LÉO DORFNER

04/09/18 - 06/10/18

Where do the rockets find planets?

LÉO DORFNERWhere do the rockets find planets?

04/09/18 - 06/10/18

created by the instagram-generation. With

the introduction of social media, satire has

shifted from the written form to images; a

meme now holds as much weight as the Bo-

rowitz report when critiquing current events.

Dorfner‘s art sits on this spectrum of soci-

al satire, sliding to opposite poles with every

new work.

His creative process also lends itself to be

considered thoroughly modern. When asking

about his source of inspiration, Dorfner re-

sponded: „It depends also of the moment, for

example I always have a camera on me, so

when I see something interesting, I shoot it.

Sometimes I use the photo as a photo, so-

metimes, I incorporate it in paintings. I also

spend a lot of time searching photos on the

internet, that feeds my process of creation,

and is a part of my painting work.“

Hannah Brattesani

Worlds collide in the work of Léo Dorfner;

we see high art, mythology and popular me-

dia combine to create an azure-inked caco-

phony of cultures. Dorfner, a Parisian native,

was educated at the École Nationale Supéri-

eure des Beaux-Arts de Paris and has shown

in France, Germany, and South Korea.

Dorfner‘s work acts as a crystallization of

today. Just as we exist in a society balancing

on the thin line between progress and tra-

dition, Dorfner‘s art brings together the past

and present in exciting and, often, humorous

ways (it is difficult not to let out an amused

exhale at a mickey mouse tattoo on the cheek

of Andromaque). There is a quiet rebellion

running through his work that manifests its-

elf as an obvious product of time; the idea

that Dorfner chooses to corrupt established

forms through graffiti and photo manipula-

tion is impossible to sever from the images

Attachment Theory2016

Watercolor and acrylic on paper200 x 145 cm (not framed)

Is this desire? 2017

Watercolor and acrylic on paper 65 x 50 cm

Forgotten your name2018

Watercolor on paper 50 x 40 cm

Land of kisses2017

Watercolor on paper 50 x 40 cm

She was the princess of the Universe2018

Watercolor on paper 50 x 40 cm

The Hot Mess Express2017

Watercolor on paper 50 x 40 cm

The burning spear2018

Watercolor on paper 50 x 40 cm

You hit me with a flower2018

Watercolor on paper 50 x 40 cm

I think I’m in love2018

Colored pencil on a vintage magazine 26 x 18 cm (framed 40 x 30 cm)

Death in Vegas2015

Colored pencil on a vintage print 50 x 40 cm

Lorelei2015

Colored pencil on a vintage print 24,5 x 16,7 cm (framed 40 x 30 cm)

Saw the stars crashing2016

Colored pencil on a vintage print 29,5 x 20 cm (framed 40 x 30 cm)

Tell me you love me2018

Acrylic on a vintage magazine 22,8 x 15,3 cm (framed 40 x 30 cm)

Hands off!2018

Archival ink on a vintage print 48 x 35 cm (framed 62,5 x 45,5)

Good girls and bad girls2018

Archival ink on a vintage print 38 x 26 cm (framed 50 x 40 cm)

Léo Dorfner CV

Né à Paris en 1985, vit et travaille à ParisDirecteur artistique du magazine BrandedBorn in Paris in 1985, lives and works in ParisArt Director of Branded Magazine

Formation / Education

2006-2011

École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-arts, Paris (atelier Djamel Tatah)École Régionale des Beaux-arts, Caen.

