BIOGRAPHY
1972 Born in Sarcelles, France.
1993–1997 École Nationale d’Art de Cergy, France.
Lives and works in Paris, France.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Musée d’art et d’histoire du Judaïsm, Paris. Dove Allouche: AgBr
(8 September 2022 – 23 April 2023)
Peter Freeman, Inc., New York. Dove Allouche: Primordial Soup
(13 January – 26 February)
2020 gb agency, Paris. Dove Allouche
(5 September – 17 October)
2019 Le Grand Trianon, Galerie des Cotelle, Château de Versailles, France. Versailles –
Visible/Invisible. (14 May – 20 October). Catalogue.
2018 gb agency, Paris. Des caracères extérieurs
(3 May – 18 June)
The Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver. Dove Allouche: Negative Capability,
curated by Claire Lerestif and Nigel Prince (28 September – 31 December)
2017 Chapelle Notre-Dame de Fleurs, Pontivy, France. L’art dans les chapelles – Dove Allouche
(7 July – 17 September)
Editions Dilecta, Paris. Dove Allouche, Fungi
(7 July – 23 September)
Peter Freeman, Inc., New York. Dove Allouche: Le beau danger
(23 February – 8 April)
2016 Fondation Ricard, Paris. Mea culpa d'un sceptique, curated by Kate Macfarlane
(21 March – 7 May)
2014 Peter Freeman, Inc., New York. Dove Allouche: Three Seconds
(27 February – 12 April)
Gaudel de Stampa, Paris. La dernière couleur
(17 January – 15 March)
2013 Centre Pompidou, Paris. Dove Allouche: Triple Point
(26 June – 9 September). Catalogue.
2012 Nomas Foundation, Rome. Dove Allouche
(6 October 2012 – 10 January 2013). Catalogue.
Circuit, Lausanne, Switzerland. Nos lignes sous les obus toxiques, curated by Didier Rittener
(17 March – 28 April)
2011 Lille Métropole Musée d’art moderne, d’art contemporain et d’art brut, Villeneuve-d'Ascq,
France. Dove Allouche - Le diamant d’une étoile a rayé le fond du ciel
(27 October 2011 – 22 January 2012). Catalogue.
FRAC Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France. Dove Allouche - Le diamant d’une étoile a rayé
le fond du ciel (15 October – 20 December). Catalogue.
2010 Gaudel de Stampa, Paris. Black Smokers
(9 September – 31 October)
Galerie Kamm, Berlin. Zénith, Berlin-Paris, un echange de galleries
(15 January – 27 February)
Salon du Dessin, Paris. Le Prix de Dessin 2010: Daniel et Florence Guerlain
2009 De Vleeshal, Middelburg, the Netherlands. L’Ennemi Déclaré
(4 July – 20 September)
Centre culturel français, Izmir, Turkey. Les Déversoirs d’orages
2008 le Crédac: Centre d'art contemporain d'Ivry, Ivry-sur-Seinem France. L’Ennemi Déclaré
(21 November 2008 – 11 January 2009)
Gaudel de Stampa, Paris. Surplombs
(16 May – 12 July)
2006 Yvon Lambert, Paris. Project Room
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Peter Freeman, Inc., New York. Misunderstandings, curated by Erik Verhagen
(8 June – 29 July)
Frac des Pays de la Loire, Nantes. La source, 1983–2023, regard sur la collection du Frac des
Pays de la Loire (29 March – 28 May)
Frac des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou. La source, 1983–2023, regard sur la collection du Frac
des Pays de la Loire (22 March – 8 October 2023)
KAI 10, Arthena Foundation, Düsseldorf. Phantoms and Other Illusions, curated by Ludwig
Seyfarth (10 February – 3 September)
Centre Pompidou-Metz, France. La Répétition, curated by Éric de Chassey
(4 February 2023 – 27 January 2025)
2022 Musée d’art contemporain du Val-de-Marne, Vitry-sur-Seine, France. Florilège jusqu’à en
faire le tour (24 December 2022 – 14 May 2023)
2021 gb agency, Paris. Mac Adams and Dove Allouche: The Invisible Image
(20–30 April)
MAC VAL, Vitry-sur-Seine, France. Le vent se lève: Exposition de la collection
2020–2021 (7 March – 31 October 2021)
2020 MicroOnde, Vélizy-Villacoublay, France. La photographie à l’épreuve de l’abstraction.
(27 September – 13 December)
2019 Collection Lambert musée d’art contemporain, Avignon, Frane. Collectionner au XXIe
siècle. Si une accumulation reflète une vie... (14 December 2019 – 15 March 2020)
gb agency, Paris. Activity of Matter.
