Fabien Villon lives and works in Lyon and Arles, France. As a visual artist, he focuses on experimenting with the passage of time and the aesthetics of accidents, treating them as reflective and elastic substances that bridge material, imagery, and environment. His practice spans various media, including sculpture, painting, and installation, exploring the intricate connections between technology and nature, compression and depth, virtuality and materiality.
He is the co-founder of the artist runspace Interior and the collectors that has been showcasing emerging and established international artists. Each show is thought as an artwork in itself, experimenting inhabited space as an exhibition format.
He teaches visual arts at Cité Scolaire Elie Vignal in Caluire, France, working with children and teenagers with disabilities.
EDUCATION
2006, DNSAD (MFA) with honors, École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs, Paris
2005, UDK, Berlin
EXHIBITIONS - selection
2023, Collection n°13, group show with Matthias Bitzer, Samuel Boutruche, Shaun Gladwell, Gregor Hildebrandt, Ella Mievovsky, Julie Monot, Marie Pic, Marnie Weber, Interior and the collectors, Arles, (Fr)
2022, Anything going away, werever remains, group show curated by Steven Dragonn at Canton-Sardine, Vancouver, CAN
2021, Collection n°12, group show with Basile Ghosn, Ella Mievovsky and Marnie Weber, cur. Christel Montury, Interior and the collectors, Lyon (Fr)
2021, Antichambre, solo show at 1111, Lyon (Fr) with works by Émile Bourdelle, Pieter Brueghel the Elder, John Coplans, Max Ernst, Gustave Moreau, cur. Christel Montury
2020, Collection n°11, group show with Assume vivid astro focus, Alexandre Bavard, Julie Béna, Luca Bosani, Aline Bouvy, Vava Dudu, Julie Escoffier, Le Gentil Garçon, Basile Ghosn, Shaun Gladwell, Ella Mievovsky, Robert Wilson (cur.),Interior and the collectors, Lyon (Fr)
2019, Collection n°9, group show with Nils Alix-Tabeling, Assume Vivid Astro Focus, Julie Escoffier, Hokusai, Morgan Mandalay, Pakui Hardware, Interior and the collectors, Lyon (Fr) (cur.)
2018, Group show at Meishan sculpture park, Chengdu, curator Steven Dragon, China
2018, Dark Matters, group show with Jim Dine, Antoni Tapiès, Louise Nevelson, Günter Huecker, Jenny Feal... curated by 1111 (Laurent Giros Fine art & Céline Moine Galerie), Lyon (Fr)
2018, Glass art 2018, group show with Matalie Crasset, Denis Savary, Jean Nouvel, Aurélie Pétrel..., galerie Métamorphik, Sainte-Foi-les-Lyon, (Fr)
2018, Collection n°9, group show with Martin Bélou, Pierre Clément, Julie Escoffier, Laura Gozlan, Grégor Hildebrandt, Ella Mievovsky, Adrien Vescovi, Marnie Weber, Île de Noirmoutier (Fr), Camping du Midi, Fr (cur.)
2018, Collection n°8, group show with Jean-Baptiste Bernadet, Aline Bouvy, Wang Du, Albrecht Dürer, Hr Giger, Gregor Hildebrandt, Ištvan Išt Huzjan, Michael Jones Mckean, Adrien Missika, Anne Neukamp, David De Tscharner, Hôtel Amigo, Bruxelles (cur.)
2017, Collection n°7, group show with Jean-Baptiste Bernadet, Sebastian Burger, Laurent Da Sylva, Marc Desgrandchamps, Antoine Donzeaud, Thomas Fougeirol, Bernard Frize, Hr Giger, Gregor Hildebrandt, Motoko Ishibashi, Jan Koch, Le Gentil Garçon, Ella Mievovsky, Anne Neukamp, Eva Nielsen, Hannu Prinz, Renaud Regnery, Samuel Richardot, Clément Rodzielski, Fabien Villon, Interior and the collectors, Lyon (Fr)
2017, Collection n°6, group show with Antoine Donzeaud, Hr Giger, Béla Pablo Janssen, Ella Mievovsky, Clément Rodzielski, Mika Rottenberg, Sandra Vaka Olsen, Zoe Williams, Interior and the collectors, Lyon (cur.)
2015-16, Collection n°5, group show with Shaun Gladwell et Wang Du, Interior and the collectors, Lyon (Fr)
2015, Collection n°4, Lotar Hempel, Alicia Kwade, Anne Neukamp, Nina Nievodoff, Marnie Weber Lyon (Fr), (cur.)
2013, Collection n°3, Gregor Hildebrandt, solo show, Interior and the collectors, Lyon (Fr), (cur.)
2013, Collection n°2, Nicolas Garait-Leavenwoeth, Alexej Meschtschanow, Renaud Regnery, Slavs and tatars, Geerten Verheus, Interior and thecollectors, Lyon (Fr), (cur.)
