Denis Darzacq

Denis Darzacq was born in 1961 and lives and works in Paris.

He graduated from the Ecole National Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in 1986, in the video section, and started photography by following the French rock scene. He also became a set photographer on many feature films (Satyajit Ray, Jacques Rivette, Chantal Ackerman, etc.).
From 1989, he regularly collaborates with the daily newspaper Libération and more generally with the national press. He became a member of the VU agency in 1997.

From 1995 onwards, his photographic work led him to take an interest in the interactions of individuals from minorities with society, whether social and ethnic (Bobigny centre ville 2000, Nus 2003, La Chute 2006, Hyper 2010), sexual (Only Heaven 1995) or physical or psychological (Act 1 and Act 2 2010-2015). In a search for balance, a true political metaphor, the models' bodies take up position in the frame. His photographs are built on paradoxical realities that he endeavours to bring into dialogue. 

Since 2014, these questions have taken on a new development through the production of films (La visite du Louvre 2016, Comme un Seul Homme 2014, Sisyphe 2019) and the creation of video installations (La ronde 2017 and Rise 2019).

In parallel with these works, which systematically include the human figure, he has been developing photographic work for the past ten years based on objects that he stages in neutral environments (Recomposition 2010, Contreformes 2015, Absences 2018, Apories 2021). These photographs, in a desire to liberate the duty to inform, concrete and abstract at the same time, question the materiality and meaning of images.

Recently, from photographs of bodies or sculptural objects, he has moved on to making sculptures (Les trophées 2019 and Feuilles 2021).

Distinction:

Lauéat of the photographic commission of the Bibliothèque nationale de France "regard sur un pays traversé par la crise sanitaire", 2022.

Niepce Prize 2012. First prize at the World press photo 2007, category: "Stories" Arts & Entertainment (La Chute). Altadis Prize in 2000.
 

Collection:

Centre Pompidou, France.
Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris, France.
National Contemporary Art Fund. 
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia.
Bidwell projects, USA.
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Mo. U.S.A
Nicéphore Nièpce Museum, Chalon sur Saône France.
Cité Nationale de l'histoire de lImmigration, Paris.
Société Générale.
Galerie du Château d'eau, Toulouse.
Caldic Collection, Holland.
Fond régional d'Art Contemporain d'Ile-de-France.
Fond Régional D'Art Contemporain Haute Normandie.
Fond Régional d'Art Contemporain île de La Réunion.
Altadis Foundation.
Agnès b.
Marin Karmitz.

Solo exhibitions (selection) :

2022
"Le voyage merveilleux", Centre d'art le Carmel in Pamiers, France.
Act 1- Act 2 - The month of French culture in Cuba - Alliance Française de la Havane, Cuba.
Reconstruction - Maison de la Culture de Bobigny - MC93 - Bobigny, France.

2021
"La proie pour l'ombre" - RX Gallery - Paris, France.

2020
Denis Darzacq - Centre d'art de la Matmut - Saint Pierre de Varengeville, France.

2019
Prey for the shadows - Lianzhou Museum - Lianzhou, China.
New exhibition - Galerie Rx - Paris, France.
The Fall - Tiandi Wuhan - Wuhan, China.
Absences - The French May - La galerie Paris 1839 - Hong Kong, China.
"La Ronde" - Le Grand Bain - Le Gymnase - CDCN de Roubaix, France.
"La Ronde" - Pôle Sud - CDCN of Strasbourg, France.
"La Ronde" - La place de la Danse - CDCN of Toulouse, France.

2018
"Le bel Aujourd'hui" - Orangerie des Musées de Sens - Sens, France.
"Clac Clac" - la Chapelle des Pénitents - Chaudes Aigues, France.

2017
Contreformes - RX Gallery - Paris, France.
Doublemix In Situ with Anna Iris Lüneman - La Capsule - Le Bourget, France.
Hyper - Chongqing, China.
Hyper and the Fall - On Gallery - Beijing, China.
Hyper - Project Frestas: Trienal de Artes - Sorocaba, Brazil.
Doublemix with Anna Iris Lüneman - Project Frestas: Trienal de Artes - Sorocaba, Brazil.

2016
Hyper - As Entertaining as possible - Lianzhou Festival, China.
Comme un seul Homme - Winter landscapes - Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire, France.
Comme un seul Homme - Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Ajaccio - Palais Fesch, France.
In side up - Hongqiao Airport - Shanghai, China.
Hyper - Le parvis - centre d'art contemporain de Pau, France.
Doublemix with Anna Lüneman - De Soto Gallery, Los Angeles, U.S.A.

