Dorothée Selz

Biography Dorothée Selz

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Born in Paris in 1946
Lives and works in Paris

Individual exhibitions: paintings
Installations: Edible ephemeral sculptures (selection)

2011
Sculptures comestibles éphémères
(Edible ephemeral sculptures),
French Institute, Sofitel Hotel,
Rio de Janeiro (BR)
– Les rubans qui volent (The Flyings Ribbons),
edible ephemeral sculptures,
projection of the film about Leonora Carrington
(Phares Collection), quai Branly museum,
Paris (FRA)

2010
– Insolite cocktail (Unusual Cocktail),
edible installation, inauguration
"Les Territoires de l'art modeste"
(Territories of Modest Art), 10 years
of the International Museum of Modest Arts (MIAM),
Sète (FRA)
– Espièglerie (Mischievousness),
edible ephemeral sculptures, inauguration
of "Interware", Maurizio Galante
& Tal Lancman", 7th International Design Biennale,
Art and Industry Museum, Saint-Étienne (FRA)
– Offrande surprise & œuvres parallèles
(Surprise Offering & Parallel works),
paintings and edible ephemeral sculptures,
Théâtre de l'Union / FRAC Limousin (coll.),
Limoges (FRA)
– Trois arches (Three Archs),
edible ephemeral sculptures,
reception Neuflize OBC, FIAC, Grand Palais,
Paris (FRA)
– Trois colonnes (Three Columns),
edible ephemeral sculptures
and exhibition of "Comics" series,
Musée en Herbe, Paris (FRA)

2009
– Tables comestibles (Edible Tables),
edible ephemeral sculptures, closing evening,
French Season in the United Arab Emirates,
Intercontinental Hotel, Abu Dabi (United Arab Emirates)

2008
– Trois pyramides (Three Pyramids),
edible ephemeral sculptures,
inauguration of the French season in Ukraine,
French Institute, Kiev (UKR)
– Ligne incohérente (Incoherent line),
edible ephemeral sculpture,
European Theatre Piedmontese Festival,
Pollenzo Castle (ITA)

2007
– Parterres (Floor Installations),
French Institute, Oslo (NOR)
– Trois colonnes (Three Columns),
Lanchelevici Museum, La Louvière (BEL)
– Pains colorés (Colored Breads),
edible ephemeral sculptures, Madrid (ESP)
– DÉGUSTE (EAT), edible ephemeral sculptures,
French Institutes of Bogota, Medellin, Manizales,
Barranquilla and Popayan (COL)
– Sculptures éphémères comestibles
(Edible ephemeral sculptures),
French Institute, Mayence (DEU)
– Mur comestible (Edible Wall),
inauguration of "20 / Vingt,
l'œil gourmand" (The Greedy Eye), (cat.),
Espace Peiresc, Toulon (FRA)

2006
– Trois tétraèdres (Three Tetrahedrons),
edible ephemeral sculptures,
French Institute, Hyatt Hotels, Buenos Aires
and Mendoza (ARG)
– Lignes murales (Wall Lines),
edible ephemeral sculptures, Art Centre Le Quartier,
Quimper (FRA)
– Residence in the Emily Harvey Foundation,
Venice (ITA)

2005
– Ni Chi Le Ma ? Quoi de neuf ? (What's Up?)
paintings and edible ephemeral sculptures,
Imagine Gallery, Beijing (CHN)
– Sculptures comestibles
(Edible Sculptures), Interfel, "Fruit Logistica",
Berlin (DEU)

2004
– Hommage à l'art populaire
(Tribute to Popular Art), paintings,
Capucins Chapel, Aigues-Mortes (FRA)
– Sculptures comestibles
(Edible Sculptures), Fraîch'Attitude Gallery,
Carrousel du Louvre, Paris (FRA)
– Neuf arches (Nine Archs),
edible ephemeral sculptures,
Fraîch'Attitude Gallery, Le Printemps Shop,
Paris (FRA)

2003
– Offrandes (Offerings), paintings
and edible ephemeral sculptures,
Fraîch'Attitude Gallery (cat.),
Paris (FRA)
– Sage comme les images (Pretty as a Picture),
paintings, Musée de l'Image (cat.), Épinal (FRA)

