BIOGRAPHY

Violaine Boutet de Monvel

Born August 10, 1982

Lives and works in Paris

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ACADEMIC DEGREES
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2010

Currently finishing a Doctorate in Art History [PhD], Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University.
Doctoral dissertation advisor: Philippe Dagen, Professor.
Title of the doctoral dissertation: Moving Image and Narration – Video Art, Exhibited Cinema, Digital Art.
Defense on November 27, 2010.
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2005
 
Diplôme d’Etudes Approfondies in Art History [1st year of 3rd Cycle], with High Honors, Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University.
Major: Modern and Contemporary Art (History and Theory).
Minor: New Media Art.
DEA dissertation advisor: Philippe Dagen, Professor.
Title of the dissertation, defended in June 2005: Moving Image and Staging of Reality.
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2004
 
Maîtrise in Art History [MA], with Highest Honors, Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University.
Major: Modern and Contemporary Art (History and Theory).
Minor: New Media Art.
MA dissertation advisor: Guitemie Maldonado, Assistant Professor.
Title of the dissertation, defended in June 2004: Multiplicity of Space in Bill Viola’s Works.
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Licence in Performing Arts [BA], majoring in Cinema and Broadcast Studies, Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, graduation in September 2004.

2003

Licence in Art History [BA], Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, graduation in June 2003.
Major: Modern and Contemporary Art (History and Theory).
Minors: Prehistoric Art, Byzantine Art, Romanticism.

Diplôme d'Enseignement Universitaire Général in Arts [2-year Degree], majoring in Performing Arts, with Honors, Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, graduation in June 2003.

2002
 
Diplôme d’Enseignement Universitaire Général in Social Sciences and Humanities [2-year Degree], majoring in Art History and Archaeology, with Honors, Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, graduation in June 2002.

2000       
 
Baccalauréat Général Scientifique [Secondary School Examination] in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Literature, Philosophy, History, and Languages (German, English), with Honors, Lycée Charlemagne, Paris, graduation in June 2000.

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2009

July-September: Research grant, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
Position: Research fellow.

2008

September-October: Research grant, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Position: Research fellow.
Academic advisor: Matthew Bernstein, Professor, Department of Film Studies.

2007

March-May: Research grant, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
Position: Research fellow.
Academic advisor: Hervé Vanel, Assistant Professor, Department of Art History.

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2009

October: Le passage du texte à l'image, talk by Violaine Boutet de Monvel, Conference Ni tout à fait la même, ni tout à fait une autre... codirected by Perin Emel Yavuz & Roselyne Bouvier, École Supérieure d'Art d'Épinal (ESAE).

June: Abrégé de l'art vidéo pionnier américain au tournant des années soixante-dix, talk by Violaine Boutet de Monvel, Seminar Est-Ouest: recherches en cours sur l'art américain hosted by Professor Philippe Dagen, Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, Centre Inter-Universitaire de Recherche en Histoire de l'Art Contemporain (CIRHAC).

March: Les attaques électroniques de Nam June Paik et Wolf Vostell, talk by Violaine Boutet de Monvel, Séminaire des doctorants, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS).

2008

October: Introduction to Video Art, lecture by Violaine Boutet de Monvel hosted by Lecturer Kevin Cryderman, Emory University (Atlanta, GA), Department of Film Studies, Introduction to Film course.
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PUBLICATIONS
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2010

Essay in French & in English by Violaine Boutet de Monvel, "Dislocation" in Capture: Grégory Chatonsky, HYX Éditions, 2010.

Essay in French by Violaine Boutet de Monvel, "Le Passage du texte à l'image vidéo" in Actes du Colloque: Ni tout à fait la même, ni tout à fait une autre..., École Supérieure d'Art d'Épinal & Musée de l'Image, 2010.
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Article in English by Violaine Boutet de Monvel, "Jacques Perconte: the Digital Image, and the Sublime", Digitalarti, no. 2, April-May-June 2010.
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2009

Exhibition review in English by Violaine Boutet de Monvel, "Stéfane Perraud: Sic Vita, Numeriscausa, Paris, 12 June - 15 July", ArtReview (London), no. 35, October 2009.
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Exhibition review in English by Violaine Boutet de Monvel, "Lionel Estève: How to Lie, Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, 14 March - 16 May", ArtReview (London), no. 33, June-July-August 2009.
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Exhibition review in English by Violaine Boutet de Monvel, "François Morellet: Deep Dark Light Blue and Neons by
Accident, Kamel Mennour, Paris, 11 March - 25 April", ArtReview (London), no. 32, May 2009.
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Interview in English by Violaine Boutet de Monvel, "Dan Graham: Being and Nothingness", Flash Art International (Milan), no. 265, March-April 2009.
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Exhibition review in English by Violaine Boutet de Monvel, "Raymond Depardon - Paul Virilio: Terre Natale, Fondation Cartier, Paris, 21 November - 15 March", ArtReview (London), no. 30, March 2009.
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2008

