Didier Goupy France, b. 1960
Born in 1960, Didier Goupy made his first images in Morocco and the photographs he made in
Ireland 1984 and Egypt 1985 were immediately published in Photo Magazine and Photo Reporter. He settled in Paris in 1986, becoming a professional photographer, and began a collaboration with the Bayard Presse group. He joined the Sygma agency in 1991.
It was in India ( Indian File ), where he made several trips between 1993 and 2001, where his passion for portrait and the color foundation of his work was revealed.
For many years now, Didier Goupy has continued his personal work on space ( Mythologies ) in a close relationship to painting. Very sensitive to Mark Rothko's work and Pierre Bonnard style, he focuses on understanding the relationship between the figure and abstraction by color so as to create a space of mystery and meditation. The forest ( The Foundations ) is the founding site of his research work and the first chapter of Mythologies, his personal project.
Today, he is attempting to demonstrate the correlation between forms and forces, allowing the emergence of function. This is the primary goal of his latest research in Iceland as part of the 'Odyssey' series. The work follows the example of Ulysses, who, after overcoming trials and tribulations, finally returned home.
Solo Exhibitions
1993 Sâdhus, Projection, Visa Pour l’Image, Perpignan, France
2005 File indienne, Musée de la Compagnie des Indes, Port-Louis, France
2006 File Indienne, Tour Jean Sans Peur, Mois européen de la photographie, Paris, France
2007 Les Goupy à la mer, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Vannes, France
2009 Entre eux et moi, Le Kiosque Culturel, Vannes, France
2011 Metropolis, Projection, Rencontres d’Arles, France
2014 Rouge 3, Le Kiosque Culturel, Vannes, France
2016 Là...et peut-être ailleurs, Biennale des Bains numériques, Enghien-les-Bains, France
2020 Matières primaires, avec Jens Knigge, Galerie Esther Woerdehoff, Paris, France.
2021 Fondations, Art Paris, Stand de la Galerie Esther Woerdehoff
2022, Fondations, Galerie mhaata, Bruxelles, Belgique.
2022, Promontoires du Silence, galerie Square One, Arles, France.
2022, Fondations, Le Kiosque Culturel, Vannes, France.
2022-2023, Promontoires du Silence, Galerie Esther Woerdehoff,Genéve, Suisse
2023, Odyssée Islandaise, Galerie Square One, Arles, France.
2023, ArtParis, Galerie Esther Woerdehoff, Paris, France.
2023, Photobasel, Galerie Esther Woerdehoff, Bâle, Suisse.
2023, Fondations, The Mac Ewan Gallery, Ballater, Ecosse.
2023, Promontoires du Silence, Château du Bosmelet, Val de Scie, France.
2023, Promontoires du Silence, Galerie Cécile Loiret, Vannes, France.
2023, Mythologies, Galerie mhaata, Bruxelles, Belgique.