JEAN-BAPTISTE MAITRE
Jean-Baptiste Maitre was born in France in 1978. Jean-Baptiste Maitre is a film-maker and painter based in Amsterdam.
He received his degrees in Art History (Paris-Sorbonne University) and Fine Arts (Ecole des Beaux-Arts Paris) as well as in Studio Photography (Gobelins Ecole de l’Image, Paris). He was a researcher at the Jan van Eyck Academie in Maastricht (2007-08) and in 2010 Jean-Baptiste completed his artist residency at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam. Jean-Baptiste’s animation films describes moments of painterly abstraction in motion, structured with narrations of political events or one liner jokes. In addition to this, his paintings are an experimentation into modes of depictions involving fast hand gestures, scan analyses, and precise ink printing.
He has exhibited at Martin van Zomeren (Amsterdam); Rita Urso (Milan); P//////AKT platform for contemporary art (Amsterdam); Galerie 1M3 (Lausanne); Centre d’Art La Salle de Bains (Lyon); Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts (San Francisco); Bonnefanten museum (Maastricht), Centre Pompidou (Paris), Eye Film Museum (Amsterdam). His works is part of the collections of the Stedelijk museum Amsterdam, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, Museo d’Arte Moderna in Bologna, Sammlung Philara in Düsseldorf, as well as the Dutch Central Bank and ABN AMRO Bank collections, among others.
EDUCATION
2009-2010
Rijksakademie Van Beeldende Kunsten, artist fellow, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
2007-2008
Jan van Eyck Academie, researcher, Maastricht (Netherlands)
1998-2003
DNSAP(MFA), Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts. mentors Annette Messager, Giuseppe Penone; student of Jean-Francois Chevrier’s seminar «Des territoires», Paris (France)
2002-2004
Certificate of studies 2 year technical degree, Studio Photography, Gobelins l’école de l'image, École de la Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie de Paris (France)
1999-2002
DEUG, Paris-4 Sorbonne University, Art History & Archeology, Paris (France)
1998
Fine Art Preparatory School Atelier de Sèvres, Paris (France)
SOLO / DUO EXHIBITIONS
2020
JB Maitre & Dina Danish: Victor Hugo Was Here, Artopia Gallery, Milan (Italy)
Window series: JB Maitre & Dina Danish: Victor Hugo Was Here, Martin van Zomeren & Stigter van Doesburg, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
2018
Jean-Baptiste Maitre & Dina Danish, Museo d’Arte Moderna di Bologna, Bologna (Italy)
Jean-Baptiste Maitre. Death Ship Paintings’, Gallery Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
WARNING THE GRAPE-TRAIN HAS NO BREAKS, Artopia Gallery, Milan (Italy)
2017
The Admirer and the admired, (with Dina Danish), PuntWG, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
2016
Fluid Carrying the Hopes of Ships in Distress, Artopia Gallery, Milan (Italy)
The Admirer and the admired, (with Dina Danish), by invitation of Patricia Schnurr, TYSON art space, Köln (Germany)
The Admirer and the admired’ (with Dina Danish), curated by María Inés Plaza Lazo, INSTITUT FÜR KUNSTGESCHICHTE DER LMU, Munich (Germany)
2014
le Poète, la Cité, la Machine, by invitation of Leonardo Bigazzi, Palazzo dell’Arte dei Giudici e Notai, Florence (Italy)
MANDALA RÉPUBLIQUE, Gallery Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
2013
THIS IS WHAT I MEANT, P//////AKT platform for contemporary art, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Post-Sculpture, (with Bruce McLean), curated by Clément Dirié, Galerie 1M3, Lausanne (Switzerland)
2012
Jean-Baptiste Maitre: Gündüz Filmi, PiST/// Interdisciplinary Project Space, Istanbul (Turkey)
Stripe paintings, (with Ø. Aasan), curated by A. Berceliot-Courtin, Centre d’Art La Salle de Bains, Lyon (France)
Dans le Vêtement il y une Poche; Dans la Poche, un Carnet; Dans le Carnet, une Lettre; Et Voici cette Lettre, Anyspace Gallery, Brussels (Belgium)
2011
Not on Sculpture, Galleria Nicoletta Rusconi, Milan (Italy)
Not Necessarily Words, Gallery Martin Van Zomeren, ‘Amsterdam (Netherlands)
2010
Jean-Baptiste Maitre: Shaped Cinema, Open Ateliers 2010, Rijksakademie v. B. K., Amsterdam (Netherlands)
2009
Jean-Baptiste Maitre: The Dissociated Press, Open Ateliers 2009, Rijksakademie v. B. K., Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Don’t Touch, (with Alice Nikitinova), Project Room East, Rijksakademie, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
