NICOLAS SASSOON
B.1981 in Marseille France, currently lives/works in Vancouver BC Canada
nicolassassoon@hotmail.com
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EDUCATION
2007 MFA New Media - Ecole Européenne Supérieure de l’Image, Angoulême, France
2005 BFA New Media - Ecole Européenne Supérieure de l’Image, Angoulême, France
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SOLO + 2 PERSONS EXHIBITIONS
2013 / UPCOMING
PATTERNS Centre d’Art Bastille, Grenoble, France
GREEN WAVES May Space, New Orleans, USA
2012
WALLPAPERS Pami Festival @ The Sunday Painter, London, England
WALLPAPERS New Forms Festival 12, Vancouver, Canada
POOLS Klausgallery.net, online exhibition
WAVES Contemporary Art Gallery Off-site project, Vancouver, Canada
THE GREEN CITY BETWEEN SKY AND SEA Quinary Art Projects, Vancouver, Canada
SARA LUDY + NICOLAS SASSOON Lossless Gallery, Calgary, Canada
THE GREEN CITY BETWEEN SKY AND SEA West of Bard, Woodstock, USA
2011
TIDES Bubblebyte.org, online exhibition
WALLPAPERS 319 Scholes, New York, USA
PARALLELOGRAMS Parallelograms.info, online exhibition
HOMELANDS Ani-gif.com, online exhibition
2010
HOT SPRINGS 304 days, Vancouver, Canada
BODY With Omar S, New Forms Festival, Vancouver, Canada
HOME STUDIES WOO gallery, Vancouver, Canada
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013 / UPCOMING
CHANGE OF STATE New Museum, NYC, USA
NOTES ON A NEW NATURE Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, NL
ETERNAL INTERNET BROTHERHOOD Mexico
DVD DEAD DROP 5 Museum Of The Moving Image, NYC, USA
ZIP THE BRIGHT Trinity Square Video, Toronto, Canada
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2012
LIGHT SOURCED The Electric Pickle, Miami, USA
ADBOOK e-book publication
LA FIN D'UN MONDE Lafiac.com, online exhibition
I'M TOO HIGH TO DEAL WITH THIS SHIT RIGHT NOW Preteen Gallery @ 72 TRUCK, Madrid, Spain
IRL Western Front, Vancouver, Canada
SPEED SHOW: GIFS 4 LIFE Fonenet, Galway, Ireland
DOTCOM Centre d'Art Bastille, Grenoble, France
PLASTIC ONO KUCHI KAIAI Preteen Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico
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2011
PRIMO ANNIVERSARIO The Sunday Painter, London, England
SPAMM Spamm.fr, online exhibition
IS THIS THING ON? Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, USA
SHINE-A-LIGHT Portland Art Museum, Portland, USA
LES INNOMMABLES GROTESQUES LMD Gallery, Paris, France
NOTES ON A NEW NATURE 319 Scholes, New York, USA
ACTION! PART 2 Ghost Gallery, Seattle, USA
REPETITION IS A FORM OF CHANGE Artisphere, Rosslyn, USA
THE FAIR Waldorf Hotel, Vancouver, Canada
STREET SHOW: THE THINGS BETWEEN US Eyebeam, New York, USA
BLIP FESTIVAL Eyebeam, New York, USA
NE JAMAIS REMETTRE À DEMAIN... La Graineterie, Houilles, France
PUBLIC ACCESS Centre A, Vancouver, Canada
DAZED LIVE London, UK
IT KNOWS NOT WHAT IT IS Charles H.Scott Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
INFO-BOMB Festival NRMAL, Monterrey, Mexico
UFORIA SOMA, Mexico City, Mexico
GIF EVENT MU Eindhoven, Eindhoven, Netherlands
GETTING CLOSER Fe Arts Gallery, Pittsburgh, USA
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2010
COSMOS Miami Art Fair, Miami, USA
BYOB LA UCLA, Los Angeles, USA
ET SI TU N’EXISTAIS PAS TIN BOX Contemporary Art Gallery, Bordeaux, France
SPEED SHOW Or@nien Net, Berlin, Germany
REFRESH Axiom Centre for New and Experimental Media, Boston, USA
RISTO BERLIN Berlin Fashion week, Berlin, Germany
AREA / ZONE BHQF, Brooklyn, USA
NO SEX NO LIFE 304 days, Vancouver, Canada
SATURDAY IS THE NEW SUNDAY Every Letter in The Alphabet, Vancouver, Canada
WOO LAUNCH PARTY #4 Every Letter in The Alphabet, Vancouver, Canada
DAVE AJU 917 Cabaret, Vancouver, Canada
WOO LAUNCH PARTY #3 Light Bar, Vancouver, Canada
MOBARNUM N’a qu’un oeil, Bordeaux, France
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ARTIST LECTURES
Nicolas Sassoon Artist Round Table, May Gallery, New Orleans, USA 2013
Artist Talk, Loyola, New Orleans, USA 2013
Guest speaker, Tulane University, New Orleans, USA 2013
Artist Talk, UNO, New Orleans, USA 2013
Artist Talk, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada 2012
Pro-Am, Western Front, Vancouver, Canada 2012
New Forms Festival Artist Talk, Waldorf Hotel, Vancouver, Canada 2012
Visiting Artist Talk, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Canada 2012
Visiting Artist Talk, CSS Bard Center for Curatorial Studies, Annandale-on-Hudson, USA 2012
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SELECTED PRESS
SOCIETE PERRIER / Nicolas Sassoon: Pixel Painter
ART INFO / Digital Art built to Last: Nicolas Sassoon makes waves at bubblebyte.org
ART INFO / Gifs Gone Wild: Brooklyn's New Media Art Haven 319 Scholes Stirs Up the Real and the Digital
RHIZOME / Wallpapers by Sara Ludy and Nicolas Sassoon
BAD AT SPORTS / Model swapping with Nicolas Sassoon
VANCOUVER IS AWESOME / The Opening – Nicolas Sassoon
SILICON MANIACS / Nicolas Sassoon, surf clubs et musées virtuels, même combat
WHEEL ME OUT / Nicolas Sassoon
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ONLINE PRESS AVAILABLE AT THE FOLLOWING URLS
www.artinfo.com
www.rhizome.org
www.computersclub.org
www.computerscult.org
www.bubblebyte.org
www.openingceremony.us
www.vvork.com
www.itsnicethat.com
www.badatsports.com
www.todayandtomorrow.net
www.ani-gif.com
www.spamm.fr
www.siliconmaniacs.org
www.wheelmeout.com
www.dinca.org
www.iwantyoumagazine.com
www.vancouverisawesome.com
www.jollybutcher.com
www.thecreatorsproject.com
www.notodo.com
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