Expositions personelles / Solo shows

2016 Chercher / Détruire, Galerie Anouk Le Bourdiec, Paris2014 Vivre dans la peur - Rock’n’roll Runaways, Galerie Anouk Le Bourdiec, Paris2011 Ecce homo festivus, Galerie Habib & Habib, Paris2010 Galerie Art:ig, Munich2008 Centre Culturel Villiers-Fossard, St Lô2007 Galerie Philos Hippos, Caen

Expositions collectives / Group shows

2018 Shelves, Hangers, Desks, curator Lia Rochas Paris, Le Coeurs, Paris I am what I am, curator Julie Crenn, ici gallery, Paris Wormholes, curators Clément Thibault & Mathieu Weiler, Galerie Laure Roynette, Paris2017 Sans tambour ni trompette, curator Julie Crenn, Le Parvis, Tarbes GlobalDrawProject, ECI Cultuurfabriek, Roermond, Netherlands The violent silence of a new beginning, Studio Khana, Cairo, Egypt Venus Vesper, curator Marie Deparis-Yafil, L’Atelier - Espace arts plastiques, Mi try-Mory, France :-), Under construction gallery, Paris Fantaisie, Atelier Celsius, Le Pré-Saint-Gervais Garder le cap, curator Lia Rochas-Páris, galerie Valerie Delaunay, Paris Yia Bruxelles, galerie Claire Gastaud, Bruxelles2016 The Velvet Underground - New York Extravaganza, Philharmonie de Paris L’art contemporain selon Charles Perrault, curator Hyeryne Park, Paju museum - South Korea

PAN, Quartier General, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Suisse UMAM : 70 ans, Musée des Beaux-Arts - Palais de Carnolès, Menton Visions Portées, MAC Arteum, Châteauneuf-le-Rouge J’ai des doutes. Est-ce que vous en avez ?, curator Julie Crenn, Galerie Claire Gastaud, Clermont Ferrand heiwata { Événement 0, Pavillon des Italiens de la Cité des arts de Montmartre Art for autism, Château St-Jean de Beauregard L’art a décidé de ma façon de vivre, Galerie Anouk Le Bourdiec, Paris LE SEIN, DESSIN, curator Madeleine Filippi, Galerie Galerie Vivoequidem, Paris Salo IV - Salon du dessin érotique, curator Laurent Quenehen, Paris SEULS/ENSEMBLE- LE PORTRAIT A L’OEUVRE DANS L’ART CONTEMPORAIN, Arto thèque de Caen Art Paris Art Fair, Galerie Anouk Le Bourdiec2015 A CORPS PERDUS #2, curator Marc Donnadieu, Galerie Gourvennec Ogor, Marseille Who’s afraid of picture(s)?, curator Frédéric Léglise, ESAD de Grenoble-Valence Art Paris Art Fair, Galerie Anouk Le Bourdiec Who’s afraid of picture(s)? 2, curator Frédéric Léglise, à cent mètres du centre du monde, Perpignan Ça ira mieux demain, curator Léo Dorfner, galerie Anouk le Bourdiec, Paris2014 40 x 30, Galerie Anouk Le Bourdiec, Paris Les esthétiques d’un monde désenchanté, CAC Meymac Salon Zürcher, Galerie Anouk Le Bourdiec, Paris Sea, Art & Sun, Galerie Anouk Le Bourdiec, Paris Quoi de neuf ? Acquisitions récentes / collection, Artothèque de Caen Salo, salon du dessin érotique, Les salaisons, Romainville Art Paris Art Fair, Galerie Anouk Le Bourdiec2013 Petits mais costauds, Galerie Anouk Le Bourdiec, Paris Art is hope, Palais de Tokyo, Paris Drawing Now/Émergence, galerie Anouk Le Bourdiec, Paris Drawing Room, Galerie Anouk Le Bourdiec, Montpellier2012 Ils étaient, ils sont, ils seront, Galerie Anouk Le Bourdiec, Paris2011 Don’t be cruel, Galerie Vanessa Quang, Paris Slick Art Fair, Galerie Anouk Le Bourdiec2010 Galerie Moretti & Moretti, Paris2008 Exposition Provok, l’atelier Z, Paris Galerie Hypertopie, Caen

Projets curatoriaux / Curatorial projects

2015 Ça ira mieux demain, galerie Anouk le Bourdiec, Paris

Collections

Artothèque de CaenNouveaux collectionneursVille de Clermont-Ferrand