BIO

Emmanuel Boos (born 1969, St Etienne, France) lives and works in Paris and in Mannheim

SOLO SHOWS

2016-2019: 3 ans à la Manufacture de Sèvres. Présentation de sortie de résidence, Showroom, Musée de la Céramique, Sèvres, F, Nov/Jan 2020

“La bibliothèque est en feu” (Scenography Thomas Klug), Sèvres Gallery, Paris, F, Nov/Jan 2019

“Je t’aime, moi non plus”, JousseEntreprise, Paris, F, Jan/Feb 2018

“Systematic Uncertainties” (with Esben Klemann), Copenhagen Ceramics, DK, Feb/Mar 2013

“Come Back, Baby, Come Back”, JousseEntreprise, Paris, F, Sep/Oct 2011

“Crac! Boum! Hue!”, JousseEntreprise, Paris, F, Nov/Dec 2005

Carla Koch Gallery (with Henk Wolvers), Amsterdam, NL, May/June 2005

Galerie Municipale du Théâtre Ruteboeuf, Clichy F, May/June 2004

“La Beauté de l’Aléatoire” (Beauty of the Random), Christophe Delcourt, Paris, F, March 2004

GROUP SHOWS & ART FAIRS (selection)

Sèvres à la Patinoire Royale, Galerie Valérie Bach, Bruxelles, B, Jan. 2020

“Formes limites”, Chapelle des Petits Augustins, Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris, F, Jan/Feb 2019

BRAFA (with Sèvres), Brussels, Jan 2018

FIAC (with JousseEntreprise), Paris, Oct. 2017

“L’expérience de la couleur”, Musée national de la céramique, Sèvres, Oct. 2017 – April 2018

PAD London (with JousseEntreprise and with Sèvres), Oct. 2017

“Idem”, XIX biennale internationale de céramique de Châteauroux (with Paul March and Stéphane Bordarier)

PAD London (with JousseEntreprise), Oct. 2016

“One small step”, Benjamin Franklin village, Mannheim, July 2016

“Ausgang A” (curator: Skafte Kuhn), Mannheim, Oct/Nov 2015

Design Basel/Miami (with JousseEntreprise), Basel, June 2015

“Emmanuel Cooper: Connections and Contrasts ” + “Glaze Alchemy” Leach Pottery Museum, St Ives, GB, June/Sep 2015

Design Basel/Miami (with JousseEntreprise), Basel, June 2015

Pavillion of Art & Design, Paris, March 2015

Copenhagen Ceramics Invites, Galerie Maria Lund, Paris, F, Jul/Sep 2013

Design Miami-Basel, Basel, CH, June 2013

Jerwood Makers Open, UK Touring Show, London, Belfast, Edinburgh, GB, Jul/Feb 2012

Design Miami-Basel, Basel, CH, June 2012

Pavillion of Art & Design, London, Oct 2012

“La Scène Française”, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Palais du Louvre, Paris, F, Sep/Feb 2010

Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain (FIAC), Paris, F, Oct 2009

“Institutionalized”, Goodenough College, London, UK, Oct/Nov 2008

“The Magnificent Seven”, @ Paulo Catrica’s, Lisbon, P, Oct 2008

Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain (FIAC), Paris, F, Oct 2007

XIV Ceramic Biennale, Châteauroux, F, June-Sep 2007

“Masters of the Modern”, Münich Crafts Council, International Trade Fair, Münich, D, March 2006

2nd European Contemporary Ceramics Biennale, Maison de l’Outil, Troyes, F, Oct/Dec 2005

Kunstrai, Amsterdam, NL, June 2005

“Celadon”, Bernardaud Foundation, Limoges, France, June/Oct 2003

“Master and Apprentice, Jean Girel, Emmanuel Boos”, Musée du Compagnonage, Romanèche-Thorins, F, June/Oct 2002

AWARDS/SCHOLARSHIPS/RESIDENCIES/COMMISSIONS

Artist in Residence since October 2016 at the Cité de la céramique, Sèvres

“Letterboxes”, commission for entrance hall of Goodenough College, London

Axis Open Frequency (2011)

Jerwood Makers Open Laureate (2011)

Research grant from Fondation Bettencourt Schueller, Paris, F (2010/11)

Arts and Humanities Research Council Doctoral Award , UK (2008/10)

Entente Codiale Scholarship Scheme, F/UK (2006)

Grand Prize of Creation of the City of Paris, F (2005)

Artist in residence, Alfred University, New York, USA (2004)

Prize Winner (2nd) of the 2003 SEMA National Grand Prize for Contemporary Crafts (2004)

Prize Winner(1st) of the 2003 SEMA Regional Grand Prize for Contemporary Crafts (2004)

Discovery Prize at the Maison et Objet Show, Paris, F (2003)

“Young Creator of the Year” awarded by Atelier d’Art de France (2003)

EDUCATION

PhD (RCA), Practice-led PhD: “The Poetics of Glazes. Ceramic Surface and the Perception of Depth”. Supervised by Emmanuel Cooper, Claire Pajaczkowska and Alison Britton (2006/11)

Elève de Jean Girel, Maître d’Art de France. Apprenticeship (2000/03)

Studio work in Paris with Diana Berrier and Helena Klug (1999/2000)

Lives and works in South Korea (1992-1993) and China (1995-1996 and 1998)

First ceramic courses, Gould Academy, Maine, USA (1984/85)

Diplom-Kfm, Uni Mannheim (1995)

Essec (1994)