Painting & Drawing Artist's Talk Series presents: Jules de Balincourt

Jules de Balincourt was born in Paris in 1972, and now lives and works in Brooklyn. He received his BFA from California College of Arts and Craft in 1998 and his MFA from Hunter College in 2005. He has exhibited at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; MoMA PS1, New York; Brooklyn Museum, New York; The Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg; MASS MoCA, Massachusetts; MACRO Museum of Contemporary Art, Rome; White Columns Gallery, New York; Shanghai Museum, China; Guggenheim Bilbao Museum, Spain; Palais de Tokyo, Paris and Thaddaeus Ropac Gallery, Paris. From 2006-2009, de Balincourt founded and operated the alternative art space Starr Space in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Starr Space operated for three years and was used for diverse community programming, including art events, yoga, weekly farmers market, rock shows, church parties and fundraisers, with several performances from noteworthy artists, including Ryan Trecartin, Terence Koh, Rita Ackermann, Mirror Mirror, the Slits, Lucky Dragons and Harmony Korine.

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When:    Wednesday,  January 22, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.

Where:    VA 317, 1395 René Lévesque Blvd. W

Jules de Balincourt's work is the subject of a solo exhibition at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, continuing until March 23, 2014.