hôei), 2023
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Les ambitieux de Rome, Pape 1, 2023
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Les ambitieux de Rome, Pape 2, 2023
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Les ambitieux de Rome, Pape 3, 2023
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The Day Before_Baghdad_March 18, 2003_23:59, 2023
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The Day Before_Caen_ June 5, 1944_23:59, 2023
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The Day Before_Coventry_November 13 1940_23:59, 2023
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The Day Before_Dresden_February 12, 1945_23:59, 2023
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The Day Before_London_ September 6, 1940_23:59, 2023
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D'après nature #9_Milan, 2021
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SPIN OFF - JE ME FOUS DU PASSE, 2021
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I was there, Power Blackout, Napoli, 2012
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I was there, Power Blackout, New York, 2009
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RENAUD AUGUSTE-DORMEUIL | CENTRE POMPIDOU
INSTITUTIONAL ACQUISITION 10 January 2025Two works by Renaud Auguste-Dormeuil have entered the collection of The Musée National d’Art Moderne - Centre Pompidou. Tapisserie dite le saut dans le vide...Read more -
ART BRUSSELS | L'OEIL DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE
PRESS 29 April 2024John Devos highlighted the Art Brussels booth For a language to come in The Eye of Photography Magazine . Lita Albuquerque (Us 1946) In a...Read more -
ART BRUSSELS
ART FAIR 25 - 28 April 2024Booth 6A-08 “For a Language to Come” Galerie La Patinoire Royale Bach presents a group exhibition For a Language to Come centered on the artistic...Read more -
RENAUD AUGUSTE-DORMEUIL | VILLA MEDICI
SOLO EXHIBITION 5 July - 24 September 2023Renaud Auguste-Dormeuil, a fellow at the French Academy in Rome from 2009 to 2010, returned to present a solo exhibition at the Villa Medici titled...Read more -
RENAUD AUGUSTE-DORMEUIL | HANGAR Y
EXHIBITION 27 March 2023Renaud Auguste-Dormeuil exhibited his work I Will Keep A Light Burning at the opening of Hangar Y, the new major immersive art space in the...Read more -
RENAUD AUGUSTE-DORMEUIL | MUSEE DES MOULAGES
SOLO EXHIBITION 29 November - 14 December 2021In a solo exhibition at the Musée des Moulages in the Hôpital Saint-Louis in Paris, Renaud Auguste-Dormeuil continued his explorations of history. Demain est annulé,...Read more -
RENAUD AUGUSTE-DORMEUIL | BIENNALE DE LYON
SOLO EXHIBITION 20 September 2017 - 7 January 2018Renaud Auguste-Dormeuil presented I Will Keep a Light Burning (2011) at the 14th Biennale de Lyon in 2017. Between what we know and what we...Read more -
RENAUD AUGUSTE-DORMEUIL | FONDATION RICARD
INTERVIEW 7 February 2007Artist Renaud Auguste-Dormeuil discusses his artistic process with art historian Sébastien Pluot and Catherine Francblin. Renaud Auguste-Dormeuil: The project The day before - Star system...Read more