Christine Rebet

b. Lyon, France Lives and works in New York, NY & Paris, France

EDUCATION

2011 MFA, Columbia University, New York, NY
1996 BFA, Central St. Martins, School of Art and Design, London, UK
1991 Art Academy, Venice, Italy

SOLO & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2026 Sound of Time, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA
The Fall: Chosen Scenes, Au Passage, Paris, France
2023 Relics, op.cit., Mexico City, Mexico
2021 Nirvana’s Chronicles, Figura Avulsa, Lisbon, Portugal
Escapologie, Musée d'art contemporain de Lyon, Lyon, France
2020 Time Levitation, Parasol Unit, London, United Kingdom
2020 Shadows of Family Trees, Gregor Podnar, Berlin, Germany
2018 Thunderbird, Bureau, New York, NY
2015 Paysage Fautif, Bureau, New York, NY
2014 Melli Ink / Christine Rebet, Grieder Contemporary, Zurich, Switzerland
Meltingsun, AlbumArte, Rome, Italy
2011 The Square, Marvelli Gallery Project Room, New York, NY
2009 The Black Cabinet, Le Magasin, Grenoble, France
2008 Chasers, Château des Adhémars, Montélimar, France
2007 Tiger Escape, Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris, France
2005 Brand Band News, Art Basel, Statements Section, Basel, Swtizerland
The Industry is Finished, Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris, France
When Pigs Fly, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2004 Waitress Announcement, Galerija Gregor Podnar, Kranj, Slovenia
Robin Hood, Mr. Cannon Projects, Berlin, Germany
See You Later, Kuttner Siebert Gallery, Berlin, Germany

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2026 Personal Stories / Political Realities, Museum of Contemporary Art in Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
L’exposition Anima 2,by IMAGESPASSAGES, L'Abbaye Espace d'Art Contemporain, Annecy, France
2025 Nouvelles Acquisitions, Frac Picardie, Amiens, France
Du Jardin des Simples à l'école des métamorphoses, Galerie de l'IESA/Le Delta, Paris, France
Borders are nocturnal animals, KADIST in collaboration with CAC Vilnius, Lithuania
Fifteen-Year Anniversary Exhibition, Bureau, New York, NY
Ce que l’horizon promet, Fondation groupe EDF, Paris, France
2024 Don’t ask where we're going, curated by Gabriela Gantenbein,Gregor Podnar, Vienna, Austria
2024 Connecter les mondes, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, Lyon, France
Manif d’art – The Quebec City Biennial, The Manif d’art organization, Québec, Canada
2023 Songs from the Shore, Galerie Imane Farès, Paris, France
2022 Fantasmagoriana, Lofoten International Art Festival, Lofoten, Norway
Female Voices, Grieder Contemporary, Küsnacht, Switzerland
2021 Map ≠ Territory, Green Art Gallery, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
DRAWING OUT, Bridget de León, Bath, United Kingdom
Tropical Lab, Institute of Contemporary Arts, Singapore
untitled Arrangement, Bureau, New York, NY
The Drawer, Librairie Yvon Lambert, Paris, France
51e édition du Théâtre du Fort Antoine, Monaco, France
Yateem Center, Manama, Bahrain
2020 5 Artists 5 Walls, Grieder Contemporary, Zurich, Switzerland
Until tomorrow: Ten Years of Bureau, Bureau, New York, NY
2019 Animated Perspectives, French Institute Alliance Française, New York, NY
2016 The First Horizons of Juno, MASS Gallery, Austin, TX
DISSENT: what they fear is the light, LACE, Los Angeles, CA
2015 The Closer I Get To The End The More I Rewrite The Beginning, Human Resources, Los Angeles,
Move On...! 100 Years of Animation Art, Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort, Netherlands
It Rained Again, Bureau, New York, NY
2014 Anniversary, Invaliden Eins Galerie, Berlin
2013 The Hollow Center, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY
2012 Nothing is Forgotten, Some Things Considered, UKS, Oslo, Norway
Mannered Attitude, Soloway Gallery, New York, NY
You never look at me from the place from which I see you, Sculpture Center, Long Island City, NY
Brucennial 2012, New York, NY
Tender is the Night, Marine Contemporary, New York, NY
2011 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Fisher Landau Center for Art, Long Island City, NY
Tropical Lab, Institute of Contemporary Art, Singapore
2010 The Dissolve, SITE, Santa Fe, NM
Brucennial 2010: Miseducation, New York, NY
Habitat, 21st twenty first Gallery, New York, NY
2009 Berlin-Paris, Wentrup, Berlin, Germany
Nouveau Parcours du Musée, M.A.C./V.A.L., Vitry-sur-Seine, France
On From Here, Guild and Greyshkul Gallery, New York, NY
Comic Strip, Musée de Sérignan, France
2008 8 1/2 x 11 / A4, James Fuentes, New York, NY
Rendezvous 08, Shanghai Art Museum, China
Momentary Momentum, Kettle Yard, Cambridge, UK
2007 Momentary Momentum, Parasol Unit, London, UK
Bitte Zeichen mir ein Shaft, Ittinger Kunst Museum, Switzerland
Dessins en mouvement, Musée Contemporain du Val de Marne, Vitry-sur-Seine, France
Rendez-vous 07, Musée d'Art Contemporain, Lyon, France
In Wonderlands, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ
French Kissin' in the USA, Moore Space, Miami, FL

