Xavier Noiret-Thomé (born 2 February 1971 in

Charleville-Mézières Charleville-Mézières () is a commune of northern France and the prefecture of the Ardennes department, in the Grand Est region. Charleville-Mézières is located on the banks of the river Meuse. History Charleville and Mézières were ori ...

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) is a French

painter Painting is a Visual arts, visual art, which is characterized by the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called "matrix" or "Support (art), support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with ...

Career

After completing his study of

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in 1995, Xavier Noiret-Thomé spent some time in the ''Contemporary Art Centre'' of

Domaine de Kerguehennec An estate is a large parcel of land under single ownership, which generates income for its owner. British context In the United Kingdom, historically an estate comprises the houses, outbuildings, supporting farmland, tenanted buildings, and ...

. From 1996 to 1997, he lived in the residence of ''Rijksakademie Van Beeldende Kunsten'' in

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. In 1999, he got an ''

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'' at the

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Museum, in

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. In 2001 he was awarded the ''Prijs van de Jonge Belgische Schilderkunst'' (Young Belgian painter prize) by the

Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts The Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Brussels ( ''(ArBA-EsA)''; ) is an art school in Brussels, Belgium, founded in 1711. Starting from modest beginnings in a single room in Brussels Town Hall, Brussels' Town Hall, it has since 1876 been operat ...

of Brussels. In 2005 he was chosen by the

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to spend some time in the

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. Since 2000, he has worked in

and

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Bibliography

*1993 :

Denys Zacharopoulos Denys Zacharopoulos (born 1952 in Athens, Greece) is an art historian and theorist. He works as Professor of Art History, author, and curator, amongst others at the 48th Biennale in Venice (Italy) and documenta IX in Kassel (Germany). Biography ...

, La grandeur inconnue ('Unknown Grandeur'), in Domaine 1993,

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, La Chambre *1994 :

, Praxis ('Practice'), in Domaine 1994, Gand, La Chambre *1999 : Jean Miniac, Douze études tableaux pour un paysage perdu ('Twelve studies for a lost landscape'), illustrated by Xavier Noiret-Thomé, Éditions Rencontre, Charleville *2000 : Jean Miniac, Chroniques des esprits, illustrations de Xavier Noiret-Thomé, Paris, Dumerchez *2000 : Denys Zacharopoulos, « La question de la peinture», Dépaysement,

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, Musée Dhondt-Dhaenens *2001 : Denys Zacharopoulos, « L'énigme de la figure », in Prix de la Jeune Peinture Belge 2001, Antwerp, Fonds Mercator *2002 : Jean-Marc Huitorel, «Xavier Noiret-Thomé», in collection Insert,

, La Lettre Volée *2003 : Hans Theys, « L'Olympe est un Mont à Charleville-Mézières », in Voir en Peinture, Brussels, La Lettre Volée *2004 : Philippe Braem, in catalogue d’exposition No friture,

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, Das Wunderhorn *2004 : « De leur temps, collections privées françaises », catalogue d’exposition, Musée des Beaux-Arts de

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, l’ADIAF *2004 : « CÉLÉBRATION! 20 ans du Frac

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»,

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, Le Collège Editions / Frac Champagne-Ardenne *2005 : Danielle Orhan, « Harmonies et chaos : la peinture comme rapport de forces », in (suite), Brussels, La Lettre Volée

Exhibitions

Individual exhibitions

* 1989 : « Idiosycrasie-Idiopathique », Galerie Futur-Interieur,

* 1995 : Centre d'Art Contemporain de la Ferme du Buisson,

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* 2001 : Galerie-1, Fondation pour l'Architecture,

* 2001 : Galerie Catherine Bastide,

* 2002 : Musée

Arthur Rimbaud Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud (, ; ; 20 October 1854 – 10 November 1891) was a French poet known for his transgressive and surreal themes and for his influence on modern literature and arts, prefiguring surrealism. Born in Charleville, he s ...

* 2002 : « Cycles », Galerie Jennifer Flay,

París Paris () is the capital and largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the fourth-most populous city in the European Union and the 30th most densely popul ...

* 2003 :« Chroniques/Chromiques «, Galerie Baronian Francey

* 2004 : « Hypermnésique», Galerie Philippe Casini,

* 2004 : « Nouvelles Peinture », Galerie Léa Gredt,

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* 2005 : Galerie Tanit,

Munich Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is no ...

* 2005 : « Pour un concept d'espace-temps», con

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, Fri-Art,

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* 2007: « Recent paintings and sculptures », Galerie Baronian- Francey,

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* 2009 : « The Cannibal Parade », galerie Les Filles du Calvaire,

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* 2020 : « Panorama », Centrale for Contemporary Art,

General exhibitions

* 1993 : « La grandeur inconnue », Domaine de Kerguéhennec, Bignan * 1994 : « Praxis », Domaine de Kerguéhennec, Bignan * 1996 : « Paint », Galerij Tanya Rumpf,

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* 1996 : « Open Atelier », Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten,

* 1997 : « Printemps », École Régionale des Beaux-Arts, Rennes * 1997 : Biennale du

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, Cétinié * 1997 : « Travaux d'artistes »,

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, Rotterdam * 1997 : « Open Atelier », Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam * 1998 : « Les objets contiennent l'infini », Domaine de Kerguéhennec, Bignan * 1999 : « In Situ », ORCCA,

* 2000 : « Dépaysement I », Domaine de Kerguéhennec, Bignan * 2000 : « Dépaysement II », Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens,

* 2000 : « Nouvelles acquisitions », Frac Champagne-Ardennes, Reims * 2001 : « De la couleur », Musée d'Art Moderne de la ville de Troyes,

Troyes Troyes () is a Communes of France, commune and the capital of the Departments of France, department of Aube in the Grand Est region of north-central France. It is located on the Seine river about south-east of Paris. Troyes is situated within ...

* 2001 : « Ici et Maintenant »,

Tour & Taxis Tour & Taxis (; ) is a large former industrial site in Brussels, Belgium. It is situated on the embankment of the Brussels Canal in the City of Brussels, just north-west of the Pentagon (Brussels), city centre. The location is immediately adjac ...

* 2001 : « Prix de la Jeune Peinture Belge », Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels * 2002 : « Family Plot », Galerie Baronian-Francey, Brussels * 2002 : « Looking at Painting I », Galerie Tanit,

* 2003 : « Voir en peinture », Centre d'Art Contemporain Le Plateau, Paris * 2003 : «932 m³», OPALC, Amberes * 2004 : « Voir en peinture II », Zamek,

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* 2004 : « Love is in the air », Matrix art project, Brussels * 2004 : «

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, Majerus, Scheibitz, Noiret-Thomé », Galerie Baronian-Francey, Brussels * 2004 : « De leur temps, jeunes collections françaises », Musée des Beaux-Arts de

* 2004 : « No friture », Kunstverein

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, Mannheimer Kunstverein * 2005 : Musée des Beaux-Art de Tourcoing,

* 2005 : "Plat pays en 3 dimensions", Galerie Philippe Casini,

References

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