2011, La biennale de Lyon en résonance à Paris, Elizabeth Clark, délégation parisienne du Grand Lyon, Paris (cur.)
2011, Hilfsaktion für Japan, group show at Japanisch-Deutsches Zentrum, Berlin
2011, Collection n°1, Interior and the collectors, in resonance with the Lyon Biennale with Xavier Antin, Elisabeth S. Clark, Gary Colglouh, Megumi Fukuda, Taro Fukutara, Regina José Galindo, Christian Jankowski, Jan Koch, Yorgos Sapountzis, Samuel Richardot, Anne E. Wilson (cur.)
2010, Heft, weight and touch in contemporary sculpture, group show with Gavin Turk, curator Tony Hayward, Winchester discovery center, Winchester, UK
2010, Au fond à gauche, solo show, La Halle, Pont-en-Royans
2009, Open 09, group show at Artsway center, Sway, Uk
2008, Jeune Création, group show at Grande Halle de la Villette, Paris
2007, Jeune Création, group show at La Bellevilloise, Paris
2005, Sophiensaele 100, performance, curator Rebbeca Horn et Alexander Schroder Sophiensaele Theater Berlin
2005, La fin tragique d’Oscar D, hôpital St-Jean de Dieu, curator Thierry Raspail, Lyon Biennale
2005, Junge Kunst Europa, group show at UDK Berlin, curator Daniela Eheman
2004, Fliehende Bücher, group show at UDK, Berlin, curator Rebecca Horn
PRESS
2021 Tzvetnik, July 2021
2021 O Fluxuo, July 2021
2021 Kuba Paris, July 2021
2021 Daily Lazy, July 2021
2021 Beaux arts magazine, April 2021
2020 Artviewer, January 2020
2019 KubaParis, December 2019
2018 Artviewer, May 2018
2018 Kuba Paris, May 2018
2018 Artmirror, May 2018
2018 O Fluxuo, May 2018
2017 Kuba Paris, May 2017
2017 Tzvetnik, Avril 2017
2016 Art viewer, January 2016
2015 Kuba Paris, October 2015
2015 Catalogue résonance, Lyon Biennale,
2013 Artforum on line par Linda Yablonsky, September 2013
2011 Catalogue résonance, Lyon Biennale,
2011 Revue Ego, December, Lyon
2008 Catalogue jeune création, Particules edition
2007 Bimestriel Semaines n°8, Novembee-December, Paris
2005 Interview with Sue de Beer about Bruce Labruce. exhibition catalogue Zur Vörstellung des Terrors : Die RAF austellung, Kunstwerke, Vanessa Adler edition, Berlin
2005 Catalogue Résonance, Lyon Biennnale
He is the co-founder of the artist runspace Interior and the collectors that has been showcasing emerging and established international artists. Each show is thought as an artwork in itself, experimenting inhabited space as an exhibition format.
He teaches visual arts at Cité Scolaire Elie Vignal in Caluire, France, working with children and teenagers with disabilities.
EDUCATION
2006, DNSAD (MFA) with honors, École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs, Paris
2005, UDK, Berlin
EXHIBITIONS - selection
2023, Collection n°13, group show with Matthias Bitzer, Samuel Boutruche, Shaun Gladwell, Gregor Hildebrandt, Ella Mievovsky, Julie Monot, Marie Pic, Marnie Weber, Interior and the collectors, Arles, (Fr)
2022, Anything going away, werever remains, group show curated by Steven Dragonn at Canton-Sardine, Vancouver, CAN
2021, Collection n°12, group show with Basile Ghosn, Ella Mievovsky and Marnie Weber, cur. Christel Montury, Interior and the collectors, Lyon (Fr)
2021, Antichambre, solo show at 1111, Lyon (Fr) with works by Émile Bourdelle, Pieter Brueghel the Elder, John Coplans, Max Ernst, Gustave Moreau, cur. Christel Montury
2020, Collection n°11, group show with Assume vivid astro focus, Alexandre Bavard, Julie Béna, Luca Bosani, Aline Bouvy, Vava Dudu, Julie Escoffier, Le Gentil Garçon, Basile Ghosn, Shaun Gladwell, Ella Mievovsky, Robert Wilson (cur.),Interior and the collectors, Lyon (Fr)
2019, Collection n°9, group show with Nils Alix-Tabeling, Assume Vivid Astro Focus, Julie Escoffier, Hokusai, Morgan Mandalay, Pakui Hardware, Interior and the collectors, Lyon (Fr) (cur.)
2018, Group show at Meishan sculpture park, Chengdu, curator Steven Dragon, China
2018, Dark Matters, group show with Jim Dine, Antoni Tapiès, Louise Nevelson, Günter Huecker, Jenny Feal... curated by 1111 (Laurent Giros Fine art & Céline Moine Galerie), Lyon (Fr)
2018, Glass art 2018, group show with Matalie Crasset, Denis Savary, Jean Nouvel, Aurélie Pétrel..., galerie Métamorphik, Sainte-Foi-les-Lyon, (Fr)
2018, Collection n°9, group show with Martin Bélou, Pierre Clément, Julie Escoffier, Laura Gozlan, Grégor Hildebrandt, Ella Mievovsky, Adrien Vescovi, Marnie Weber, Île de Noirmoutier (Fr), Camping du Midi, Fr (cur.)
