Fabrice HYBER

Fabrice Hyber is a French visual artist born on 12 July 1961 in Luçon (Vendée). At 56, he was elected to the Académie des beaux-arts on 25 April 2018. Attached to nature, economy, commerce and science, he has created systems around artistic production with companies, scientists and laboratories around the world. Fabrice Hyber claims an attachment to mathematics, science, but also to the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze.

The activity and artistic thought of Fabrice Hyber, who defines himself as a quantum artist, are constantly crossed by the notions of mutation and transformation. Trained as a scientist before entering the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Nantes, the artist conceives his work in the form of a gigantic rhizome that develops on a principle of echoes. Invariably starting from the practice of drawing and painting, he invests all modes of expression and constantly diffuses his work from one medium to another: "It doesn't matter what the materiality of the work is, only its capacity to trigger behaviors".

Born in 1961 in Luçon, Vendée, France. Lives and works in Paris.

EDUCATION

1985
- Graduate of the Nantes School of Fine Arts.


SOLO EXHIBITIONS (selection)

2024
- La forêt et L’amitié, metro installation Shanghai, China.
- Sol, Sols, Lieu d’art Contemporain – L.A.C, Narbonne, France.
- La Fabrique du Climat, Museum of contemporary art in Les Sables d'Olonne, France.
- Humeurs, Villa Cavrois, CMN, Croix, Lille, France.
2023
- La foresta invisibile, Louis Vuitton space, Venezia, Italy.
- Sous la forêt, des vies, Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire, France.
- Ruminé, Duchamp Gallery, Yvetot, France.
2022
- La Vallée, Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art, Paris, France.
- L’homme de Bessins a 30 ans, Palais-Royal Gardens, Paris, France.
2021
- Fresh air, SLAG Gallery, New-York, USA.
- Frisson d'Hyber, Gilles Drouault Gallery, Paris, France.
2020
- To Live in the Forest, Nathalie Obadia Gallery, Paris, France.
- Fabrice Hyber, Telmah Gallery, Rouen, France.
2019
- Fabrice Hyber / Pablo Picasso, Palais idéal du facteur Cheval, Hauterives, France.
2017
- OVNI, School of Fine Arts, Nantes, France.
- hyberDUBUFFET, Nathalie Obadia Gallery, Paris, France.
2016
- L'Homme Éponge, MUP IDF, Bondy/Cachan/Boulogne-Billancourt, France.
- L’entier, Cyrille Putman and Quatre Gallery, Arles, France.
2015
- Mutations acquises, Nathalie Obadia Gallery, Brussels, Belgium.
- Forme des mots, Museum of Contemporary Art of Anvers - M HKA, Anvers, Belgium.
- 271 643 795 m2, CRAC Languedoc Roussillon, Sète, France.
2014
- Interdit aux enfants, Nathalie Obadia Gallery, Paris, France.
- Homeopathic paintings, Der Stadt Tuttlingen Gallery, Tuttlingen, Germany.
2013
- Raw materials, Baltic - Centre for contemporary Art, Newcastle, England.
- Essentiel peintures homéopathiques, Maeght Foundation, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France.
2012
- Matières premières, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France.
- POF, Prototype d'objets en fonctionnent, MAC VAL, Vitry-sur-Seine, France.
- Essentiel, peintures homéopathiques, Maeght Foudation, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France.
2011
- Inventions, Jérôme de Noirmont Gallery, Paris, France.
2010
- Immortality, Moscow, Nijni Novgorod, Krasnoyarsk, Russia.
- Pasteur' Spirit, Pasteur Institute, Paris, France.
2009
- Seed and Grow, Vangi Sculpture Garden Museum, Tokyo, Japan.
2008
- Du pur Hyber, Jérôme de Noirmont Gallery, Paris, France.
- Power plants, la puissance des plantes, Espace F-A Ducros, Grignan, France.
- Seed and Grow (Je s'aime). Watari-Um, Tokyo, Japan.
2007
- Matière à penser / Food for thought, Le Laboratoire, Paris, France.
- C’Hyber Rallye de la Réunion, Réunion Island, France.
2006
- Les Éclats, Herzliya Museum, Tel Aviv, Israël.
- Pétrole, Jérôme de Noirmont Gallery, Paris, France.
- Voix d’eaux et +, Bernard Anthonioz House art, Nogent-sur-Marne, France.
2005
- Météo, Villa Arson, Nice, France.
- L’Atelier d’hiver d’Hyber, Domaine Pommery, Reims, France.
- Nord-Sud, FRAC Pays de la Loire, Nantes, France.
- Fée maison, La Briqueterie, Ciry-le-Noble, Le Creusot, France.
2004
- Heimspiel, Francfort, Germany.
2003
