Michel François was born in 1956 in Saint-Trond, Belgium and is currently living and working in Brussels, Belgium. François attended École de Recherche Graphique in Brussels, Belgium. He most recently had solo exhibitions Fondation d’Enterprise Hermès in Brussels, Kamel Mennour in Paris, and Bortolami Gallery in New York. François’ work was included in the Basel Art Fair in 2004 and shown in various institutions including SMAK in Belgium, Musée des Beaux-Arts in Switzerland, and Centre George Pompidou in Paris among many others.
Exhibitions
Contre Nature
16 Mar – 21 Jul 2023
Bozar
The Song of the Araponga
28 Jun – 9 Aug 2019
39 Walker
The Absent Museum
2 Apr – 13 Aug 2017
Weils Contemporary Art Centre
Michel François, Liz Larner, Tony Lewis and Virginia Overton
10 Nov – 22 Dec 2016
Bortolami
Incorporated! Les Ateliers de Rennes – biennale d’art contemporain
10 Oct – 11 Dec 2016
Halle de la Courrouze, Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande
Nineteen thousand posters.1994-2016
12 Mar – 24 Aug 2016
Frac-Île-de-France
Tierra Vaga
6 Feb 2016
Casa Wabi, Puerto Escondido
Philaetchouri
6 Apr – 30 Apr 2015
La Verrière, Fondation D'Enterprise Hermès
Pieces of Evidence
21 Feb – 20 Mar 2014
Bortolami
Michel François
25 Feb – 1 May 2010
Bortolami
Plans D’Evasion
10 Oct 2009 – 1 Jan 2010
S.M.A.K.
Michel François
21 Feb – 27 Mar 2008
Bortolami
Theater of Operations
12 Jan – 11 Feb 2006
Bortolami
1999 Venice Biennial: Horror Vacui
13 Jun – 17 Nov 1999
Ca’ Giustinian, Venice
Press
Scott Indrisek Ann Veronica Janssens and Michel François - The Song of the Arapongo ArtReview Sept 2019Cultured Gallery Peeping: New York Heats Up With A New Wave of Summer Exhibitions Cultured Magazine Jul 2019Angela Brown Look, Look Again: Bortolami Group Show Considers the Art of Close, Careful Viewing Artnews Dec 2016Ellie Bronson The Independent: Calm Joy Amidst Art Fair Claustrophobia artcritical Mar 2012— The Art Fair Edition: The Sky, Brought Indoors The Daily Beast Mar 2011Chris Sharp Michel François at kamel mennour, Paris Art Agenda Jan 2011GENT Final Days: Michel François at S.M.A.K. Metropolis M Jan 2010Guillaume Désanges It’s All There: Unusual Suspects (Fractals, Sculptures, Suspension, and Symmetry) Plans D’Evasion Jan 2010Edward Leffingwell Michel François at Bortolami Dayan,” Art in America Art in America May 2006Brian Sholis Michel François Artforum Mar 2006Roberta Smith Art in Review; Michel François The New York Times Feb 2006Roberta Smith Michel François The New York Times Feb 2006Hans Theys Jigsaw Pieces for a Changing Story: A Few Words on the Exhibitions of Michel François Hans Theys Oct 2002Laurie Attias Michel François Frieze May 1999Publications
Michel François: Photographe
Gallery RueVisconti, Paris
2011
Plans d’Evasion
Roma Publications, Amsterdam
2010
Michel François: La Plante En Nous Die Pflanze In Uns
Steidl, Gottingen
2000
Michel François: Where I Am, Seen From The Air
La Lettre Volee
1999
Michel Francois En Meme Temps
Phillip Galgiani, New York
1998
