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EDUCATION
1995/1998            École Nationale Supérieure des beaux-Arts, Paris (option multimedia)
1995/1998            Unniversité of Paris La Sorbonne, philosophy
1990/1995            École Nationale Supérieure Estienne, Paris, applied arts, specialization in graphic design

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011
La Destitution de la Jeune Fille (The Deposition of the Young Girl), Haines Gallery, San Francisco CA

2010
La Destitution de la Jeune Fille, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA

2009                      
Hortensia Suitcase Delux, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA   
Se quitter à Baden-Baden, Gandy Gallery, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

2008
The Judge, Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany

2005
Flowers Choir, Taubenstrasse gallery, Stuttgart, Germany

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010
Retro-tech, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA

2008                        
Banal Strangeness, The Cottage, San Francisco, CA

2007                        
City of Strangers, in Tulca 2007, Galway, Ireland
Motif Fleuri, in Art is Flowering, Kunsthalle of Pforzheim, Germany

2006                        
Design for corridor, in Misunderstanding design, Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany

2005                       
The North the South, in In Expectation of..., Römerstrasse gallery, Stuttgart. Collaboration with
Laercio Redondo.

2002                        
Soirée Los Flamingos, (performance, installation, screening) event in the Palais de Tokyo, Paris             
Cérémonie du thé pour Lady Di, performance for the opening of the Palais de Tokyo, Paris             
Domino Party, Gallery Glassbox, Paris
Soirée Loveliplan, installation and screening, Centre d’Art Contemporain de Sète, France

2000                        
Valentine delivery service, with Seul-Gi Lee, performance, Paris
Boutiques de... , 6 month exhibition program at Galerie Saint Eustache, Paris, co-curated with Seul-Gi Lee and      Charlotte Beaurepaire
Ralentisseurs, installation in the Caisse des dépôts et Consignations, Paris, invited by J-L Vilmouth

SELECTED WEB SITES
2008   www.katya-bonnenfant.com  
           www.cityofstrangers.org, for the art festival Tulca 2007, Galway, Ireland
2007   www.weareallmonsters.org, personal web site regrouping all the «monster’s activities»
           www.hermanshouse.org, web site for The House That Herman Built, project by artist activist Jackie                               Sumell and Herman Wallace, black panther, prisoner for 35 years in Angola, Texas
2006   Animation for www.shift.de, German independent edition about graphic design (no longer online)
2005   Animation for www.shift.jp, Japanese online magazine for graphic design and art
           www.paris.com commissioned website for the touristic activities of Paris (no longer online)
2004   www.sketch.uk.com, web site for Sketch, London (video art gallery/restaurant/bars/club)
2002   www.saisonnumerique.org, website for the Culture French Ministry about the electronic art scene in                               France (not online anymore)
2002   www.erbavalence.fr, website of the École Régionale des Beaux Arts de Valence, France
2001   www.palaisdetokyo.com, first website of the Palais de Tokyo, Paris (not online anymore)

OTHER PROJECTS
2006   The Carpet, stage design and interactive animations for a dance show with children at Dovercourt Public                       School, Toronto, Canada
2003   Promotional film for Les Inrockuptibles, a French art criticism weekly magazine
2002   Tokyo TV, art direction, logo animations and design for the Palais de Tokyo’s television
2001   Sound design for the French Motion Picture Gold, directed by Ange Leccia and Dominique Gonzalez                       Foerster (official selection Festival de Cannes 2002)
           Sound design and editing for the films of Dominique Gonzalez Foerster : Riyo, Central, Plage

TEACHING
2008   Professor invitation from CCA, San Francisco, CA
2006   Professor at the Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts de Lyon, France
2004   Workshop instructor at the Ecole Régionale des beaux Arts de Valence, France
2001/2002   Assistant professor for sound, video and internet, in le Pavillon, study program of the Palais de                                             Tokyo, Paris, France

AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS
2007   Residency in the art center of Inis Oìrr, Ireland, invited by Tulca Art Festival, Galway
2006   Residency fellowship at the Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany
2002   Website of the year, awarded by the French artistic director’s club for the site www.palaisdetokyo.com
1998   Residency fellowship at the Musashino Art University, Tokyo, Japan, given by the French Fondation                       Maurice Colin-Lefrancq

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2011
Fallah, Amir, “The Old Boys Club.” Beautiful Decay, September 21, 2011.
Carlson, Michele, “La Destitution de la Jeune Fille.” Art Practical, February 10, 2011.
Smith, Kara Q., “Dancing and Touching.” ARTslant San Francisco, February 8, 2011.
“The Art of Katya Bonnenfant aka The Old Boys’ Club.” Juxtapoz, January 18, 2011.
Wood, Sura, “Coming soon to an art gallery near you.” Bay Area Reporter, January 2011.
Ewart, Nancy, “The artist formerly known as Katya Bonnenfant at Haines.” The Examiner,January 18, 2011.
De Cristofaro, Dorothy, “La Destitution de la Jeune Fille.” House, January 5, 2011.

2009   
Se quitter à Baden-Baden (exhibition catalogue). Prague. Gandy Gallery, 2009.

2007   
“Dazed Digital 50: the 50 individuals and groups behind the most creative projects on the web today.”                        Dazed and Confused, June 2007.
Art is Flowering (exhibition catalogue).  Pforzheim. Kunsthalle Pforzheim, 2007.

2006  
 Was machen sie dort am Schloss? (yearbook of the Akademie Schloss Solitude, Germany)

2005   
Cover and interview in the online Japanese art and design magazine shift, june 2005
“Creator close up.” Web Designing, March 2005.

2003   
Flash Design 2002-2003.  Japan. Ascii publishing, 2003.

2002   
“Taschen’s favorite websites.” Germany, 2002.
“Interdit aux Hommes.” Jalouse April 2002.
“The 50 people who make the web this year.” Liberation March 2002.