THOMAS PAQUET
Born in 1979, French-Canadian artist Thomas Paquet explores the nature of time, the structure of its continuous flow, and the dynamics of its movement. His work engages with the fundamental elements of photography, light, space and time, to offer a sensitive experience of the world.
His approach is direct and experimental. Each project is based on a specific procedure, whether optical, physical or chemical. While silver gelatin film often lies at the heart of his process, he also works with historical techniques such as wet collodion, cyanotype, instant film and other nineteenth century processes.
His works, grounded in a resolutely contemporary dimension, examine the possibilities and limits of photographic documentation from within. They blur the boundaries between science and poetry, materiality and abstraction, objectivity and subjectivity, inviting viewers to reconsider their perception of reality.
In 2023, Thomas Paquet took part in Orizzonti | Rosso, the inaugural exhibition of PM23 in Rome, the new venue of the Valentino Garavani and Giancarlo Giammetti Foundation. He presented two Grand Panoramic Horizons, monumental chromogenic prints spanning 112 feet along the curved walls of the largest gallery. His works appeared alongside major pieces by Picasso, Warhol, Rothko, Basquiat, Bacon, Twombly, Richter, Kapoor, Fontana, Koons, Hirst, Hantaï, Bourgeois, Boetti, Burri and Penn, as well as fifty iconic creations by Valentino.
SELECTED ARTWORKS
VIDEOS
Thomas Paquet • Horizons (VO)
Discover the secrets behind the Horizons series.
Thomas Paquet • The Shadow of Time
Moving from the intangible to the tangible by revealing what is invisible to the naked eye, the French artist offers us a poetic idea of the passage of time.
Thomas Paquet • The Observatory (VOEST)
The digital artwork “L'Observatoire”, explained by Thomas Paquet.
Thomas Paquet • Ils écoutent la couleur
Get the behind the scenes of this unique series.
Thomas Paquet • Rien n’échappe à la lumière
For the exhibition of the eponymous name, Thomas Paquet talks to Léonie Alma Mason.
Thomas Paquet - Lunar Eclipse 21-01-19
French artist Thomas Paquet tells the story of one of his favorite images, entitled Éclipse Lunaire 21-01-19.
Thomas Paquet • NFT (VO)
Thomas Paquet and Thierry Bigaignon explain the artist's first NFT drop on Danae.io.
PUBLICATIONS
SOLO SHOWS
2025 “Oh Light!”, Bigaignon, Paris, France
2023 “De la chambre noire”, Salon a ppr oc he, Paris, France
2023 “L’horizon des connaissances”, Cité Internationale des Arts , Paris, France
2023 “Rien n’échappe à la lumière”, Bigaignon, Paris, France
2021 “A rêver comme je rêve - We are”, Bigaignon, Paris, France
2021 “Meanwhile the sun rolls around”, Bigaignon, Paris, France
2019 “Horizons”, Centre culturel Le Moulin de la filature, Le Blanc, France
2019 “Fragments”, Festival L’image Satellite, Vence, France
2018 “Fragments #1”, Bigaignon, Paris, France
GROUP SHOWS
2025 - Rosso - PM23, Fondazione Valentino Garavani e Giancarlo Giammetti - Rome, Italie
2025 “Ligne(s) de mire”, off-site exhibition at the Bonisson Art Center, Bigaignon, Rognes, France
2024 Paris Photo, Bigaignon, Paris, France
2024 “La couleur est la lumière”, Le point du jour, Cherbourg, France
2024 Art Brussels, Bigaignon, Paris, France
2024 Art Paris, Bigaignon, Paris, France
2024 “Les formes du temps”, Topographie de l’art, Paris, France
2023 “De la chambre noire”, Salon a ppr oc he, Paris, France
2023 “Épreuves de la matière”, BnF, Paris, France
2023 “Biennale de l’Image Tangible”, Galerie Charlot, Paris, France
2023 Private Choice, Paris, France
2023 (In)Material, Paris, France
2023 Marais DigitArt, Paris, France
2023 “The Dialectic of the Shadow”, Bigaignon, Paris, France
2023 Art Paris, Bigaignon, Paris, France
2022 “Chair de Temps”, Bigaignon, Paris, France
2022 “Éclipse”, Charles Zana, Paris, France
2022 D3sign Capsule, Musée des Archives Nationales, Paris, France
2022 “Blue Interlude”, Bigaignon, Paris, France
2022 “NFT, one of a kinds”, Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
2022 “Radical Perspectives”, Bigaignon, Paris, France
2021 Paris Photo, Bigaignon, Paris, France
2021 “Circus”, Galerie le 56, Nantes, France
2020 “United”, Bigaignon, Paris, France
2019 “Horizons”, Salon a ppr oc he, Paris, France
2019 “Temps présent”, Angles sur l’Anglin, France
2019 “L’ombre des heures”, Salon a ppr oc he, Paris, France
DISTINCTIONS
2023 Laureate of the PICTO LAB/EXPÉRIMENTER L'IMAGE residency
2023 Selected at the Biennial of l'image tangible
2023 BMW Art Makers Award finalist
2022 Finalist for the Swiss Life 4 Hands Prize
2021 Finalist of the Print Award Florence and Damien Bachelot - CIPGP
2021 Short List of the Photo Prize at the Hyères International Photography Festival
2020 Short List of the Fondation des Treilles Residence
COLLECTIONS
Fondazione Valentino Garavani e Giancarlo Giammetti
Musée Français de la Photographie Collection Galiana-Wiart
Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF)
Private collections in France, the United States of America, the Netherlands, Australia & South Korea