Since the 1980s, the work of Jean-Marc Bustamante has developed through a constant exchange between sculpture, painting and photography, with his keen interest in architecture and landscape playing a key role in his material experimentation. In 1978, he produced his first 'photographic paintings', depicting in large format and colour various views of houses and buildings located on the outskirts of cities. Devoid of characters, these images were intended to 'fix a slow movement, that of the earth, but also that of decivilization'. Persistently questioning the ways in which we perceive reality, his sculptural works in the Interiors series are 'reminiscences of cut objects related to the body', which were created alongside his Landscapes consisting of abstract objects, wall reliefs or sculptures.
Between 1983 and 1987, he created furniture and objects collaboratively with fellow artist Bernard Bazile under the name BazileBustamante, in part as a reaction against the dematerialisation of the object in Conceptual art. To create his Lumières series (1987–93), Bustamante re-photographed black-and-white images from architecture reviews of the 1930s and 1960s, silkscreening them onto transparent plexiglass which transforms their appearance. He uses the same technique to create his celebrated Panoramas (2002– ), enlarged abstract drawings in ink on plexiglass, which introduce a new relationship between these hybrid objects and the wall behind them. In 2003, characters appeared in his photographs for the first time, when he conceived Le Pavillon des Amazones as a 'pagan chapel' for the Venice Biennale, in which he combined photographic portraits, paintings and abstract drawings on plexiglass.
Born in Toulouse in 1952, Bustamante lives and works in Paris. He participated in documenta 8, 9 and 10 (1987, 1992, 1997). His work has been shown in numerous solo exhibitions, including at the Musée d'Art moderne de Paris; Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris; Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands; Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg; Tate, London; Deichtorhallen Hamburg; Yokohama Museum of Art; Kunsthaus Bregenz; Musée d'Art Moderne de Strasbourg; Musée des Arts Contemporains du Grand Hornu; Henry Moore Institute, Leeds; and Villa Medici, Rome. He taught sculpture at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam from 1990 to 1995 and at the Kunstakademie in Munich from 2009 to 2015, and was the director of the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts in Paris from 2015 to 2019.
2021
Grande Vacance, Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris Marais, France
2016
Transitory Spaces, Fundacion Helga de Alvear, Cacares, Spain
New Works, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Pantin, France
2014
Galerie Bârbel Grässlin, Frankfurt, Germany
Galerie Juana de Aizpuru, Madrid, Spain
2012
Calma blanca, Sala Alcalà 31, Madrid, Spain
Peintures carrées, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
Malerei 2004-2011, Walter Storms Galerie, Munich, Germany
Jean-Marc Bustamante: Villa Medicis, Villa Medicis, Rome, Italy
2011
Dead Calm, Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
Dead Calm, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, UK
Take Something Hot and Cool it Down, Timothy Taylor Gallery, Londres, UK
Galerie Vera Munro, Hamburg, Germany
Colorito-Colorado, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
Incontri di Fotografia, Villa Médicis, Rome, Italy
2010
Retrospective exhibition, Foundation Ekaterina, Moscow, Russia
Residency, Atlantic Center for the Arts (ACA) Florida, New Smyrna Beach, Florida, FL, USA
2008
Jean-Marc Bustamante, Grand Hornu, Musée des Arts Contemporains, Hornu, Belgium
Jean-Marc Bustamante, Le Grand Tour, BOZAR, Palais Voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels, Belgium
La Chambre des Saintes, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
2007
Obra Reciente, Galeria Helga de Alvear, Madrid, Spain
Jean-Marc Bustamante, Gallery Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium
L'horizon chimérique: Ed Ruscha, Jean-Marc Bustamante, Musée d'art moderne et contemporain, Strasbourg, France
New Paintings, Galerie Vera Munro, Hamburg, Germany
Sources et ressources, Institut Cervantes, Paris, France
2006
Beautiful Days, Kunsthaus, Bregenz, AustriaPerfect Dreams, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
Jean-Marc Bustamante: Beau fixe, Musée d'art moderne, Saint-Etienne, France
Jean-Marc Bustamante, Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, UK
