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Born in 1983, Emeric Lhuisset grew up in Paris suburb.
Graduate in art (école des Beaux-Arts de Paris - Ensba) and in geopolitics (University Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris 1 / Ecole Normale Supérieure Ulm - Center of geostrategy).
He currently teaches at Institute of Political Studies of Paris (Sciences Po Paris) and co-director of the seminar contemporary art & geopolitics (New York University in Paris / Sciences Po).
Member of research group “Art&Flux” (center of studies and research in fine arts / CNRS), University Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris 1.
Live and work between Middle East and Paris (France).
Represented by The Running Horse Gallery in Beirut (Lebanon).

 

Selected exhibition and price <

- 2012 -
Theater of war (solo exhibition), The Running Horse Gallery, Beirut (Lebanon).
PHOTO OFF 2012 (photography art fair), La Bellevilloise, Paris, France.
Affinités, déchirures & attractions (group exhibition, curator Olivier Grasser), Frac Alsace, Sélestat, France.
Paris Jeunes Talents 2011 Award, Centquatre, Paris, France.
Festival Circulation(s) (festival of young europeen photography), Parc de Bagatelle, Paris, France.
Les nouveaux explorateurs (group exhibition, curator François Loustau), Crypte Sainte Eugénie, Biarritz, France.

- 2011 -
Paris Jeunes Talents 2011 Award.
PHOTO OFF 2011 (young & upcoming photographers art fair - Emeric Lhuisset, Coup de coeur PHOTO OFF 2011), La Bellevilloise, Paris France.
Théâtre de conflits / Theater of conflicts (personnal exhibition guest by Catherine Baÿ), The Window, Paris France.
Festival 12 x 12 (group exhibition), Mairie du 12e, Paris, France.
-U-C-D- Un certain détachement / Un cierto desapego (kippa-keffieh sales in an artwork vending machine), Biennal of Lyon - Résonance, Calligaris Shop, Lyon, France.
ZAT! (exhibition in urban space, curator Pascal Le Brun-Cordier), Zones Artistiques Temporaires, Parc Méric, Montpellier, France.

- 2010 -
Slick 10 (exhibition with galerie Zeitgeist), Esplanade du Palais de Tokyo et du Musée d'Art moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France.
Act&Go in Jerusalem (workshop / exhibition), Shelter 751 (Muslala), Jerusalem.
Winter project (workshop / exhibition), Limbus Europae, Berlin, Germany.
Winter project (workshop / exhibition), Motel Lucie, Milan, Italy.
Keep calm and carry on (workshop / exhibition), OT301, Amsterdam, Pays-Bas.
Youtube Foundfootage (performance / projection), Centre Pompidou, Paris, France.
Jeune Création 1951-2010 (group exhibition), contemporary art space Eugène Beaudouin, Antony (92), France.

- 2009 -
Jeune Création 2009 (group exhibition), Centquatre, Paris, France.
Exote (solo exhibition), the National Superior School of Fine Arts of Paris (Beaux-Arts de Paris), Atelier Burki, Paris, France.
S x S dans R (group exhibition, second part), Galerie Jeune Création, Paris, France.
Ecran Ouvert (video festival), Forum des Images, Paris, France.
Emergency Room Napoli (group exhibition), PAN (Palazzo delle Arti Napoli), Naples, Italy.
S x S dans R (group exhibition, first part), La Générale en Manufacture, Sèvres (92), France.

- 2008 -
Emergency Room Paris (group exhibition), Galerie Taïss, Paris, France.
Youtube Battle (performance / projection), Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France.
Areopage (performance, Yann Toma et Emeric Lhuisset), FIAC, Grand Palais, Paris, France.
A winter story…. (group exhibition, curator Sarah Trouche), Shunt, London, United Kingdom.
Jeune création 2008 (group exhibition), La Villette, Paris, France.
Roomscape (exhibition of Sacha Ackas directed by Laurent Lebon et Jean Marc Bustamante), Espace Electra (EDF foundation), Paris, France.
53rd contemporary art show of Montrouge (group exhibition), Theatre of Montrouge, Montrouge (94), France.
"...Fin à programmer" (group exhibition), Galerie Jeune Création, Paris, France.
A Matter of Time, (group exhibition), Andrea Meislin Gallery, New York, USA. 

- 2007 -
Jeune création 2007 (exposition de groupe), La Bellevilloise, Paris, France.
Pouvoir (group exhibition), Mains d’œuvre, St Ouen (93), France.
The 3rd night of Amnesty International (group exhibition), Centre culturel des portes de l'Essonne, Athis-Mons (91), France.
Forum Q (cultural forum of Sciences Po), Institute of Political Studies of Paris (Sciences Po), Paris, France.
Créateurs de proximité (group exhibition), Château de Villiers, Draveil (91), France.
A la croisé des chemins (solo exhibition), The National Superior School of Fine Arts of Paris (Beaux-Arts de Paris), Palais des Etudes, Paris, France.
Jeune Création Contest, 2007.

- 2006 -
First Prize in the Mois de la Photo-Off Competition 
"Do Sena ao Amazonas" (group exhibition), Solar da Beira, Belem, Brazil. 
Pensées intimes d'un voyageur 22657 (reading performance, François Bon / Emeric Lhuisset), Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Amphithéâtre de Morphologie, Paris, France.
Artskool Goz South (group exhibition), Galeria do Palacio (Palacio do Cristal), City Museum of Porto, Portugal. 
Trans [fusion] (group exhibition), the National Superior School of Fine Arts of Paris (Beaux-Arts de Paris), Galerie Gauche, Paris, France. 
Artskool Goz South (group exhibition), Galerie Artcore, Paris, France. 
Laureate of the Artskool contest 
Laureate of the Paris Jeunes Aventures contest.

