François Andes

Working across different mediums from drawing and painting to sculpture and performance, Francois Andes’ practice weaves together various beliefs and myths of both Western and Asian cultures, creating an imaginative world of whimsical characters and alluring flora and fauna. What seems like a pictorial fairytale from afar reveals scenes of violence and tension upon closer inspection. His works are a means for him to question the relationship between man and nature, and between people and their histories.

Francois Andes lives and works in Lille. His work has been exhibited in notable institutions such as Centre d'Arts Visuels le Labanque, Bethune, France; Bispo do Rosario Museum of Contemporary Art, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Musee du chateau de Flers, Lille 3000, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France; Musee de Bailleul et Fort de Mons, France; and Oulan Bator, Pole d'art contemporain, Orleans, France. Andes has also performed at Nuit Blanche, Paris, France and Mons Biennale, Belgium. In 2015, he was artist-in-residence at Mons 2015 European Capital of Culture. A Coup de Coeur artist at the international contemporary drawing salon DDessinParis17, he was recently invited to artistic residencies at the French Institute in Tetouan, Villa Saigon in Vietnam, the Bispo do Rosario Contemporary Art Museum in Rio de Janeiro, and the With Artist Foundation in South Korea. In 2019, Andes created the scenographic elements and costumes for the performance BWV 988: Thirty Possibilities of Transgression, which premiered at Teatro Plinio Marcos, Brasilia, Brazil. In 2020, his work was exhibited at the Library Alexis de Tocqueville in Caen and at the Korean Cultural Center of the Embassy of South Korea in Paris. A monographic exhibition of his work was presented at Centre d'Arts Visuels le Labanque, Bethune, France from February to July 2021.