Camille Henrot

Born in 1978 in Paris (France), CAMILLE HENROT lives and works between Berlin and New York City. The practice of French artist Camille Henrot moves seamlessly between film, painting, drawing, bronze, sculpture and installation. Henrot draws upon references from literature, psychoanalysis, social media, cultural anthropology, self-help, and the banality of everyday life in order to question what it means to be both a private individual and a global subject in an increasingly connected and over-stimulated world.

A 2013 fellowship at the Smithsonian Institute resulted in her film Grosse Fatigue, for which she was awarded the Silver Lion at the 55th Venice Biennale. She elaborated ideas from Grosse Fatigue to conceive her acclaimed 2014 installation “The Pale Fox” at Chisenhale Gallery in London. The exhibit, which displayed the breadth of her diverse output, went on to travel to institutions including Kunsthal Charlottenburg, Copenhagen; Bétonsalon – Centre for art and research, Paris; Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster, Germany; and Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Japan. In 2017, Henrot was given carte blanche at Palais de Tokyo in Paris, where she presented the major exhibition “Days Are Dogs.” She is the recipient of the 2014 Nam June Paik Award and the 2015 Edvard Munch Award, and has participated in the Lyon, Berlin, Sydney and Liverpool Biennials, among others.

Henrot has had numerous solo exhibitions worldwide, including the New Museum, New York; Schinkel Pavilion, Berlin; New Orleans Museum of Art; Fondazione Memmo, Rome; Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Japan, among others. Current and upcoming solo exhibitions include Middelheim Museum in Antwerp, Belgium (2022), Kunstverein Salzburg in Salzburg, Austria (2022) and Munch Museum in Oslo, Norway (2022).

Works

Exhibition view, Goldsmiths CCA, London - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Goldsmiths CCA, London, 2023
Exhibition view, Kunstmuseum St.Gallen - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Kunstmuseum St.Gallen, 2023
Exhibition view, Munch Museum, Oslo - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Munch Museum, Oslo, 2022
Exhibition view, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg, 2022
Exhibition view, Middelheim Museum, Antwerp - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Middelheim Museum, Antwerp, 2022
Exhibition view, Middelheim Museum, Antwerp - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Middelheim Museum, Antwerp, 2022
Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris - © Mennour
Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris, 2022
Dear - © Mennour
Dear, 2022
Sincerely - © Mennour
Sincerely, 2022
Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris - © Mennour
Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris, 2022
Exhibition view, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, 2021
Exhibition view, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne - © Mennour
Exhibition view, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 2021
Story of a Substitute - © Mennour
Story of a Substitute, 2020
Mon Corps de femme - © Mennour
Mon Corps de femme, 2019
Exhibition view, Kestner Gesellschaft, Hanover - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Kestner Gesellschaft, Hanover, 2021
Exhibition view, Liverpool Biennial - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Liverpool Biennial, 2021
Long day ("Is Today Tomorrow?" Series) - © Mennour
Long day (“Is Today Tomorrow?” Series), 2020
Exhibition view, Art Sonje Center, Seoul - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Art Sonje Center, Seoul, 2020
Exhibition view, Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, 2019
Exhibition view, Fondazione Memmo, Rome - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Fondazione Memmo, Rome, 2016
A Family of Four - © Mennour
A Family of Four, 2019
Broke (Minor Concerns) - © Mennour
Broke (Minor Concerns), 2015
"Discours sur l'origine et les fondements de l'inégalité parmi les hommes", Jean-Jacques Rousseau (série "Est-il possible d'être révolutionnaire et d'aimer les fleurs?") - © Mennour