2008
A Personal Anthology of Mediatic Images, DSM Office, Sittard (Netherlands)
Plywood as media, Jan van Eyck academie, Maastricht (Netherlands)
Plywood as media, Rue Française Gallery, Paris (France)
2007
A Typology of Wastelands in Beirut, Jan van Eyck academie, Maastricht (Netherlands)
2003
Jean-Baptiste Maitre: AZBAIJAN graduation exhibition, Annette Messager studio, ENSBA, Paris (France)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Art-Island art fair, with Gallery Martin van Zomeren, Ijmuiden (Netherlands)
Something Else,organized by Moataz Nasr, Cairo (Egypt)
2023
ALBUQUERQUE, Gallery Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
2022
Nucré: Frammento e Ornamento, curated by Roberto Lacarbonara and CRAC Puglia Museo, Ceglie-Messapica (Italy)
It’s your Birthday, Capital-C, Amsterdam Art Week, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
ARTbite, CASCINA IDEA art center and residency, Agrate-Conturbia (Italy)
2021
Mi-Art, with Artopia Gallery, Milan (Italy)
Press Eject and Give Me the Tape, Gallery Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
ART IN THE PLAGUE YEAR, curated by Douglas McCulloh, Nikolay Maslov, and Rita Sobreiro, UCR ARTS: California Museum of Photography, Southern Riverside (USA)
I Love the Gallery, 20th anniversary exhibition, Artopia Gallery, Milan (Italy)
Online exhibition, 'Art in the plague Year', organized by UCR ARTS: California Museum of Photography and curated by Douglas McCulloh, Nikolay Maslov, and Rita Sobreiro Souther
2020
De Van Zijll Langhout collectie, Marian van Zijll Langhout, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Dust - the plates of the present, curated by Thomas Fougeirol and Joey Tang, Centre Pompidou, Paris (France)
Cinque Mostre, curated by E. Rodini and I. Gianni, American Academy in Rome, Rome (Italy)
Catherine Biocca, JB Maitre & Dina Danish, Bert Mebius, Stigter van Doesburg, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
2018
Art Dusseldorf, (with Davide Allieri, Erika Hock, Jean-Baptiste Maitre, Elizabeth McAlpine) Artopia Gallery | Cosar HMT (Germany)
Mi-Art, Milan (Italy)
Multiples and Editions, Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
ArtRotterdam, Rotterdam (Netherlands)
2017
wordswordswords, Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp (Belgium)
ArtRotterdam, Rotterdam (Netherlands)
The plates of the present, so far, curated by Thomas Fougeirol, Praz-Delavallade, Paris (France)
2016
Mi-art, (with Emanuele Becheri, Jean-Baptiste Maitre, Elizabeth McAlpine, ZAPRUDERfilmmakersgroup), Artopia Gallery, Milano (Italy)
ART BRUSSEL, (Jean-Baptiste Maitre, Elizabeth McAlpine, ZAPRUDERfilmmakersgroup), Artopia Gallery, Brussels (Belgium)
For Your Everyday Use, Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam- IDFA 2016, EYE Amsterdam Film Museum, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
2015
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, EYE Amsterdam Film Museum, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Transit Art film festival, CCA Glasgow, Glasgow (United Kingdom)
Axis Mundi, curated by Julia Geerlings, Espace Moins Un, Paris (France)
Dust, the plates the present, CCNY Baxter Street, New York city (USA)
Kunsthal Citroën, Amsterdam Art Fair, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Ophelia, The Eloquence of the Silent Image, curated by Paola Caravati, Artopia Gallery, Milan (Italy)
FA FA FA, Gallery Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
ArtRotterdam, Rotterdam (Netherlands)
Aanwinsten, De Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
2014
Artissima, Turin (Italy)
It ain’t whatcha write, it’s the way atcha write it, Manifesta Foundation, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
ArtCologne, Köln (Germany)
Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam (Netherlands)
CODEX, curated by Pierre Leguillon, Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco (USA)
2013
Chiara Pergola, Jean-Baptiste Maitre, Vandana Shiva, Ashram Joytinat, Corinaldo (Italy)
Open, ViaFarini, Milan (Italy)
Un Nouveau Festival: Book Machine, curated by Bernard Blistène and Patrick Javault, Centre Pompidou, Paris (France)
ArtBrussels art fair, Brussels (Belgium)
Rencontres internationales de la photographie d'Arles 2013, Blackboard, Atelier Gaston de Luppé, Arles (France)
2012
Drawing Quote!, curated by Nick Oberthaler, Pigna Project Space, Rome (Italy)
