Vit à : Berlin
Marie-Pierre Bonniol (*1978, Marseille, France) is a Berlin based artist, curator and research fellow who works internationally. She graduated in Aesthetics and Sciences of Arts (MA, 2000) and in Visual Arts (MFA, 2024) from the University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. Her research focuses on the affective dynamics of creation, and the matrices and machineries of transformation and transmission. She takes a particular interest in the myth of Bachelor Machines, and the conceptual structures of books and collections.
Her work takes the form of photos, films, diagrams, paintings, installations, texts, talks and programs which have been presented by several institutions such as in Waterworks Museum and the Museum of Science in Boston (2024), CCCB in Barcelona (2023), Anthology Film Archives and the Film-Maker’s Cooperative in New York (2022), Centre Pompidou in Metz (2021), Cafe OTO in London (2021), CAPC in Bordeaux (2020), LagosPhoto in Nigeria (2020), ZKM in Karlsruhe (2019), the National Library of Argentina in Buenos Aires (2018) and Lieu Unique in Nantes (2016).
In 2025, she is invited artist and curator of CEAAC and the National Academic Library in Strasbourg with a series of exhibitions and talks on bibliophilia and collections for Strasbourg UNESCO World Book Capital. She is also associate visual art curator of Le Volcan in Le Havre within the CURA curatorial programme (Cnap/French Ministry of Culture).
Photo: David Stieffenhofer
2025
Ciné-Familles Évidence, Musée Tomi Ungerer, Strasbourg, France
La Bibliothèque de Brautigan, CEAAC, Strasbourg, France
La Bibliothèque de Brautigan, Bnu, Strasbourg, France
Imitatio Christi, Bnu, Strasbourg, France
Livres d’images, Médiathèque André Malraux, Strasbourg, France
Vidéo Volcan (CURA), Le Volcan, Le Portique, Le Havre, France
2024
Rencontre, L’Alhambra, Marseille, France
Power(s) of Water, Museum of Science, Waterworks Museum, Boston, MA, USA
Livres d’images, Médiathèque André Malraux, Strasbourg, France
Vidéo Volcan (CURA), Le Volcan, Bibliothèque Oscar Niemeyer, Le Havre, France
Streetfinds, CEAAC, Strasbourg, France
Bernard Stiegler, l’amatorat et les livres, Bibliothèque nationale et universitaire (Bnu), Strasbourg, France
Ciné Familles, Musée Tomi Ungerer, Strasbourg, France
Experiment 120, PICelectroNIC, Rotondes, Luxembourg
Corps (video programme), Espace culturel François Mitterand, Périgueux, France
Le cinéma expérimental et la ville, Métamorphoses, Un Été Au Havre, Le Havre, France
2023
The Dynamics of Amatorat, Zineklatsch, Archiv der Jugendkulturen, Berlin
The Dynamics of Amatorat, Bremer Zine Festival, Bremen, Germany
Amour, énérgie, éthique, amatorat, Utopie estivale du fanzines, La Fanzinothèque / Confort Moderne, Poitiers, France
Research residency, La Fanzinothèque / Confort Moderne, Poitiers, France
Hop residency, CEAAC, Strasbourg, France
Cinema 3/99, Xcèntric/CCCB, Barcelona, Spain
Festival BBmix, Carré Belle Feuille, Boulogne-Billancourt, France (since 2005)
2022
Experiment 120, OORtreders, Pelt, Belgium
Experiment 120, CinEmotion Rex, Friburg, Switzerland
Experiment 120, OORtreders, Pelt, Belgium
Fluchtplan, research blog, Berlin, Germany
Experiment 120, Los Angeles International Children’s Film festival, USA
Experiment 120, Film-Makers’ Coop, New York, USA
Experiment 120, Border Crossing, Poland
Experiment 120, FAME / La Gaîté Lyrique, Paris, France
2021
Guy Maddin, OFNI / Bloc, Poitiers, France
Guy Maddin, The Film Gallery, Paris, France
Experiment 120, Centre Georges-Pompidou, Metz, France
Experiment 120, Borealis Festival/Cinemateket, Bergen, Norway
Experiment 120, le lieu unique, Nantes, France
Experiment 120, BBmix festival, Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Flatpack festival, (Jury), Birmingham, UK
Hôtel des Autrices, Réseau des Autrices, Berlin, Germany
In partnership with Rhizome (Québec), Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles (Paris), La Marelle (Marseille). Joseph Rovan Prize 2021, nomination to the Blauer Bär Prize 2021.
