Aurélien Mole

Biography

Aurélien Mole was born in 1975 in Tehran. A graduate of the École du Louvre in the history of photography, and of the École nationale supérieure de la photographie in Arles, he concluded with training in exhibition practices directed by Catherine Perret and Christian Bernard.

His work was the subject of a personal exhibition at the Galerie Lucile Corty in 2009 (En bonne intelligence), in Marseille in 2011 (Sir Thomas Trope with Julien Tiberi), at the Villa du Parc in 2012 (Sir Thomas Trope with Julien Tiberi), at the Dohyang Lee gallery in 2014 (La forêt Usagère), at Passerelle in 2015 (Benin) and at Clarkhouse in Bombay in 2016 (Liberty Taken Appart). He has participated in numerous group exhibitions in France and abroad (If I can't Dance I don't want to be part of your revolution, Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven; Double Bind, Villa Arson, Nice; Riding the Frothing Thread, Jaus, Los Angeles; Clouds in the cave, Fri-Art, Fribourg). He has also produced exhibitions based on devices within the Le Bureau collective.

He publishes exhibition reviews (Art21 Magazine), monographs on contemporary artists, theoretical texts (Les artistes iconographes with Garance Chabert, released by Empire in 2018 and reissued in 2020) as well as a book (Stud with Aurélie Jacquet , a photography book distributed by Presses du Réel in 2019). He is one of the founding members of the journal devoted to exhibition views: Postdocument (www.postdocument.net).

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A lamp whose beauty lies in the tiny gap between two light bulbs. Design 2025
A hacked book Publication 2025
Exhibition at Casino Luxembourg Group show 09.05.2025, 14.09.2025
Ensemble d'images réalisées à l'occasion de l'exposition TUBE.PHOTO.DASH. Photography 2024
Enthusiastic participation in a publication project by Julien Carreyn. Publication 2024
A book that, in its own way, concludes the era of film photography. Publication 2023
Exhibition as part of Photo Saint-Germain 2023 Solo show 09.11.2023, 12.11.2023
An exhibition as a leaflet. Solo show 06.10.2023, 08.01.2024
A counter-portrait of the era which draws us through datas Photography 2023
With Joan Ayrton, Maxence Chevreau, Romain Dumesnil, Raphaël Garnier, Louis Gary, Nicolas Giraud, My-Lan Hoang-Thuy, Aurélie Jacquet et Maude Bouhenic, Jeanne Kamptchouang, Lucie Khahoutian, Pierrick Mouton et Milan Otal, Rafaël Moreno, Constance Nouvel, Clément Rodzielski, Charlotte Seidel, Anna Solal et Morgane Porcheron, Jay Tan, Jocelyn Villemont. Curating 13.05.2023, 03.06.2023
A hanging of previous pieces proposed on the occasion of the release of a new cufflink made from old dominoes by Samuel Gassmann. monographic exhibition 19.01.2023, 15.03.2023
V.2 made for Ker Xavier in cast brass. Design 2022
Photography, like cinematography, is a technique of expression from the industrial revolution in which the viewer never sees the original, the negative, or the matrix, but always copies, prints, or duplicates. A being, an act, an object, a place attempts to explain to children and curious minds alike, one not being exclusive of the other, the reason behind the dimensions of a photographic image or print. Publication 2021
Dohyang Lee Gallery Collective Exhibition Collective exhibition 11.12.2020, 27.02.2021
Text on the work of artist My-Lan Hoang-Thuy Text 2020
A selection of images whose subject resonates with current events in a prophetic way. Curating 07.02.2020, 02.05.2020
About the artist's relationship to proto cinema Collective exhibition 03.12.2019, 18.12.2019
Anniversary exhibition at Marcelle Alix Collective exhibition 30.10.2019, 30.11.2019
A shelf for hanging frames made without off-cuts Design 2019
Between document, sketch or composition, Véronique is a series of photographs taken during the eponymous exhibition. Photography 2019
A book made of images you do while learning photography. Publication 2019
Every kind of subject in photography in strictly centered display. Curating 20.06.2019, 09.11.2019
About Exhibition views Text 2019