Contemporary Istanbul art fair, booth curated by PiST///, Istanbul (Turkey)
Jean-baptiste Maitre, Alexandra Leykauf, Praneet Soi, Navid Nuur, Gallery Martin Van Zomeren, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
ArtBrussels art fair, Brussels (Belgium)
2011
Codex, curated by Pierre Leguillon, LiveInYourHead, HEAD curatorial institute, Geneva (Switzerland)
Coming Soon (vol.I), curated by Fred Collier, Anyspace Gallery, Brussels (Belgium)
Abbildung ähnlich, Zeil 17, Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
Artissima 18 art fair, Turin (Italy)
WALLPAPERism, curated by Nick Oberthaler, Motel Campo, Geneva (Switzerland)
Liste 16 art fair, Basel (Switzerland)
56eme Salon de Montrouge’, nominated by Clara Schulmann, Paris (France)
VillaTokyo, Gallery Martin Van Zomeren with Raster Gallery, Tokyo (Japan)
Mi-art art fair, Milan (Italy)
2010
The Object Lag, curated by E. Williams, Nieuwe Vide Art center, Haarlem (Netherlands)
FIAC art fair, Paris (France)
Partis pris, Claudine Papillon Gallery, Paris (France)
KunstVlaai, Westergasfabriek, ‘Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Minimarkt art fair, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
ArtCologne art fair, Köln (Germany)
Form & Content, curated by E. Williams, Nieuwe Vide, Haarlem (Netherlands)
Art Rotterdam art fair, Rotterdam (Netherlands)
10 ausgewählte Positionen, curated by Michael Vots, Kunstraum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf (Germany)
2009
Cultural memories/ Récits Parallèles, curated by Clément Dirié, In-Situ/ F. Leclerc Gallery, Paris (France)
Innerconnections, Reinier Van Ewijk Projects, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
2008
Chanting Baldessari, curated by Paula Van Den Bosch and Agata Jastrzabek, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht (Netherlands)
Slick 08 art fair, Paris (France)
Second Life, La Générale Art Space, Paris (France)
Open Days, FLACC, Genk (Belgium)
2007
Video Weekend, Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht (Netherlands)
2006
Be my lucky number, Agence Borderline, Esch-sur-Alzette (Luxembourg)
2005
Nuit Blanche/ Notte Bianca, Glaz’Art, Paris, (France) and Linux Club, Rome (Italy)
Videobox#2, Miss China Gallery, Paris (France)
2004
Urbanismes, Galerie droite de l’ENSB-A, Paris (France)
2ème Biennale de St. Cloud, D'un espace à l'autre, Parc de St. Cloud, Saint Cloud (France)
2003
Hybrid-liquid, Casino/ Forum d'art contemporain, Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
2002
Pont des Arts, GALERIJA SKC, Belgrade (Serbia)
SCREENINGS
2017
Out of the Blue, Greylight Projects, Hoensbroek and Brussels (Belgium)
2016
Van Reenen School, in the program: JAN HENDERIKSE EN DE ZERO-BEWEGING, curated by Kunst Reserve Bank, by invitation of Wjm Kok, Bergen (Netherlands)
2015
LUMA,Texas State University School of Art & Design, San Marcos (USA)
2013
Marseille Book Fair, Festival du livre, cinema et littérature: livres filmés, La compagnie, curated by Patrick Javault, Marseille (France)
2012
Images Moving Images, curated by Anna Franceschini, Fondazione White Fish Tank, Fabriano (Italy)
Shaped Cinema, curated by Isabelle de Visscher-Lemaître, Maison des ensembles, Paris (France)
2011
Shaped Cinema, curated by Clara Schulman, Institut National d’Histoire de l’Art, Paris (France)
Light Box video program, Bureau des Vidéos/ JRP Ringier, curated by Clément Dirié, Le Georges, Centre Pompidou, Paris (France)
2010
Play Biennial, (short list video program), Guggenheim Museum, New York (USA)
Georges abstraction surface air, Bureau des vidéos, curated by Clément Dirié, Le Georges, Centre Pompidou, Paris (France)
2009
Cultural Memories/ Récits Parallèles, film program curated by Clément Dirié, Fondation Ricard, Paris (France)
2008
Eternal Tour Festival, Istituto Svizzero, Rome (Italy)
2001
Rencontres internationales Paris/Berlin (France/Germany)
RESIDENCIES
2019 | American Academy in Rome, MondriaanFonds Affiliate Fellow (with Dina Danish) (Italy)
2018 | Sandra Natali Rose residency program (with Dina Danish), Museo d’Arte Moderna di Bologna (Italy)
2014 | Lo Schermo Dell’Arte film festival, VISIO Residency program, Florence (Italy)
2013 | Ashram Joytinat, Festival Dolce India, Corinaldo (Italy)
2013 | ViaFarini Art Center, Milan (Italy)
2012 | PiST/// Interdisciplinary Project Space, Istanbul (Turkey)
2012 | Lo Schermo Dell’Arte film festival, VISIO - European Workshop on Artists’ Cinema, Florence (Italy)