“Discours sur l’origine et les fondements de l’inégalité parmi les hommes”, Jean-Jacques Rousseau (série “Est-il possible d’être révolutionnaire et d’aimer les fleurs?”), 2012
No Message - © Mennour
No Message, 2016
Second Semester - © Mennour
Second Semester, 2019
Undelivered Message - © Mennour
Undelivered Message, 2016
Bad Dad and Beyond - © Mennour
Bad Dad and Beyond, 2015
He will forget that he forgot - © Mennour
He will forget that he forgot, 2019
Exhibition view, Palais de Tokyo, Paris - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, 2017
Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris - © Mennour
Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris, 2017
Same Beat Groove - © Mennour
Same Beat Groove, 2016
Untitled (11 Animals that Mate for Life) - © Mennour
Untitled (11 Animals that Mate for Life), 2016
Dropping the Ball - © Mennour
Dropping the Ball, 2016
Exhibition view, Art Basel Parcours, Basel - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Art Basel Parcours, Basel, 2019
Untitled (11 Animals that Mate for Life) - © Mennour
Untitled (11 Animals that Mate for Life), 2016
Faciathérapie (Mina Hebbaz) (série "Sculptures Massées") - © Mennour
Faciathérapie (Mina Hebbaz) (série “Sculptures Massées”), 2011
Exhibition view, Biennale de Lyon - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Biennale de Lyon, 2015
Exhibition view, Palais de Tokyo, Paris - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, 2017
Amoeba - © Mennour
Amoeba, 2014
Self Organizing (série "Desktop") - © Mennour
Self Organizing (série “Desktop”), 2014
You Have No New Messages (Minor Concerns)   - © Mennour
You Have No New Messages (Minor Concerns)  , 2015
Exhibition view, Berlin Biennale - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Berlin Biennale, 2016
Lonely Socks (Minor Concerns) - © Mennour
Lonely Socks (Minor Concerns), 2015
Exhibition view, Palais de Tokyo, Paris - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, 2017
Untitled  ("Tropics of Love" series) - © Mennour
Untitled (“Tropics of Love” series), 2015
Self Defense 1 - © Mennour
Self Defense 1, 2017
Sainte Blandine (série "Légendes dorées") - © Mennour
Sainte Blandine (série “Légendes dorées”), 2010
Exhibition view, New Museum, New York - © Mennour
Exhibition view, New Museum, New York, 2014
Stealing Part of the Placenta (série "Desktop") - © Mennour
Stealing Part of the Placenta (série “Desktop”), 2013
Exhibition view, Palais de Tokyo, Paris - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, 2017
Penny Pinching - © Mennour
Penny Pinching, 2014
"Les armes miraculeuses", Aimé Césaire (série "Est-il possible d'être révolutionnaire et d'aimer les fleurs?") - © Mennour
“Les armes miraculeuses”, Aimé Césaire (série “Est-il possible d’être révolutionnaire et d’aimer les fleurs?”), 2012
Parliament - © Mennour
Parliament, 2017
iT’s nto an ovaryactin - © Mennour
iT’s nto an ovaryactin, 2017
Untitled  ("Tropics of Love" series) - © Mennour
Untitled (“Tropics of Love” series), 2015
Exhibition view, Sydney Biennale - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Sydney Biennale, 2016
Faciathérapie (Mina Hebbaz) (série "Sculptures Massées") - © Mennour
Faciathérapie (Mina Hebbaz) (série “Sculptures Massées”), 2011
Qui se ressemble s'assemble - © Mennour
Qui se ressemble s’assemble, 2015
Exhibition view, MCA Chicago - © Mennour
Exhibition view, MCA Chicago, 2016
Untitled (Tropics of Love) - © Mennour
Untitled (Tropics of Love), 2014
A Flood - © Mennour
A Flood, 2019
Exhibition view, Chisenhale Gallery, London - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Chisenhale Gallery, London, 2014
Punti Cardinali - © Mennour
Punti Cardinali, 2016
Untitled (11 Animals that Mate for Life) - © Mennour
Untitled (11 Animals that Mate for Life), 2016
Exhibition view, YUZ Museum, Shanghai - © Mennour
Exhibition view, YUZ Museum, Shanghai, 2016
Skype Sex (v8) (Minor Concerns) - © Mennour
Skype Sex (v8) (Minor Concerns), 2015
Collection Préhistorique (Femme allongée et dents de requin) - © Mennour
Collection Préhistorique (Femme allongée et dents de requin), 2009
Reflexologie plantaire (Li Min Khun) (série "Sculptures Massées") - © Mennour
Reflexologie plantaire (Li Min Khun) (série “Sculptures Massées”), 2011
L'Amour des animaux ("Tropics of Love" series) - © Mennour
