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François Bellabas is a French artist based in Paris. In dialogue with machines, Bellabas plays with the different levels of reality produced by and stemming from the photographic medium. He weaves links between physical and virtual existences and questions the image as data.
long bio
François Bellabas is a French artist physically based in Paris. He develops a body of interconnected works across different media. Bellabas plays with the multiple levels of reality produced by and stemming from the photographic medium. He weaves links between physical and virtual existences, questionning memory and the image as data.
Graduated from Ecole Supérieure d’Art de Lorraine [ESAL] (Metz, 2012) and Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Photographie [ENSP] (Arles, 2015), he founded the GourauPhong creative studio with Benjamin Roulet (Paris, 2017).
Laureate of the Discovery Award Louis Roederer Foundation at Rencontres d’Arles (2024), his work is exhibited in France and internationally : Art-o-rama (Marseille, 2017), Biennale de l'Image Possible (Liège, 2018), Jeune Création (Paris, 2020), Palais Augmenté II (Grand Palais, Paris, 2022), Centre Photographique d'Île de France (Paris, 2024), Rencontres d'Arles (2024), Shanghai International Photography Festival (Shanghai, 2024) Jimei x Arles International Photography Festival (Jimei, 2024), Contretype (Bruxelles, 2025) Hangar Photo Art Center (Bruxelles, 2025).
statement
I am interested in the various forms of life and their language-related issues, as well as their networks and structures that unfold to enable their existence. My artwork explores the relationships we invent and develop with technology. I use photography, video, 3D scanning, game engines and sound to record rough material from real-world experiences. From these elements, I create installations where the interweaving of different media gives me the ability to bend times and spaces across these different environments. I dissect and recombine the mutational and uncertain nature of these different layers. Every project I develop is built as a reality with its own rules. Through my work, I am interested in creating situations or experiences that induce perceptual shifts between coexistive realities and offer new hybrid perceptions.
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