Martine Feipel & Jean Bechameil


2021


BIOGRAPHY

Martine Feipel was born in 1975 in Luxembourg.
Jean Bechameil was born in 1964 in Paris.
They live and work in Luxembourg and Brussels.

EDUCATION
MARTINE FEIPEL

2002 Central Saint Martin’s College of Art and Design, Master in Fine Arts, London, UK
2001 Hochschule der Künste, Prof. Christiane Möbus, Berlin, Germany
2000 Université Marc Bloch, Maîtrise en Arts Plastiques, Strasbourg, France

JEAN BECHAMEIL

1990 École nationale supérieure des Beaux-arts de Paris, France. Guest student at the Perrin studio
1992 Erasmus at Willem de Kooning Academie, Rotterdam, Netherlands

RECENT AND UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS

2027 Orbits déviées, Permanent Artwork in interconnection with the robotics of the metro station, Metro Station “Canal Parc Technologique”, Toulouse, France

Project in progress, Expected inauguration 202
2026 Artiste residency, Lefebvre & Fils, Versailles, France
Solo Exhbition, Gallery Lefebvre & Fils, Paris, France
Abbaye de Fontevraud, Site specifique project, curated by Jean-Marc Dimanche, Fontevraud, France

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS (selection)

2025 Sculpture Price Schlassgoart, Schlassgoart, curated by Nathalie Becker, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
2024 Déplacer la lune, curated by Jean-Marc Dimanche, Zidoun-Bossuyt Gallery, Paris Rêver le monde, curated by Fabien Simode, Maison Alfort, France

2023 Grandeur Nature, curated by Christine Germain Donnat and Jean-Marc
2023 Dimanche Fontainebleau, English Garden, France
2023 Nighthunters, Fontana Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2023 Traversée de Nuit, curated by Lydie Marchi, Centre d’art contemporain de Châteauvert, France
2023 La lune est libre, curated by Gauthier Pierson, L’Orangerie Espace d’art contemporain, Bastogne, Belgium

2022 Garden of Resistance, curator Clément Minighetti, Mudam, Luxembourg
2022 Rebels, Zidoun-Bossuyt Gallery, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2022 Moon In the Tree, temporary outdoor installation, curator Anthony Hudek, Museum Dhondt Dhaenens, Belgium
2022 The Dreamers, Centre Wallonie-Brussels, curated by Ariane Skoda Paris, France
2022 Mechanics of tomorrows world, Meno Parkas, Curated by Arvydas Zalpys, inauguration
2022 exhibition for Kaunas Capital of Culture, Kunas, Lituania
2022 Permanent indoor and outdoor installation, part of the Minett-trail, Haus Gonner, Rumelange, Luxembourg
2022 Rêver le monde with Laurent Kronenthal, curated by Marie Severe, Maison régionale de l’architecture des Pays de la Loire, Nantes, France

2021 While you sleep, Zidoun-Bossuyt Gallery, Luxembourg
2021 Home of the wild, Les précieuses, Brussels, Belgium
2021 Humain Odysee, Hermès, design of the new boutique’s exterior and interior display, Luxembourg

2020 Automatic Revolution, curated by Jenna Darde, HAB Galerie, Nantes, France
2020 Les Brutalistes, permanent Artwork in the public space, Nantes, France

2019 Automatic Revolution, La Patinoire Royale et Galerie Valérie Bach, Brussels, Belgium

2017 Theater of Disorder, Casino, Forum d’Art Contemporain, curated by Kevin Muhlen, Luxembourg
2017 The cabinet reversed, permanent artwork, ING Bank Luxembourg, Luxembourg
2017 Theater of Disorder, Fontana Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2016 A Hundred Hours from Home, Galerie Valérie Bach, Brussels, Belgium
2016 Theatre of Disorder, Galerie Gourvennec Ogor, Marseille, France

2015 Moonlight solitude, Zidoun-Bossuyt Gallery, Luxembourg
2015 Melancholic dislocation, Cercle Cité, Luxembourg
2015 In dust suspended, Fontana Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2014 Une Nuit parfaite, Nuit blanche, Pavillon de l’Arsenal, Paris, France
2014 Many dreams, Parc Draï Eechelen, Mudam Luxembourg
2014 Un monde parfait, Pavillon de l’Arsenal, Paris, France
2014 Un monde parfait, Galerie Valerie Bach, Brussels, Belgium

2013 La nuit sans lune, curated by Frédéric Bouglé, Centre d’art Le Creux de l’enfer, Thiers, France
2013 The Cabinet Inside, Permanent artwork, OEuvre Grande-Duchesse Charlotte, Luxembourg
2013 Among silent rooms, Katz contemporary, Zürich, Switzerland
2013 Un monde parfait, Galerie Gourvennec Ogor, Marseille, France

2012 Temperated Gardens, Galerie Rolando Anselmi, Berlin, Germany
2012 A thousand years, Arts Gallery, London, UK

2011 Le cercle fermé, National participation, Luxembourg Pavilion, 54th International Art
2011 Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy

