Julien Devaux
Julien Devaux (Belgium, 1975) is a visual artist and a filmmaker. He lives and works between Mexico City and Paris.
His work is mainly situated between video art and documentary filmmaking- aiming to relate the construction of images and the narratives that accompany them.
He has collaborated in the video work of many contemporary artists. (see below)
He graduated from the Ecole du Louvre in Paris after a Foundation Course in Fine Art in Weston-Super-Mare, England.
Solo Shows
2022 Temps mort – Oficina particular – Mexico, Mexique
( curator : Tania Ragasol Valenzuela )
2019 The Captives – Wiener Art Foundation – Vienna, Austria
( curator : Lorena Moreno )
Retratos de la costa – Carta Blanca – Cdmx, Mexico
( curator : Ivan Krassoeivitch )
Noche Buena – The Space without Walls – Ghent, Belgium
(curator : Inge Braeckman)
2017 Después de mí, si es que algo queda – 1Mes1Artista, CDMX,
Mexico (Michel blancsubé)
Pop-Up Summer – Proyecto Paralelo Gallery. CDMX, Mexico
(curator : Issa Benitez)
2015 Noche Buena – Artere-A, Guadalajara, Mexico
(curator : Omar Guerra)
Noche Buena – Laboratorio Arte Alameda, CDMX, Mexico
(curator : José-Luis Barrios)
Collective Shows
2023 Polemiks!– Desborde Galeria – Bogotá, Colombia
(Curator : Pierre Valls)
2022 El Aliento de los Materiales – Guadalajara 90210 – Léon, Guanajuato, México
(Curator :Marco Rountree Cruz, Alma Saladin)
Paraísos Apocalypticos – Arte Latinou – CDMX, México
(Curator : Josué Morales Bernal)
2020 Insula – Galeria Le Laboratoire – CDMX
Mañana a la misma hora – Galeria Armen Daguer
Guadalajara, Mexico
(((Interférence_s))) – Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles à Paris
(Curator : Stéphanie Pecourt)
2019 El castillo de los ladrillos rotos – Guadalajara 90210 – CDMX
(Curator :Marco Rountree Cruz, Alma Saladin)
Pabellón de las escaleras – Guadalajara 90210 – CDMX
(Curator :Marco Rountree Cruz, Alma Saladin)
Espacio Compartido/Tiempo Limitado – Tonalá 138 – CDMX
(Curator :Arturo Hernández A., Lorena Moreno, Allegra Papa)
Lo invisible no es oscuro ni misterioso, es transparente –
Cobra Galeria, Guadalajara (Curator : Lu Armendriz)
2018 Modos de Oir, practicas de arte y sonido en Mexico –
Ex Teresa, Laboratorio Arte Alameda – CDMX
(Curatores : Susana González Aktories, Cynthia García-Leyva,
Rossana Lara, Bárbara Perea, Manuel Rocha Iturbide,
Carlos Prieto Acevedo, Tito Rivas y Tania Aedo)
Nacido en casa, devenires y porvenires
del oficio de la tapicería alto liso en Jalisco 1968-2018
Museo Amparo – Puebla – Mexico (Curator : Jaime Ashida)
Here and Elsewhere – Edificio Vizcayana – CDMX -Mexico
(Curator : Lorena Moreno)
2016 Variaciones sobre tema mexicano – Bilbao – Spain
(Curator : Guillermo Paneque)
2015 True Stories – Galeria Proyectos Monclova, CDMX, Mexico
(Curator : Michel Blancsubé)
Pintura – Artere-A, Guadalajara, Mexico
(Curator : Omar Guerra)
Residencies
2020 La Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
2016 Fundación Casa Wabi, Oaxaca, Mexico
Some of his work is part of private collections
in Mexico, Usa, France and Belgium
Films
2022 Du Fil à la Trame, Documentary 86′, Lumina Films
2021 No queda de otra, Documentary essay – 12’ , UNAM
Horyuji !, Documentary essay – 16’30
2017 Bajo el sol de Mexico, animated film for Amnesty International 3’30
2012 Trait pour Trait, de Jean-Baptiste Chardin à Mélissa Pinon Doc. 52’, Lumina Films
2008 Approches, documentary essay 7’
