Biography

In her practice, Virginie is concerned with the dialogue between people, urban spaces and motion. She observes and interacts with people in their everyday — how they belong to, and move through places. Between improvising and staging, they are together disarticulating their spines, phalanges and other bones, finding ways to communicate and experiment with gravity. The resulting installations — often holding in equilibrium — explore the intermittent shift that occurs between the perceiving of a photograph, its constituent, its surroundings and the unpredictability of images.

After completing her MFA at the École Nationale Supérieure Des Beaux Arts de Lyon (France, 2004), Virginie moved to London to continue her post-graduate studies at The Royal College of Art where she obtained in 2006 her MA in Photography. She has since exhibited internationally and taught Photography and Fine Art at universities and workshops across the United Kingdom.

 

Residencies & Prizes

2016

  • Associate Artist, Fermynwoods Contemporary Art, Thrapston, UK

2015

  • Artist in residence, The Swatch Art Peace Hotel, Shanghai, CHN

2014

  • Artist in residence, Chicago, USA

2013

  • Gesture, Artist Residency, The Cube – Contemporary Art Centre, Corby, UK

2012

  • Artist in Residence, Bogatelle, Barcelona, SP

2008

  • Nominated for the Sovereign European Art prize, London, UK

2006

  • Finalist for the 1% Artistique Creps-Bourges, FR
  • The Hiscox Collection Prize, London, UK
  • UBS Portfolio Prize, Royal College of Art, London, UK
  • RCA Society and Thames & Hudson ArtBook Prize, London, UK
  • Artist in residence, La Cité Des Arts, Paris, FR

2004

  • Pézieux prize, École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts de Lyon, FR

2003

  • Artist in residence, Fine Art School, GMIT, Galway, IR

 

Solo Shows

2015

  • 23 – one hundred and seven, installation-workshop 1, The Swatch Art Peace Hotel, Shanghai, CHN

2013

  • Limited Edition Project Space, online, Material Press, Los Angeles, USA
  • Quadrature, The Cube, Corby, England, UK
  • L’absente ou presque, Platform 39, Westland studios, London, UK

2010

  • Ouvrages de Soutènement, Kingsgate Workshop Trust, London, UK

2008

  • Courant D’Air, Hiscox Art Project, London, UK

2004

  • 299 792 km/s, La Vitrine, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts de Lyon, FR

 

Group Shows

2014

  • Fall back, group exhibition with Material Press, LACA, Los Angeles, USA
  • Gesture Closure Event, Fermynwoods Contemporary Arts, The Cube, Corby, UK

2013

  • Open studios, Acava Studios, London, UK
  • Paris Perpendicular, Codex Art Book Fair, Berkeley, USA

2012

  • Open studios, Acava Studios, London, UK
  • Body Material – Parallax 02, Laban Centre, London, UK
  • Paris Perpendicular, The London Art Book Fair, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
  • On The Margins, Doverodde Book Arts Festival IV, Denmark, DK
  • Paris Perpendicular, International Contemporary Artists’ Book Fair, University of Leeds, UK
  • Paris Perpendicular, exhibition of the book, Slack Space, Colchester, UK

2011

  • Paris Perpendicular, Oxford Fine Press Book Fair, Brookes University, Oxford, UK
  • Open studios, Acava Studios, London, UK
  • Paris Perpendicular, book launch, The London Art Book Fair, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
  • Looking For The Photograph, The Minories Art Gallery, Colchester, UK

2010

  • Lovingly, Rose Peebles, Brand Library, Los Angeles, USA
  • Open studios, Acava Studios, London, UK

2009

  • Open studios, Acava Studios, London, UK
  • On Rooftops, Biscuit Bulding, London, UK
  • Rebirth, Islington Art Factory, London, UK

2008

  • Panorama de la jeune Création, Biennale de Bourges, FR
  • Pas De Deux, Asa Briggs Hall, London, UK
  • Open Studios, Acava Studios, London, UK
  • The Art Show, Cafe Royal Regent Street, London, UK

2007

  • Photo Miami 2007, Art fair, Miami, USA
  • Show Off, Art fair, Espace Cardin, Paris, FR
  • Contained, Hiscox Art Project gallery, London, UK
  • Chourouk Hriech and Virginie Litzler, Olivier Houg gallery, Lyon, FR
  • Artfutures 2007, Bloomberg Space, London, UK
  • Arco, Feria de Madrid, Madrid, SP

2006

  • Show Off, Art fair, Espace Cardin, Paris, FR
  • RCA Print Auction, County Hall, London, UK
  • Plug, County Hall, London, UK Generation, Royal College of Art, London, UK
  • Ensemble, La Cité des Arts, Paris, FR
  • Interim Show, Royal College of Art, London, UK

2005

  • RCA Secret, Royal College of Art, London, UK Slowness, Royal College of Art, London, UK
  • Just what is that makes today’s homes so different so appealing, les Subsistances, Lyon, FR Interim Show, Royal College of Art, London, UK

2004

  • Equilibre Absent, La Galerie, Noisy-Le-Sec, Paris, FR
  • Virginie Litzler, Alexandre Ovize and Nicolas Prache, Art centre: Le Château Des Adhémar, Montélimar, FR
  • Rendez-vous, Museum of Contemporary Art, Lyon, FR

 

Talks

2015

  • Work presentation, Art department, Lycée Français, Shanghai

2014

  • Reciprocity, research seminar organized in partnership with the Research department of The Royal College of Art, Trinity-Laban, London
  • Photographic restrictions, Trinity-Laban, London

2013

  • Art, Movement and Touch, Fermynwoods Contemporary Arts, Thrapston
  • What is that makes these bodies move?, Royal College of Art, London
  • Space as a capacity for movement, panel discussion, The Foundry Gallery, London
  • Art and Architecture, talk with architect Adrian Baynes, Fermynwoods Contemporary Arts, Thrapston
  • Photographic Intuition, Trinity-Laban, London
  • Work presentation, University of the Arts, School of Photography, Camberwell, London

2012

  • Work presentation, Trinity-Laban, London

2008

  • Work presentation, University of East London, London
  • Work presentation, Colchester School of Art and Design, Colchester