(30 November 2019 – 11 January 2020)
Musée régional d'art contemporain, Occitanie / Pyrénées-Méditerranée, Sérignan, France.
La mesure du monde. (23 November 2019 – 19 April 2020)
H2M - Espace d'art contemporain Hôtel Marron de Meillonnas, Bourg-en-Bresse, France.
Le marbre et le sang. Regard sur la collection IAC par l’artiste Katinka Bock.
(9 November 2019 – 8 March 2020)
Friche la Belle de Mai, Marseille, France. Par Hasard.
(17 October 2019 – 23 February 2020)
Kunstmuseum St. Gallen. La Luce Alpina.
(28 September – 1 December)
Centre Pompidou, Paris. Préhistoire une énigme moderne.
(8 May – 16 September)
La Criée centre d’art contemporain, Rennes, France. Personne, pas même la pluie, n’a de si
petites mains. (6 April – 26 May 2019)
FRAC Ile de France, Le Chateau, Parc Culturel, Rentilly, France. De l’immersion à l’osmose
Chaosmose #2. (17 March – 27 July)
Fondation Fernet-Branca, Saint-Louis. Comme un souvenir…
(23 February – 5 May)
2018 Wilhelm-Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany. Auto fictions – Contemporary
Drawing. (17 November 2018 – 24 February 2019)
Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature, Paris. Un paysage où vivre. Les 20 ans des Carnets du
paysage (9–14 October)
Institut d’Art Contemporain, Villeurbanne, France. Collection à l’étude, Chaosmose
(5 October 2018 – 20 January 2019)
Musée d’art moderne et d’art contemporain, Nice. Cosmogonies, curated by Hélèn Guenin
(9 June – 16 September)
Centre Pompidou, Paris. Histoire(s) d’une collection
(25 May 2018 – 15 April 2019)
Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venice. A Furnace in Marseilles - International Center for
Research on Glass and Plastic Arts / CIRVA (10 April – 24 July)
FRAC Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France. Reste l’air et le monde...
(17 March – 17 June)
2017 Musée Zadkine, Paris. Etre pierre, curated by Jessica Castex
(28 September 2017 – 11 February 2018)
MAC VAL, Vitry-sur-Seine, France. Sans réserve, curated by Alexia Fabre
(29 June 2017–30 June 2018)
Centre Pompidou, Paris. Les Dix ans du Prix de dessin de la Fondation d’art
contemporain Daniel & Florence Guerlain (15 June – 11 September)
Chateau d’Oiron, France. Architectures de Paysage #1
(25 March – 4 June)
Musée MRAC, Serignan, France. La Vie Aquatique
(23 March – 18 June)
Musée Cantini, Marseille, France. Une Maison de Verre
(17 March – 24 September)
Institut d'art contemporain de Villeurbanne, France. Paysages Cosmorphes
(2 December 2016 – 12 February 2017)
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio. The Sun Placed in the Abyss
(7 October 2016 – 8 January 2017)
2016 Drawing Room, London. Double Take: Drawing and Photography, curated by
Kate Macfarlane and Mary Doyle (13 April – 12 June)
Centre Pompidou-Metz, France. Sublime. Les tremblements du monde
(11 February – 5 September)
Palazzo De’ Toschi, Bologna, Italy. La camera: On the Materiality of Photography,
curated by Simone Menegoi (29 January – 28 February)
2015 MAC VAL, Vitry sur Seine, France. The Vertigo Effect, curated by Alexia Fabre
(24 October 2015 – 23 April 2017)
Centre d’art contemporain d’Ivry – le Crédac, Ivry-sur-Seine, France. tout le monde
(11 September – 6 December)
MUDAM, Luxembourg. Eppur Si Muove Art and Technology, A Shared Sphere
(7 September 2015 – 17 January 2016)
Mezzanin Gallery, Geneva. L'icosasphère, curated by Samuel Gross
(28 May – 11 July)
Musee Sainte-Croix, Poitiers, France. Engagements-Collectionner-Partager,
curated by Pascal Faracci (11 April – 23 August)
MAC VAL, Vitry-sur-Seine, France. Chercher le garcon, curated by Frank Lamy
(7 April – 30 August)
Drawing Room, London. Drawing Biennial 2015, curated by Mary Doyle and
Kate Macfarlane (5 March – 30 April)
Abanico Art & Lab Studio, Geneva. NOIRéBlanc, curated by Chantal Berdugo-Dahan.