 

Press releases (selection) <

Arte TV, Tracks, Artistes de guerre / War artists, Gabrielle Culand (TV, France / Germany 2011).
Slicker #2, carte blanche to Emeric Lhuisset, Aude de Bourbon Parme (paper, 2011).
digitalarti #6, art & géopolitique ; stratégie et plastique ! / art & geopolitics ; strategic remodelling !, Véronique Godé p.22 à 29 (web, 2011).

Jeune République (Journal of Political Science) n°04 Justice Internationale p.120 à 125, (paper and web, France, 2010).
Flash Art n° 275 (International Edition), p.14 (paper, International, 2010).
Lemonde.fr, Foire: l’overdose?, by Lunettes Rouges, (web, 2010).
UN.org, UNAMA (United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan), Art Prize promotes budding modern art scene in Kabul, Paulina Kubiac, (web, 2010).
Streamingmuseum.org, Art-A Seductive Tool of Diplomacy, Alana Chloe Esposito, (web, 2010).
Taw (Photo Magazine) n°36, Intrusion? p.68-69, (paper, Irak, 2010).
Artnet.fr, «Critical Run»: les têtes de l’art, les jambes des théories, Cyril Thomas, (web, 2008).
Oneartworld.com, A Matter of Time, (2008).
Artfacts.net, A Matter of Time, (2008).
Semaines n°08, Migrations d’images, Esthétique et éthique des paysages transfrontaliers d’Emeric Lhuisset, Jean Baptiste Chantoiseau, (paper, France, 2007).
Visual Delight, Emeric Lhuisset, découverte du Mois de la photographie-OFF, Nathalie Belayche, (web, 2006).
Escaner Cultural, Emeric Lhuisset, Nomadismo y fotografia, Ricardo Arcos-Palma, (web, 2006).
Etapes.com, Le mois de la photo OFF, Caroline Bouige, (web, 2006).
Photographie.com, Lauréats du Prix du Portfolios Review, (web, 2006).
Mois de la photo-OFF, Prix 2006, (web, 2006).
Amazonia Hoje, journal august 2nd, 2006, Rio Negro inspira Franceses, Suely Nascimento p.8, (paper and web, Brazil, 2006).
Diario do Para, Exposição francesa sobre Amazônia chega a Belém, Caderno D, (paper, Brazil, 2006).
TV Cultura (TV, Brazil, 2006).
Actualités n°63 (journal of Médecins du Monde) p.4 and 19, (paper, France/International, 2005).

 

Editions <                             

Wanted / Recherche, recrutement de la MIC™, auto edition with support of 12 x 12 Festival organised by Le 100, 2011.
Lucrum in bello: les entreprises militaires et de sécurité privées, supervised by Franck Latty, ed. Pedone, 2011.
MIC™, ed. La Bibliothèque Fantastique and Art&Flux, 2011.
Salut l’artiste, idées reçues sur les artistes, Isabelle de Maison Rouge, ed. Le Cavalier Bleu, (2010).
Catalogue des diplômés 2009, ed. Beaux-arts de Paris, (2010).
Jeune création 09, ed. Particule, (2009).
Les découvertes, 53e Salon d’Art Contemporain de Montrouge, ed. Ville de Montrouge, (2008).
Jeune création 08, ed. Particule, (2008).
ArtskoolGozSouth, supervised by Adrien Pasternak, ed. Faculdade de Belas Artes - Universidade Porto, (2007).
Jeune création 07, ed. Analogues, (2007).
Trans[fusion], supervised by Jacky Chriqui, ed. Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3, (2006).

 

Conferences and interventions <

- 2011 -
New Approaches of mercenaries in the modern world, with Franck Latty, Médiathèque Hélène Berr, Paris, France.

Contemporary art&geopolitics (seminary by Isabelle de Maison Rouge and Caroline Ibos with Raphaël Dallaporta / Éric Fouache), Sciences Po Paris and New York University, Paris, France.
- 2010 -
The presence of French artist in foreign country (invitation of Stéphanie Pioda and Isabelle de Maison Rouge), for FAME (Fonds Arts Marché Économie), Espace Pierre Cardin, Paris, France.
Emeric Lhuisset, an approach to the geopolitical through art, Turquoise Mountain Foundation, Kabul, Afghanistan.
Contemporary art&geopolitics (seminary in 5 parts by Isabelle de Maison Rouge and Caroline Ibos with Alain Declercq / Christian Aghroum, Société réaliste / Serge Weber, Andrei Molodkin / Caroline Ibos, Aman Mojadidi / Christian Olsson ), Sciences Po Paris and New York University, Paris, France.
Lucrum in bello, the private military and security companies today in the world (invitation of Franck Latty), University of Auvergne-Faculty of law and political sciences of Clermont-Ferrand, France.
- 2009 -
Contemporary art and video game (invitation of Margherita Balzerani), the National Superior School of Fine Arts of Paris (Beaux-Arts de Paris), Paris, France.
Presentation of Exote and “Marcher sur l’eau" expedition, Universitet putei soobchenia, Irkoutsk, Russia.
- 2008 -
New media in contemporary art, Virginia Commonwealth University (Virginia Governor’s School), Richmond (VA), USA.
- 2007 -
Presentation of "De la Seine à l’Amazone" expedition
(invitation of Christian Gaillard), the National Superior School of Fine Arts of Paris (Beaux-Arts de Paris), Paris, France.
- 2006 -
Engaging in art, La Force de l’Art, Grand Palais, Paris, France.