{"id":20,"date":"2026-06-17T07:17:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T07:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fredericprat.com\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2026-09-20T16:30:57","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T16:30:57","slug":"biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fredericprat.com\/?page_id=20&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Prat is a visual artist who lives and works in Paris. Since the 1990s, he has developed a body of work grounded in the concerns of contemporary abstraction. His pictorial practice explores the tensions between color, form and surface, questioning the modes of perception and the limits of the painting. His work is regularly exhibited in France, Germany and Luxembourg, and is notably held in the collections of the MUDAM (Mus\u00e9e d&rsquo;Art Contemporain du Luxembourg).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Education<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1992 \u2014 Graduated from the \u00c9cole Nationale Sup\u00e9rieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris (ENSBA), with unanimous jury commendation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Solo Exhibitions (selection)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2025 \u2014 SQUARE, Galerie Richard, Paris,&nbsp; France<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2024 \u2014 SQUARE, Galerie Bessi\u00e8res, Chatou, France<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2021 \u2014 IN EXTREMIS, Galerie UHN, K\u00f6nigstein, Allemagne<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2019 \u2014 LITHOMACHIE, ICI Galerie, Paris, France<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2013 \u2014 TABLEAUX, Galerie UHN, K\u00f6nigstein, Allemagne<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2012 \u2014 ROUGE, BLEU, JAUNE, Le Carr\u00e9 noir, Centre d\u2019art contemporain, Bonneval, France<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2009 \u2014 FREDERIC PRAT, Galerie Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Giroux, Paris, France<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2008 \u2014 MONOGRAPHIE, MUDAM, Luxembourg (commissariat : Marie-Claude Beaud)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2006 \u2014 TABLEAUX, Galerie Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Giroux, Paris, France<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2004 \u2014 OU, Marseille, France<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2002\u20132001 \u2014 FREDERIC PRAT, Galerie Nosbaum &amp; Reding, Luxembourg<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Group Exhibitions (selection)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2024 \u2014 DEEP DEEP DOWN, MUDAM, Luxembourg<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2023 \u2014 D\u2019UNE G\u00c9N\u00c9RATION L\u2019AUTRE, Galerie Bessi\u00e8res, Chatou, France<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2022 \u2014 ATAQAR, Julio Artist-run Space, Paris, France<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2022 \u2014 EXTENSION DU DOMAINE DE L\u2019ABSTRAIT, Galerie Bessi\u00e8res, Chatou, France<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2021 \u2014 LE TEMPS D\u2019UN REGARD, Ateliers Babiole, Ivry, France<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2020 \u2014 ASSEMBLAGE #24, Julio Artist-run Space, Paris, France<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2019 \u2014 SINGULIER PLURIEL, Galerie UHN, K\u00f6nigstein, Allemagne<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2014 \u2014 ART&amp;ME, MUDAM, Luxembourg<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2012 \u2014 LA LIGNE PASS\u00c9E, Galerie Ceysson, Luxembourg<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2012 \u2014 LES D\u00c9TOURS DE L\u2019ABSTRACTION, MUDAM, Luxembourg<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1999 \u2014 L\u2019ABSTRACTION ET SES TERRITOIRES, Centre d\u2019Art de Montb\u00e9liard, France<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1998 \u2014 CARTE BLANCHE, D\u00fcsseldorf, Allemagne<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1998 \u2014 LES SAISONS, Galerie \u00c9ric Dupont, Paris, France<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1995 \u2014 ROSE POUR LES GAR\u00c7ONS, ENSBA, Paris, France<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1992 \u2014 SUR UNE PROPOSITION DE PIERRE BURAGLIO, CAC Orl\u00e9ans, France<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>International Art Fairs<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2023 \u2014 BAD+ Art Fair, Galerie Bessi\u00e8res, Bordeaux, France<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2022 \u2014 BAD+ Art Fair, Galerie Bessi\u00e8res, Bordeaux, France<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2015 \u2014 Art Karlsruhe, Allemagne<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2009 \u2014 FIAC, Galerie Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Giroux, Paris<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2008 \u2014 FIAC &amp; Art Brussels, Galerie Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Giroux<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2006 \u2014 FIAC, Galerie Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Giroux<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2005 \u2014 FIAC, Galerie Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Giroux<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2004 \u2014 Art Brussels, Galerie Nosbaum &amp; Reding<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2003 \u2014 FIAC, Galerie Nosbaum &amp; Reding<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Collections&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 MUDAM (Mus\u00e9e d\u2019Art Contemporain Grand Duc Jean), Luxembourg<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Collections priv\u00e9es : France, Allemagne, Luxembourg, Cor\u00e9e, \u00c9tats-Unis<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Publications (s\u00e9lection)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2010 \u2014 Abstraction et libert\u00e9, Camille Villet, Journal des Arts<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2008 \u2014 Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Prat, Les Cahiers du MUDAM #02<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2001 \u2014 Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Prat, Catalogue d\u2019exposition, Galerie Nosbaum &amp; Reding<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1999 \u2014 L\u2019Abstraction et ses territoires, \u00c9ditions du \u00ab\u00a019\u00a0\u00bb, Montb\u00e9liard<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1995 \u2014 Rose pour les gar\u00e7ons, \u00c9ditions ENSBA, Paris<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1990 \u2014 TRACE 1, \u00c9ditions ENSBA, Paris<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Prat is a visual artist who lives and works in Paris. 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