Exhibitions and bibliography  
Born in 1960 in France.
From 1980 to 1982: Nimes School of Fine Arts, France.
From 1982 to 1985: Saint-Étienne School of Fine Arts, France.
 
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Thierry Urbain
awards
KODAK Award 1990.
Laureate of the French Academy, Villa Medici, Rome 1992-93.
First Prize of the 1st Tokyo International Photo-Biennale 1995.
single exhibitions
1999 Babylon, Galerie Palais Walderdorff, Trier, Germany.
1997 Architektur III, Fotogalerie Wien, Austria (catalog).
1996 Qsar El Sarab, Pons gallery, Paris.
1994 Tarazona Foto, Festival International de Fotografía, Zaragoza. Spain (catalog).
1993 Hypogee, Herold gallery, Bruxelles. Belgium.
1992 Babylone, Mois de la Photo, Pons gallery, Paris (catalog).
1991 Maison de la Photographie, Festival du Ciel et de l'Espace, Lectoure, France.
  Imago Lucis gallery, Porto, Portugal.
  Archéologies du désert, Pons gallery, Paris (catalog).
1989 Pons gallery, Paris.
Thierry Urbain @ Bigaignon Gallery
selected group exhibitions
2023 Paris Photo. International Art Fair for photography, Bigaignon gallery, Paris.
  A Black & white journey, Bigaignon gallery, Paris.
  Vestiges imaginaires, monuments chimériques, In Extremis, Strasbourg.
  Chair de Temps, Bigaignon gallery, Paris.
2022 Patio, Sinople gallery, Paris.
  Des arbres et des hommes, Ateliers Ouverts, Strasbourg, France.
2021 16e Rencontres du Livre et de la Photographie, galerie Nadar. Tourcoing. France.
  Achronos, Sinople gallery. Paris.
  Biennale de l'Image Tangible, Flagship show. Paris (catalog).
2020 United, Thierry Bigaignon gallery. Paris.
2018 Memories, Thierry Bigaignon gallery. Paris.
2016 Rien ou si peu, tellement tout, Espace des Arts Plastiques, Saint-Dié. France.
2001 La part du rêve, Stepanska gallery, Prag. Czech Republic.
  Noorderlicht Photofestival, Groningen. Netherlands.
  Journées photographiques de Bienne, Biel. Switzerland.
  De Natura Rerum, galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris.
1999 Souvenir Utopie, Stadthaus Ulm. Germany.
  Art Frankfurt 99. Germany.
  Aipad. Baudoin Lebon gallery. New York. USA.
1998 Kunst Zürich 98. Markus Richter gallery. Switzerland.
  International Seoul Photo-Triennale, C.A.I.S. gallery, Seoul. Korea.
  Space, Time and Architecture, Markus Richter gallery, Potsdam. Germany.
  Choix privé, Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Dijon. France.
1997 Chroniques Nomades, Les Greniers à Sel, Honfleur, France.
1996 La photographie contemporaine, dix ans d’acquisitions, Georges Pompidou center, Paris (catalog).
  Escale du regard, Mois de la Photo, Espace Electra, Paris (catalog).
  Photographie et Mémoire, Ecole Régionale des Beaux-Arts, Rouen. France.
1995 European Photography Award, Kulturzentrum Englische Kirche, Bad Homburg, Germany (catalog).
  Foire d'Art Contemporain, Pons gallery, Knokke, Belgium.
  1st Tokyo International Photo-Biennale, Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo (catalog).
1994 Escale du regard, Villa Médicis, Rome. Italy. (catalog).
  Quest for the Moon, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. USA.
  Paysages de l'apparence, Mai de la Photographie, Reims. France (catalog).
1993 Villa(s) 4, Villa Medici, Rome, and Villa Lemot, Clisson. France (catalog).
  French photography: new directions, USA and Canada.
  Fonds National d'Art Contemporain acquisitions, Georges Pompidou center, Paris.
  Photo Santa Fe, Sweeney Convention Center, USA.
  Découvertes, collection of the Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Grand Palais, Paris (catalog).
  Small is beautiful, Paul Kopeikin gallery, Los Angeles. USA.
1991 European Photography Award, Künstlerwerkstatt, Berlin. (catalog).
  Sélénographie, Astronomic Observatory, Strasbourg. France.
  Panorama des panoramas, Palais de Tokyo, Paris.
1990 Fixed forever, Espace Van Gogh, Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie, Arles. France.
1989 Moins Trente, 4th Young Photography Biennal in France, Palais de Tokyo, Paris.
1988 3rd Moi de la photographie, Strasbourg. France.
1987 Vom landschaftsbild zur spurensicherung, Museum Ludwig, Köln. Germany.
1985 Image par image, La Serre, Saint-Étienne. France (catalog).
public collections
Fond National d'Art Contemporain, Paris.
Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris.
Artothèque of Arles, France.
Artothèque of Grenoble, France.
Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, Paris.
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA.
Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo.
Tokyo Fuji Art Museum, Tokyo.
International Center of Photography, New York.