(22 January – 7 February)
FRAC Aquitaine, Bordeaux, France. A vue de pied, a vue de nez, une exposition vraiment
underground, curated by Claire Jacquet (16 January – 18 April)
2014 Le Chateau Rentilly, Bussy-Saint-Martin, France. Explore, curated by Xavier Franchschi
(22 November 2014 – 22 March 2015)
Palais de Tokyo, Paris. Inside
(19 October 2014 – 11 January 2015)
Fonds de dotation Emerige, Paris. As I run and run, happiness comes closer,
curated by Jerome Sans (8 October – 20 December)
Les Abattoirs, Toulouse, France. Extraits et Extractions, curated by Olivier Michelon
(3 October 2014 – 4 January 2015)
Gaudel de Stampa, Paris. Entrouvert
(23 May – 19 July)
2013 HAB Galerie, Nantes, France. De leur temps (4). Regards croisés sur la jeune creation
(12 October 2013 – 5 January 2014)
Strasbourg Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, France. Pièces Montrées: Formes
et Forces (5 October 2013 – 9 February 2014)
Institut d’Art Contemporain, Villeurbanne. 1966–79, curated by Laurent Montaron
(24 May – 11 August)
MUDAM, Luxembourg. L’image papillon, curated by Christophe Gallois
(23 March – 8 August)
Les Abattoirs, Toulouse, France. Ressources poétiques
(22 February – 5 May)
Sala Rekalde, Bilbao, Spain. Réinventer le monde, curated by Alexandra Baurès
(22 February – 5 May)
Centre Pompidou‑Metz, France. Une brève histoire des lignes
(11 January – 1 April)
2012 Palais de Tokyo, Paris. Les dérives de l’imaginaire, curated by Jean de Loisy
(27 September 2012 – 13 January 2013)
Biennal d’art contemporain, Rennes, France. Les prairies, curated by Anne Bonnin
(15 September – 9 December)
Musée de l’Abbaye Sainte-Croix, Les Sables-d'Olonne, France. Explorateurs: Œuvres du
CNAP (8 July – 10 November)
Saline Royale d'Arc-et-Senans, France. Les Amitiés végétales, curated by
Christophe Desforges (1 June – 30 September)
Galerie du jour Agnès B., Paris. Futur antérieur, curated by Jean‑François Sanz
(24 March – 26 May)
Musée départemental d'art contemporain de Rochechouart, France. Irmavep Club: Livrets
IV et V (29 February – 10 June)
Nouveau Musée National de Monaco. Le Silence, une fiction, curated by Simone Menegoi
(2 February – 3 April)
Frac Aquitaine, Bordeaux, France. Coup double, curated by Claire Jacquet
(19 January – 21 April)
Louvre, Paris. La commande contemporaine de la Chalcographie du Louvre, curated by
Pascal Torres Guardiola (11 January – 10 April)
2011 Villa Medici, Rome. Teatro delle esposizioni #2, curated by Marcello Smarrelli
(21–30 June)
Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany. Lumière Noire, curated by Alexander Eiling
(11 June – 25 September)
Collezione Maramotti, Reggio Emilia, Italy. Green White Red. A perfume of Italy
in the Collection of Frac Aquitaine (7 May – 31 July)
La Kunsthalle, centre d'art contemporain Mulhouse, France. L’idée de nature,
curated by Bettine Steinbrugge (21 March – 21 May)
2009 Galerie des Galeries, Paris. ANTIDOTE 5
(20 October 2009 – 9 January 2010)
FRAC Lorraine, Metz, France. L’Esthétique des Pôles. Le testament des glace
(16 October 2009 – 7 February 2010)
Palais de Tokyo, Paris. Spy Numbers
(28 May – 30 August)
Musée d'Art et d'Archéologie, Aurillac, France. Les Roses Pourpres du Caire. Making of
Et Bande Annonce. (15 May – 14 November)
Centre d'art contemporain d'Ivry - le Crédac, Ivry‑sur‑Seine, France. Le Travail de Rivière,