L’Amour des animaux (“Tropics of Love” series), 2014
Overlapping figures - © Mennour
Overlapping figures, 2011
Exhibition view, Kunstal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Kunstal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, 2014
Overlapping figures - © Mennour
Overlapping figures, 2011
Exhibition view, Palais de Tokyo, Paris - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, 2017
Study for Man Who Knows - © Mennour
Study for Man Who Knows, 2017
Untitled (11 Animals that Mate for Life) - © Mennour
Untitled (11 Animals that Mate for Life), 2016
Tranquility - © Mennour
Tranquility, 2017
(sans titre) - © Mennour
(sans titre), 2015
Faciathérapie (Mina Hebbaz) (série "Sculptures Massées") - © Mennour
Faciathérapie (Mina Hebbaz) (série “Sculptures Massées”), 2011
Exhibition view, Westfälischer Kunstverein, Munster - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Westfälischer Kunstverein, Munster, 2015
Overlapping figures - © Mennour
Overlapping figures, 2011—2012
(sans titre) - © Mennour
(sans titre), 2014
Exhibition view, Venice Biennale - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Venice Biennale, 2013
Your signature needed NOW - © Mennour
Your signature needed NOW, 2017
Exhibition view, Palais de Tokyo, Paris - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, 2017
Laundry Moon - © Mennour
Laundry Moon, 2015
Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris - © Mennour
Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris, 2014
Exhibition view, Frieze Art Fair, London - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Frieze Art Fair, London, 2018
Overlapping figures - © Mennour
Overlapping figures, 2011—2012
Exhibition view, Frieze London - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Frieze London, 2015
The Narcissist - © Mennour
The Narcissist, 2017
"Salammbô", Gustave Flaubert (série "Est-il possible d'être révolutionnaire et d'aimer les fleurs?") - © Mennour
“Salammbô”, Gustave Flaubert (série “Est-il possible d’être révolutionnaire et d’aimer les fleurs?”), 2012
Exhibition view, Chisenhale Gallery, London - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Chisenhale Gallery, London, 2014
Untitled ("Tropics of Love" series) - © Mennour
Untitled (“Tropics of Love” series), 2014
Exhibition view, Museo MADRE, Naples - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Museo MADRE, Naples, 2016
DIVORCING passivve agressivity - plase add your name - © Mennour
DIVORCING passivve agressivity - plase add your name, 2017
Exhibition view, Musée du Louvre, Paris - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Musée du Louvre, Paris, 2015
Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris - © Mennour
Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris, 2014
Exhibition view, Palais de Tokyo, Paris - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, 2017
Sans titre / Bonaparte à Jaffa (série "Le revers de la médaille") - © Mennour
Sans titre / Bonaparte à Jaffa (série “Le revers de la médaille”), 2009
Overlapping figures - © Mennour
Overlapping figures, 2011—2012
Untitled (11 Animals that Mate for Life) - © Mennour
Untitled (11 Animals that Mate for Life), 2016
Exhibition view, MoMA, New York - © Mennour
Exhibition view, MoMA, New York, 2016
Exhibition view, Taipei Biennale - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Taipei Biennale, 2014
"Travailler fatigue", Césare Pavese (série "Est-il possible d'être révolutionnaire et d'aimer les fleurs?") - © Mennour
“Travailler fatigue”, Césare Pavese (série “Est-il possible d’être révolutionnaire et d’aimer les fleurs?”), 2012
Exhibition view, MOSTYN, Wales - © Mennour
Exhibition view, MOSTYN, Wales, 2016
The Narcissist - © Mennour
The Narcissist, 2017
Collection Préhistorique (Homme tatoué et pinceaux) - © Mennour
Collection Préhistorique (Homme tatoué et pinceaux), 2009
Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris - © Mennour
Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris, 2012
Melatonin Mind - © Mennour
Melatonin Mind, 2014
Exhibition view, Museo MADRE, Naples - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Museo MADRE, Naples, 2016
Exhibition view, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, 2014
Exhibition view, MOSTYN, Wales - © Mennour
Exhibition view, MOSTYN, Wales, 2016
Ulysse et les Sirènes ("Tropics of Love" series) - © Mennour
Ulysse et les Sirènes (“Tropics of Love” series), 2014
Collection Préhistorique (Femme aux porte-jarretelles et grande pointe) - © Mennour
Collection Préhistorique (Femme aux porte-jarretelles et grande pointe), 2009
Overlapping figures - © Mennour
Overlapping figures, 2011
Exhibition view, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, 2017
Exhibition view, Fondazione Memmo, Rome - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Fondazione Memmo, Rome, 2016
Exhibition view, Nouveau Musée National de Monaco - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Nouveau Musée National de Monaco, 2015
Exhibition view, Permanent work, Pailherols, France - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Permanent work, Pailherols, France, 2016
(sans titre) - © Mennour
(sans titre), 2015
Exhibition view, Biennale de Lyon - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Biennale de Lyon, 2015
Collection Préhistorique (Silex et cailloux sur femme à quatre pattes) - © Mennour
Collection Préhistorique (Silex et cailloux sur femme à quatre pattes), 2009
Ded Moroz - © Mennour
Ded Moroz, 2015
Exhibition view, Gucci Museo, Florence - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Gucci Museo, Florence, 2014
Exhibition view, Berlin Biennale - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Berlin Biennale, 2016
Sans titre Combat de Benhout (série "Le revers de la médaille") - © Mennour
Sans titre Combat de Benhout (série “Le revers de la médaille”), 2009
Exhibition view, New Museum, New York - © Mennour
Exhibition view, New Museum, New York, 2014
Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris - © Mennour
Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris, 2012
Exhibition view, TBA21, Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Foundation, Vienna - © Mennour
Exhibition view, TBA21, Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Foundation, Vienna, 2015
Self Defense 3 - © Mennour
Self Defense 3, 2017
Collection Préhistorique (Jeune Homme au débardeur,message Chinois et allumette) - © Mennour
Collection Préhistorique (Jeune Homme au débardeur,message Chinois et allumette), 2009
The Formation of Nails (série "Desktop") - © Mennour
The Formation of Nails (série “Desktop”), 2013
Untitled (Tropics of Love series) - © Mennour
Untitled (Tropics of Love series), 2015
Exhibition view, Frieze London - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Frieze London, 2015
Collection Préhistorique (Femme au bain de soleil et dents d'hippopotame) - © Mennour
Collection Préhistorique (Femme au bain de soleil et dents d’hippopotame), 2009
Exhibition view, Betonsalon, Paris - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Betonsalon, Paris, 2014
Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris - © Mennour
Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris, 2012
Skirt Fail (Minor Concerns) - © Mennour
Skirt Fail (Minor Concerns), 2015
Trésor Public Planche 6 - © Mennour
Trésor Public Planche 6, 2010
Exhibition view, Bielefelder Kunstverein, Bielefeld - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Bielefelder Kunstverein, Bielefeld, 2013
Collection Préhistorique (Naturiste allemand, vitamines et minéraux) - © Mennour
Collection Préhistorique (Naturiste allemand, vitamines et minéraux), 2009
Sans titre Bataille du Mont-Thabor (16 avril 1799) (série "Le revers de la médaille") - © Mennour
Sans titre Bataille du Mont-Thabor (16 avril 1799) (série “Le revers de la médaille”), 2009
Trésor Public Planche 1 - © Mennour
Trésor Public Planche 1, 2010
Exhibition view, Bielefelder Kunstverein, Bielefeld - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Bielefelder Kunstverein, Bielefeld, 2013
Shiatsu (Li Min Khun) (série "Sculptures Massées") - © Mennour
Shiatsu (Li Min Khun) (série “Sculptures Massées”), 2011
Trésor Public Planche 3 - © Mennour
Trésor Public Planche 3, 2010
Untitled  ("Tropics of Love" series) - © Mennour
Untitled (“Tropics of Love” series), 2015
Trésor Public Planche 5 - © Mennour
Trésor Public Planche 5, 2010

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