2010 Stardust boogie woogie, Monica Bobinska Gallery, London, UK
2010 A thousand years, curated by Danielle Igniti, Centre d’art Nei Liicht, Dudelange, Luxembourg
2010 La chambre irréductible, Centre des arts Pluriels, Ettelbruck, Luxembourg

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selection)

2025 Millénaire de Caen, Entre ciel et terre, curated by Mathias Courtet, Caen, France

Banlieues chéries, Musée de l’immigration, Curated by Susana Gállego Cuesta, Aleteïa – Aka

Émilie Garnaud, Horya Makhlouf, Chloé Dupont, Paris, France

Looking for a place to hide, curated by Dr Birgit Kulmer and Sandro Parrotta, Gallery Burg Lede, Bonn and Gallery Cologne, Germany

Perspectives, Zidoun & Bossuyt Gallery, Paris, France

2024 Coalition, Gaîté lyrique, curated by Lauranne Germond, Paris, France

Amare, Sculpture project, curated by Annelies Ysebaert, Damme, Belgium

Wonderful! Colorful!, curated by Chris Kampo, Cultuurcentrum Ter Dilft, Bornem, Belgium

2023 Echos, Frédérique Hutter Art Concept, Zürich, Switzerland

Grandeur Nature, curated by Christine Germain Donnat and Jean-Marc Dimanche, Jardin Anglais, Fontainebleau, France

2022 Face à Face, curated by Andrea Jahn and Kathrin Elvers-Švamberk, Saarland Museum, Moderne Galerie, Saarbrücken, Germany

Nothing is Permanent, curated by Alex Reding, as part of Esch 2022, Esch-sur-Alzette,

Luxembourg

La collection de Diane Venet, Fondation Boghossian, Villa Empain, Brussels, Belgium

Anticipation d’un futur, curated by Daniel Guionnet and Valérie Toubas, Espace Vanderborght, Brussels, Belgium

Preludio, curated by Fernando Gómez de la Cuesta, Ses Dotze Naus Foundation, Ibiza, Spain

Inauguration group show, Zidoun-Bossuyt Gallery, Dubai, UAE

2021 Bijoux d’artistes de Picasso à Koons, La collection de Diane Venet, Cercle Cité, Luxembourg

L’écume des vivants, La Littorale – Biennale d’Anglet curated by Lauranne Germond

Biennale de Saint Paul de Vence, curator Catherine Issert & Mathilde Dalmas, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France

Inauguration of the collection, Permanent artwork, La Commanderie de Peyrassol, Flassanssur-Issole, France

Bijoux d’artistes de Picasso à Koons, La collection de Diane Venet, Forum Grimaldi, Monaco

2020 Listen to your eyes, curated by Joop van Caldenborgh, Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar, Netherlands

Schaufenster I, Konschthal Esch, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg

2019 Love, Hate and Debate, ING Art Center, Brussels, Belgium

Störende Wahreheiten, Art in Public Space, curated by René Kockelkorn, Forest of

Lorentzweiler, Luxembourg

Nuit blanche 2019, curated by Didier Fusillier and Jean-Max Colard, Chapelle de la Congrégation du Saint-Esprit, Paris, France

La Revanche des Milieux : 22e Biennale de Vern-sur-Seiche, Le Volume, curated by L’Île d’en Face, Vern-sur-Seiche, France

Cité d’urgences – Apus Apus, Résidence d’artiste, Fondation Sommer et Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature, Paris-Belval, France

2018 Un autre monde est possible, curated by Martine Feipel, Zidoun-Bossuyt Gallery, Luxembourg

Exposition 18, curated by Marc Scorzzai, Rotondes, Luxembourg

The Moving idea, Exhibition of the artist residency, Ses Dotze Naus Foundation, Ibiza, Spain

Habitarium, La condition publique, curated by Lauranne Germond, Roubaix, France

Summer Show, Martine Feipel & Jean Bechameil, Louis Granet, Brian Rochefort, Zidoun-Bossuyt Gallery, Luxembourg

2017 Summer in the City, La Patinoire Royale, Galerie Valérie Bach, Brussels, Belgium

Summer Show, Fontana Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Repères, LUCA, Luxembourg

Resten, Cultuurcentrum De Steiger, Stadsmuseum’t Schippershof, Menen, Belgium

2016 What remains, curated by Wim van der Beek, Coda Museum, Apeldoorn, Netherlands

In Situ – Art et Patrimoine, curated by Marie-Caroline Allaire-Matte, Saint-Jean-de-Buèges, France

The Present is Your, The Future is Mine, Cercle Cité, Luxembourg

Embarking, Exhibition of the artist residency, Ses Dotze Naus Foundation, Ibiza, Spain

Time, curated by Joris Montens, Galerie Fontana at Espace Louise 186, Brussels, Belgium