A book laid out in the same way as the photographs in the eponymous exhibition. Publication 2019
A double edition that imposes its format on the images it contains. Publication 2019
An exhibition by Julien Carreyn and Aurélien Mole curated at the FRAC Poitou-Charent based on the collection of photographs from the contemporary Art Regional Funds of the Grande-Aquitaine region. Curated exhibition 19.04.2019, 18.05.2019
An exhibition that serves as a pretext for relaunching books that are more or less ancient, but relevant in the contemporary context. Solo show 17.01.2019, 02.03.2019
A bookshelve that you can hang like a painting. Design 2018
This exhibition was built as a series of invitations that not only connect a certain number of objects to each other, but rather follow the course of intuitions and desires. curating 08.02.2018, 31.03.2018
the images within the darkrooms of the cameras on display at the Musée Nicéphore Niepce. Photography 2018
Us is the name of a bookcase, a Bauhausso-Memphisian-inspired piece of furniture that increases from the front and decreases from the side. Design 2018
An attempt to reverse substances and qualities of an object Group show 25.11.2017, 17.12.2017
Micro-perforated adhesive print (2017) Instalation 2017
an exhibition for children Collective exhibition 09.02.2017, 25.03.2017
An invitation to Clark House Initiative, Bombay Collective exhibition 11.06.2016, 13.07.2016
A carte blanche to Etienne Hervy focused on graphics Collective exhibition 19.05.2016, 24.07.2016
The Muse/the Subject is a double series of photographs by the model Araï Kesava Naidu Photography 2016
The Subject (Arai Kesava Naidu) documents Araï Kesava Naidu's first visit to the National Gallery of Art in Bombay. Photography 2016
Copying as a means of election and conservation Solo show 17.12.2015, 02.01.2016
Documentary sculpture Sculpture 2015
An exhibition on exhibition methods based on a cabinet of curiosities inspired by Hippolyte Bayard Solo show 26.09.2015, 02.01.2016
A coffee table and a mirage Design 2015
Platonic shells Sculpture 2015
Streamline is an edition of vases Design 2015
Cycladic soap head Sculpture 2015
Other position is a "faulty" replica Sculpture 2015
Roobert is a magnetic fiction of perpetual motion Sculpture 2015
Modern replica of an ancient imperial bust Sculpture 2015
A tribute to Hyppolite Bayard's research on the roof of the Ministry of Finance. Video 2015
Luis Jacob, Ryan Gander, Aurélien Froment, Alexandra Leykauf, Benoit Maire, Jonathan Monk, Sara VanDerBeek Curating 25.06.2015, 20.09.2015
Pedagogy as an art form Collective exhibition 18.06.2015, 14.07.2015
Graphically designed posters as test prints from Aurélien Mole's images Collective exhibition 27.05.2015, 14.06.2015
The Atlas Group, Bernd et Hilla Becher, Christian Boltanski, Frédéric Bruly Bouabré, Gérard Collin-Thiebault, Hanne Darboven, documentation céline duval, Hans Peter Feldmann, On Kawara, Christian Marclay, Batia Suter, Oriol Vilanova, Akram Zaatari Curating 28.03.2015, 30.05.2015
A questioning of the relationship between photography and sculpture. Collective exhibition 27.02.2015, 03.05.2015
Where, as Heraclitus would say, “You never bathe in the same river twice”. Photography 2015
Following a first color print, a second print was made on the same printer, replacing all the inks with black ink. Photography 2015
Archéotype using the projection of different projectors, revisits the question of technique by returning to the silver print combined with this projection. Photography 2015
A temporary extension of a personal collection of Christophe Lemaitre Collective exhibition 06.12.2014, 19.04.2015
Flowers as a motif for an exhibition Group show 15.11.2014, 20.12.2014
A sculptural piece of furniture that is also a vision device. Design 2014
Barbara Breitenfellner, Erró, Karim Ghelloussi, Thomas Hirschhorn, Véronique Portal, Clément Rodzielski, Martha Rosler, Linder Sterling, John Stezaker Curating 17.10.2014, 20.12.2014
An exhibition of all the collaborative works. Solo show 24.05.2014, 12.07.2014
organic furniture Design 2014
An exhibition on the conceptual thickness and materiality of images Groupshow 07.05.2014, 13.07.2014
