Marie Bovo

Born in 1967 in Alicante (Spain), MARIE BOVO lives and works in Marseille (France). Marie Bovo works with images, both video and photography. Her photographs play with duality and antinomy. Deeply rooted in reality, they sometimes raise geopolitical and social issues. Her work reveals a dual perspective on things, making a simple and unique situation express a universal dimension, where the past meets the present, where different cultures, especially those of the Mediterranean world connect to each other. Kamel Mennour and Marie Bovo have been working together since 2004.

Her work has been the object of solo exhibitions at the Rencontres de la Photographie in Arles; at La Chambre, Strasbourg; at the Fondation Fernet-Branca, Saint-Louis; at the California Museum of Photography, Riverside; at FRAC Paca and MAC Musée d’art contemporain, Marseille; at the Institut Français de Madrid; at the Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris; at Luís Serpa Projectos, Lisbon; and at the ERA Foundation in Moscow. Her work has also been featured in many group exhibitions, including at the Institut Culturel Bernard Magrez, Bordeaux; at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; at Maxxi in Rome; at the Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris; at MAC Musée d’Art Contemporain, Marseille; and in the Busan Biennale, Korea. In 2016, Marie Bovo was nominated for the ICP Infinity Awards in New York, for her exhibition La danse de l’ours [The Bear Dance] at FRAC Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur.
In 2020, the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson in Paris devoted a personal exhibition to her work.

Works

En Suisse - le Palais du Roi, 22h10 le 15 mars 2019 - © Mennour
En Suisse - le Palais du Roi, 22h10 le 15 mars 2019, 2019
Evening Setting Saturday 21h15, rain season - © Mennour
Evening Setting Saturday 21h15, rain season, 2019
Exhibition view, Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson, Paris - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson, Paris, 2020
Alger 18h59, le 2 novembre 2013 - © Mennour
Alger 18h59, le 2 novembre 2013, 2013
Cour intérieure, 17 février 2009 - © Mennour
Cour intérieure, 17 février 2009, 2009
Exhibition view, Stances, kamel mennour, London - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Stances, kamel mennour, London, 2019
Sans titre - © Mennour
Sans titre, 2020
Jours blancs 02H17 - © Mennour
Jours blancs 02H17, 2012
Grisaille 225 - © Mennour
Grisaille 225, 2010
Exhibition view, FRAC PACA, Marseille - © Mennour
Exhibition view, FRAC PACA, Marseille, 2015
Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris - © Mennour
Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris
EN ROUTE, Lisewo - © Mennour
EN ROUTE, Lisewo, 2016
Stances - Gikharevo - © Mennour
Stances - Gikharevo, 2017
La voie de chemin de fer. 3 mars 2012. 05H18 - © Mennour
La voie de chemin de fer. 3 mars 2012. 05H18, 2012
Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris - © Mennour
Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris, 2018
Stances - Ne prisloniatsia 2 - © Mennour
Stances - Ne prisloniatsia 2, 2017
Exhibition view, California Museum of Photography, Riverside - © Mennour
Exhibition view, California Museum of Photography, Riverside, 2015
Exhibition view, Milan Triennale - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Milan Triennale, 2014
Cour intérieure, 11 septembre 2008 - © Mennour
Cour intérieure, 11 septembre 2008, 2008
La voie de chemin de fer. 3 mars 2012. 07H27 - © Mennour
La voie de chemin de fer. 3 mars 2012. 07H27, 2012
Exhibition view, Fondation Fernet Branca, Saint-Louis - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Fondation Fernet Branca, Saint-Louis, 2016
Exhibition view, Rencontres d'Arles - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Rencontres d’Arles, 2017
Exhibition view, Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris, 2011
Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris - © Mennour
Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris, 2014—2014
Exhibition view, FRACA PACA, Marseille - © Mennour
Exhibition view, FRACA PACA, Marseille, 2015
Jours blancs 02H28 - © Mennour
Jours blancs 02H28, 2012
Cour intérieure, 8 août 2009 - © Mennour
Cour intérieure, 8 août 2009, 2009
Alger 17h40, le 8 novembre 2013 - © Mennour
Alger 17h40, le 8 novembre 2013, 2013
Cour intérieure, 3 mars 2008 - © Mennour
Cour intérieure, 3 mars 2008, 2008
Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris - © Mennour
Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris
EN ROUTE, Tczew - © Mennour
EN ROUTE, Tczew, 2016
Exhibition view, FRAC PACA, Marseille - © Mennour
Exhibition view, FRAC PACA, Marseille, 2015
Jours blancs 02H40 - © Mennour
Jours blancs 02H40, 2012
Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris - © Mennour
Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris, 2018
Exhibition view, Milan Triennale - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Milan Triennale, 2014
La voie de chemin de fer. 21 mai 2012. 03H51 - © Mennour
La voie de chemin de fer. 21 mai 2012. 03H51, 2012
Exhibition view, FRAC PACA, Marseille - © Mennour
Exhibition view, FRAC PACA, Marseille, 2015
Stances - Vyritsa - © Mennour
Stances - Vyritsa, 2017
Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris - © Mennour
Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris, 2018
Exhibition view, MAXXI, Rome - © Mennour
Exhibition view, MAXXI, Rome, 2013
Exhibition view, FRAC PACA, Marseille - © Mennour
Exhibition view, FRAC PACA, Marseille, 2015
Stances, Ne prisloniatsia 12 - © Mennour
Stances, Ne prisloniatsia 12, 2017
Exhibition view, Fondation Fernet Branca, Saint-Louis - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Fondation Fernet Branca, Saint-Louis, 2016
Exhibition view, FRAC PACA, Marseille - © Mennour
Exhibition view, FRAC PACA, Marseille, 2015
Cour intérieure, 28 septembre 2008 - © Mennour
Cour intérieure, 28 septembre 2008, 2008
EN ROUTE, Oleśno - © Mennour
EN ROUTE, Oleśno, 2016
Alger 17h01, le 3 novembre 2013 - © Mennour
Alger 17h01, le 3 novembre 2013, 2013
EN ROUTE, Damnica - © Mennour
EN ROUTE, Damnica, 2016
Exhibition view, MUCEM, Marseille - © Mennour
Exhibition view, MUCEM, Marseille, 2017
Exhibition view, Busan Biennale - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Busan Biennale, 2012
Stances - Mikhajlovka - © Mennour
Stances - Mikhajlovka, 2017
Stances - Ne prisloniatsia 3 - © Mennour
Stances - Ne prisloniatsia 3, 2017
Cour intérieure, 6 mai 2009 - © Mennour
Cour intérieure, 6 mai 2009, 2009
Cour intérieure, 19 novembre 2009 - © Mennour
Cour intérieure, 19 novembre 2009, 2009
Exhibition view, Institut Français d'Espagne, Madrid - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Institut Français d’Espagne, Madrid, 2014
Exhibition view, Fondation Fernet Branca, Saint-Louis - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Fondation Fernet Branca, Saint-Louis, 2016
Alger 22H00, le 2 novembre 2013 - © Mennour
Alger 22H00, le 2 novembre 2013, 2013
Stances - Ne prisloniatsia 16 - © Mennour
Stances - Ne prisloniatsia 16, 2017
Exhibition view, California Museum of Photography, Riverside - © Mennour
Exhibition view, California Museum of Photography, Riverside, 2015
EN ROUTE, Stare Pole - © Mennour
EN ROUTE, Stare Pole, 2016
Stances - Ne prisloniatsia 4 - © Mennour
Stances - Ne prisloniatsia 4, 2017

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