1968 Born in France
Lives and works in the South of France in Provence.
Education
1987-89 Licence in Fine arts, Aix en Provence University.
1990 Master degree in Fine arts, Pantheon-Sorbonne University, Paris.
1992 Pre Ph. D, Pantheon-Sorbonne University, Paris.
Solo exhibitions
1992 Galerie OZ, Paris.
1994 " Les Arctuelles ", Galerie Robespierre, Northen France.
Galerie OZ, Paris.
1996 " Le don et le retrait " (Gift and withdrawal), Galerie OZ, Paris.
1998 " No cheat / Pas de tricherie ", Galerie OZ, Paris.
2002 " Sur le fil / On the Edge ", Galerie Jean-luc & Takako Richard, Paris.
2003 French Institute, Berlin.
2004 " Floating soul ", Galerie Jean-luc & Takako Richard , Paris (Oct-Dec.).
2006 "Face FS series", Museum Auguste Jacquet, Beaucaire, France.
2007 "Face FS - Moratoire des Vanités", Galerie Jean-Luc & Takako Richard, Paris.
2008 "Face FS - Premium", Galerie Jean-Luc & Takako Richard, Paris
2009 Upcoming - Spring, retrospective 2004 to 2009, Fondation Carzou, Manosque, France.
Group exhibitions
1993 Salon d'art contemporain, Montrouge.
1994 Salon d'art contemporain, Montrouge.
Salon de la jeune peinture, Grand Palais, Paris.
1995 Salon d'art contemporain, Bagneux.
"Courant d'art", Galerie Area, Deauville.
1996 "The exodus has begun", Paris.
"Eclate moi", Paris.
Salon d'art contemporain, Bagneux.
1998 "State of nature", with Yoshinori Hosoki and Margat, Galerie OZ, Paris.
1999 KunstRAI, Galerie OZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2001 Paris Art Gallery, Chiba, Tokyo, Japan.
2001 KunstRAI, Galerie OZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2001 Christophe Avella Bagur and Attila Richard Lukacs, Galerie Oz, Paris.
2003 "Qu'est-ce que l'art domestique ? (2)", Galerie Jean-Luc & Takako Richard, CERAP, Paris.
2004 Art Fair, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
2004 Art Fair, Frankfurt, Germany.
2004 ArtParis 2004 (caroussel du Louvre), France.
2004 Art Fair, Cologne, Germany.
2005 Museum of contemporary art of Lyon (Moca), "My favourite things": painting in France, curated by Richard Leydier
2006 (march), Van Gogh Space in Arles (Provence), "Contemporary figures ", with the painter Jean Lerin.
2006 (may-june), Orangerie du Sénat (Paris), "Human Size", curated by Christian Gattinoni and Michèle Robine.
2007 (springtime), exhibition in the Villa Tamaris (center of contemporary art, Seyne sur Mer, Provence).
2007 Slick 2007, with Galerie Jean-Luc & Takako Richard, Paris.
2008 Art Amstredam, The Netherlands.
2008 SoFF (So Feucking French), The Village Underground, London.
Bibliography - Press
1993 Catalogue du salon d'art contemporain de Montrouge.
1994 Catalogue du salon d'art contemporain de Montrouge.
1995 Catalogue du salon d'art contemporain de Bagneux.
1996 Marie, Cecile " The exodus has begun ", Le journal des expositions, march.
1996 Dagen, Philippe " Entre déménagement et bal masqué ", Le Monde, 28 mai.
2000 Le Trait (revue litteraire), Rimbaud, les femmes, numero 6, printemps-été 2000,
2002 Monography from 1990 to 2002, text by Philippe Dagen (Le Monde), edition of the Galerie Richard.
2002 " Ni trop, ni trop ", Art actuel, septembre-octobre.
2004 Leydier, Richard " The new french painting " Art Press, December.
2004 Catalogue ArtParis 2004.
2005 LeGouic Jean Claude, " chris avella bagur, Fake, fall and flesh " aesthetic analyse of the works (2002/2004).
2006 Claire Fiorletta, The Provence (1st march), "Three questions to Christophe Avella Bagur and Jean Lérin.
2006 LeGouic Jean Claude, "Who to see? What to see there?", aesthetic analyse of the FACE FS series.
2006 Catalogue "ArtSenat 2006 - Taille humaine / Human Size", Editions Area revue, Paris.
2006 In Libération, 27-28 mai, p 37. "L'Art en Mesures", Henri-François Debailleux.
2007 "French Touche", book edited by the center of contemporary art Villa Tamaris.
2007 in Artpress n°335, p.88, reviews "French Touche" by Anne Malherbe.
2007 in Artpress n°340, p.92, article by Sylvie Lagnier.
2007 www.paris-art.com, article by Evelyne Bennati on the solo exhibition : "Face FS moratoire des vanités".
2007 www.almanart.com, reviews of december in Paris.
2008 www.lacritique.org, article by Jean-Louis Poitevin :"Formes de l' impensable".
2008 A view of the last solo exhibition (2007) has been published, page 7, in Grand Collection Publication,
Art in Japan 2008, Tokyo.
Public commissions / Collections
1991 Fresco commissioned by the town of Grande Synthe (Northen France).
1994 Mural painting commissioned by the town of Grande Synthe.
1997 Colas Foundation (Boulogne-Billancourt), France.
2007 Contemporary art center Villa Tamaris.
