Jean-luc mylayne biography

Jean-Luc Mylayne was born in Amiens, France in 1946. He has had major solo exhibitions at Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris and the Musée d’Art Moderne, Saint-Etienne; the Photographers’ Gallery, London; the ARC/Muse d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris; and the Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, Florida.

Though he began working in 1976, Mylayne has created no more than 150 photographs, and each is unique. His photographs are the result of a trusting communal existence between artist and subject, often taking weeks or months to produce just one image. It is through this lengthly commitment to his subject that he is able to ‘script’ every aspect of the scene; the bird, Mylayne explains, becomes the ‘actor’ and he becomes the ‘director.’

During his residency, Mr. Mylayne focused on photographing the Mountain Bluebird, commonly found in New Mexico.

JEAN-LUC MYLAYNE
Born 1946 Marquise, France
Lives and works in the world
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Solo Exhibitions

2019

“Jean-Luc Mylayne: A Matter of Place,” The Parrish Art Museum, Watermill, New York

2018

“Le Automne du Paradis,” Kestnergsellschaft, Hannover, Germany [traveled to: Fondation van Gogh, Arles, France (2018), Aargauischer Kunstverein, Aarau, Switzerland (2019); The Long Museum, Shanghai (2019); Kestnergesellschaft, Hanover, Germany (2020); Huis Marseille, Amsterdam (2020)]

2015

"Jean-Luc Mylayne: Mutual Regard," Art Institute of Chicago and The Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago

2014

“Jean-Luc Mylayne,” Gladstone Gallery, New York

2012

“Jean-Luc Mylayne,” Sprüth Magers, Berlin

2011

“Jean-Luc Mylayne,” Gladstone Gallery, Brussels

2010

“Sky Traces in the Hands of Time,” Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid
“To Go Very Softly: Photographs by Jean-Luc Mylayne,” Lannan Foundadtion, Santa Fe

2009

“Jean-Luc Mylayne,” Musée d’art contemporain de Lyon, Lyon, France

2008

“Jean-Luc Mylayne,” Gladstone Gallery, New York

2007

“Jean-Luc Mylayne,” Blaffer Gallery, The Art Museum of the University of Houston, Houston, Texas [traveled to: The Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle; Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, O

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