Born in Lille (France) in 1971, Guillaume Leblon lives and works in New York (USA).
Guillaume Leblon studied at Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts in Lyon (France) from which he was graduated in 1997. He then continued with 2 residences : at the ART 3 Residency in Sabadell, Barcelona and at the Rijksakademie, Amsterdam.
The artist has been the subject of notable solo exhibitions at prestigious institutions, including Parade at the Palais de Tokyo (Paris, France) in 2022- 2023. |; There is a man, and more, S.M.A.K (Gand, Belgium) in 2018; Le poids que la main supporte, Panorama, Friche Belle de Mai (Marseille, France) in 2015; A dos de cheval avec le peintre, IAC Villeurbanne (Villeurbanne, France) in 2014; Under my shoe, Mass Moca (North Adams, USA) in 2013; Une appropriation de la nature, Musée de Sérignan, (Sérignan, France) in 2012; Black Apple falls, Fondation Paul Ricard (Paris, France) in 2011; Site of confluence, MUDAM (Luxembourg) in 2009 and in 2004, AZIMUT at FRAC Bourgogne (Dijon, France).
Guillaume Leblon's work has been featured in numerous group exhibitions, such as Des Mondes Construits, MNAM at the Centre Pompidou-Metz (Metz, France) in 2020; The House Where You Live Forever at Garage Rotterdam (Rotterdam, Netherlands) in 2019; Or: Un voyage dans l'histoire de l'art au fil d'or at the MUCEM (Marseille, France) and at the Front International Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art (Cleveland, USA) in 2018; Singin' Stones at Palais de Tokyo hors les murs at the DuSable Museum of African American History (Chicago, USA) in 2017; Accrochage, a selection of the Pinault Collection at Punta della Dogana (Venice, Italy), Collections: Élémentaires at the Abattoirs (Toulouse, France), and Une Histoire (art archi design/ des années 80 à nos jours) at the Centre Pompidou (Paris, France) in 2016; Tout le monde at the Centre d'art contemporain d'Ivry - le Crédac (Ivry-sur-Seine, France) and L'usage des formes, artisans d'art et artistes at Palais de Tokyo (Paris, France) in 2015; De leur temps (4), 2010/2013, Regards croisés de 100 collectionneurs sur la jeune création at the Centre d'art Le Hangar à Bananes (Nantes, France) in 2014; Une préface at Le Plateau, FRAC Île-de-France, and Collection Amplifiée, une proposition d'Arnaud Maguet at the Musée de Rochechouart in 2013; and Pour un art pauvre at Carré d'art in Nîmes as well as during the Biennale de Rennes in 2012.
Guillaume Leblon's works have joined prestigious collections around the world: Fonds National d'Art Contemporain (Paris, France), Centre Pompidou (Paris, France), Carré d'Art (Nîmes, France), Musée d'Art Contemporain de Sérignan (France), IAC Villeurbanne (France), Musée d'Art Contemporain de Rochechouart (France), Nouveau Musée National de Monaco (Monaco), S.M.A. K (Ghent, Belgium), MUDAM (Luxembourg), MAK Museum (Vienna, Austria), MCA (Chicago, United States), CGAC (Santiago de Compostela, Spain), Kadist (France, United States), as well as Regional Contemporary Art Funds in France: Les Abattoirs de Toulouse, FRAC Île-de-France, FRAC Bourgogne, FRAC Bretagne, and private collections: François Pinault Collection (Italy), Laurent Dumas Collection (France), Fondation d'entreprise Galeries Lafayette (Paris, France).
Guillaume Leblon is represented by the Nathalie Obadia Gallery, Paris/Brussels, since 2021.