SYLVIE BONNOT &
ZHU HONG
Photography in Dialogue
26 January – 6 April
French artists SYLVIE BONNOT (1982, FR) and ZHU HONG (1975, FR born CN) bring almost 20 years of artistic experimentation with spaces to their oeuvres. Both start with photography; but, in the end, photography is brought to a thought-provoking dialogue with itself and spills into other mediums, away from a single art form. The kaleidoscopic exchange of bold, multidimensional artworks invites intimate encounters with each piece. The artists became friends while working in Amsterdam for their 2017 show at TMH. Known for the depths of their oeuvres, both artists are enjoying institutional recognition.
Opening during event:
TMH Talk & Book Launch with author Sjeng Scheijen, Sun 26 Jan
SYLVIE BONNOT
ZHU HONG
BIOGRAPHIES
Sylvie Bonnot (1982, FR) is a photographer and transmedia artist known for her radical questioning of documentary narratives. Her work is in museum collections and is the subject of several monographs: Contre-courants, Nouvelles Editions, Paris (2016), Derrière la retenue, FACIM Foundation and Actes Sud (2017), and L’arbre machine – un monde en mue, Editions Loco (2024). Her major institutional exhibitions include: Musée des Archives Nationales, Paris, and Maison de la Photographie, Lille, 2019; Derrière la Retenue I, II, III (solo public commissions), FACIM Foundation, Savoie, 2019-23; and Musée de La Roche-sur-Yon, 2018. She was awarded the residency hors les murs 2021 at the Observatoire de l’Espace of CNES (the French National Space Agency) and was featured in their exhibitions at Interface in Dijon and PhotoDays in Paris, based on her trips to the Baikonur Cosmodrome and the Guiana Space Center. In 2023/24, Bonnot’s work could be seen in Échos des canters (L’Arbre machine) in Rémire-Montjoly, French Guiana, Épreuves de la matière and La photo à tout prix at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF) in Paris, and several shows at Hangar Brussels, among others.
Zhu Hong (1975, FR born CN) moved to France to counterbalance her training in Shanghai. Her solo museum shows included Musée de La Roche-sur-Yon (accompanied by the monograph 3m2 de lumière, published by Lienart Editions, Paris, 2017) and the Pôle Internationale de la Préhistoire in Les Eyzies-de-Tayac, the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Dijon, and the Musée Ziem in Martigues. Zhu Hong was featured in Making Things Happen at TMH in 2017-18. Her work continues to receive increased attention, notably including a solo feature at the Art on Paper fair in Brussels, 2019/22, with SinArts Gallery, NL, and the two-part solo show Les lignes de l’eau [Water Lines] at the Musée d’Arts de Nantes in 2022. In 2023/24, exhibitions that included her work were Un bref instant éblouissement at La Maison de l’Erdre in Nantes, Poussière d’ombre at Maison Arakawa in Japan, and Elégance du Trait at Galerie 208 in Paris, among others. Zhu Hong lives and works in Nantes, FR.