François Benoit Lison (1968 - )
Biography
Born in Granville on April 14, 1968.
François Benoît-Lison was initially inspired by a figurative approach, which gradually evolved to give way to an abstraction that was first lyrical and then more contrasted, where black reigns supreme. Black is his colour, sometimes dark, sometimes bright, without limit, it can be dominating and soft. It can accept the encounter with other colours but remains the guiding thread.
After acrylic and oil, bituminous pastes and inks open another door for him, that of the much deeper and more contemporary abstract with the possibility of working with these materials in several aspects and forms.
Since the end of the 80's, the artist offers us works full of research, reflection and philosophy, charged with a strong and raw message, bringing his thoughts to light and leaving an indelible imprint on them.
Abstraction is his adventure, his freedom, his fight, his dreams, his rage, his solitude.
The works of Jackson Pollock, Caravaggio, Egon Schiele, Pierre Soulages and André Marfaing are major references for the artist.
In September 2022, the Sarto Gallery is proud to release its first catalogue raisonné, which covers the artist's career from 1998 to 2021 (nearly 850 works) in over 200 pages.
His book is available at the gallery on request and on our website.
Selected artworks
François Benoit Lison (1968 - )
From Black
Lacquer on canvas
130 x 97 cm / 51.2 x 38.2 in.
2020
François Benoit Lison (1968 - )
Division
Lacquer and walnut stain on canvas
130 x 97 cm / 51.2 x 38.2 in.
2022
François Benoit Lison (1968 - )
Cendré
Lacquer and acrylic on canvas
130 x 97 cm / 51.2 x 38.2 in.
2022
François Benoit Lison (1968 - )
Pilum
Lacquer on canvas
130 x 97 cm / 51.2 x 38.2 in.
2023
François Benoit Lison (1968 - )
Sépia
Lacquer and walnut stain on canvas
81 x 65 cm | 31 7/8 x 25 5/8 in.
2022
François Benoit Lison (1968 - )
Confins du monde
Lacquer on canvas
130 x 97 cm / 51.2 x 38.2 in.
2023
François Benoit Lison (1968 - )
Contraste
Lacquer on canvas
100 x 81 cm | 39 3/8 x 31 7/8 in.
2023
François Benoit Lison (1968 - )
Au détour
Lacquer and acrylic on canvas
130 x 97 cm / 51.2 x 38.2 in.
2022
François Benoit Lison (1968 - )
Unwrapped
Acrylic and lacquer on canvas
100 x 81 cm | 39 3/8 x 31 7/8 in.
2022
Exhibitions at the Gallery Sarto
Main exhibitions
2023
Lille Art’Up - Art Fair - Stand galeries Audet, Colmar - Lille
BAD - Art Fair - Stand Galerie Sarto - Bordeaux
Solo Show - Galerie Argentharius - Geneva
‘’Abstraction’’ - Group Show - Polo Club - Chantilly
‘’Balade dans l’informel’’ - Solo Show - Galerie Sarto - Paris
Crypt of Abbaye Saint Victor, with Investis’Art, Marseille
Art Montpellier - Art Fair - Stand Galerie Perrier
Solo Show - Aubonne Town Hall
Salon Art & Antiquités - Art Fair - Stand Galerie Audet, Colmar - Nancy
Salon Art & Antiquités - Art Fair - Stand Galerie Audet - Colmar
StArt - Art Fair - Stand galeries Audet, Colmar et Perrier, Avignon - Strasbourg
2022
Salon Art & Antiquités - Art Fair - Stand Galerie Audet, Colmar - Nancy
Lille Art’Up - Art Fair - Stand galeries Audet, Colmar - Lille
‘’Vanités’’ - Solo Show - Galerie Ories - Lyon
Solo Show - Galerie Audet - Colmar
