Nolwenn
Brod

Nolwenn Brod

biographY

Born in 1987, Nolwenn Brod is a French artist based in Paris. She has been a member of the VU’ agency since 2016 and has been represented by the VU’ gallery since 2014.

Nolwenn Brod builds a phenomenological photography, one that places the experience of the encounter at the heart of the creative process. It all began in Ireland in the footsteps of her father (Va-t’en me perdre où tu voudras, 2015 – Poursuite Editions), then in cities with an industrial or port history, affected by war: Lodz, Warsaw, Gdansk in Poland, Beirut in Lebanon and more recently Brest in Brittany.

There is often a question of the representation of an inner struggle, of a duel, of the forms created by the conflicting forces. Each portrait, each individual case, is necessary; the photographic bodies are society. The meticulous observation of significant everyday gestures, the micro-sensation, the micro-event, the lability of the present moment between beings and their ontology nourish his work. With, on, under, through, would be as many conjunctions to apprehend the environment and the inhabitants in and with whom she is brought to work.

The projects are often nourished by literary companionship: Witold Gombrowicz’s structuralism of the street accompanies her in Poland during the production of Le Temps de l’immaturité (2018-21, in progress); in Creuse, along the lines of Gilles Deleuze, she composes the photographs of La Ritournelle (2015-16); more recently, Jean-Luc Nancy, Charles S. Peirce or Tanguy Viel inspire Les Hautes solitudes à Brest (2021-22 in progress).

She develops her projects within the framework of creative residencies in France and Europe where she mixes photography and video; and in parallel responds to commissions for the press and institutions.

Her work is regularly exhibited in France and Europe and is part of the collections of the Bnf, the Musée Nicéphore Niépce, the Musée de Bretagne, the Villa Noailles, the Agnès b collection, the Neuflize OBC company fund, art libraries and private collections.
His first book was published by Poursuite in 2015, the second is in preparation (Les hautes solitudes).

SEries

Les Hautes Solitudes, 2021-2022

Series | Following an invitation from the Champs Libres/Musée de Bretagne in Rennes to produce a new series in Brittany, Nolwenn Brod chose to work on Brest, her native city in which "she has never lived."

Overview, 2015-2022

Series | A selection of images from different series made between 2011 and 2022.

Le Temps de l'immaturité, 2018

Series | Series initiated in Lodz, Poland in 2018, that explores the reality of polish youth, whose bodies are in the grip of the discomfort of political, social and introspective tensions.

Les affinités électives, 2018

Series | Photographs from the creative residency in Beirut in October 2018 as part of the Elie Saab Prize / 32nd Hyères Festival, 2018.

La Ritournelle, 2015

Series | A testimony about the life of a couple, turned upside down by a change of location and the birth of a child.

Diego, 2015

Series | A series situated between fiction and reality, evoking the history of the town when it became too small to receive foreign labour after the war, mixed with the daily life of the town's residents.

Va t'en me perdre où tu voudras, 2011

Series | A journey along the photographer's father footsteps, after he passed away in Ireland.

Les Hautes Solitudes, 2021-2022

Series | Following an invitation from the Champs Libres/Musée de Bretagne in Rennes to produce a new series in Brittany, Nolwenn Brod chose to work on Brest, her native city in which "she has never lived."

Overview, 2015-2022

Series | A selection of images from different series made between 2011 and 2022.

Le Temps de l'immaturité, 2018

Series | Series initiated in Lodz, Poland in 2018, that explores the reality of polish youth, whose bodies are in the grip of the discomfort of political, social and introspective tensions.

Les affinités électives, 2018

Series | Photographs from the creative residency in Beirut in October 2018 as part of the Elie Saab Prize / 32nd Hyères Festival, 2018.

La Ritournelle, 2015

Series | A testimony about the life of a couple, turned upside down by a change of location and the birth of a child.

Diego, 2015

Series | A series situated between fiction and reality, evoking the history of the town when it became too small to receive foreign labour after the war, mixed with the daily life of the town's residents.

Va t'en me perdre où tu voudras, 2011

Series | A journey along the photographer's father footsteps, after he passed away in Ireland.