PERFORMANCES

2026 The Fall featuring Simone Harris, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA
2014 Appendix One: Methods of Nonviolent Action, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY
Poison Lecture, International Spy Museum, Washington DC
Appendix One: Methods of Nonviolent Action, UKS, Oslo, Norway
2011 Appendix One: Methods of Nonviolent Action, Fisher Landau Center for Art, Long Island City, NY
Poison Lecture, Cartier Foundation, Paris, France
2010 Poison Lecture, Edifying, X-Initiative, New York, NY
2009 Poison Lecture, Future Art Research, ASU Fringe Festival, Phoenix, AZ

SCREENINGS

2026 The Fall, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA
In the Soldier's Head, The Trace of the Land, Wendy's Subway with Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY
Multi film screening presented by IMAGESPASSAGES at Théâtre de l'Échange, Annecy, France
2025 Series of film screenings, op.cit., Mexico City, Mexico
2024 Otolithe, Muharraq Nights, Alliance Française Bahrain, Muharraq, Bahrain
2022 Otolithe, Muharraq Nights, Alliance Française Bahrain, Muharraq, Bahrain
Lick, Stick, Leak, screening program organized by JOAN, 2220 Arts + Archives, Los Angeles, CA
Metamorphoses, Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY
Otolithe, Lofoten International Art Festival, Lofoten, Norway
The Square, Fata Morgana Festival, curated by Béatrice Gross, Jeu de Paume, Paris, France
2023 Thunderbird, op.cit., Mexico City, Mexico
2020 In the Soldier’s Head, Paréidolie, Marseille, France
Thunderbird, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC
2019 Breathe in Breathe out, with Emanuele Coccia, Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris, France
Collective Mythologies, Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland
UbuWeb cinema program in HILLARY: The Hillary Clinton Emails, an exhibition by Kenneth Goldsmith, organized by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, Despar Teatro Italia, Venice, Italy
Series of film screenings, Nanterre-Amandiers, Centre Dramatique National, Nanterre, France
2018 Series of film screenings, Nanterre-Amandiers, Centre Dramatique National, Nanterre, France
I can call this progress to halt, Sursock Museum, Beirut, Lebanon
Cinematheque Robert-Lynen, Paris, France
Silencio, Paris, France
2017 Kochi-Muziris Biennale, Kerala, India
2016 Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival, Kassel, Germany
Tofifest International Film Festival, Toruń, Poland
Hong Kong Film Festival, Hong Kong
International Filmfestspiele, Berlin, Germany
2014 Lullaby, Hollywood Hookah, Los Angeles, CA
Sound Design for Future Film, Treize, Paris, France
2011 Animation Screening, Fruehsorge Contemporary Drawing, Berlin, Germany
2010 Animated Screen, Husets Biograf, Copenhagen, Denmark
For Real - 28 Utopian Projections in Public Space, Maastricht, Netherlands
Decalogue: Films you can count on two hand, Winkleman Gallery, New York, NY
2008 Berlinale Shorts Competition, Berlinale Film Festival, Berlin, Germany
Sound Design for Future Film, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
2004-2007 Trip to the world of Drawing Animation, Tokyo/Yokohama/Kyoto/Nigata/Nagoya/ Fukuoka, Japan;
Version Animee, BAC/Centre de l’Image Contemporaine, Switzerland 2009; Zurich Film Festival,
Zurich, Switzerland; Berlinale Film Festival, Berlin, Germany; Anima’t, International Fantastic Film
Festival of Catalonia, Spain; Oberhausen Film Festival, Germany; Jakarta International Film Festival, Indonesia; London Film festival, London, UK

