Claire Chevrier — À propos — Slash Paris

After obtaining her DNSEP at the Beaux Arts de Grenoble in 1987, she devoted herself to a largely photographic research that questions the space and place of man.

Resident at the Villa Medici in Rome in 2007-2008.
She has had several solo exhibitions including: in 2005 “Sur quelques mégapoles” at the Nicéphore Niepce Museum in Chalon-sur-Saône, with her work resulting from several research trips to different megacities (Bombay, Rio, Lagos, Cairo…). In 2009 “Un jour comme les autres” at the Centre de la photographie Île-de-France in Pontault-Combault as well as “la Salle Blanche” at the Musée des Beaux Arts in Nantes; in 2011 “Connivence 1” at the Musée de l’Image in Épinal. In 2012, “Il fait jour”, work resulting from a residency with the Centre Régional de la Photographie in Douchy-les-Mines and “Camminando” at the Villa Médicis. In 2014, “Charleroi” at the Museum of Photography in Charleroi, Belgium, restoring a work carried out as part of a Photographic Mission in 2014. “Des mondes qui passent” in 2015 at the Galerie Le Bleu du Ciel in Lyon. “Metonymic spaces” in Beijing in 2016…

Among the group exhibitions are the following: in 2005 “La photographie à l’épreuve” at the Institut d’Art Contemporain de Villeurbanne, in 2006 “Les peintres de la vie moderne”, a collection of photographs from the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations presented at the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris ; in 2008 “La grande traversée, horizons photographiques”, works from the Fonds National d’Art Contemporain in Quebec (Canada); in 2010, “Acercamiento”, Antonio Perez Foundation, Cuenca (Spain) as part of Photo Espagna; and in 2011 “L’objet photographique une invention permanente”, Maison européenne de la photographie in Paris. In 2012 " Work " Fotografia Festival Internazionale di Roma, MACRO Testaccio… In 2013 " Des images comme des oiseaux " works of the CNAP at the Friche Belle in May as well as " Les choses de ce côté du monde " MUCEM, Fort St Jean, Marseille too. In 2016 at the Centre d’Art Contemporain du Domaine de Chamarande " Paysages urbains, rêves et réalités " as well as at the Musée Nicéphore Niépce " L’œil de l’expert, la photographie contemporaine " and more recently " Paysages français, une aventure photographique (1980-2017 ") at the BNF…

She teaches at the ENSAV (Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Versailles).