Edition 2012

Jean-Louis Tornato

Born in 1969 in Brignoles, France. Lives and works in Paris and Tokyo.

ENSP 1996 Jean-Louis Tornato studied arts at the University of Aix-en-Provence until 1993, after which he combined a research Masters in art sciences with studies at the ENSP, graduating from the latter in 1996. Since then he has divided his time between artistic research, his own photography (architecture, cinema, portrait, and trends), and a more theoretical commitment to various domains concerning the image (teaching in art school, lectures and workshops, directing photographic missions on behalf of various local authorities). A monograph of his work was published in 2004 (Les Sommeils/Sleepings, 128 pages, 779 Editions) and his work has featured in several collective and individual exhibitions, amongst which: Centre Civic Can Basté, Barcelona; Hôtel-Dieu, Paris; Kawasaki City Museum, Japan; 779 gallery, Paris; Place M gallery, Tokyo; CAPC, Bordeaux; and the Fondation de l’Atelier de Sèvres, Paris. Jean-Louis Tornato’s subject matter includes complex questions about sleep, the unconscious and desire, and he describes worlds in a state of crisis, marked by tragedy, war, catastrophe and pollution.

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