2006 De Larges Détails, sur les traces de Francis Alÿs ( Wide details ) Documentary 56’,
Atlante Productions / 43 Films
2003 Voir, scientific documentary about refractive surgery 12 ‘
Collaborations with Contemporary Artists (selection)
Francis Alÿs
2023 -2004 Siren 5′, Children’s games 39×8’, Falyakun Tristesse 6′,
Sandlines, the story of History 60′,
Salam Tristesse 7′, Wada’an Tristesse 7′, Football Haram 9′,
The Silence of Ani 15’, Albert’s way 3.30’, Reel-Unreel 20’,
Sometimes doing is undoing & sometimes undoing is doing 6’,
Tornado 35′, Politics of Rehearsal 26’,
Don’t cross the bridge before you get to the river 2×26’,
Bridge – Puente 26’, Guards 30’, Cuando la fe mueve montañas 15’,
The Modern Procession 13’, El Gringo 7’,The Leak 15’,
Barrenderos 6’, The Green Line 11×17’, The Collector 9’
Melanie Smith
2022-2103 Indirecta Libre (in progress), Parte o Pedazo 6′,
Maria Elena 25′, Fordlandia 28’
Erick Meyenberg
2022-2015 Más allá de los árboles 26’ ; Las flores palidecen al atardecer;
Cautivero II 18′ (in collaboration with Tania Candiani),
Aspirantes Loop 2′; Das ist kein fleisch 2×10’;
La rueda no se parece a una pierna 16’;
Una bandada de cuervos cruzo el cielo vacio haciendo
cuar,cura,cura. 2×15′
Daniel Monroy Cuevas
2022 Limbo Optico 30’
Jean-Christophe Norman
2021-2019 Brouhaha 15’, Ulysses, a long way (Paris) 10′
Elvira Smeke
2021 El recetario 15′, ¿Y si las piedras tienen frio ? 15′
Fritzia Irizar
2019 Mazatlanica 5×4′
Jean-Luc Moulène
2017-2016. Errata’s Ballad 6’; Les feuilles qui tournent – Loop 1′;
Les feuilles battantes – Loop 1’
Daniel Godínez Nivón
2017 Recuerdo el dia en que nací. Será mañana 10′
Hermann Nitsch
2015 Sinfonía für Mexico City 70’
Jorge Mendez Blake
2015 Topografo 13’
Vicente Rojo
2015 Libros 5×10’
Sophie Ristelhueber
2014 Pères 13’
Carlos Amorales
2013-2012 Supprimer, Modifier et Préserver 28’; Erased Symphony 13’
Etienne Chambaud
2011–2010 On Hospitality 23’, Contre-histoire de la séparation 52’
Cyprien Gaillard
2009 Cities of Gold and Mirrors 9’
Lectures
Lecturer at the Diplomado en Antropologia del Arte LATIR, Documentary workshops at the Cinema Tonala, Productora Mantarraya and the CCC (Film School) in Mexico City.
Edition of shorts and documentaries (selection)
2020-2000 El Velador ; 70’ Dir: Natalia Almada ©Altamura/ les Films d’Ici.
Entretiens autour du cas Pinochet 12×52’
Dir: Camila Guzman – © Yves Jeanneau / Pathé
Dominguin el numero uno 52’
Dir: Marianne Lamour – © Galatée films / Canal +
Installation(s) ; 65’ Collective film © Les films du Balibari
Western 52’ Dir: Simon Shandor – © Les Films du Village
Nous n’irons pas mourir 17’30 by Jean Berthier
© Lumina Films / TPS STAR.
Une Mignardise 15’, 35 mm by Jean Berthier
© Lumina films / TPS STAR.
Parasite; 15’, 35mm by Jean Berthier © Lumina Films.
Le secret de Fatima; 30’, by Karim Bensalah
© Les films du Sirocco / ARTE.
Same Player, Shoot Again; 15’,
by Jean Berthier © Lumina Films.
Edition for video broadcast of theatre plays and didactic films for museums (selection)
2009- 2000 L’Antichambre Dir : Marcel Bluwal, Le Banc Dir : Christophe Lidon
Amitiés sincères,Joyeuses Pâques Dir : Bernard Murat
Sacré monstres, monstres sacrés Dir : André Dussolier
Signé Dumas Dir : Eric Cyvanian
Films on Basque traditions for the Basque Museum in Bayonne, France © CNRS
Films for the National Museum of Prehistory, Périgord, France © Py Films
Scientific films for La Villette, Paris, France © Py Films
Sound modules for the Jules Verne Museum, Amiens France