- Entrejambe – Espace privé/Espace public, Gustave Fayet Space, Sérignan, France.
- Les Hommes cellulaires, Comtal Castle, Carcassonne, France.
- Pof, Pof, Pof, Kunstraum leuphana universitat Lüneburg, Germany.
- L’Artère, Alliance Française of Monterrey, Mexico.
2002
- Juste après la plage, Dourven Gallery, Trédez-Locquémeau, France.
- POF Cabaret, Kunsthalle Lophem, Bruges, Belgium.
- Voix d'eaux, Châteauneuf-en-Auxois, France.
- Fabrice Hybert, Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, USA.
- Fabrice Hybert, Departmental Hotel, Évreux, France.
- C'hybert rallye, Paris, France.
- Fabrice Hybert, The Box Associati, Turin, Italy.
2001
- Watari-um, Tokyo, Japan.
- Ace Gallery, Mexico, Mexico.
- Push Corner, Kunsthalle Lophem, Bruges, Belgium.
- C'Hybert, Vassivière Contemporary Art Centre in Limousin, France.
- C'hybert rallye, Tokyo, Japan.
- C'hybert rallye, Vassivière, France.
2000
- Parpadeantes eyes, Museo de las Artes, Guadalajara, Mexico.
- Inconnu.net, Changements de temps, Arc de Triomphe, Paris, France.
- Inconnu.net, Ace Gallery, Los Angeles, USA.
- Listaasafn Reykjavik, Reykjavik, Island.
- At your own risk, Porin Taidemuseoon, Pori, Finland.
- At your own risk, Götenborg Kunstmuseum, Göteborg, Sweden.
- Les Loisirs de Fabrice Hybert, Notre-Dame des Fleurs, Vence, France.
- Kunsthalle Lophem, Bruges, Belgium.
1999
- Spiral TV, it’s tomorrow now, Tokyo, Japan.
- At your own risk, California College of the Arts - CCAC Institute, San Francisco, USA.
- Bergen Museum, Bergen, Norway.
- Erna Hecey Gallery, Art Fair Basel, Switzerland.
- IPM, Art Fair Basel, Switzerland.
- Mind map, Eigen+Art Gallery, Berlin, Germany.
- Peter Kilchmann Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland.
- POF shop, Tokyo, Japan.
1998
- Diététique, Le Confort moderne, Poitiers, France.
- Citoxe, De Appel Foundation, Amsterdam, Neitherlands.
- Fabrice Hybert, Kunsthalle Saint Gall, Switzerland.
- Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, USA.
- Certificat, Kanazawa University, Japan.
1997
- 25-52, Erna Hecey Gallery, Luxembourg
- Eau d’or, eau dort, ODOR, French Pavilion, 47th Venice Biennale, Italy.
- Muster Testoo, Leipzig, Germany.
- Et POF, School of Fine Arts, Nantes, France.
- EIGEN+ART, Berlin, Germany.
- Deep Narcissus, Haus, Anvers, Belgium.
- Discipline, Peter Kilchmann Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland.
1996
- Testoo, Kunstraum Luneburg, Germany.
- Testoo, Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, USA.
- EIGEN+ART, Leipzig, Germany.
- Kunsthalle Lophem, Bruges, Belgium.
- Testoo, Vleeshal, Middelburg, Neitherlands.
- Station u 841, Berlin, Germany.
1995
- L'Hybertmarché (1-1=2), Paris Museum of Modern Art - ARC, Paris, France.
- Plus lourd à l'intérieur, Saint-Étienne Museum, France.
- Plus lourd à l'intérieur, Strasbourg Museum, France.
- Froment-Putman Gallery, Paris, France.
1994
- Fabrice Hybert, Kunstalle Lophem, Bruges, Belgium.
- ZenoX Gallery, Anvers, Belgium.
- Contemporary Art Center, Moscow, Russia.
- 500e anniversaire de Rabelais, Le Confort moderne, Poitiers, France.
1993
- Fabrice Hybert : œuvres de 1981 à 1993, Museum of Contemporary art - CAPC, Bordeaux, France.
- Programme d'entreprise indéterminée, Nantes Museum of Fine Arts, Nantes, France.
1992
- Les Deux Étages, Creux de l’enfer Art Center, Thiers, France.
- Larve d'entreprise, Arlogos Gallery, Nantes, France.
- Conversation, La Criée Contemporary Art Center, Rennes, France.
- Artsonje Center, Seoul, South Korea.
- Robert Walser Museum, Gais, Switzerland.
1991
- Fabrice Hybert, Interface Gallery, Nîmes, France.
- Arlogos Gallery, Nantes, France.
- Vis à vis, The mirror of the galleries, Ancient sacred establishments, Liège, Belgium.
1990
- Fabrice Hybert, Froment-Putman Gallery, Paris, France.
- Centre d'art contemporain d'Ivry-sur-Seine - CREDAC, Ivry-sur-Seine, France.
1989
- Change, Direction Régionale Des Affaires Culturelles - DRAC, Poitiers, France. 
- Refaire le monde, Caen Municipal Theatre, Caen, France.
- Fabrice Hybert, Arlogos Gallery, Nantes, France.
1988
- Riverin-Arlogos Gallery, Montreal, Canada.
1987
- Pollution, Arlogos Gallery, Nantes, France.
- Fabrice Hybert, Ussel town hall, Ussel, France.
- Direction Régionale Des Affaires Culturelles – DRAC, Limousin, Limoges, France.
1986
- Mutation, Maison de l’avocat, Nantes, France.


GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selection)

2024
- Art Basel Paris, Paris, France.
- Œuvres choisies, Nathalie Obadia Gallery x Rhinoceros Gallery, Rome, Italia.
- L’Homme de bois, Botanical Garden, Voyage à Nantes, 13e édition, Nantes, France.
- Artistes et paysans. Battre la campagne, Les Abattoirs Museum, Toulouse, France.
- « Le bassin aux Nymphéas, harmonie rose » de Claude Monet & « En construction » de Fabrice Hyber, Palais Fesch, Ajaccio Museum of Fine Arts, Ajaccio, France.
2023
- Foire d’art contemporain, Funfair at 104, Paris, France.
- Au temps du sida, œuvres, récits et entrelacs, Strasbourg Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art -MAMCS, Strasbourg, France.
2022
- Les vivants, Tripostal, Lille, France.
- Petit précipité subjectif d’une histoire des graines, The 104, Paris, France.
2021
- Napoléon ? Encore !, Army Museum, Paris, France.
2020
- Les Extatiques, La Défense, Paris, France.
- Notre monde brûle, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France.
- Habiter la forêt, Nathalie Obadia Gallery, Paris, France.
2019
- Coup de foudre, with Nathalie Talec, EDF Foundation space, Paris, France.
- Nous les arbres, Cartier Foundation, Paris, France.
2016     
-PAD Paris Art Design, Tuileries Gardens, Paris, France.
2015
- Take me I'm yours, La Monnaie, Paris, France.
- Cosa mentale, Pompidou Center, Metz, France.
- CONTOUR 7 biennale voor bewegend beeld a moving image biennale in Mechelen, Mechelen, Belgium.
2014
- Procession, Bordeaux Contemporary Art Museum – CAPC, Bordeaux, France.
- L'Image dans l'onde, François-Schneider Foundation, Wattwiller, France.
- Le Mur. La collection Antoine de Galbert, La Maison rouge, Paris, France.
- Donaugalerie ein skulpturenprojekt der stadt Tuttlingen, Tuttlingen, Germany
- Brave new world, Metropolitan Museum, Manille, Philippines.
- Biennale de Busan 2014 : Habiter le monde, Busan, South Korea.
2013
- Poétique d'objets, Lieu d'art et d'action contemporaine, Dunkerque, France.
- La Tyrannie des objets, Galeries Lafayette, Paris, France.
- La Donation Florence et Daniel Guerlain, Pompidou Center, Paris, France.
- Entre-temps... Brusquement et ensuite, 12th Lyon Biennial, Lyon, France.
- De Chaissac à Hyber, Historial de la Vendée, Les Lucs-sur-Boulogne, France.
2012
- To be with art is all we ask, Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo, Norway.
- Retour à l'intime la collection Giuliana et Tommaso Setari, La Maison rouge, Paris, France.
- L'Âne musicien (Déchire tout et recommence), FRAC Languedoc-Roussillon, Montpellier, France.
- Estuaire, Canal Saint Felix, France.
- Camere 17, Rome, Italy.