curated by Claire Le Restif. (4 February – 29 March)
Fondation Ricard, Paris. Pragmatismus & Romantismus, Les Matériaux du possible, du
pragmatisme au romantisme, curated by Anne Bonin (27 January – 28 February)
2007 IrmaVepLab, Chatillon sur Marne, France. Raw
(27 October – 9 December)
FRAC Aquitaine, Bordeaux, France. Time out of joint
(15 May – 18 July)
Attitudes, Geneva. Les roses de Jéricho, curated by Claire le Restif
(17 March –5 May)
La Galerie, Noisy‑le‑sec, France. Expéditions
(10 March – 12 May)
2006 Palacio de Correos, Buenos Aires. Estudio Abierto
(16 November – 3 December)
Galerie Lillebonne, Nancy, France. Découvrir le monde
2005 Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, Lithuania. Scape
2004 /galerie/store/52°31’52’’,13°22’55’’/, Berlin. WSV
2003 Galerie F15, Moss, Norway. Embassy
L'auditorium du Louvre, Paris. Pyrotechnic, curated by Philippe‑Alain Michaud
2002 UKS Gallerii, Oslo. Mental Shifts
(11 October – 24 November)
Glassbox, Paris. Korean Air France
(3–30 September)
SSamzie Space, Seoul. Korea Air France
(13 June – 31 July)
Abbaye de Maubuisson, Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône, France. Simulation
(3 June – 1 December)
Galerie Corentin Hamel, Paris.
S.A.N, Cergy‑Pontoise, France. L’ami de mon ami, curated by Bernard Marcadé
2001 gb agency, Paris. Hors-Jeu
(17 February – 6 March)
La Vitrine, Paris. Cergy memory#3
Mains d’Œuvres, Saint‑Ouen, France. Le Monde Rectifié
La Périphérie, Malakoff, France. Mode d’emploi
Batofar, Paris. Feux
Station Mir, Hérouville‑Saint‑Clair, France. Mir de bar
1998 Project 10, Paris. Propos Mobiles, curated by Denis Gaudel
Galerie du Chai, Saint‑Brieuc, France. Mélange en ligne
GRANTS AND RESIDENCIES
2011 – 2012 Villa Médici, Rome.
2005 – 2006 Villa Médici Hors les Murs, Venezuela.
2003 – 2004 Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris.
2002 A.F.A.A., Norway.
2001 Mains d’Œuvres, Saint‑Ouen, France.
1999 DRAC Île‑de‑France Residency, l’Office Départemental de Développement
Culturel des Côtes d’Armor, Frances.
1997 Ateliers d’été, Frac des Pays de la Loire, France.
1995 Kitakanto Museum of Fine Arts, Maebashi, Japan.
PUBLIC COMMISIONS
2021 Institut national d’histoire de l’art, Paris. Substrat
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2019 Sawyer, Drew. Dove Allouche (New York: Peter Freeman, Inc., 2019).
Robinne, Grégoire. Versailles: Visible/Invisible (Paris: Éditions Dilecta, 2019).
2017 Sawyer, Drew. “Dove Allouche,” Osmos Magazine, Issue 11 (Winter 2017), pp. 32–39.
2013 De Chassey, Eric and Jonas Storsve. Dove Allouche: Point Triple
(Paris: Centre Pompidou, 2013).
2012 Canziani, Cecilia, Illaria Gianni and Pier Paolo Pancotto. Dove Allouche
(Rome: CURA., 2012).
2011 Michaud, Phillipe-Alain. Dove Allouche: Le Soleil Sous La Mer
(Clermond-Ferraud: FRAC Auvergne, 2011).
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Centre Pompidou, Paris
Louvre, Paris
CIRVA, Marseille
Fonds National d’Art Contemporain, Paris
FRAC Alsace, Sélestat
FRAC Aquitaine, Bordeaux
FRAC Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand
FRAC Ile-de-France, Paris
Musée d'Art Contemporain du Val-de-Marne, Vitry-sur-Seine
Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona
Museum of Modern Art, New York
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California