About

Born in 1980, based in Paris.

He is dedicated to long-term projects which produce photographic narratives. Aiming to adapt the camera to the subject and the way in which to narrate a story by using different types of cameras, formats and sensible surfaces. With his images he build stories which navigate between documentary and poetry.

Guillaume Amat - About
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Solo Exhibitions

  • 2020 Festival Les Photographiques - Le Mans - (March) “La Profondeur des Roches”
  • 2019 Hôtel de l'industrie - Paris - (January) “La Profondeur des Roches”
  • 2013 Itinéraire d’art photographique Jazz in Saint Germain-des-Prés Festival (May) “Chrysalides”
  • 2012 National Museum of Customs – Festival IPV – Bordeaux– France (April) “Bardenas Reales”
  • 2010 La Galerie Particulière – Paris – France (April-May) – “Nébuleuse” & “Bardenas Reales”
  • 2007 Chapelle Ste Anne – Arles – France (March) – “Rizdici – Une Histoire Camarguaise”

Group Exhibitions & Projections

  • 2019 Phot'Aix, Regards Croisés, Liban-Provence, Galerie Zola, Aix en Provence, France (November)
  • 2019 Biennale of Photography and the City, Sedan, France (september)
  • 2019 International Photo Festival In Cadaqués, Runner up, Galeria Oda I, Cadaqués, Spain (september)
  • 2017 Open Fields - France(s) Territoire Liquide, Museo de Antiotquia, Medellín, Colombia (february-april), curator : Paul Wombell
  • 2017 Open Fields - Circulation(s), MAMM, Multimedia Art Museum of Moscow, Russia (april-may), curator : Marion Hislen
  • 2017 Open Fields - France(s) Territoire Liquide, MAMBO, Museum of Modern Art, Bogotá, Colombia (may-july), curator : Paul Wombell
  • 2017 « Paysage Français: une aventure photographique (1984-2017) », Open Fields, BnF, Bibliothèque nationale de France, site François-Mitterrand, (ocobre 2017- février 2018) co-curator: Héloïse Conesa and Raphaële Bertho.
  • 2016 Greater Taipei Biennial of Contemporary Arts, Yo-Chang Museum of Art, NTUA. « dé-coïncidence » curator : François Jullien, Taipei, Taiwan
  • 2016 « Six Regards en Quête de Paysage », curator: Simon Edwards, Salon de la Photo, Paris, France
  • 2016 15th International Architecture Exhibition - Biennale di Venezia, « Nouvelles Richesses », French Pavilion, general curator: Alejendro Aravena, Venice, Italy
  • 2016 Horizon et après ? - De-Hors 2016, Vence, France
  • 2015 Rencontres d’Arles 2015 - Fétart 10 years projection, place du Forum, Arles - France Musée des Beaux-Arts d’Angers, new acquisitions Artothèque, Public collection, city of Angers - France
  • 2014 Exhibition France(s) Territoire Liquide, curator: Paul Wombell, Tripostal, Transphotographiques 2014, Lille - France
  • 2014 France TV - Diaporama “Espaces Memoriels” for the World War I centenary
  • 2013 Festival Promenades Photographiques de Venbôme - France
  • 2013 Festival Jazz in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Alcazar, Paris – France
  • 2013 Circus Photography : Young Gallery Brussels – BE
  • 2012 Art Takes Time Square - Projection in Times Square - NYC - USA
  • 2011 Galerie Esther Woerdehoff, Price PHPA 2010, Paris - France
  • 2011 Circulations - Festival de la jeune photographie européenne - Paris - France
  • 2011 Slideluck Potshow - Paris 2nd Edition - Le BAL - Paris - France
  • 2010 Par Nature - les paysages dans le photographie contemporaine - Espace d’Art Contemporain E. Beaudouin- France
  • 2009 Farmani Gallery, DUMBO, Brooklyn, New York - USA
  • 2009 Galerie Frédéric Moisan, rue Mazarine, Paris - France
  • 2009 Official selection in Festival “Les Photographiques”, Le Mans – France
  • 2009 Official selection in Festival International Voies Off - Arles France
  • 2009 # 13 - Rencontres International de la Photographie d’Arles - France Crane Kalman Brighton Gallery - Brighton - UK
  • 2008 International Festival of Environmental Images Paris Projection Festival Promenade Photographique de Vendôme Les Rencontres d’Arles - Photo Folio Review - France Projection Arles - Fétart
  • 2007 Official Selection Festival International de la Photographie - Voies Off - Arles - France

Awards & Grants

  • 2019 winner of "Un Photographe pour Eurazeo" edition 2019
  • 2010 1st Price PHPA (Photo d’Hôtel Photo d’Auteur 2010) Paris - “Chrysalides”
  • 2010 Artistic Grant from La Casa de Velázquez - Madrid - Espagne - “Bardenas Reales”
  • 2008 Selected Portfolio - Portfolio Review - Judges Favorites - Les Rencontres d’Arles - “Nébuleuse”
  • 2008 2nd Price Paris Photography Award (PX3) Public Choice - Self Portrait Pro – USA - “Chrysalides”
  • 2008 Honorable Mention - International Photography Awards (IPA) - Fine Art - Los Angeles - “Chrysalides”

Collections

  • Public art collection of the town of Angers, Maine et Loire - France in the Artothèque Angers 
  • Private collections

Books

  • Collective Book - France(s) Territoire Liquide, texte by Jean-Christophe Bailly, ed. Seuil Fiction et Cie -ISBN 978-2-02-115899-1
  • Collective Book - Paysages Français - Une Aventure Photographique 1945-2017, BNF editions - ISBN 978-2-7177-2740-1

Selected Publications / paper

  • A+a - Art and Architecture magazine - China
  • AMC - France
  • Architektur - Austria
  • Les Echos - France
  • Esquire - Russia
  • Le Figaro - France
  • Le Moniteur - France
  • Gallimard - France
  • The Guardian - UK
  • Hing - Hong Kong
  • Legnoarchitecttura - Italy
  • Le Monde - France
  • Migrate - South Africa
  • Opéra National de Paris - France
  • Penguin Press - UK
  • Phaidon Press - Germany
  • Random House - UK
  • Süddeutsche Zeitung - Germany
  • Times - USA
  • Wallpaper - UK

Selected Publications / online