2004
Jean-Marc Bustamante, Galerie Vera Munro, Hamburg, Germany
A Angles vifs, CAPC, Musée d'art contemporain, Bordeaux, France
Objects versus Design, MAM, Musée d'Art Moderne de Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne, France
2003
Private Crossing, Centro de Arte de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
50e Biennale d'Arts Plastiques de Venise, Venise, Italy
Jean-Marc Bustamante, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
Jean-Marc Bustamante : Nouvelles Scènes, Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, UK
Jean-Marc Bustamante, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2002
Nieuw Werk, Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Obra Reciente, Galería Helga de Alvear, Madrid, Spain
Private Crossing, Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan
Private Crossing, Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art, Yamaguchi, Japan
Jean-Marc Bustamante: Something is missing, Galerie Sollertis, Toulouse, France
2001
Jean-Marc Bustamante, Galerie Donald Young, Chicago, IL, USA
Long Playing, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany
Jean-Marc Bustamante, Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, UK
L.P. 2000, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany
Galería Estrany - de la Mota, Barcelona, Spain
Oeuvres récentes, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France
Jean-Marc Bustamante, Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris, France
2000
Inédits, Tableaux 1978-1982, Galerie Xavier Hüfkens, Brussels, Belgium
Jean Marc Bustamante, Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zürich, Switzerland
New Works, Galerie Vera Munro, Hamburg, Germany
LP's 2000 (long playing, lost paradise, lake photographs), Kunstmuseum Luzern, Luzern, Switzerland
Early Works, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, NY, USA
1999
Sources et Ressources, Galerie de l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Quimper, France
A Wall with a View, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Panoramas, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France
Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris, France
Raum Aktueller Kunst, Vienna, Austria
Galerie Karlheinz Meyer, Karlsruhe, Germany
Rétrospective de l'oeuvre photographique, Centre National de la Photographie, Paris, France
1998
Galerie Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium
Centre culturel Français, Turin, Italy
Recent sculptures, Shimada Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Something is missing, The Tate Gallery, London, UK
1997
Something is missing, Anadyel Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel
Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Suspension, Villa Arson, Nice, France
Suspension, Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zurich, Switzerland
Jean-Marc Bustamante, Fotografie, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany
Jean-Marc Bustamante, Shimada Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Jean-Marc Bustamante, Seomi Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
Vera Munro Gallery, Hamburg, Germany
1996
Galerie Estrany – de la Mota, Barcelone, Spain
Drei Skulpturen, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany
Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris, France
1995
Serena in the park of the Rijksmuseum, Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Otterlo, Netherlands
Un monde à la fois, Chapelle du Collège, Carpentras, France
Moderna Galerija Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
1994
Tableaux et stationnaires, FRAC Languedoc-Roussillon, Galerie d'Eole, Montpellier, France
Shimada Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Des arbres de Noël, Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris, France
Tableaux 1978-1983, Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland
A world at a time, Kunstmuseum, Wolfsburg, Germany
Un monde à la fois, L'aquarium, Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Valenciennes, Valenciennes, France
Un monde à la fois, Synagogue de Delme, France
1993
Jean-Marc Bustamante, Donald Young Gallery, Seattle, WA , USA
Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Galerie Bruges La Morte, Bruges, Belgium
Galerie Karlheinz Meyer, Karlsruhe, Germany
Art Gallery of York University, Toronto, Canada
Musée départemental de Rochechouart, Rochechouart, France
FRAC Languedoc Roussillon, Montpellier, France
CRG Art Incorporated, New York, NY, USA
1992
Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Galerie Vera Munro, Hamburg, Germany
