Drawing is central to Rebet’s visual language and practice, which she frequently develops into animated films, sculptures, immersive installations and performance art. Rebet explores the unconscious and creates tales that are both anti-heroic and satirical. She uses the lens of history – reflecting on past events and traumas, both personal and collective, whilst painstakingly working with the traditional techniques of early animation – as a means of assessing the current conditions of shared historical narratives, cultures and environments.
Born in 1971 in Lyon, France Lives and works in Paris, France and New York, USA
MFA, Columbia University, New York, USA (2011)
BFA, Theatre Design, Central Saint Martins School of Art and Design, London, United Kingdom (1996)
Art Academy, Venice, Italy (1991)
Selected solo exhibitions
2020
Christine Rebet: Shadows of Family Trees, Gregor Podnar, Berlin, Germany.
Time Levitation, Parasol Unit, London, UK.
2018
Thunderbird, Bureau, New York, USA.
2015
Paysage Fautif, Bureau, New York, USA.
2014
Melli Ink/Christine Rebet, Grieder Contemporary, Zurich, Switzerland.
Meltingsun, AlbumArte, Rome, Italy.
2011
The Square, Marvelli Gallery Project Room, New York, USA.
2009
The Black Cabinet, Le Magasin, Grenoble, France.
2008
Chasers, Château des Adhémars, Montélimar, France.
2007
Tiger Escape, Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris, France.
2005
Brand Band News, Art Basel, Statements Section, Basel, Switzerland.
The Industry is Finished, Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris, France.
When Pigs Fly, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.
2004
Waitress Announcement, Galerija Gregor Podnar, Kranj, Slovenia.
Robin Hood, Mr. Cannon Projects, Berlin, Germany.
See You Later, Kuttner Siebert Gallery, Berlin, Germany.
Selected group exhibitions
2020
Until tomorrow: Ten Years of Bureau, Bureau, New York, USA.
2019
Animated Perspectives, French Institute Alliance Française, New York, USA.
2016
The First Horizons of Juno, MASS Gallery, Austin, USA.
DISSENT: what they fear is the light, LACE, Los Angeles, USA.
2015
The Closer I Get To The End The More I Rewrite The Beginning, Human Resourses, Los Angeles, USA.
Move On…! 100 Years of Animation Art, Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort, Netherlands.
It Rained Again, Bureau, New York, USA.
2014
Anniversary, Invaliden1 Galerie, Berlin, Germany.
2013
The Hollow Center, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, USA
2012
Nothing is Forgotten, Some Things Considered, UKS, Oslo, Norway.
Mannered Attitude, Soloway Gallery, New York, USA
You never look at me from the place from which I see you, Sculpture Center, Long Island City, USA.
Brucennial 2012, New York, USA.
Tender is the Night, Marine Contemporary, Venice, USA.
2011
Tropical Lab, Institute of Contemporary Art, Singapore.
2011
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Fisher Landau Center for Art, Long Island City, USA.
2010
The Dissolve, SITE, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.
Brucennial 2010: Miseducation, New York, USA.
Habitat, 21st twenty first Gallery, New York, USA.
2009
Nouveau Parcours du Musée, M.A.C./V.A.L., Vitry-sur-Seine, France.
Berlin-Paris, Wentrup, Berlin, Germany.
On From Here, Guild and Greyshkul Gallery, New York, USA.
Comic Strip, Musée de Sérignan, France.
2008
8 1/2 x 11 / A4, James Fuentes, New York, USA.
Rendez-vous 08, Shanghai Art Museum, China Momentary Momentum, Kettle Yard, Cambridge, UK.
2007
Momentary Momentum, Parasol unit, London, UK.
Bitte Zeichen mir ein Shaft, Ittinger Kunst Museum, Switzerland.
Dessins en mouvement, Musée Contemporain du Val de Marne, France.
Rendez-vous 07, Musée d’Art Contemporain, Lyon, France.
In Wonderlands, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, USA.
French Kissin in the USA, Moore Space, Miami, USA.
Selected performances
2013
Appendix One: Methods of Nonviolent Action, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, USA.
2012
Poison Lecture, International Spy Museum, Washington USA.
Appendix One: Methods of Nonviolent Action, UKS, Oslo, Norway.
2011
Appendix One: Methods of Nonviolent Action, Fisher Landau Center for Art, Long Island City, USA.
Poison Lecture, Cartier Foundation, Paris, France.
2010
Poison Lecture, Edifying, X-Initiative, New York, USA.
2009
Poison Lecture, Future Art Research, ASU Fringe Festival, Phoenix, USA.
Selected screenings
2020
UbuWeb cinema program in HILLARY: The Hillary Clinton Emails, an exhibition by Kenneth Goldsmith, organised by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, Centre de l’image de Geneva, Switzerland.
2019
Breathe in Breathe out, with Emanuele Coccia, Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris, France.
Collective Mythologies, Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
UbuWeb cinema program in HILLARY: The Hillary Clinton Emails, an exhibition by Kenneth Goldsmith, organised by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, Despar Teatro Italia, Venice, Italy.
Series of film screenings, Nanterre-Amandiers, Centre Dramatique National, Nanterre, France.
2018
Series of film screenings, Nanterre-Amandiers, Centre Dramatique National, Nanterre, France.
I can call this progress to halt, Sursock Museum, Beirut, Lebanon.
Cinematheque Robert-Lynen, Paris, France Silencio, Paris, France.
2017
Kochi-Muziris Biennale, Kerala, India.
2016
Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival, Kassel, Germany.
Tofifest International Film Festival, Torun, Poland.
Hong Kong Film Festival, Hong Kong, China.
Norwegian Film Festival, Grimstad, Norway.
Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
2014
Sound Design for Future Film, Treize, Paris, France.
2011
Animation Screening, Fruehsorge Contemporary Drawing, Berlin, Germany.
2010
For Real – 28 Utopian Projections in Public Space, Maastricht, Netherlands.
Sound Design for Future Film, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, USA.
Animated Screen, Husets Biograf, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Decalogue: Films you can count on two hands, Winkleman Gallery, New York, USA.
2008
Berlinale Shorts Competition, Berlinale Film Festival, Berlin, Germany.
Sound Design for Future Film, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden.
2007-2004
Trip to the world of Drawing Animation, Tokyo/Yokohama/Kyoto/Nigata/Nagoya/ Fukuoka, Japan.
Version Animee, BAC/Centre de l’Image Contemporaine, Switzerland.
Zurich Film Festival, Zurich, Switzerland.
Berlinale Film Festival, Berlin, Germany.
Anima’t, International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia, Spain.
Oberhausen Film Festival, Germany.
Jakarta International Film Festival, Indonesia.
London Film festival, London, UK.
Public collections
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France.
KADIST, Paris, France; San Francisco, USA.
Musée d’Art Contemporain du Val-de-Marne, Vitry-sur-Seine, France. Gregor