2003 | Casino-Luxembourg / Forum d'art contemporain, Luxembourg-ville (Luxembourg)
FELLOWSHIPS/ STIPENDS / PRIZES
2020 | Development stipend, Amsterdam Fonds voor de Kunst (Netherlands)
2019 | International Presentations Grant, Mondriaan Fonds (Netherlands)
2018 | Museo d’Arte Moderna di Bologna Sanda Natali Prize, International Presentations Grant, Mondriaan Fonds (Netherlands+Italy)
2017 | Stipendium Program for Established Artists, Mondriaan Fonds (Netherlands)
2016 | International Presentations Grant, Mondriaan Fonds (Netherlands)
2015 | Projectinvestering Kunstenaar, Mondriaan fonds (Netherlands)
2014 | Production stipend, Institut Français de Florence/ Lo Schermo dell’Arte film festival (Italy)
2014 | Research stipend, Amsterdam Fonds voor de Kunst (Netherlands)
2012 | Residency stipend, Institut Français de Florence/ Lo Schermo dell’Arte film festival (Italy)
2012 | Research and Production stipend, PiST-Istanbul/ Mondriaan Fonds (Netherlands+Turkey)
2011 | Research and Production stipend, BASISstipendium, Fonds BKVB (Netherlands)
2010 | Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten residency stipend, Tom and Yvonne De Swaan Fellowship (Netherlands)
2010 | Production Stipend, Institut Francais des Pays-Bas (Netherlands)
2003 | Travel and research stipend, Institut Français, photography project: 'Typology of Wastelands in Beirut' (France)
2001 | Peggy Guggenheim Collection Internship for art history students, Venice (Italy)
WORKS IN PUBLIC AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Philara Museum, Düsseldorf (Germany)
Centre Pompidou, Paris (France)
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Museum of modern art of Bologne (MAMbo) (Italy)
Dutch central bank (Netherlands)
ABN AMRO bank (Netherlands)
ViaFarini, Milan (Italy)
Andaz-Hyatt, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Allen & Overy, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Rijksakademie v. B. K. collectie, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
DSM, Sittard (Netherlands)
Private collections (Italy, Netherlands, Belgium, France, and Germany)
CATALOGUES / PUBLICATIONS
2018 | "Whatever They Do May It All Turn Out Wrong", museum catalogue of solo exhibition (with Dina Danish), Editions Museo d’Arte Moderna di Bologna, published by CORRAINI edizioni, Italy; English and Italian language
2016 | "Jokes by Jean-Baptiste Maitre" IDFA catalogue (Netherlands)
2016 | "RM Basics 00 Human Needs", catalogue of group exhibition, ReflektorM edition, Maria PLaza Lazo, Munich (Germany)
2015 | "Dust: The Plates of the Present, February 2013 – July 2015", exhibition catalogue, published by Blonde Art Books and Secretary Press, edited by Sonel Breslav, in an edition of 1000. The book will be launched during Printed Matter's New York Art Book Fair 2015 at MoMA PS1.
2015 | "Jean-Baptiste Maitre: This Is What I Meant, Part 1 and 2", online publication at http://flections.net , a project by Aukje Koks, Brussels (Belgium)
2015 | "In Sight, Thoughts on the collection of De Nederlandsche Bank", De Nederlandsche Bank, Catalogue, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
2015 | "Dots, Chance, Pots, Dance, by Jean-Baptiste Maitre", IDFA catalogue (Netherlands)
2013 | "La Salle De Bains, Lyon, Depuis 1999", exhibitions catalogue, Les Presses du Réel.
2012 | "Jean-Baptiste Maitre: Shaped Cinema", Edition: 500 / Jan van Eyck Ac. publishing/ 64 p. Part of the RKD collection.
2011 | "Wallpaperism", exhibition catalogue, edited by BoaBooks
2011 | "Notes towards a critique of money", author Giorgios Papadopoulos, features artworks by Jean-Baptiste Maitre.
2011 | "Villa Tokyo", exhibition catalogue, organized and published by Raster Gallery, Warsaw (Poland)
2011 | "Salon de Montrouge", Catalogue, "Jean-Baptiste Maitre", Text by Clara Schulmann, Editions Particules (France)
2010 | "Open Ateliers 2010", catalogue, Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
2009 | "Open Ateliers 2009", catalogue, Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
2009 | "Chanting Baldessari", exhibition catalogue, authors: Paula Van Den Bosch, Glen Rubsamen, Agata Jastrzabek. Editor: BonnefantenmuseumMaastricht
2007 | "Yearbook 06", Jan van Eyck academie editions, 2007. design: Matthijs van Leeuwen, photography: Jean-Baptiste Maitre
2004 | "D’un espace à l’autre", Catalogue de la 2eme biennale de Saint-Cloud (France)
2003 | "Catalogue Diplomés de L’ENSB-A 2004", CD-rom, edited by ENSB-A