THOMAS PAQUET
French-Canadian artist born in 1979, Thomas Paquet questions the nature of time, the structure of its uninterrupted flow and the dynamics of its movement. Thomas Paquet’s work revolves around the fundamental characteristics of photography, light, space and time, in attempt to create and propose viewers a sensitive experience of the world.
His approach to photography is direct, practical. Experimentation is often central to his research and for each of his projects, a specific procedure is implemented, whether optical, physical or chemical. If silver gelatin films are often at the heart of his creative process, he also uses alternative techniques such as instant films, wet collodion, cyanotypes and other 19th century techniques.
The works produced reveal a truly contemporary dimension while exploring the possibilities and limits of the photographic document from within. They are an invitation to go beyond our representation of reality, blurring the boundaries between science and poetry, materiality and abstraction, objectivity and subjectivity.
SELECTED ARTWORKS
VIDEOS
Thomas Paquet • NFT (VO)
Thomas Paquet and Thierry Bigaignon explain the artist's first NFT drop on Danae.io.
Thomas Paquet • Horizons (VO)
Discover the secrets behind the Horizons series.
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 • 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.
PUBLICATIONS
SOLO SHOWS
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 “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
French Museum of photography
Collection Galiana-Wiart
BnF
Collections privées (France, United States of America, Netherlands, Australia, South Korea )