2002
– Kaléidoscope, paintings, Local Gallery (cat.),
Vitry-sur-Seine (FRA)
– Deux pyramides comestibles (Two Edible Pyramids),
inauguration, 3rd International Design Biennale (cat.),
Saint-Étienne (FRA)
– Ligne biscornue comestible
(Quirky Edible Line), "Design 21", UNESCO, Paris (FRA)
– Bulles (Bubbles), edible ephemeral sculptures,
Nicolas Feuillatte Prize, Passage de Retz, Paris (FRA)
– Sept parterres comestibles
(Seven Edible Floor Installations),
"Festival international du Conte"
(International Story Festival), Conciergerie, Paris (FRA)

2001
– Enfance (Childhood), paintings,
Esther Woerdehoff Gallery (cat.), Paris (FRA)
– Dots all over, edible ephemeral sculptures,
Felissimo Show Room, New York (USA)
– Hommage à Elvis Presley (Tribute to Elvis Presley),
edible ephemeral sculptures,
International Museum of Modest Arts (cat.), Sète (FRA)
– Un aspect du comestible (One Aspect of the Edible),
painting, Chamarande Departmental Estate,
Chamarande (FRA)
– Fresque comestible (Edible Fresco),
inauguration of the Balsamine Theatre,
Bruxelles (BEL)

2000
– Trois arches entrecroisées (Three Interweaving Archs),
edible ephemeral sculptures,
inauguration of the 2nd International Design Biennale,
Mine Museum (cat.), Saint-Étienne (FRA)
– La table servie (The Dressed Table),
from Niépce, edible ephemeral sculptures,
"Le grand album», Nicéphone Niépce Museum (cat.),
Chalon-sur-Saône (FRA)
– Paysage architectural (Architectural Landscape),
edible ephemeral sculptures,
reception of the mayor's wishes, Jean-Vilar Theatre,
Vitry-sur-Seine (FRA)
– Arche, edible ephemeral sculpture,
evening at the Pompidou Centre, Paris (FRA)

1999
– La beauté et la bête (Beauty and the Beast),
paintings (with Charlemagne Palestine),
J&J Donguy Gallery, Paris (FRA)
– Gribouillages (Doodles), paintings,
Gastaud Gallery, Clermont-Ferrand (FRA)

1998
– Gribouillages, Gastaud & Caillard Gallery),
Paris (FRA)
– Arbres comestibles (Edible Trees),
edible ephemeral sculptures,
OPEL, Automobile Show, Paris (FRA)

1997
– Mur comestible (Edible Wall),
sculpture comestible éphémère,
Traverse Design, Paris (FRA)

1996
– Hommage à Bach (Tribute to Bach),
edible installation, press diner, Carles Santos show,
Teatre dels Comedians, Canet de Mar, Barcelona (ESP)
– Le sujet de l'exposition (The Subject of the Exhibition),
J&J Donguy Gallery, Paris (FRA)
– Colonnes (Columns), edible ephemeral sculptures,
25 years of the Environment Ministry,
Saint-Cloud Park, Paris (FRA)

1995
– Partitions & Métronomes, edible ephemeral sculptures,
Inauguration of the Cité de la Musique
(architect: Christian de Portzamparc), Paris (FRA)
– Paysage mural, edible ephemeral sculptures, inauguration, Centre d'Art Le Quartier, Quimper (FRA)

1994
– Sculptures comestibles,
inauguration "Histoires d'eau" (Water Stories),
Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris (FRA)

1993 –Performance comestible (Edible Performance),
Virreina Palace, Barcelona (ESP)

1992
– Fertilité (Fertility),
edible ephemeral sculptures, inauguration
"Des mythologies de la fertilité aux limites
de la science" (Of Fertility Mythologies,
at the Fringe of Science), Joan Miro Foundation,
KRTU (cat.), Barcelona (ESP)

1991
– Sucré Salé (Sugary Salty),
paintings and edible ephemeral sculptures,
Le Parvis (cat.), Pau (FRA)
– Fresque ondulée comestible (Edible Undulating Fresco),
inauguration of the Jeu de Paume National Gallery
(architect: Antoine Stinco), Paris (FRA)
– Colonnes ondulées (Undulating Columns),
F.A.D. Design Centre, Barcelona (ESP)

1990
– D'après Gouffé (From Gouffé),
paintings and double arch,
edible ephemeral sculptures,
Galerie Arcs & Cracs (cat.), Barcelona (ESP)
– Ligne passant par la fenêtre
(Line Going Through the Window,
edible ephemeral sculptures,
inauguration of Di Rosa's Book "Azerty "Le Robot",
CAPC Contemporary Art Musuem (cat.), Bordeaux (FRA)