Salon Art & Antiquités - Art Fair - Stand Galerie Audet - Colmar
‘’Abstraction minérale’’ - Solo Show - Galerie Sarto - Paris
Solo Show - Galerie François Fontaine - Satigny / Genève
Solo Show - Galerie Perrier - Avignon
Art Montpellier - Art Fair - Stand Galerie Perrier
Crypt of Abbaye Saint Victor, with Investis’Art, Marseille
2021
Solo Show - Galerie Artgentharius - Genève
Art3f Mulhouse - Art Fair - Galerie Audet, Colmar - Mulhouse
Lille Art’Up - Art Fair - Stand galeries Audet, Colmar et Perrier, Avignon - Lille
StArt - Art Fair - Stand galeries Audet, Colmar et Perrier, Avignon - Strasbourg
Salon Art & Antiquités - Art Fair - Booth Galerie Audet - Colmar
Art Montpellier - Art Fair - Perrier Gallery stand
«Transparences» - Solo Show - Galerie Sarto - Paris
2020
Solo Show - Galerie Audet - Colmar
«Act II» - Solo Show - Galerie Sarto - Paris
Art Montpellier - Art Fair - Stand galeries Audet, Colmar and Perrier, Avignon - Montpellier
2019
Solo Show - Galerie Artgenthairus - Geneva
Solo show- Galerie Ories - Lyon
«Couleurs du Noir» - Solo Show - Galerie Sarto - Paris
Salon d’Automne - Art Fair - Paris
2018
Lausanne Art Fair - Art Fair - Stand François Fontaine - Lausanne
Lux Art Fair - Art Fair - Luxembourg
Art 3F - Art Fair - Cannes
National Art Center, Tokyo - part of the Art Actuel France - Japon exhibition (Salon d’Automne Paris 2017)
Solo Show - Galerie Artgenthairus - Geneva
2017
“The Project Room” - Group Show - Galerie Bruno Massa - New York
Tokyo Art Fair - Art Fair - Galerie Bruno Massa - Tokyo
Solo Show - Galerie Françoise Fontaine - Genève
Art Shopping - Art Fair - Paris
“We can control space” - Group Show - Galerie Bruno Massa - New York
Salon d’automne - Art Fair - Paris
2016
“The Project Room” - Group Show - Galerie Bruno Massa - New York
Lille Art Up - Art Fair - Stand Orange Cobalt - Lille
Art 3F - Art Fair - Stand Orange Cobalt - Paris
Kölner List - Art Fair - Stand Orange Cobalt - Allemagne
Group Show - Galerie Beauté du Matin Calme - Séoul
Affordable Art Fair - Art Fair - Stand Orange Cobalt - Amsterdam
St’Art - Art Fair - Stand Orange Cobalt - Strasbourg
Art Shopping - Art Fair - Cannes
2015
Affordable Art Fair - Art Fair - Stand 3 Cerises - Bruxelles
Lille Art Up - Art Fair - Stand 3 Cerises - Lille
Art 3F - Art Fair - Stand 3 Cerises - Lyon
Art 3F - Art Fair - Stand Orange Cobalt - Nantes
Affordable Art Fair - Art Fair - Stand Orange Cobalt - Masstricht
Affordable Art Fair - Art Fair - Stand Orange Cobalt - Londres
Art 3F - Art Fair - Stand Orange Cobalt - Paris
Art 3F - Art Fair - Stand 3 Cerises - Bordeaux
Art Shopping - Art Fair - Stand 3 Cerises - Paris
Affordable Art Fair - Art Fair - Stand Orange Cobalt - Amsterdam
St’Art - Art Fair - Stand Orange Cobalt - Strasbourg
FNCF / Gold medal for flowers / Roquebrune sur Argens
Artistic Merit Award / Gallery II Collezionista, Rome
FNCF / Medal of honor / Salon des Léopards, St. Tropez
FNCF / Toile d’or for 2005
Artistic tribute received from Roland CAT in 2011
Art critic from B. Boscher, Critique d’Art, in 2014
Member of the European Institute of Contemporary Arts in 2015 and silver medal in 2016
2022 Publication of the catalog raisonné produced and edited by Galerie Sarto