CONTACT
iannis.pledel@gmail.com
GENERAL INFORMATION
Iannis Pledel (b. France) is a painter and photographer.
This artistʼs recent solo institutional exhibitions in France include the Art Center of Saint Mandé, the Art Center of Chambéry, the Cale 2 Créateurs of Nantes, the Art Center of Rennes-Betton.
Internationally he exhibited in several Lumas Galleries and in China at the Xi’an Museum.
He was selected at the Salon dʼAutomne of Paris, exhibited in the Contemporary Art Show during FIAC and participated in several gallery exhibitions.
His background – Art school Gobelins Paris, Panthéon-Sorbonne Paris I and a PhD at Sciences-Po Aix, learning different pictorial techniques ranging from painting to photography – gave him a plural heritage.
He is also distinguished by collaborations, notably with Colette Paris or Estée Lauder, with portraits of personalities and with other artists for creations such as the album covers of Génération Goldman, Electro Deluxe, Quintette Syntonia or more recently Acquin.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023, Inside Out, Art Center Cresco, Saint-Mandé, France (June)
2022, Floating Souls, Art Center Cresco, Saint-Mandé, France (Sept to December)
2022, Dédales, Town Hall Cultural Center, Paris 17e, France
2019, Fragments of Desires & Odyssey, La Cale 2 Créateurs Gallery, Nantes, France
2019, Fragments of Desires, Cité des Arts of Chambéry, France
2014, The Parisian Girls, Colette, Paris 1e, France (duo with Stéphane Manel)
2014, The Parisian Girls, Le Saturne, Paris 2e, France (duo with Stéphane Manel)
2014, Photographs, B Gallery with Art Center Betton Town Hall, Rennes, France
2014, Venetian Intrigue, 13 Regards Gallery, Paris 13e, France
2013, Vermilion, B Gallery, Pont-Aven, France
2012, Looks, Zigomar Gallery, Lorient, France
2012, Envy, Saint-Roch Chapel, Argentan, France
HONORS
2022 & 2023, Certificate of artistic merit, Luxembourg Art Prize, Pinacothèque Museum
2020, Antoine de Galbert Foundation
2018, Certificate of artistic merit, Luxembourg Art Prize, Pinacothèque Museum
PUBLICATIONS
Liberation of Arts: 20 Years of Lumas, teNeues, 2024
Estée Lauder Pink Ribbon Photo Award, Éditions Xavier Barral, 2017
Normal, Art Photography n° 6, 2015
Normal, Art Photography n° 5, 2015
CATALOGS
Catalog of the Cultural Season of St Mandé – Cresco, 2023
Lumas Art Magazine, vol. I, 2023
Catalog of the Cultural Season of St Mandé – Cresco 2022
Lumas Art Magazine, vol. II, 2020
Exhibition Catalog, Cité Internationale des Arts, Xi’an, Chine, 2019
Exhibition Catalog, Cité des Arts de Chambéry, 2019
Exhibition Catalog, Salon d’Automne, 2018
Le Colette, Catalog of the concept store Colette Paris, n° 11, 2015
PRESS & ARTICLES
Magazine of Saint-Mandé, n°264, 2022, Portrait, Iannis Pledel un artiste aux multiples façettes
Magazine Paris dix-sept, n°146, 2022, Exposition Dédales, peintures de Iannis Pledel
Le Parisien, 25 août 2020, Paris : quand les femmes de la Maison Marceau prennent le pinceau
Ouest-France n°22911, 2019, Fragments du désir et codes amoureux
Le 13 du mois, n°49, 2015, Le nu selon Iannis Pledel
Ouest France Dimanche, n°873, 2014, Cinq photographes, cinq univers
Ouest France n°20731, 2012, Des contes en photo sur les péchés capitaux
Journal de l’Orne n°2907, 2012, Iannis Pledel : La photographie c’est une construction
Journal de l’Orne n°2905, 2012, Iannis Pledel et les péchés capitaux
Paris-ci la Culture Magazine, Interview, 2012
BOOKS
Château Shadow (90 p., 50 photographs), 2016
The Escape from Venice (170 p., 75 photographs), 2013
ARTISTIC COLLABORATION
Photographic series for Colette Paris / “Les Parisiennes”, exhibition at Colette with Stéphane Manel
Portraits of personalities and artists
Album cover / Génération Goldman (2 albums and portraits of 40 artists for My Major Company and M6 Music Label), Electro Deluxe, Le Quintet Syntonia, Acquin Music
Visual creations and campaigns / Estée Lauder, Les Théâtres Parisiens Associés, Nokia, Withings, Le Design Français, Mastersbooking, Eduniversal, Sevenhugs, Privé de dessert, La Renaissance
STUDIO
Resident of 6b
VISUAL ART EDUCATION
2017, Visual Art School, Ecole des Gobelins, Paris
2018, Platinum-palladium printing training, studio of Laurent Lafolie and Carlos Barrantes, Paris
2016, Printmaking training, Ovv Studio, Venise
2015, Screen printing training, Paris
UNIVERSITY EDUCATION
2009, PhD Sciences-Po Aix
2004, Panthéon-Sorbonne University Paris I
TEACHING EXPERIENCES & RESIDENCIES
2022, Conference about « Floating Souls » exhibition, Art Center Cresco, Saint-Mandé
2020, Painting and drawing lessons, Maison Marceau Residencie, Paris 8e
2020, Mural painting, Maison Marceau Residencie, Paris 8e
2019, Conference about « Fragments of Desires » exhibition, Cité des Arts of Chambéry
2019, Visiting artist, Residencie, Cité des Arts of Chambéry
2019, Workshop, Musée des Beaux-Arts of Chambéry
