BIOGRAPHY
1972 Born in Sarcelles, France.
1993–1997 École Nationale d’Art de Cergy, France.
Lives and works in Paris.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Bassin de compensation de Fionnay, Le Musée de Bagnes, Switzerland.
Tableau Périodique. Dove Allouche, curated by Jean-Paul Felley (15 July – 1 October).
Catalogue.
2022 Musée d’art et d’histoire du Judaïsme, 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
(1–30 November)
gb agency, Paris. Dove Allouche
(5 September – 17 October)
2018 The Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver. Dove Allouche: Negative Capability,
curated by Claire Lerestif and Nigel Prince (28 September – 31 December)
gb agency, Paris. Des caractères extérieurs
(3 May – 18 June)
2017 Editions Dilecta, Paris. Dove Allouche, Fungi
(7 July – 23 September)
Chapelle Notre-Dame des Fleurs, Pontivy, France. L’art dans les chapelles – Dove Allouche
(7 July – 17 September)
Peter Freeman, Inc., New York. Dove Allouche: Le beau danger
(23 February – 8 April)
2016 Fondation Pernod Ricard, Paris. Mea culpa d'un sceptique,
curated by Kate Macfarlane (22 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 – 30 December).
Catalogue.
2010 Gaudel de Stampa, Paris. Black Smokers
(9 September – 31 October)
Galerie Kamm, Berlin. Zénith, Berlin-Paris, un échange 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
(5 July – 20 September)
Centre Culturel Français d'Izmir, Turkey. Les Déversoirs d’orages
2008 Centre d'art contemporain d'Ivry – le Crédac, 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
2025 Musée de l’Orangerie, Paris. Out of focus, another vision of art from 1945 to the present day
(30 April – 18 August). Exhibition will travel: CaixaForum Madrid, Spain
(16 September 2025 – 12 April 2026); CaixaForum Barcelone, Spain
(19 May 19 – 27 September 2026). Catalogue.
2024 Frac Auvergne, France. L’économie du désir
(16 November 2024 – 23 March 2025)
MO.CO. Hôtel des Collections, Montpellier, France.
Parade, une scène française: Collection Laurent Dumas (26 October 2024 – 12 January 2025)
Peter Freeman, Inc., Paris. En travaux
(16–26 October)
Frac Île-de-France, Les Réserves, Romainville, France.
La collective phèmes: Coller l’oreille aux colimaçons (7 September – 3 November)
Centre Pompidou-Metz, France. Seeing time in colour
(13 July – 18 November)
Collection Lambert en Avignon, France. The Role of a Lifetime: gb agency
(23 June – 29 September)
Fondation Vincent Van Gogh, Arles, France. Van Gogh and the Stars
(1 June – 8 September)
Galerie Zlotowski, Paris. Renverser la Tache
(28 April – 30 June)
2023 Les Abattoirs, Musée – Frac Occitanie Toulouse, France.
L’Odyssée. A stage in Horizons d'eaux (8 December 2023 – 25 August 2024)
Villa Medici, Rome. Stories of Stones
(12 October 2023 – 14 January 2024)
gb agency, Paris. Floating Worlds
(10 October – 14 November)
gb agency, Paris. Soleil et Grotte
(30 June – 26 July)
Espace de l’Art Concret, Mouans-Sartoux, France. Impact
(25 June – 29 October)
Peter Freeman, Inc., New York. Misunderstandings,
curated by Erik Verhagen (8 June – 29 July)
MRAC Musée régional d'art contemporain Occitanie, Serignan, France. Constellations
(13 May – 26 November)
Frac Île-de-France, Les Réserves, Romainville, France. Eurêka: Sors de ta réserve #5
(16 April – 8 July)
Frac des Pays de la Loire, Nantes, France.
La source, 1983–2023, regard sur la collection du Frac des Pays de la Loire
(29 March – 28 May)
Frac à Carquefou, France.
La source, 1983–2023, regard sur la collection du Frac des Pays de la Loire
(22 March – 8 October)
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). Catalogue.