2015
Doublemix - Laurence Miller Gallery - New York - U.S.A.
Act - Festival "c'est comme çà" - L'Echangeur - Chateau-Thierry, France.
Act & Comme un seul homme - Maison Européenne de la Photographie - Paris, France.
Act - Espace Séraphine Louis - Clermont de l'Oise, France.
The Fall - On Pedder - Hong Kong, China.

2014
Comme un seul Homme - Ligne de Front - Auchy les Mines, France.
Comme un seul Homme - La Filature - Mulhouse, France.
Sculpture - Galerie RX - Paris, France.
Ensemble - Arsenal - Metz, France.
La Chute - La Cartonnerie de Reims, France.
Ensembles - Artothèque municipale de Grenoble, France.
Act and La Chute - De Soto Gallery - Paris Photo Fair - Los Angeles, U.S.A.

2013
Act - Archives départementales d'ille et Vilaine - Rennes, France.
Gravity Language - Dansmuseet - Stockholm, Sweden.
Au centre - Old Saint Vincent Church - Mérignac, France.
Hyper - Le Volume - Vern sur Seiche, France.

2012
Hors sol - Maison des Arts de Créteil - Créteil, France.
Act - Chapelle Saint-Laurent - Le Capitole - Rencontres d'Arles - Arles, France.
Joueurs - Bourse du travail - Valence, France.
Act - Breda Festival, Holland.
Act - Laurence Miller gallery - New York, USA.
Act - Centre Atlantique de la photographie - Brest, France.

2011
Act - Galerie VU - Paris, France.
Figures libres - Hôtel Marron de Meillonnas - Bourg-en-Bresse, France.
La caida - The fall - Alianza Francesa de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The fall - André Malraux Cultural Centre - Le Bourget, France.
Phnom Penh Helmets and Hyper - French Embassy in Phnom Penh - PPP 2011, Cambodia.

2010
Hyper - De Soto Kopeikin Gallery - Los Angeles, U.S.A.
Hyper - Laurence Miller Gallery - New York, U.S.A.
Denis Dazacq - Forum Meyrin - Geneva, Switzerland.
La Chute - Sedan Stadium, France.
Ici et Maintenant - Hôtel de fontfreyde centre photographique - Clermont Ferrand, France.

2009
Hyper - Statement show - Laurence Miller Gallery - Art Miami Fair - Miami, U.S.A.
Hyper Rencontres Internationales de la photographie - Arles, France.
Denis Darzacq Australian centre for Photography - Sydney, Australia.
Denis Darzacq Le château d'eau - Toulouse, France.
Language of bodies Denis Darzazq - La galerie du Théâtre - La passerelle - Gap, France.

2008
La Chute / Bobigny French Institute Alliance Française - New-York, U.S.A.
Denis Darzacq - Carré Baudouin - Paris, France.
Hyper / Casques Perth Centre for Photography - Fofofreo Festival, Australia.
La chute Maison jean Villar - Avignon, France.
La chute Le Quartz - Brest, France.

2007
The Fall Gallery de Soto - Los Angeles, U.S.A.
La chute / Hyper Pôle image de Rouen, France.
La chute Le lieu Unique - la quinzaine Nantaise, Nantes, France.
La chute Art Rock - Saint-Brieuc, France.
Hyper - Pôle image de Rouen, France.
La chute / Bobigny Centre Ville Galerie VU - Paris, France.

2006
The Fall / Bobigny Centre Ville - VU Gallery, Paris.
Unions Urbaines - L'amour comment çà va? - La Villette - Paris, France.
2005 Bobigny Centre Ville Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie - Arles, France.

2004
Nude / Fakestars Galerie VU - Paris, France.
Nu Galerie le bleu du ciel - Lyon, France.
2003 Pas vu pas pris - Hôtel de l'industrie - Paris, France.
2002 Ensembles Festival Nicéphore + 162 - Clermont-Ferrand, France.
Only heaven Galerie Silk - road - Teheran, Iran.

2001
Sets Gallery Van Kranendonk - The Hague, Netherlands.
Ensembles Galerie VU - Paris, France.
1997 Ex-Votos Galerie Re - Paris, France.
Only Heaven B Yourself gallery - Tokyo, Japan.
1996 Only Heaven Galerie Néotu - Paris, France.
Only Heaven - Atelier Fenêtre-sur-Cour - Paris, France.