A work that collects images. Sculpture 2014
Anonymous, Dove Allouche, Matthew Bakkom, John Baldessari, Laetitia Benat, Lisa Bonard, Alexandrine Boyer, Marcel Broodthaers, Heman Chong, Claude Closky, Robert Crumb, Moyra Davey, Marina Faust, Philip Guston, Aaron Krach, Vincent Labaume, Louise Lawler, Pierre Leguillon, Jean-Baptiste Maitre, Barry McGee, Jerry McMillan, Aurelien Mole, Jean-Luc Moulène, Damián Navarro, Dennis Oppenheim, Raymond Pettibon, Veronique Portal, Conny Purtill, Dider Rittener, Allen Ruppersberg, Ed Ruscha, David Scher Group Show 23.01.2014, 29.03.2014
Some gestures outlive us. Photography 2013
An exhibition by Christophe Lemaitre and Aurélien Mole Solo Show 07.09.2013, 21.09.2013
The exhibition of an exhibitions' photographer. Solo show 01.06.2013, 29.06.2013
Brute is a series of images produced as part of the Orange Rouge workshops. These are photographs of African masks repainted by children with autism. Print 2013
Scans are one of the photographic artifacts that have revolutionized multiple areas of the world of images. This series is one of its extensions, like a tribute. Photography 2013
Not so much the images as the way they're viewed today. Sculpture 2013
The negative as an inverted analogy. Photography 2013
A pedagogical experience Curating 29.11.2012, 26.01.2013
An ever changing monographic exhibition by Aurélien Mole and Julien Tiberi, featuring several artists. Solo show 23.11.2012, 16.02.2013
On the materiality and aging of images Solo show 05.10.2012, 17.11.2012
The Eugène Flandin series is inspired by a 19th century draftsman sent to Persia to survey ancient works. Photography 2012
Folded monochrome painting. Painting 2012
Text on the exhibition Julie et sa Cousine by artist Clément Rodzielski Clermont Métropole School of Art until 7 May 2012 / www.esacm.fr text published in La Belle Revue Texte 2012
The images age differently than those who make them, is an exhibition designed to be photographed by children. This publication is the result. Publication 2012
A disorder in the identification of the sender of a meaning Collective exhibition 22.02.2012, 12.03.2012
Text about Jean-Charles de Quillacq's practice Essay 2012
Ghostwriter is a series of posters resulting from an order given to graphic designers to redo the poster of Roman Polanski's film while retaining all the information present on the original poster. Print 2012
Made with Christophe Lemaitre Photography 2012
The postcard cabinet is a piece of furniture the thickness of a painting whose function is to hold a collection of postcards. Design 2012
With Julien Tibéri Print 2012
Avant-garde is a series of photographs representing, on a scale of 1, objects that all have the common point of deteriorating in the light. Photography 2012
Incised paint Painting 2012
with Roxane Borujerdi, Nicolas Chardon, Raphaël Julliard, Colombe Marcasiano Clément Rodzielski, Olivier Soulerin, Eva Taulois, Julien Tiberi & Hippolyte/Hentgen, Niels Trannois Drawings 2012
A work that collects images. Sculpture 2011
Walnut wood, painting Painting 2011
An object that exists by sedimentation Sculpture 2011
An organic piece of furniture Design 2011
From collections to fiction. Group Show 09.09.2011, 24.12.2011
a double-decker exhibition Solo show 01.09.2011, 01.10.2011
This poster for a fictional undead film is inspired by a photograph of Borges' tomb in Geneva. Images and Photography 2011
Images between the words. Poster 2011
A painting exhibition for a change. groupshow 25.06.2011, 30.07.2011
An accident that offers an alternative history of abstraction in painting. Painting 2011
Incised paint Painting 2011
the democratic cave Origamis made by Aurèle Duda Sculpture 15.03.2011, 09.05.2011
A fictive exhibition to support the real work of an art critic. Solo show 15.03.2011, 15.03.2011
Repris(e) is a page torn from the exhibition catalogue available to the public just out of the Basquiat exhibition at the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris. Photography 2011
