François Bard was born in 1959 in Lille.
He lives and works in Provence.
TRAINING
1977 – 1980
National School of Fine Arts in Paris
1988 – 1990
Casa Velasquez Madrid, Spain
EXHIBITIONS (selection)
2023
The fighters, Galerie Olivier Waltman, Paris, FR
Figures. Another art of today, Decorated farm – Maison Caillebotte, Yerres
Eye of the Collector, Temple Street, London
AfDB+ Bordeaux, Galerie Olivier Waltman, Paris, FR
genre scenes, Galerie Olivier Waltman, Paris, FR
2022
an elsewhere, DX Gallery, Bordeaux, France
20 years of residence, Guest of honor, Château of the Dukes of Bourbon, Montluçon
Exodus, Collective exhibition, City of Saint-Raphaël, France
ArtParis, Ephemeral Grand Palais, Olivier Waltman Gallery
2021
In the shadow of the other, Galerie Olivier Waltman, Paris, FR
Me I, Grimaldi castle-museum, Cagnes sur Mer, France
Art Paris, Grand Palais Ephemeral, Paris
2020
Francois Bard | Jerome Borel, Art Paris, Olivier Waltman Gallery, Paris
2019
The echo of the world, Waltman Ortega Fine Art, Miami
Birds of a feather fly together, Herman Krikhaar Foundation, Salernes, France
Liberté, Liberté chérie UMAM, Nice, France
Selected Works 1+1, Galerie Olivier Waltman, Paris, FR
Art Central Hong Kong, Galerie Olivier Waltman
2018
Incognito, Art Paris Art Fair, Olivier Waltman Gallery, Paris
Group show, Galerie Olivier Waltman, Paris
Galerie DX, Bordeaux, France
2017
While the wolf is not there, Galerie Olivier Waltman, Paris
Galerie Olivier Waltman, Paris
Art Wynwood, Waltman Fine Art Ortega, Miami
Art Paris Art Fair, Galerie Olivier Waltman, Paris
Art New York Art Fair, Waltman Ortega Fine Art, Miami
Biennial of Issy les Moulineaux, France
2016
The Paths of Glory, Waltman Ortega Fine Art, Miami
Art Paris Art Fair, Galerie Olivier Waltman, Paris
New York Art, Waltman Ortega Fine Art
Galerie Olivier Waltman, Paris
Art 16 London, Galerie Olivier Waltman
Art Up! Lille, Galerie Olivier Waltman
Art Miami, Waltman Ortega Fine Art
2015
Ainsi soient-ils, Galerie Olivier Waltman, Paris
We, heroes so singular, DX Gallery, Bordeaux
Winter collective part II, Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, New York
Art Elysées, Galerie Olivier Waltman
Art Wynwood, Waltman Ortega Fine Art, Miami
Art Paris Art Fair, Galerie Olivier Waltman, Paris
Galerie Olivier Waltman, Paris
2014
Figure Round 2, Waltman Ortega Fine Art, Miami
Against Night, Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, New York
Galerie Olivier Waltman, Paris
Art Paris Art Fair, Galerie Olivier Waltman, Paris
Galerie DX, Bordeaux, France
Galerie Olivier Waltman, Paris, FR
Art Miami, Waltman Ortega Fine Art
2013
figure, Galerie Olivier Waltman, Paris
Galerie Olivier Waltman, Paris
Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, New York
Lille Art Fair, Mazel Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Drawing Now, Mazel Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2012
Art O'Clock
So far, Galerie Olivier Waltman, Paris
Not Guilty, Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, New York
Collective exhibition, Axelle Gallery, Boston
Happy Birthday Marilyn… 50 years already!, Mazel Galerie, Brussels, Belgium
Art Paris Art Fair, Galerie Olivier Waltman, Paris
Tensions, Mazel Gallery
Galerie DX, Bordeaux, France
Waltman Ortega Fine Art, Miami
Art Gent, Mazel Gallery
Lille Art Fair, Mazel Gallery
2011
Biennale of Issy les Moulineaux, France
Scope Miami, Waltman Ortega Fine Art
Remix, Mazel Gallery, Brussels
Waltman Ortega Fine Art, Miami
Open Bard, Mazel Gallery, Brussels
Art London, Galerie Olivier Waltman
Zoo O Logis, Mazel Gallery, Brussels
Galerie Olivier Waltman, Paris, FR
Art Elysées, Galerie Olivier Waltman
Lineart, Mazel Gallery, Brussels
Chic Art Fair, Mazel Gallery
2010
River Gallery, Paris
Big Guns, Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, New York
19, Mazel Gallery, Brussels
PRICE
1990
First Prize, Paul Belmondo Award
COLLECTIONS
Collection Société Générale, Paris
Jackye and Curtis Finch Jr. Collection, About Face, Arkansas, USA
Kit Kemp, Soho House, London
Goldsmith, Geneva
Dan O'Neal art collection, New York
Crane's Collection, New York
Angelo M Collection, Milan
Ralph Lauren Collection, New York
Crosby Hotel, New York
Spruce Restaurant, San Francisco
Ralph Lauren Collection, Paris
Bank Meeschaert, Paris - New York
Bernard Magrez Institute, Bordeaux
CATALOGS
2021
In the shadow of the other, (152 pages), Editions Hartpon, Paris
2017
Propagande du réel (240 pages), Somogy Editions d'Art
2014
A brush with the real: Figurative Painting Today (320 pages) by Marc Valli and Margherita Dessanay – Laurence King Publishing Ltd
2013
François Bard (152 pages), Deluxe edition 10 copies with an original work
2009
A season in the forest, Editions SFEIR
2008
François Bard, Editions SFEIR
2007
Painting and photography (230 pages), Editions du Chêne
Hybrid, Alain Rosenbach, Editions des Riaux
5 years of Azart, Gerard Gamand, Editions Azart
FILMOGRAPHY
2016
In the eyes of François Bard, Thomas Granovsky
2006
A silent wanderer in the world, documentary on the work of Fançois Bard by Olivier Delahaye-22, Production Odelion Films.
PRESS
2016
April. The Observer
March. Ama #239
February March. Art Districts No. 40
2015
September. Sortiraparis.com
July. The Urban Builder
May. JunkPage # 23
April. PARISart.com
Mirror of the art n ° 67
2014
Mirror of the art n ° 55
Knight Arts, A.
November. Art-Es review
June. The Hedge Fund Intelligence Database
June. Art.es
May. Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine
January. A program of John and James L. Knight Miami Foundation
January. The must Sees of Fine Art and Culture
2013
The Weekly Newsletter
Artension non-series n ° 52
October. Mirror of the Art n ° 49
October. Guliverlooks in Painting
October. Monograph "François Bard" with 10 Luxury specimens
May. Visuelimage.com, Back Hebdo
April. Vif the express Belgium
January. Mirror of the Art n ° 43
2012
The Official Galleries and Museums No. 54
November. Fine Art n ° 341
June. Brussels Tribune
June. Bright Weekend # 32
April. Arte Fuse
2011
June. The Brussels Tribune
May June. Artension n ° 107
May. Mirror of the Art n ° 26,
May. The event Belgium
May. International Art News
2009
Mirror of the Art n ° 14
October November. Opening n ° 2
May. Exhibition catalog at Sfeir Gallery "A season in the forest"
2008
August. ArtProfile Issue 7