1991
Galerie Marga Paz, Madrid, SpainOeuvres récentes / Stationnaire II, Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris, France
Galerie Samia Saouma, Paris, France
1990
Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld, Germany
De Appel Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Landshappen 1978-1982, Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Paysages, intérieurs, ARC, Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris, Paris, France
Galerie Locus Solus, Genoa, Italy
1989
Galerie Joost Declercq, Ghent, Belgium
Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland
1988
Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris, France
Nooit Geziene Werken, Joost Declerq Gallery, Ghent, Belgium
1987
Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp, Belgium
1986
Galerie Bärbel Grässlin, Frankfurt, Germany
Galerie Philippe Nelson, Villeurbanne, France
Musée St Pierre, Lyon, France
1984
Galerie Crousel-Hussenot, Paris, France
1982
Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris, France
2020
30 Years in Paris, Thaddeaus Ropac, Paris Pantin, France
2018
The Myriad Forms of Visual Art: 196 Works with 19 Themes, National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan
2014
Eurasia: A view on painting, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Pantin, France
2013
La Sentinelle: Conversation, dédicaces et autres partitions, CPAC, Musée d’art contemporain de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
2010
CAPC ou la vie saisie par l'art - CAPC - Musée d'art contemporain, Bordeaux, France
Le Mont Analogue - Centro Cultural Metropolitano, Quito, Ecuador; Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo, Uruguay
Nueva Tripulación para el "Pequod", Colección de arte contemporáneo Fundación ”la Caixa” - TEA Tenerife Espacio de las Artes, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
25 or 30 years gallery: part III photography, Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2009
Libertad, Igualdad, Fraternidad, ALCALÁ 31, Sala de Exposiciones, Madrid, Spain
Werken, Fragmenten Van Een Collectie, Stuk Kunstcentrum, Leuven, Belgium
Summer Show, Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium
Libertad, Igualdad, Fraternidad, La Lonja, Zaragoza, Spain
Antes de ayer y pasado mañana; o lo que puede ser pintura hoy, MACUF Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Union Fenosa, La Coruña, Spain
2008
Noleftovers, Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Interludi, Galeria Etrany, Da La Mota, Barcelona, Spain
Mondo e Terra, La collezione del FRAC Corsica - MAN - Museo d'Arte di Nuoro, Nuoro, Italy
Sammlung/ Collection, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, Switzerland
Pasions Privadadas, Visions Publicas, MARCO Museo de Arte contemporanea de Vigo, Vigo, Spain
The Hamsterwheel, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden
2007
Absolumental 2, Les Abattoirs de Toulouse, Toulouse, France
Spectacular space, Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zürich, Switzerland
L´Horizon Chimerique, Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain (MAMCS), Strasbourg, France
Hidden in Plain Sight: Contemporary Photographs from the Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, USA
Hamsterwheel, Arsenale, Venice, Italy
Janus: The Double Face of Photography, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía MNCARS, Madrid, Spain
Foto.kunst, Zeitgenössische Fotografie aus der Sammlung Essl, Collection Essl, Kunsthaus, Klosterneuburg, Austria
Souffle, eine Massenausstellung, Kunstraum Innsbruck, Austria
Hamsterwheel Venice, Galerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna, Austria
MACBA in Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
20 ans du Musée d'Art Moderne: L'art après 1960 dans les collections, Musée d'Art moderne de Saint-Etienne, Sainte-Etienne, France
2006
VAC, IVAM - Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, Valencia, Spain
THE 1980s - A TOPOLOGY, Museu Serralves - Museu de Arte Contemporânea, Porto, Portugal
Inventur, Kunsthaus Graz, Graz, Austria
La collection de la Société Générale, Musée d'Art moderne de Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne, France
Bucolica, the contemporary landscape, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
Peintres de la vie moderne Modern-life painters, Donation - Caisse des Depots photograph collection, Centre Pompidou, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris, France
2005
SHORTCUTS BETWEEN REALITY AND FICTION, Bass Museum of Art, Miami, FL, USA
