JEAN-MICHEL WICKER

Jean-Michel Wicker born 1970, Riedisheim, France
1996-2000, lived in London and Geneva
since 2001, lives in Nice and Torino

Solo Exhibition

2002 "Moyenne Corniche", Magnani, London

Group Exhibitions

2005         
Swiss Folks, Curated by Caroline Vitelli, galerie Edward Mitterrand,
"The 15 Minute Show", Stedelijk Museum Bureau, Amsterdam (city map)
"Evil Mothers", Film Festival, Sarajevo

2004 "Psychic Landscape", Yvon Lambert, New-York
Frac Paca, Marseille
"Comment rester zen", Museum Am Ostwall, Dortmund

2003 "Le Rayon Noir", Circuit, Lausanne (newsletter)
"Feu de bois", XVIIIIème Ateliers Internationaux du Frac des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou (book)
"Lee 3 Tau Ceti Central Armory Show",Villa Arson, Nice (cat.)
"Where the druids dwell and they do dwell well", Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris

2002 "The Real McCoy", French Institute, Istanbul

2001 "Record Collection", Forde, Geneva / VTO, London

Collaborative Works

2001 "Timewave Zero/The Politics of Ecstasy", co-curated with Lionel Bovier
Grazer Kunstverein, Graz (book, JRP Editions, Geneva / Revolver, Frankfurt)
"Swiss Science-Fiction", with Sidney Stucki, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
(soundtrack, distribution Mental Groove Records, Geneva)

2000 "Audi / Beyond Grinding Halt / Centre Point", with Vidya Gastaldon, Sidney Stucki
(videotape, distribution BDV, Paris)

Residency / Villa Arson, Nice (2001)
Scholarship / Villa Medicis Hors-les-Murs (2000)

Bibliography

David Bussel, "Jean-Michel Wicker at Magnani", I-D, no. 226, december 2002, p.174
Jean-Michel Wicker, "Soirée à Londres", Hélène, n°1, printemps 2003, p.5
Nicolas Trembley, "Bord de mer", Numéro, n°42, avril 2003, p.63
Jean-Michel Wicker, "Horses in my dreams", Pacemaker, n°3, octobre 2003
Mai-Thu Perret & Fabrice Stroun, "Le Rayon Noir", Circuit / Kunst-Bulletin 4, 2004, p.80
Julien Fronsacq, "Le Rayon Noir", 02, n°29, printemps 2004, p.35
Jean-Michel Wicker, "Snoopy Cuir", Pacemaker, n°5, juin 2004
Jean-Michel Wicker, "Table ronde", Pacemaker, n°6, octobre 2004
Judicaël Lavrador, "Feu de Bois", 02, n°31, automne 2004, p.44

Book / Catalogue / Brochure

"Sexes, images-pratiques et pensées contemporaines", Beaux Arts Magazine Livres / Paris Musées, février 2004, p.134 et p.148 (avec des textes de Stéphanie Moisdon-Trembley, Mehdi Belhaj Kacem, Catherine Robbe-Grillet…)
"Lee 3 Tau Ceti Central Armory Show", Villa Arson Nice, juin 2004, p.31 et p.100
"Feu de Bois", Frac des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou / Toastink Press, Paris (Alexis Vaillant éd.), juin 2004, p.43-47-57-66-85-110-138-155-162-170-192 (avec des textes et entretiens d'Alexis Vaillant, Ina Blom, Patricia Falguières, Pia Rönicke, Karl Holmqvist, Jean-Luc Blanc…)

Press in collaboration with Lionel Bovier

Jan Verwoert, "Timewave Zero/The Politics of Ecstasy", Springerin, Dez. 2001- Feb. 2002, p.63
Brigitte Huck, "Timewave Zero/The Politics of Ecstasy", Artforum, March 2002, p.147-148
Justin Hoffmann, "Timewave Zero/The Politics of Ecstasy", Kunstforum, nr. 158, p.367-368
Alex Farquharson, "Timewave Zero/The Politics of Ecstasy", Frieze, March 2002, p.86-87
Jan Verwoert, "On New Modernisms", Frieze, June July August 2004, p.90-95

Publication

"Vidya Gastaldon / Jean-Michel Wicker, Collaborations 1994 - 2001"
text by Jan Verwoert (french/english/german)
72 pages, 30 color ill.
co-production Kunsthaus Glarus, Glarus, 2001 & Jrp-Ringier, Zürich, 2003