1988
– Le livre de Jules Gouffé (Jules Gouffé's Book),
paintings, Lara Vincy Gallery, Paris (FRA)
– Sugar Arch, ephemeral edible sculpture,
American Craft Museum (cat.), New York (USA)

1987
– Palissade (Fence),
photographs on 60 metres of fence,
Le Bon Marché Shop, Paris (FRA)
– Découpes (Cuts), paintings,
Claudine Bréguet Gallery, Paris (FRA)
– Deux grandes arches (Two Large Archs),
Polygone, Lyon (FRA)

1985
– Cut out, paintings,
Emily Harvey Gallery (cat.),
New York (USA)
– Sculpture de pastèque et danseuse du ventre
(Watermelon sculpture and belly dancer),
International Dance Festival,
Aix-en-Provence (FRA)

1984
– Sculpture comestible avec hommes nus
(Edible Sculpture with Naked Men),
inauguration "New York à Marseille" (New York in Marseilles)
(coll. Leo Castelli), Arca, Roger Pailhas Gallery,
Marseilles (FRA)
– Découpes (Cuts), installation,
Civil Aviation National School (cat.), Toulouse (FRA)

1983
– Lignes (Lines), installation,
Joan Miro Foundation (cat.), Barcelona (ESP)

1980
– Façades et Paysages (Façades and Landscapes),
paintings, Jacques-Prévert Cultural Centre (cat.),
Villeparisis (FRA)

1976
– Mimétisme relatif (Relative Mimicry),
paintings, Contrejour Gallery (cat.), Paris (FRA)

1975
– Mimétisme relatif, paintings,
Sala Vinçon, Barcelona (ESP)

1974
– Façades, paintings,
Multitude Gallery, Paris (FRA)

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Exhibition Curator

1978 Dorothée Selz is the curator of the "Sucre d'Art"
(Sugar Art) exhibition, which groups poplar sugar
craftwork from Latin America, Asia and Europe,
pastry masterpieces, Art Brut creations
and Eat Art works from Daniel Spoerri's collection.
Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris (FRA)

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Films

2005
– "Dorothée Selz / Portrait" 26 mn,
ARTE Production in L'art et la manière (Art and Manner),
Directed by Véronique Aubouy
and Jean-Marc Chapoulie (FRA)

1995
– "Dorothée Selz / Éternel éphémère"
(Dorothée Selz / Eternal Ephemeral) 52 mn,
Virtuel Production, directed by François Demerliac,
Paris (FRA)

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"Eat Art" Creations and "Ceremonials" performances

1980
– Daniel Spoerri's Eat Art Festival,
Maison de la Culture, Châlon-sur-Saône (FRA)

1972
– Eat the Colours at Arman's, New York (USA)

1971
– Miralda-Selz traiteurs-coloristes
(Mirada-Selz Color-Caterers),
Eat Art Gallery and Spoerri Restaurant,
Düsseldorf (DEU)
– Repas en quatre couleurs (Dinner in Four Colors),
Miralda-Selz traiteurs-coloristes,
Givaudan Gallery, Paris (FRA)
– Rituel en quatre couleurs (Ritual in Four Colors),
7th Paris Biennalle with Antoni Miralda
and Jaume Xifra, Parc de Vincennes, Paris (FRA)

1970
– Gâteau design (Design Cake),
with Antoni Miralda, "À table" (Let's eat),
Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris (FRA)
– Buffet de la gare (Railway Station Buffet),
with Antoni Miralda, "100 artistes dans la ville"
(100 Artists in the City) (cat.) Montpellier (FRA)
– Dîner pour Pierre Restany (Dinner for Pierre Restany),
with Antoni Miralda, 123 rue de l'Ouest, Paris (FRA)
– Buffet coloré (Colored Buffet),
with Antoni Miralda and Jaume Xifra,
Kürten Festival (DEU)
– Fête en blanc (Party in White),
with Antoni Miralda, Joan Rabascall
and Jaume Xifra, Verderonne Castle (FRA)

1969
– Mémorial (Memorial), in collaboration
with Antoni Miralda, Joan Rabascall and Jaume Xifra,
Verderonne Castle (FRA)
– Noir, mauve et barbe à papa
(Black, Mauve, and Candyfloss), in collaboration
with Antoni Miralda, Joan Rabascall, Benett Rossell,
and Jaume Xifra, American Center, Paris (FRA)

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Group Exhibitions (selection)