First Choice, Galerie Vera Munro, Hamburg, Germany
Miradas y conceptos en la Colección Helga de Alvear, Galeria Helga de Alvear, Madrid, Spain
Collection Eté-Automne 2005, CAPC, Musée d'art contemporain, Bordeaux, France
Miradas y conceptos en la colección Helga de Alvear, Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo MEIAC, Badajoz, Spain
Collecció Fundació "LaCaixa" 20 anys amb l'art contemporani, Fundación La Caixa - CaixaForum, Barcelona, Spain
2004
A Angles vifs, CAPC Musée d'art contemporain, Bordeaux, France
Objects versus Design, MAM Musée d'Art Moderne de Saint-Etienne, Saint-Étienne, France
Wer bietet mehr? Fünfzehn Jahre Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany
Take Five! - Huis Marseille Turns Five, Huis Marseille stichting voor fotografie, Amsterdam, Netherlands
De leur temps: Collections privées Francaises, Musée des Beaux Arts Tourcoing, Tourcoing, France
2003
Colocatairs, Centre d'Art contemporain de Castres, France
Realidad y Representacion: Coleccioner paisaje hoy, Fundacio Foto Colectanai, Bacelona, Spain
Pictures of you, Galerie Estrany - De la Mota, Barcelona, Spain
Limites de la percepcion, Fundacion Joan Miro, Barcelona, Spain
Aktuelle Editionen, Edition Scellmann, Munich, Germany
Un été à Toulouse, Galerie Sollertis, Toulouse, France
Exposition Collective, CEAA, Strasbourg, France
Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, UK
50th International Art Exhibition Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Travailler fatigue, FRAC Languedoc-Roussillon, Montpellier, France
Interrogare il luogo, Studio La Citta, Verona, Italy
2002
Regarding Landscape, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, Canada
Wallflowers, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
Límits de la percepció, Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona, Spain
French Collection, MAMCO, Geneva, Switzerland
Printemps de Septembre: Fragilités, Printemps de Septembre, Toulouse, France
Spread in Prato, HISK, Ghent, Belgium
Spread in Prato, Dryphoto Arte Contemporanea, Prato, Italy
Camera con Vista, CESAC, Caraglio, Italy
Photography by Gallery Artists and DYG Projects : Joshua Mosley- Donald Young Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA
Espacio Concepto, Fundacion Joan Miro, Barcelona, Spain
A silent Poetry, Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, UK
Peter Pan is back!, Galerie Nelson Freeman, Paris, France
2001
Tom Baldwin, Jean Marc Bustamante, Beat Streuli, Gallery Goldman Trevis, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Places in the Mind: Photographs from the Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, USA
Eine Wanderung zwischen Landschaft und Kunst, Spiral Jetty und Potsdamer Schrebergärten, Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Oublier l'exposition, Contemporary Photography from France, Huis Marseille, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Nature in Photographie, Galerie Nächst St. Stephen - Rosemarie Schwarzwalder, Vienna, Austria
Affinités, Centre d'art Contemporain de Quimper - Le Quartier, Quimper, France
Arret sur image - Contemporary art from France, Kunst-Werke Berline,v,- KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany
Photography from the KPN Collection, Huis Marseille stichting voor fotografie, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Begijnhof II - Under Construction, Galera Estrany - De La Mota, Barcelona, Spain
2000
L'invitation à la ville, Brussels, Belgium
Dépaysement, Musée Dhondt-Dhaenens, Sint-Martens-Latem, Belgium
Enclosed and Enchanted, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, UK
Finale de Partita, Florence, Italy
Veronica's Revenge - Contemporary Perspectives on Photography, Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Many Coloured Objects Placed side by side to form a Row Of Many Coloured objects, Casino Luxembourg - Forum d'art Contemporain, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Begijnhof I - Sistema, Galeria Estrany - De La Mota, Barcelona, Spain
Urbanities, Museum of Contemporary Art Skopje, Skopje, Macedonia
La collection photographique, les Abattoirs de Toulouse, Toulouse, France
Dépaysement, Domaine de Kerguéhennec - Centre d'Art Contemporain, Bignan, France
1999
Group show, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Trafic, Frac Haute Normandie
Abstraction (with Bleckner, Bustamante,Förg, Halley,Lasker, Lavier, Marcaccio, Pinaud, Stella, Uslé, Viallat, Wool), Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris
Ruines (avec Yves Bérorley, Jean Marc Bustamante, Gabriel Orozco), Frac Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur, Marseille, France
Une histoire parmi d'autres: collection de Michel Poitevin, FRAC Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Dunkerque, France
Memoria - Presente MAC, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
In the City, FRAC Haute-Normandie, Sotteville-lès-Rouen, France
1998
Wounds, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
Maverick, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, NY, USA
René Magritte et l'art contemporain, Ostend, Belgium
Premises, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY, USA
Minimal maximal, Neue Museum Weserburg, Bremen, Germany
Home sweet home, Gilles Peyroulet, Paris, France
1997
Documenta X, Kassel
"From here to there " Fondation Calouste Gulbenkian , Lisbon Portugal
Absolute landscape: between illusion and reality, Yokohama Museum
1996
Le lieu du combat, Centre d'art contemporain, Domaine de Kerguéhennec, Bignan, France
1995
Mat Mullican, Juan Munoz, Jean-Marc Bustamante, Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris, France
Du Paysage incertain, fragments, Centre d'art et Château de Vassivière, Peyrat-le-Château, France
Des limites du tableau : les possibles de la peinture, Musée départemental de Rochechouart, Rochechouart, France
1994
The Epic and the Everyday, Hayward Gallery, Londron, UK
Theoritical Events Gallery, Naples, Italy
Même si c'est la nuit, CAPC - Musée d'art contemporain, Bordeaux, France
Biennale de Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Arte Contemporaneo dalla Collezione della Federazione delle Cooperative Migros, Museo d'Arte Lugano, Lugano, Switzerland
1993
Kunstbücher I, Yves Gevaert Editeur, Museum Haus Esters, Krefeld, Germany
350. Place d'Youville, cinq créateurs français à Montréal, Institut Français d'Architecture, Paris, France
Galerie Samia Saouma, Paris, France
Antwerp' 93, The Sublime Void, Koninklijke Musea voor Shone Kunsten, Antwerp, Belgium
Azur, Fondation Cartier pour l'art Contemporain, Paris, France
Mesures pour mesures, Centre d'Art le LAIT, Albi, France
1992
Documenta 9, Kassel, Germany
350. Place d'Youville, cinq créateurs français à Montréal, Montréal, Canada
1991
Vanitas, Galerie Crousel-Robelin/Bama, Paris, France
Metropolis, Berlin, Germany
Lieux communs, figures singulières, ARC, Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris, Paris, France
Collection of Krefeld Museum, Museum Haus Lange, Haus Esters, Krefeld, Germany
Collection du CAPC-Musée d'art contemporain, Bordeaux, France
1990
Un art de la distinction, Abbaye St André, Meymac, France
De Afstand, Witte de With, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Camera Works, Galerie Samia Saouma, Paris, France
ICA Institute of Contemporary Art, London, UK
Weitersehen, Museum Haus Lange, Haus Esters, Krefeld, Germany
Le diaphane, Musée des Beaux Arts, Tourcoing, France
1988
Gran Pavese, the Flag Project, MUHKA, Antwerp, Belgium
1987
Kunst mit Fotografie, galerie Ralph Wernicke, Stuttgart, Germany
L'époque, la mode, la morale, la passion, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Documenta 8, Kassel, Germany
Musée Saint Pierre, Lyon, France
Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany
Documenta VIII, Kassel, Germany
Nightfire, De Appel, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1986
Aperto, Biennale de Venezia, Venice, Italy
Een Keuze, R.A.I., Amsterdam, Netherlands
Centre d'Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland
The 6th Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Sonsbeek 86, Park Sonsbeek, Arnhem, Netherlands
A Distanced View, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY, USA
1985
Rendez-vous, Lothringerstrasse, Munich, Germany
Les seconds "Ateliers internationaux des pays de Loire", Abbaye Royale de Fontevraud, Fontevraud-l’Abbaye, France
Alles und noch viel mehr, Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Graz Biennal, Graz, Austria
12 Artists in the Space, Seibu Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Galerie Crousel - Hussenot, Paris, France
Xilografia Alemana del Siglo XX, Fundacion Juan March, Madrid, Spain
1982
Musée Cantini, Marseille, France
1980
Biennale de Paris, Paris, France
43 rue La Bruyère, Paris, France
Portrait d'artiste, Galerie NRA, Paris, France
Austria
mumok | Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna
France
Centre Pompidou, Paris
Musée d'art moderne de Paris, Paris
Spain
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid
USA
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY