Born in the south of France, Ymy Nigris now lives in Brittany after spending years in Australia, Berlin and Tokyo. He sees his work and his life has being a constant experimentation, a journey.
His eye first developed by looking at comics, baroque and romantic painting as well as cartoons. Photography came much later during a preparatory year for art schools. Leaving the Beaux-Arts de Nantes prematurely, his career is between academic and self-taught.
Since 2018, he studies Japanese arts such as the tea ceremony, calligraphy, ink painting and today lacquer, that he found the basis of his work today, Zen.
His time in Japan was for him a moment to focus on developing a personal approach to art. He now, after a few years of close to no public activity, he started to exhibit again.
His images, far from seeking perfection, assert themselves in the “here and now”, leaving room for error and accident. In the continuity of process art, he seeks an imperfect, ritualized, performative image imbued with wabi-sabi.
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
2023 | Every day is a good day, le Lac Gelé, Arles, France.
2017 | What my shadow sees, Lumière d'Encre, Céret, France.
2017 | Shadow poems, La Galerie des Bains de douche, Saverdun, France
Group exhibitions
2023 | Photoxenia, The Island, Crete, Greece.
2023 | Chaque jour est un bon jour, Corridor Elephant
2021 | Art Beyond Boundaries 2021, Centre National d’Art Minato, Tokyo, Japon.
2018 | Territoire(s), Égalité(s), Canopy, Paris, France.
2018 | Les terres affammées, Corridor Elephant, virtual exhibition.
2018 | Opposition photographique, American University Gallery, Paris, France.
2018 | Photo Crete Experience, Heraklion, Greece.
2017 | Un rêve de Noël par Laviolette Gallery, Paris, France.
2017 | Ref//exion, Green Hill Gallery, Berlin, Germany.
2017 | 7 au Couteau, Galerie 18, Nantes, France
2017 | Voies Off, Invited by la Fontaine Obscure, Boutique de l'Olivier, Arles, France
2017 | Là où les sentiers naissent, L'Artelier, Tarbes, France
2017 | Rendez-vous Image, Photofair, Strasbourg, France
2016 | La galerie fait sa foire : Voir, Revoir, Avoir, Group exhibition, Galerie Vrais Rêves, Lyon, France
2016 | Étape 2 : L'homme sans aveu, Group exhibition, La Galerie du 48, Rennes, France
Nominations et prix
2020 | Internationnal Honor Award, Minato, Tokyo, Japan.
2018 | Residence Sicilia, Italy.
2017 | Prix Alter, Rendez-vous Image, Startsbourg, France.
Residencies
Avril 2017 : Photoxenia, Knossos Beach, Crete, Greece.
Publications
2023 | Photoxenia, printed publication
2023 | Phototrend, webzine, Every day is a good day
2023 | Edge of Humanity, webzine, Teasteps.
2023 | TK-21, webzine, The trails of interpretations
2020 | Commune présence, wezine about large format photography, very day is a good day
2019 | 1-epok-formidable, webzine, La voie de l’imperfection»
2018 | Niepcebook n°7, magazine papier, série «Les traces du soleil».
2018 | Bokeh Bokeh, webzine, série «Les traces du soleil».
2018 | Photographic Mercadillo, page Facebook, portofolio.
2018 | Scriptphotographie, page facebook, série «Les traces du soleil».
2018 | Revue Camera, page Facebook, série «Ce que voit mon ombre».
2018 | Revue Camera, page Facebook, série «Les traces du soleil».
2017 | Catalogue du salon Rendez-vous Image, série «Ce que voit mon ombre».
2017 | Fotointer.ch pour le salon Rendez-vous Image, webzine, série «Ce que voit mon ombre».
2017 | L’ariégeois magazine pour l’exposition “Ce que voit mon ombre”
2017 | La dépêche du midi pour l’exposition “Là où les seniers naissent»
Curator
2017 | Là où les sentiers naissent, l'Artelier, Tarbes, France.