Frantz Metzger
Bron in 1980. Lives and works in Lyon.
My painting develops around questions linked to the apprehension of reality and its restitution as appearance or image.
The figure, whether human or animal, occupies a central place, first and foremost formally, but also as an object of reflection. Through the interplay of metaphors, analogies and correspondences, the figure can carry meaning as a mirror of temporal life.
“Inner, silent encounters between body and nature”, the appearance and annihilation of figures, led back to the abyss from which they sprang: life, death, earth and sky.
This painting remains an unfinished attempt, an effort to “communicate the incommunicable”, the renewed desire to create images, the place where the distant meets the now in a flash.
CURRICULUM VITAE
Solo shows
2024 Décompositions, galerie L'œil écoute, Lyon (France)
2022 Correspondances, galerie Marie Vitoux, Paris (France)
2021 Peintures, galerie L’œil écoute, Lyon (France)
2019 Selva Oscura, galerie Marie Vitoux, Paris (France)
2017 Souffle, galerie Anne-marie et Roland Pallade, Lyon (France)
2013 La maturation d’un peintre, galerie Anne-marie et Roland Pallade, Lyon (France)
2009 La nuit remue, galerie l’oeil écoute, Lyon (France)
2006 Peintures, MAPRA, Lyon (France)
Group shows
2024 Embrasements, galerie Marie Vitoux, Paris (France)
2022 Salon du dessin, Lyon (France)
2017 L’autre, Parc thermal Le Fayet, St Gervais (France)
2016 Group show, galerie Anne-marie et Roland Pallade, Lyon (France)
2012 Le temps retrouvé, galerie Anne-marie et Roland Pallade, Lyon (France)
2011 Salon de printemps, Lyon (France)
2010 Pourvoir aux Rêves, galerie Anne-marie et Roland Pallade, Lyon (France)
2009 Entre autrefois et aujourd’hui -Acte I, Le Polaris, Corbas (France)
2008 Salon de Mai, Espaces Commines, Paris (France)
2008 15 ans de Polaris/25 ans de Mapra, Le Polaris, Corbas (France)
Rewards
2015 Prix VERDAGUER décerné par l’Académie des Beaux-Arts
2007 Prix Jean Chevalier, galerie Olivier Houg, Lyon (France)
Edition
2017 Catalog "Souffle", galerie Anne-marie et Roland Pallade, Lyon (France)
2017 Catalog « l’autre» Parc thermal Le Fayet, St Gervais (France)
2013 Catalog «la maturation d’un peintre», galerie Anne-marie et Roland Pallade, Lyon (France)
2012 Catalog «Le temps retrouvé», galerie Anne-marie et Roland Pallade, Lyon (France)
2009 Catalog «Entre autrefois et aujourd’hui» (France)
2008 Catalog «Salon de Mai 2008» (France)
2008 Catalog «15 ans de Polaris/25 ans de MAPRA (France)