2022 Musée d'Art Contemporain du Val-de-Marne, Vitry-sur-Seine, France.
"Rose is a rose is a rose" Florilège jusqu’à en faire le tour
(24 December 2022 – 14 May 2023)
gb agency, Paris. Yann Sérandour: Ce Devant Quoi
(26 March – 7 May)
2021 gb agency, Paris. Mac Adams and Dove Allouche: The Invisible Image
(20–30 April)
2020 gb agency, Paris. Activity of Matter
(19 December 2020 – 31 March 2021)
Micro Onde, Vélizy-Villacoublay, France. La Photographie à l’épreuve de l’abstraction
(19 September – 21 November)
Musée d'Art Contemporain du Val-de-Marne, Vitry-sur-Seine, France.
Le vent se lève: Exposition de la collection 2020–2021 (7 March 2020 – 31 October 2021)
2019 Collection Lambert – musée d’art contemporain, Avignon, France.
Collectionner au XXIe siècle. Si une accumulation reflète une vie...
(14 December 2019 – 15 March 2020). Catalogue.
Galerie Papillon, Paris. 30 ans pile!
(30 November 2019 – 11 January 2020)
gb agency, Paris. Activity of Matter
(30 November 2019 – 11 January 2020)
MRAC Musée régional d'art contemporain Occitanie, Serignan, 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, Switzerland. La Luce Alpina
(28 September – 1 December)
Chateau de Versailles, France. Versailles – Visible/Invisible
(14 May – 20 October). Catalogue.
Centre Pompidou, Paris. Préhistoire, une énigme moderne
(8 May – 16 September). Catalogue.
La Criée centre d’art contemporain, Rennes, France.
Personne, pas même la pluie, n’a de si petites mains (6 April – 26 May)
Frac Île-de-France, Le Château, Rentilly, France.
De l’immersion à l’osmose Chaosmose #2 (17 March – 21 July)
Fondation Fernet-Branca, Saint-Louis/Alsace, France. Comme un souvenir…
(24 February – 5 May)
2018 Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen Stadt 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 de Villeurbanne, France. Collection à l’étude: Chaosmose
(5 October 2018 – 20 January 2019)
Musée d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain, Nice, France.
Cosmogonies, following the elements, 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 (9 April – 24 June)
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)
Musée d'Art Contemporain du Val-de-Marne, Vitry-sur-Seine, France. Sans réserve,
curated by Alexia Fabre (29 June 2017 – 18 August 2018)
Centre Pompidou, Paris.
Dix ans du Prix de dessin de la Fondation d’art contemporain Daniel & Florence Guerlain
(15 June – 11 September). Catalogue.
Villa du Parc, Annemasse, France. Première étoile, dernier flocon
(1 April – 10 June)
Château d’Oiron, France. Architectures de Paysage #1
(25 March – 4 June)
Musée régional d'art contemporain, Occitanie / Pyrénées-Méditerranée, Sérignan, France.
La Vie Aquatique (25 March – 18 June)
Musée Cantini, Marseille, France. Une Maison de Verre – Le Cirva
(17 March – 24 September)
2016 Institut d'art contemporain de Villeurbanne, France. Paysages Cosmorphes
(2 December 2016 – 19 February 2017)
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio. The Sun Placed in the Abyss
(7 October 2016 – 8 January 2017)
The Photographers’ Gallery, London. Double Take
(15 April – 3 July)
Drawing Room, London. Double Take,
curated by Kate Macfarlane and Mary Doyle (14 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 Musée d'Art Contemporain du Val-de-Marne, 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, France. tout le monde
(11 September – 6 December)
Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg.
Eppur Si Muove – Art and Technology, A Shared Sphere
(9 July 2015 – 17 January 2016).Catalogue.
Galerie Mezzanin, Vienna. 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)
Musée d'Art Contemporain du Val-de-Marne, Vitry-sur-Seine, France. Chercher le garcon,
curated by Frank Lamy (7 March – 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 Frac Île-de-France, 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, Musée – Frac Occitanie 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 Centre Pompidou, Paris. Florence and Daniel Guerlain Donation
(16 October 2013 – 31 March 2014)
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 de Villeurbanne, France. 1966–79,
curated by Laurent Montaron (24 May – 11 August)
Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg. L’image papillon,
curated by Christophe Gallois (23 March – 8 September)
Les Abattoirs, Musée – Frac Occitanie 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)
Biennale 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)
Villa Paloma, 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). Catalogue.
La Kunsthalle, centre d'art contemporain Mulhouse, France. L’idée de nature,
curated by Bettine Steinbrugge (21 April – 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 glaces
(16 October 2009 – 7 February 2010). Catalogue.
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, France. Le Travail de Rivière,
curated by Claire Le Restif (4 February – 29 March). Catalogue.
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 Nouvelle Aquitaine, Bordeaux, France. Time out of joint
(16 May – 20 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, Brazil. Estudio Abierto
(16 November – 3 December)
Galerie Lillebonne, Nancy, France. Découvrir le monde
2005 Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, Lithuania. Scape
(28 January – 13 March)
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, Norway. Mental Shifts
(11 October – 24 November)
SSamziespace Gallery, Seoul. Korean Air France
(11 June – 31 July). Exhibition travelled: La Vitrine – Glassbox, Paris (3–30 September).
Catalogue.
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 (24 October – 15 November). Catalogue.
Galerie du Chai, Saint‑Brieuc, France. Mélange en ligne
GRANTS & 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, France.
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 BIBLIOGRAPHY
2023 De Chassey, ed. La Répétition: dans les collections du Centre Pompidou
(Metz: Éditions du Centre Pompidou-Metz, 2023). Exhibition catalogue.
Felley, Jean-Paul. Dove Allouche: Periodic Table
(Amsterdam: Roma Publications, 2023). Exhibition catalogue.
2019 Debray, Cécile, Rémi Labrusse, and Maria Stavrinki. Préhistoire, une énigme moderne
(Paris: Centre Pompidou, 2019). Exhibition catalogue.
Robinne, Grégoire. Versailles: Visible/Invisible (Paris: Éditions Dilecta, 2019).
Exhibition catalogue.
Sawyer, Drew. Dove Allouche (New York: Peter Freeman, Inc., 2019).
2017 Sawyer, Drew. “Dove Allouche,” Osmos Magazine, Issue 11 (Winter 2017), pp. 32–39.
2015 Eppur Si Muove Art and Technology, A Shared Sphere
(Luxembourg: Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, 2015). Exhibition catalogue.
2013 De Chassey, Eric, and Jonas Storsve. Dove Allouche: Point Triple
(Paris: Centre Pompidou, 2013). Exhibition catalogue.
2012 Canziani, Cecilia, Illaria Gianni and Pier Paolo Pancotto. Dove Allouche
(Rome: CURA. Books, 2012). Exhibtion catalogue.
2011 Jacquet, Claire. Green White Red. A perfume of Italy in the Collection of Frac Aquitaine
(Milan: Silvana, 2011). Exhibition catalogue.
Michaud, Phillipe-Alain. Dove Allouche: Le Soleil Sous La Mer
(Clermond-Ferraud: Frac Auvergne, 2011). Exhibition catalogue.
2010 Josse, Béatrice, and Eléonore Jacquiau Chamska.
L’Esthétique des Pôles. Le testament des Glaces
(Metz: Fonds régional d’art contemporain de Lorraine, 2010). Exhibition catalogue.
2009 Le Restif, Claire, Jean-Louis Trocherie, and Hélène Meisel. Le Travail de Rivière
(Arles: Analogues, 2009). Exhibition catalogue.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Centre Pompidou, Paris
Centre international de recherche sur le verre et les arts plastiques, Marseille, France
Fonds National d’Art Contemporain, Paris
Frac Alsace, Sélestat, France
Frac Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France
Frac Île-de-France, Paris
Frac Nouvelle-Aquitaine MÉCA, Bordeaux, France
Les Abattoirs, Musée – Frac Occitanie Toulouse, France
Musée d'art contemporain du Val-de-Marne, Vitry-sur-Seine
Musée du Louvre, Paris
Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Spain
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California