BIBLIOGRAPHY & PUBLICATIONS

2023 Moss, Alison. “Rebet et Benchamma lauréats des résidences Miyu Frac Picardie.” Le Quotidien de l’Art, September 28, 2023.
Escapologie, Musée d’Art Contemporain de Lyon, Milan: Silvana Editoriale, 2023.
2020 Davies, Lillian. “Christine Rebet.” Artforum, July/August 2020.
Gross, Béatrice. “Métamporphoses de l’animation.” The Art Newspaper Édition Française, March 2020.
Waugh, Rosemary. “Christine Rebet: Time Levitation.” Time Out London, February 4, 2020.
Simpson, Veronica. “Christine Rebet – interview: Animation is perfect for critique: it is a minor medium, it’s not film; like drawing is not painting.” StudioInternational.com, February 2, 2020.
Gale, Sammi. “Breathe in. Breathe out. – Christine Rebet at Parasol Unit.” WhyNow, January 31, 2020.
McAloon, Jonathan. “Hand-Drawn Animation Is Pure Suffering, So Why Still Do It?” Elephant Magazine, January 28, 2020.
Wullschläger, Jackie. “Christine Rebet.” Financial Times, January 18, 2020.
2019 Daumas, Cécile. “Il y a du végétal dans l’humain.” Libération, October 29, 2019.
Gross, Béatrice. “Les Artistes face à l'archéologie en péril.” The Art Newspaper Édition Française, April 2019.
Wurtz, B. “Degrees of Mystery: B. Wurtz on Exhibitions Around New York.” ARTnews, February 2019.
Campell, Andrianna and Joanna Fiduccia. eds. “Fold Image.” In apricota, Issue 2, New York: Secretary Press, 2019.
2018 Heinrich, Will. “Christine Rebet.” The New York Times, December 5, 2018.
Scott, Andrea K. “Christine Rebet.” The New Yorker, November 30, 2018.
2017 Rey, Sébastien. ed. “The Awakening of the Sumerian Tempestbird.” In For the Gods of Girsu: City-State Formation in Ancient Sumer. Oxford: Archaeopress, 2017.
“Drawing Connections: Basma Alsharif in conversation with Christine Rebet." Objektiv Magazine, May 20, 2017.
2016 Rebet, Christine. “Postcards to Jean-Jacques Lévêque.” Peeping Tom's Digest, 2016.
Tarmy, James. “Eight Artworks You Should Buy at New York’s Armory Arts Week.” Bloomberg Business, March 4, 2016.
2015 “The Closer I Get to the End the More I Rewrite the Beginning.” Terremoto, December 20, 2015.
Krug, Simone.“The Closer I Get to the End the More I Rewrite the Beginning at Human Resources.” Carla, December 2, 2015.
“Christine Rebet as told to Joanna Fiduccia, 500 Words.” Artforum.com, June 8, 2015.
Le Melle, Taylor. “Christine Rebet: Paysage Fautif.” thisistomorrow.com, June 5, 2015.
“Christine Rebet.” The Drawer. Spring 2015.
2014 “Christine Rebet ‘Meltingsun’ at AlbumArte, Rome.” Moussemagazine.com, 2014.
2010 Belasco, David, and Sarah Lewis, eds. The Dissolve: SITE Santa Fe's Eighth International Biennial. Santa Fe: SITE, 2010.
Frank, Peter. “Blague d’Art: Moving Pictures, Frozen Music.” The Huffington Post, October 18, 2010.
Bui, Phong. “Site Santa Fe Eighth International Biennial: The Dissolve.” The Brooklyn Rail, September 3, 2010.
Storr, Robert. “Moving Images.” Frieze, September 2010.
2007 Duponchelle, Valérie. “Miami: l’heure de la jeune garde français.” Le Figaro, December 8, 2007.
Adam, Georgina. “France: the new wave reaches Miami Beach.” The Art Newspaper, Dec. 6, 2007.
“Les Français séduisent Miami.” Le Figaro, December 2007.
Davies, Lillian. “Christine Rebet: Galerie Kamel Mennour.” Artforum, April 2007.
Ardenne, Paul. “Christine Rebet / Peter Grasner.” Art Press, February 2007.
Wylie, Erin. “Slanted and Enchanted.” Nylon Magazine, January 2007.
2006 "Star’s Life." CREAM, 2006.
Matsui, Midori. "Invitation." Japan, 2006.
2005 Matsui, Midori. BT(Bijutsu-techo), Japan, 2005.
Demir, Anaid. “Cruelles aquarelles.” Le Journal des Arts, June 23, 2005.
Studio Voice, Japan
2004 Scharrer, Eva. “Critics’ Picks: Christine Rebet.” Artforum.com, January 2004.
2003 Hoffmann, Jens, and Arno Moria. Christine Rebet: Game Over. Paris: A Huge Book, 2003.

COLLECTIONS Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France KADIST, Paris, France; San Francisco, CA Musée d’Art Contemporain du Val-de-Marne, Vitry-sur-Seine, France