2020
Experiment 120, CAPC, Bordeaux, France
Experiment 120, le lieu unique, Nantes, France
Experiment 120, Festival MV / Interface, Dijon, France
The original playlist of Experiment 120 (Experimental films for kids) had a special mention from the No Lockdown Art programme of Pépinières Européennes de créations / Creaconnections, Transculture, Paris, France.
2019
Imaginary musics, Traumathek, Köln, Germany
Imaginary musics, Psych in Bloom / Komma, Esslingen, Germany
Imaginary musics, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany
Imaginary musics, Arkaoda, Berlin, Germany
Imaginary musics, Tiff, Leipzig, Germany
Imaginary musics, Semaine du Bizarre / Théâtre Berthelot, Montreuil, France
Imaginary musics, Festival MV / Consortium, Dijon, France
2018
4/40, extracts of beauty, Ausland, Berlin, Germany
Saravah revisited (commission), le lieu unique, Nantes, France
2017
Collection Morel / Chapter of the shadows, National library of the Argentinian Republic, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Excerpts of blue, Espace d’en bas, Paris, France
Imaginary musics, Palace, St.Gallen, Switzerland
2016
Collection Morel / Supplements to the Bachelor machines, Théâtre Berthelot, Montreuil, France
Collection Morel / The Bachelor machines, le lieu unique, Nantes, France
New York night, Le 104, Paris, France
2015
Collection Morel / Four programmes, MUDAM, Luxemburg, Luxemburg
Carte-blanche to Julie Tippex / Do Disturb, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
2014
Collection Morel / Manifesto exhibition, PointCulture, Brussels, Belgium
2011
Club Julie, le lieu unique, Nantes, France
Club Julie, Kill Your Pop / Péniche Cancale, Dijon, France
2010
Club Julie, le lieu unique, Nantes, France
Club Julie, Espace B, Paris, France
Club Julie, Nuits Sonores, Lyon, France
Julie Tippex Berlin Series, Bang Bang Club, West Germany, Berlin, France
2008
Tippex Wedding Festival, Corsica Studios, London, United-Kingdom
Futuresonic (music programme), Manchester, United-Kingdom
Takeaway shows KX, Saint-Pancras station, London, United-Kingdom
DIY Boogie fanzines fair, CNEAI / Point Ephémère, Paris, France (2004-2008)
Disco-Babel day, La Cartonnerie, Reims, France
2006
The Beach of Tender, La Plage, Paris, France
Starball, Planetarium / La Géode. Cité des Science, Paris, France (2002-2006)
2005
Discographisme, Galerie Corentin Hamel, Librairie Leo Scheer, Paris, France
Elvis’ House (music programme), La Villette, Paris, France
Rock & Amour in Wallonia, Le Comptoir, Liège, Belgium
The Tender’s Guinguette, La Guinguette Pirate, Paris, France
Festival Disco-Babel, Mains d’œuvres, Saint-Ouen, France
Disco-Babel Day, Confort Moderne, Poitiers, France
Mobile (programme), FRAC Île-de-France / Ville de Boulogne Billancourt, Boulogne-Billancourt, France
2004
Nouveau Casino (artistic direction), Paris, France (2000-2004)
2002
The Analogical Night, 3 bis F, Aix-en-Provence, France
1999
Rock’n’Roll Artitude, Avignon’s Art School, Avignon, France