à propos - about

interview, Al-Tiba9 Contemporary Art Magazine 2021 https://www.altiba9.com/artist-interviews/david-dejous-illusion-typography-painting

parcours artistique - artistic path

2023, Exposition Belharra Sla, exposition collective, Espace Capitant, Mairie du 5ème arrondissement, Paris (France)

2022, Yicca Prize, Imagoars, Cannaregio 883, - Selected Artist - collective exhibition, Venice (Italy)

2022, Al-Tiba9 Contemporary Art, Collector’s Art Book, vol 01

2021 / 2022, Régionale 22, FABRIKculture, collective exhibition-Hegenheim (France) + Visarte, Projektraum M54 - Basel (Switzerland)

2021, NordArt 2021, International Art Exhibition - Büdelsdorf (Germany)

2021, Circle Quarterly International Art Review, Spring 2021 Issue

2020, The Old Biscuit Factory Gallery, Art.N23, “Forces”, collective exhibition - London (UK)

2020, HYB4 Gallery, “Seen Forms” curated by Art.N23 (UK) - collective exhibition - Prague (Czech Republic)

2020, Imagoart - Centro Transnazionale Delle Arti Visive, Malamegi Lab 14 Prize - Selected Artist - collective exhibition - Venice (Italy)

2019 / 2020, Artists' Directory, Aesthetica, Art and Culture Magazine (UK)

2019, Circle Quarterly International Art Review, Fall 2019 Issue

2018 / 2019, Artists' Directory, Aesthetica, Art and Culture Magazine (UK)

2018, Hernandez Art Gallery, Yicca Prize - Selected Artist - collective exhibition, Milan (Italy)

2017, Espace Thorigny, André & Berthe Noufflard Prize, shortlisted - collective exhibition - Paris (France)

2017, B(l)ackground, solo exhibition - Samois-sur-Seine (France)

2017, 32nd Chelsea International Fine Art Competition, Awarded with Honorable Mention - New York (USA)

démarche

David Dejous cherche à exploiter les paradoxes des images, en développant leur nature équivoque et leurs ambiguïtés. Sa production se nourrit de la confusion entre codes de représentation issus de la peinture, de la photographie, du dessin, mais aussi de supports photocopiés, sérigraphiés ou filmés. La forme et le contenu peuvent s'opposer, en soulevant des questions de véracité, d'authenticité, de réalisme et d'illusion.

statement

Paris-based David Dejous works to reveal the paradoxes within images, considering their equivocal nature and their ambiguities. He draws upon the confusion between the various codes of representation associated with painting, photography, and drawing, but also with photocopied, screen-printed, documentary and scenographic media. The resulting images raise issues of authenticity, realism and illusion.