Exhibition review in English by Violaine Boutet de Monvel, "Virginie Yassef: Jeu de Paume", Flash Art International (Milan), no. 262, October 2008.
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Exhibition review in English by Violaine Boutet de Monvel, "Reena Spaulings : Courbet Your Enthusiasm, Chantal Crousel, Paris, 21 June - 2 August", ArtReview (London), no. 26, October 2008.
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Exhibition review in English by Violaine Boutet de Monvel, "Jörg Lozek: Im Zimmer, Daniel Templon, Paris, 31 May - 19 July", ArtReview (London), no. 25, September 2008.
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Exhibition review in English by Violaine Boutet de Monvel, "Uwe Henneken: Légion Troublée, Almine Rech, Paris, 24 April - 7 June", ArtReview (London), no. 24, July-August 2008.
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Feature in English by Violaine Boutet de Monvel, "Tatiana Trouvé: A Rock and a Hard Place", ArtReview (London), no. 23, June 2008.
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Exhibition review in English by Violaine Boutet de Monvel, "Maïder Fortuné: Whispering in Distant Chambers, Martine Aboucaya, Paris, 15 March - 30 April", ArtReview (London), no. 23, June 2008.
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Exhibition review in English by Violaine Boutet de Monvel, "Iván Navarro: Antifurniture, Daniel Templon, Paris, 1 March - 9 April", ArtReview (London), no. 22, May 2008.
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Exhibition review in French by Violaine Boutet de Monvel, "Grégory Chatonsky: L'invention de la destruction, Galerie Numeriscausa, Paris, 10 Janvier - 1er Mars 2008", ParisART (website, Paris), April 2008.
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Exhibition review in English by Violaine Boutet de Monvel, "Gérard Garouste: Galerie Daniel Templon", Flash Art International (Milan), no. 259, March-April 2008.
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2007

Exhibition review in French by Violaine Boutet de Monvel, "Tacita Dean: Galerie Marian Goodman, Paris, 8 septembre - 13 octobre 2007", Artpress (Paris), no. 340, December 2007, translated in English by L-S Torgoff.
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Interview in English by Violaine Boutet de Monvel & Jonathan Regier, "Dan Graham: Minimalism Against Minimalism", Esse arts + opinions (Montreal), no. 61, September 2007, translated in French by Denis Lessard.
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Exhibition review in French by Violaine Boutet de Monvel, "Promenade: Divers Lieux, New York, Janvier 2007", Artpress (Paris), no. 333, April 2007, translated in English by L-S Torgoff.
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Exhibition review in French by Violaine Boutet de Monvel, "Promenade: Divers Lieux, New York, Octobre 2006", Artpress (Paris), no. 331, February 2007, translated in English by L-S Torgoff.
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2006

Exhibition review in French by Violaine Boutet de Monvel, "Anri Sala: Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris, 23 avril - 3 juin 2006", Artpress (Paris), no. 326, September 2006, translated in English by L-S Torgoff.
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SCREENINGS
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2009

Because it lacks a door that house (Video, Violaine Boutet de Monvel, 2009) @ Ni tout à fait la même, ni tout à fait une autre..., codirected by Perin Emel Yavuz & Roselyne Bouvier, École Supérieure d'Art d'Épinal, Épinal, FRANCE (October 23, 2009)

Because it lacks a door that house (Video, Violaine Boutet de Monvel, 2009) & Mire (Target) (Super 8 and video, Violaine Boutet de Monvel, 2002/2009) @ Abstracta 2009, directed by Massimo Pistone, Isola Tiberina, Rome, ITALY (August 25-27, 2009)

Because it lacks a door that house (Video, Violaine Boutet de Monvel, 2009) @ The Passage 2009, codirected by Jeff Stanley & Violaine Boutet de Monvel, Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art (INHA), Paris, FRANCE (June 24, 2009).

Mire (Target) (Super 8 and video, Violaine Boutet de Monvel, 2002/2009) @ The 5th International Short Film Festival Detmold, directed by Levent Arslan, Hangar 21, Detmold, GERMANY (June 4-7, 2009).

Self-(De)-Exposure (Video, Violaine Boutet de Monvel, 2008) @ The 2009 Women's Caucus for Art 5th International Video Shorts Festival, directed by Véronique Sapin, The Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA (February 27, 2009).

2008

Self-(De)-Exposure (Video, Violaine Boutet de Monvel, 2008) @ The Passage 2008 (What is the Human Condition?), directed by Jeff Stanley, Murray State University, Murray, KY, USA (April 16, 2008).

MUSICAL EDUCATION
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1988-2005

1st, 2nd and 3rd Cycles of Piano (12 years), with Valery Sigalevitch, Conservatoire Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Paris.

1st, 2nd and 3rd Cycles of Cello (11 years), with Denis Grenat and Béatrice Noël, Conservatoire Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Paris.

Symphony Orchestra Course, Conservatoire Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Paris.

1st, 2nd and 3rd Cycles of Music Theory (sol-fa), Conservatoire Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Paris.

Music History Course, Conservatoire Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Paris.

Sight Reading and Accompaniment Course (piano), Conservatoire Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Paris.

1st Cycle of Guitar, Conservatoire Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Paris.

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2007

Cello in Breakstorming, 1st album of Sunka (electro hip hop).

2006

Cello in Porcographie, 2nd EP of Porco Rosso (pop rock).

2004

Cello in Saïbu, 2nd EP of Saïbu (pop rock).