Created in 2002 and based in the Region Rhône-Alpes, Rendez-vous is an international platform dedicated to young creative artists. Curated by the Musée d'art contemporain de Lyon, the Ecole nationale des beaux-arts de Lyon and the Institut d'art contemporain, Villeurbanne / Rhône-Alpes, it is being further built up through collaboration from international partners.
This year, Rendez-vous 09 takes place at the Institut d'art contemporain à Villeurbanne and is a focus of the Xth Biennale de Lyon. The exhibition includes twenty artists of ten different nationalities and enables them to produce novel projects in painting, sculpture, video, installation, etc. It confirms the commitment of the partners of the previous edition (Moscow, Beijing, Buenos Aires) while opening up a broader international base by developing notably including the biennials with which Lyon is closely involved: the Biennials of Taipei, Istanbull, Moscow, Sante Fe, Liverpool, Mercosul, Yokohama Triennale..., not forgetting Bandjoun and Vilnius.
Artists
Martí Anson, Botto e Bruno, Valery Chtak, Gintaras Didziapetris, Dilomprizulike, dran, Verónica Gómez, Kevin Hunt, Takehiro Iikawa, Armand Jalut, Magali Lefevbre, Elodie Lesourd, Nadia Lichtig, Charles Lopez, Laurina Paperina, Ludovic Paquelier, Bettina Samson, Kuang-Yu Tsui, Özlem Uzun, Ji Zhou
Curators
Thierry Raspail & Isabelle Bertolotti, Musée d'art contemporain de Lyon
Nathalie Ergino, Institut d'art contemporain, Villeurbanne / Rhône-Alpes
Yves Robert, École nationale des beaux-arts de Lyon
Exceptional opening during the professional days of Xth Biennale de Lyon, the September 14 and 15, 2009
Institut d'art contemporain
Villeurbanne
More information
The 2009 edition opens up some new prospects.
The Rendez-vous platform is now giving rise to an exhibition in Rhône-Alpes Region and to residences, and the following year international exchanges (residences and shows). This year's exhibition is being held at the Institut d'art contemporain, Villeurbanne and is a focus of the Xth Biennale de Lyon. Meanwhile, there are ongoing international exchanges.
The years 2008-2009 saw four young artists at residence in Lyon:
- He An (China)
- Catalina Leon (Argentina)
- Tom Scicluna (USA)
- Andrey Ustinov (Russia)
And four artists from Rhône-Alpes in residence abroad:
- Elise Cam at the Bass Museum of Art in Miami,
- Dae Jin Choi at the National Centre of Contemporary Art of Moscou
- Yan Gao at the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing
- Linda Sanchez in Buenos Aires
