François Durel

b.1993 in Caen, France.

Most notable exhibitions include group presentations at: Unto dust – Fitzpatrick, Paris (2023); A few tricks up the sleeve and a dagger in the heart – Galerie Treize, Paris (2022); Happier than ever – Galerie ExoExo, Paris (2022); first artist’s solo exhibition Score for a broken toy – zaza’, Milan (2023).

François Durel’s work explores notions of discipline, violence, eroticism, and the sacred in relation to architecture and the built environment, in order to understand broader dynamics of power and control, and to analyze their impact on the behavioral agency of individuals. Durel’s work considers the potentials of autobiographical elements as a material and implements them as such. His precise, strict leather sculptures allude to figures of authority and stealth surveillance.

Solo exhibitions

2024
Artissima solo booth, Blue Velvet Projects, Torino (IT)
Bad Posture, Zaza’, Paris (FR)

2023
Score for a broken toy, zaza’, Milan

Group exhibitions

2023
Unto dust, Fitzpatrick Gallery, Paris

2022
A few tricks up the sleeve and a dagger in the heart, Galerie Treize, Paris Happier than ever, Galerie ExoExo, Paris
Potentials, 122 Minories Street, London

2020
Freewalls gallery, London

2018
Trente-deux, Dulcie Gallery, Nantes
Dulcinéa, Galerie Marchepied, Nantes
Homecoming, Public Storage Gallery, Los Angeles
And now it begins, GX Gallery, London

2017
Alluring shapes, Tempting spaces, Galerie Eva Meyer, Paris
The Object Habit, Petrie Museum of Archeology, London
Locus Solus, Wickwood, London
Ne pas pouvoir, my body can’t move, Guest Project Gallery, London