2015 Dimensions variables, curated by Didier Gouvernnec Ogor and Grégory Lang, Pavillon de l’Arsenal, Paris, France

Works on paper, Galerie Valérie Bach, Brussels, Belgium

Recto-verso, Fondation Louis Vuitton, Show & charity sale for Secours populaire, Paris, France

Lustwarande ’15 – Rapture & Pain, Oude Lustwarande, Tilburg, Netherlands

Lived-in, Flanders Institute for architecture, Antwerpen, Belgium

Archi-Sculpture, Fondation Villa Datris, L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, France

Seine Saint Denis Style, Cité internationale des arts, Paris, France

2014 Il s’en est fallu de peu, curated by Sandrine Wymann, Kunsthalle Mulhouse, France

Nouvelles narrations, Château de Fernelmont, Namur, Belgium

2013 Au-delà de cette frontière votre ticket n’est plus valable, curated by Guillaume Lasserre, Pavillon Vendôme, Clichy, France

Je hais les couples, Galerie Valérie Bach, Brussels, Belgium

Égarements, Domaine public du Château d’Avignon, Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, France

Uncanny spaces in contemporary art, curated by Stephane Berg and Volker Adolphs,

Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany

2012 Atelier Luxembourg, curated by Enrico Lunghi, Mudam Luxembourg

Science & Fiction – A laboratory of drawing, Katz Contemporary, Zürich, Switzerland

Des Architectures, Galerie Gourvennec Ogor, Marseille, France

Luxe(s), inaugural show of the Galerie des Galeries Lafayette, Marseille, France

Figure de style, curated by Christian Mosar, Espace BGL BNP Parisbas, Luxembourg

Triennale of contemporary art by the sea- Beaufort 04, curated by Phillip Van den Bossche, Blankenberge, Belgium

Everything but the kitchen sink, Gallery Dom Omladina, Belgrade, Serbia

2011 Nuit Blanche Playtime, Hôtel de ville, Metz, France

Realfiction, curated by Didier Damiani, Dexia International Banque, Luxembourg

Kunst & Zwalm Art Biennale, Zwalm, Belgium

 

COMMISSIONS

2024 Inauguration of Design of the new library bus, on the invitation of Fabien Simode, Maison Alfort, France

2023 Passés Probables, Futurs Possibles, Permanent sculpture for the garden of the National Library, Luxembourg

2022 Permanent indoor and outdoor installation, part of the Minett Trail, Gonner Haus, Rumelange, Luxembourg

2020 Les Brutalistes, Permanent sculpture, Le Voyage à Nantes, Nantes, France

2019 Sun & Moon, Front window design of Hermès Shop, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan

Moon in the tree, Permanent sculpture, Indépendance district, Bastogne, Belgium

2017 The cabinet reversed, Permanent artwork, ING Luxembourg

2016 The Sky is The Limit, Permanent sculpture, École européenne Luxembourg II, Mamer, Luxembourg

2014 The cabinet inside, OEuvre Grande-Duchesse Charlotte, Loterie Nationale, Luxembourg

 

AWARDS, GRANTS & RESIDENCIES

2025 Sculpture Price Schlassgoart, Luxembourg

2023 Woning Van Wassenhove, Artist Residency, in collaboration with the Museum Dhondt Dhaenens, Sint-Martens Latem, Belgium

2019 Boursary Francis-André, Luxembourg

2018 Coal Price, Special price of the jury, Cité d’Urgences – Apus Apus, Artist Residency at Fondation Sommer, in collaboration with Le Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature, Paris, France

The Moving idea, Artist residency, Ses Dotze Naus Foundation, Ibiza, Spain

2016 Public art experience, Project Behave, Belval, Luxembourg

Embarking, Artist residency, Ses Dotze Naus Foundation, Ibiza, Spain

2012 Residency at Cité internationale des Arts, Paris, France

2006 Boursary and artist residency – Mapxxl des Pépinières européennes de création pour jeunes artistes

2003 First Base ACAVA Artist’s Studio Award, London, UK

 

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

ATOZ, Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Commanderie de Peyrassol, Flassans-sur-Issole, France

DekaBank, Luxembourg

Fonds communal d’art contemporain, Marseille, France

Frac Lorraine, 49 Nord 6 Est, Metz, France

ING Bank, Amsterdam, Netherlands

MUDAM, Musée d’art moderne du Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar, Netherlands

London Institute collection, London, UK

La Bâloise, Bâle, Switzerland

Le voyage à Nantes, Nantes, France

MNHA, Musée national d’Histoire et d’art, Luxembourg

Ministry of Culture , Luxembourg

OEuvre Grande-Duchesse Charlotte – Siège de la loterie nationale, Luxembourg

Simmons & Simmons, London, UK

Collection of the City of Dudelange, Dudelange, Luxembourg

Villa Vauban, Musée d’art de la Ville de Luxembourg, Luxembourg