2011
– Moderne et Présent, changement de siècle
de la collection du MACBA Musée d'art
contemporain (Modern and Present,
a Change of Century in the Collection
of the MACBA Contemporary Art Museum of Barcelona)
de Barcelona (ESP)

2010
– De Gustibus non disputandum,
Miralda retrospective exhibition,
Museo Nacional Centro de arte Reina Sofia,
Madrid (ESP)

2009
– A Book about Death, Emily Harvey Foundation,
New York (USA)

2007 - De Gustibus..., Broelmuseum, Courtrai (BEL)

2006
– L'œil gourmand, Espace Peiresc "20/vingt" (cat.),
Toulon (FRA)

2005
– Picnic Utopic, Fraîch'Attitude Gallery (cat.),
Paris (FRA)

2004
– Daniel Spoerri presents Eat Art,
Fraîch'Attitude Gallery (cat.), Paris (FRA)
– Hors d'œuvre: ordre et désordres
da la nourriture (Hors d'œuvre: order and disorder in food),
CAPC Contemporary Art Museum (cat.), Bordeaux (FRA)

2003
– Fondation Camille, une collection
(Camille Foundation, a Collection),
Departmental museum of contemporary and ancient art,
Épinal (FRA)

2002
– Fridge, Fraîch'Attitude Gallery (cat.), Paris (FRA)

2001
– Daniel Spoerri et le Eat Art
(Daniel Spoerri and the Eat Art),
Jeu de Paume National Gallery (cat.), Paris (FRA)
– 17 Artistes (17 Artists),
Chamarande Estate (cat.), Chamarande (FRA)

2000
– Lamboulay Windmill(cat.), Jouy (FRA)
– Aragon Library (cat.), Choisy-le-Roy (FRA)

1999
– Autour du zéro (Around Zero), Annie Lagier Gallery,
L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue (FRA)
– À table ! (Let's Eat!), H.S. Steinek Gallery,
Vienna (AUT)
– Gastaud & Caillard Gallery, Paris (FRA)

1996
– Vraiment, Féminisme et art
(Feminism and Art, Really), Le Magasin (cat.),
Grenoble (FRA)

1995
– Nourritures (Foods),
Cornélius Hertz Gallery, Bremen (DEU)

1993
– Palais Palettes, CIES (cat.), Paris (FRA)

1990
– Timbres d'artistes (Artists' stamps),
Espace Peiresc, Toulon (FRA)
– L'Abbaye aux dames (The Ladies Abbey),
Saintes Abbey (cat.), Saintes (FRA)
– Members Only, Galeria Carles Poy (cat.),
Barcelona (ESP)

1989
– Les nourritures de l'art (Art Foods),
Aire Libre (cat.), Évry (FRA)
– LU a living heritage, New York French Institute (cat.),
New York (USA)
– Bons baisers d'artistes (From Artists With Love),
Pompidou Centre (cat.), Paris (FRA)
– Théâtre Magie Abdul Alafrez, Neuchâtel (CH)

1988
– Confectioner's art, American Craft Museum (cat.),
New York (USA)

1987
– À manger des yeux (To Eat With Eyes),
Musée des Arts Décoratifs (cat.), Lausanne (CH)

1984
– John Armleder, Charlemagne Palestine, Dorothée Selz,
Halle Sud (cat.), Geneva (CH)
– Carnaval Cent, Galerie contemporaine
des Musées de Nice (cat.), Nice (FRA)

1982
– Installations, American Center, Paris (FRA)
– Sans titre (Untitled), Toulon Museum (cat.),
Toulon (FRA)

1981
– Paintings (Paintings), Entrepôts Lainé (cat.),
Bordeaux (FRA)

1980
– Écouter par les yeux (Listening Through the Eyes),
ARC Modern Art Museum (cat.), Paris (FRA)

1978
– Le Temps des gares (The Time of Railway Stations),
Pompidou Centre (cat.), Paris (FRA)

1977
– Boutique Aberrante de Daniel Spoerri
(The Absurd Boutique of Daniel Spoerri),
Centre Georges Pompidou (cat.), Paris (FRA)

1976
– Grandes femmes Petits formats (Great Women,
Small Sizes), Iris Clert Gallery (cat.), Paris (FRA)
– La Boîte (The Box), ARC Modern Art Museum (cat.),
Paris (FRA)
– Wien (1876-1913), Galerie Mathias Fels (cat.),
Paris (FRA)

1969
– Hanover Gallery, London (UK)

1967
– Science-fiction, curator Harald Szeemann,
Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris (FRA)
and Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf (DEU)