2018, Collection n°8, group show with Jean-Baptiste Bernadet, Aline Bouvy, Wang Du, Albrecht Dürer, Hr Giger, Gregor Hildebrandt, Ištvan Išt Huzjan, Michael Jones Mckean, Adrien Missika, Anne Neukamp, David De Tscharner, Hôtel Amigo, Bruxelles (cur.)
2017, Collection n°7, group show with Jean-Baptiste Bernadet, Sebastian Burger, Laurent Da Sylva, Marc Desgrandchamps, Antoine Donzeaud, Thomas Fougeirol, Bernard Frize, Hr Giger, Gregor Hildebrandt, Motoko Ishibashi, Jan Koch, Le Gentil Garçon, Ella Mievovsky, Anne Neukamp, Eva Nielsen, Hannu Prinz, Renaud Regnery, Samuel Richardot, Clément Rodzielski, Fabien Villon, Interior and the collectors, Lyon (Fr)
2017, Collection n°6, group show with Antoine Donzeaud, Hr Giger, Béla Pablo Janssen, Ella Mievovsky, Clément Rodzielski, Mika Rottenberg, Sandra Vaka Olsen, Zoe Williams, Interior and the collectors, Lyon (cur.)
2015-16, Collection n°5, group show with Shaun Gladwell et Wang Du, Interior and the collectors, Lyon (Fr)
2015, Collection n°4, Lotar Hempel, Alicia Kwade, Anne Neukamp, Nina Nievodoff, Marnie Weber Lyon (Fr), (cur.)
2013, Collection n°3, Gregor Hildebrandt, solo show, Interior and the collectors, Lyon (Fr), (cur.)
2013, Collection n°2, Nicolas Garait-Leavenwoeth, Alexej Meschtschanow, Renaud Regnery, Slavs and tatars, Geerten Verheus, Interior and thecollectors, Lyon (Fr), (cur.)
2011, La biennale de Lyon en résonance à Paris, Elizabeth Clark, délégation parisienne du Grand Lyon, Paris (cur.)
2011, Hilfsaktion für Japan, group show at Japanisch-Deutsches Zentrum, Berlin
2011, Collection n°1, Interior and the collectors, in resonance with the Lyon Biennale with Xavier Antin, Elisabeth S. Clark, Gary Colglouh, Megumi Fukuda, Taro Fukutara, Regina José Galindo, Christian Jankowski, Jan Koch, Yorgos Sapountzis, Samuel Richardot, Anne E. Wilson (cur.)
2010, Heft, weight and touch in contemporary sculpture, group show with Gavin Turk, curator Tony Hayward, Winchester discovery center, Winchester, UK
2010, Au fond à gauche, solo show, La Halle, Pont-en-Royans
2009, Open 09, group show at Artsway center, Sway, Uk
2008, Jeune Création, group show at Grande Halle de la Villette, Paris
2007, Jeune Création, group show at La Bellevilloise, Paris
2005, Sophiensaele 100, performance, curator Rebbeca Horn et Alexander Schroder Sophiensaele Theater Berlin
2005, La fin tragique d’Oscar D, hôpital St-Jean de Dieu, curator Thierry Raspail, Lyon Biennale
2005, Junge Kunst Europa, group show at UDK Berlin, curator Daniela Eheman
2004, Fliehende Bücher, group show at UDK, Berlin, curator Rebecca Horn
PRESS
2021 Tzvetnik, July 2021
2021 O Fluxuo, July 2021
2021 Kuba Paris, July 2021
2021 Daily Lazy, July 2021
2021 Beaux arts magazine, April 2021
2020 Artviewer, January 2020
2019 KubaParis, December 2019
2018 Artviewer, May 2018
2018 Kuba Paris, May 2018
2018 Artmirror, May 2018
2018 O Fluxuo, May 2018
2017 Kuba Paris, May 2017
2017 Tzvetnik, Avril 2017
2016 Art viewer, January 2016
2015 Kuba Paris, October 2015
2015 Catalogue résonance, Lyon Biennale,
2013 Artforum on line par Linda Yablonsky, September 2013
2011 Catalogue résonance, Lyon Biennale,
2011 Revue Ego, December, Lyon
2008 Catalogue jeune création, Particules edition
2007 Bimestriel Semaines n°8, Novembee-December, Paris
2005 Interview with Sue de Beer about Bruce Labruce. exhibition catalogue Zur Vörstellung des Terrors : Die RAF austellung, Kunstwerke, Vanessa Adler edition, Berlin
2005 Catalogue Résonance, Lyon Biennnale