Contenant is a virtual image aimed at becoming the generic image at the top of search engines when a search is made for the word “Bottle”. Mosaïc 2011
Culbute is an image taken with a stereoscope by making a double exposure of an upright then upside down object. So there are four images in one. Photography 2011
The Auditoire is a series of photograms made from a collection of 19th century opera glasses Photography 2011
L'observatoire is a comic strip empty of its characters. Print 2011
Walnut wood, painting Painting 2011
A composition that graphically translates the economic relationships underlying the sale of this piece. Collage 2011
Painting in wood Painting 2011
Several versions of a cat-frog from the bestiary of Raimundas Malašauskas. Group show 17.11.2010, 11.12.2010
At one point in its fall, the silhouette of a cat, as captured in the photograph, looks exactly like that of a cat frog. Drawing 2010
Hang it all is an edition, each copy is a drawing of the metal structure of the famous coat rack by designers Charles and Ray Eames. This drawing is completed by a series of pins which are also used to hang it on the wall. Sculpture 2010
Installed photograph of an element of London's Crystal Palace Photography 2010
A text about the artist Clément Rodzielski. Texte 2010
A stock for the exhibition Manifesto for Art after the Reversal of Eternity. Solo show 22.05.2010, 29.05.2010
A text on the work of artist Pierre Leguillon. Text 2010
This puzzle piece is inspired by one of the rare bones from which Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins made the sculpture of a full-scale Megalosaurus around 1850. Sculpture 2010
Achiral sculpture Sculpture 2009
With Nina Beier & Marie Lund, Alex Cecchetti, Cosey Fanni Tutti, Jochen Dehn, Haris Epaminonda, Peggy Franck,Vlatka Horvat, Bethan Huws, Jiri Kovanda, Charlotte Moth, Aurélien Mole,Yamini Nayar, Sarah Tritz Group show 20.06.2009, 25.07.2009
a pun about pin. Photography 2009
A personal and collective exhibition. Solo show 28.02.2009, 28.03.2009
A libertarian fiction. Installation 2009
Series of works about uchronies Photography 2009
Minimal sculpture that plays with emptiness in a mystical way. Sculpture 2009
Flatland is the panoramic photograph (360°) of a horizon looped around itself in a Möbius strip. Sculpture 2009
Phoresy is a type of interaction between two organisms where one individual (the phoront) is transported by another (the host). It is a free and non-destructive association Sculpture 2009
"Join, or Die” offers a sketchy insight of images collected by Aurélien Mole. Publication 2008
In the shadow of stories Photography 2008
In collaboration with Aurélien Froment Photography 2008
Het Noorderlicht is made from an 1839 engraving illustrating an article published in 1876 about a trip to the North Pole. The newspaper clipping is placed in a sandblasted glass box too small to contain its length. The paper is therefore curved and the image only appears clearly when it is in contact with the glass. Sculpture 2008
A monochrome painting that nevertheless plays with the history of perspective. Paintings 2007
A photograph of the Relationship of Command exhibition accessories Photography 2007
Text about Aurélien Froment's work. Texte 2007
Where the size of a piece precisely determines its relationship to other works. Sculpture 2007
To pin a perspective Drawing 2007
The wool of 50 balls is moistened, pressed and maintained in table form by freezing. The dripping water announces wool falls in bundles. Sculpture 2006
...Bought a dozen boxes of expired Polaroids in Denver, plus a cheap camera. The development product must be dry, almost no image is developed on its entire surface... Photography 2005
Documentary style and spray paint. Photography 2005
Text on the Martin Parr exhibition at the Maison Européenne de la Photographie in 2005. Text 2005
We had an interesting discussion about an artist but there was a lot of noise because the sound system was loud at this party, so I'm not sure we were talking about the same person ? poster 2005
“Catastrophy” is a photograph of the rubber residue that cars leave behind when they brake suddenly. Photography 2005