- Abu Dhabi Art's Arts, Talks and sensations, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
2011
- Paris, Delhi, Bombay, Pompidou Center, Paris, France.
- Inquiétantes Étrangetés, Museum of Fine Arts, Nantes, France.
- Dessins exquis, Slick, Paris, France
- Already-made, Jérôme de Noirmont Gallery, Paris, France.
2010
- Nos meilleurs souvenirs, Domaine Pommery, Reims, France.
- Métissages, Hotel Hèbre de Saint-Clément, Rochefort, France.
- L'Expérience du monde, Contemporary Art Center, Moscow, Russia.
- Le Sourire du chat (opus 1), Hangar à bananes, Nantes, France.
- Le Mont analogue, Centro Cultural Metropolitano, Quito, Equator.
- Circuit céramique à Sèvres. La Scène française contemporaine, Manufacture de Sèvres, Sèvres, France.
- Biennale de Lodz, Lodz, Poland.
2009
- Métissages, Baron-Gérard Museum, Bayeux, France.
- La Force de l'art, Grand Palais, Paris, France.
- Collection Florence et Daniel Guerlain, Guerlain Foundation, Les Mesnuls, France.
2008
- Sens dessus dessous, Occitanie Regional Centre for Contemporary Art, Sète, France.
- Mobile Art Chanel, New York, USA, / Tokyo, Japan / Hong Kong, China.


AWARDS

2018
- Elected to the French Academy of Fine Arts, Paris, France.
2012
- Officer of Arts and Letters.
1997
- Lion d’or at the 47th Venice Biennale, Italy.


PUBLICS COLLECTIONS (selection)

- Nantes Museum of Art, Nantes, France.
- Museum of Sainte-Croix Abbey, Les Sables-d'Olonne, France.
- Pompidou Center, Paris, France.
- Paris Museum of Modern Art, Paris, France.
- Bordeaux Museum of Contemporary Art – CAPC, Bordeaux, France.
- Municipal Museum of Contemporary Art – SMAK, Gand, Belgium.
- Lyon Museum of Contemporary Art – MAC, Lyon, France.
- Val-de-Marne Museum of Contemporary Art - MAC-VAL, Val-de-Marne, France.
- Regional Museum of Contemporary Art, Sérignan, France.
- FRAC des Pays de la Loire, France.
- FRAC Occitanie, France.
- Haute-Vienne Museum of Contemporary Art, Rochechouart Castle, Haute-Vienne, France.
- Grand-Duc Jean Museum Modern Art - MUDAM, Luxembourg.
- Anvers Museum of Contemporary Art – M HKA, Anvers, Belgium.
- Museum het Domein, Sittard, Netherlands.
- Los Angeles Museum of contemporary Art - MOCA, Los-Angeles, USA.
- Kanazawa Museum of 21st Century Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan.
- Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Tel-Aviv, Israel.


PRIVATE COLLECTIONS (selection)

- Carmignac Foundation.
- Guastalla Foundation.
- Francès Foundation.
- Maeght Foundation.
- Bredin Prat Foundation.
- Dolorès et Claude Bonan.
- Michel Poitevin.
- François Meyer.
- Masathis.
- Guy Savoy.
- Maya et Fared Hariri.
- Emmanuelle et Jérôme de Noirmont.
- Mona Hamilton.