Les Hautes Solitudes, 2021-2022

Series | Following an invitation from the Champs Libres/Musée de Bretagne in Rennes to produce a new series in Brittany, Nolwenn Brod chose to work on Brest, her native city in which "she has never lived."

Overview, 2015-2022

Series | A selection of images from different series made between 2011 and 2022.

Le Temps de l'immaturité, 2018

Series | Series initiated in Lodz, Poland in 2018, that explores the reality of polish youth, whose bodies are in the grip of the discomfort of political, social and introspective tensions.

Les affinités électives, 2018

Series | Photographs from the creative residency in Beirut in October 2018 as part of the Elie Saab Prize / 32nd Hyères Festival, 2018.

La Ritournelle, 2015

Series | A testimony about the life of a couple, turned upside down by a change of location and the birth of a child.

Diego, 2015

Series | A series situated between fiction and reality, evoking the history of the town when it became too small to receive foreign labour after the war, mixed with the daily life of the town's residents.

Va t'en me perdre où tu voudras, 2011

Series | A journey along the photographer's father footsteps, after he passed away in Ireland.

short films

Interviews

VISION #54 — Nolwenn Brod
Vision(s)
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Interview by Nando Gizzi,
Produced by Aliocha Boi/ Noyau.studio

“Obsessed with signs”, as she defines herself, Nolwenn Brods her photographic’s story by following the power of details and forms, in search of a rhythm which the meeting is the center – what happens between her and the other. She calls it the “interstice”. 

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“Les hautes solitudes”, program “Par les temps qui courent”
France Culture
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Program directed by Marie Richeux, 2023.

Interview with Nolwenn Brod for her exhibition “Les hautes solitudes” at the Musée de Bretagne- Les champs Libres.
 

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Photographing one’s relation to the other
Les Champs Libres
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Interview of Nolwenn Brod about her series Hautes Solitudes and her encounter with Claire.

 

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“It is the stammering of the moment that is just born that interests me.”
Les Champs Libres
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Interview conducted for the exhibition Les hautes solitudes presented at the Musée de Bretagne. Interview by Antoine Blanchet.

 

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“In Rennes, “Les Hautes solitudes” by Nolwenn Brod” program “Affaire à suivre”
France Culture
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Program directed by Arnaud Laporte, Lucile Commeaux, Marie Sorbier, 2022.
With “Les Hautes solitudes”, Nolwenn Brod directs her gaze to Brittany and its inhabitants, exploring the many dimensions of the city of Brest.

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Interview for France Fine Art during the exhibition at La galerie du jour Agnès b.
France Fine Art
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Interview with Nolwenn Brod, 2021.

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Interview for the exhibition at La Fab, Galerie du Jour, Agnès b
La Fab
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Interview with Nolwenn Brod, 2021.

“The Villa Noailles in pictures”, “Regardez Voir” program
France Inter
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Program directed by Brigitte Patient, 2017. Interview with Nolwenn Brod, Paul Rousteau, and Raphaëlle Stopin, about the photo exhibitions of the Festival in Hyères.

 

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EXHIBITIONS

“Le Temps de l’immaturité”
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Photography Biennale of Mulhouse
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From September to October 2020

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“Le Temps de l’immaturité”
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La Galerie du jour, Agnès b. (Paris)
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From 11 November to 1rst December 2021

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“Le Temps de l’immaturité”
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Photography Biennale of Mulhouse
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From Septembre to Octobre 2020

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“Le Temps de l’immaturité”
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Lodz Fotofestiwal (Pologne)
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From June 13 to 30 2019

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“Devenirs”
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Galerie Confluence, Nantes, France
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From 4 May to 22 June 2019

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“La Ritournelle””
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Galerie VU’, Paris, France
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From 09 September to 28 October 2017

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“La Ritournelle”
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International Fashion and Photography Festival of Hyères, France
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From 27 April to 24 May 2017

“La Ritournelle”
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Château d’eau Gallery, Toulouse
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From 08 to 30 April 2017

BOOKS

Va-t'en me perdre où tu voudras

Publisher: Poursuite Éditions

Va-t'en me perdre où tu voudras

Publisher: Poursuite Éditions

Va-t'en me perdre où tu voudras

Publisher: Poursuite Éditions