Elisa Pône
French transdisciplinary artist based in Lisbon, Portugal.
Represented by Michel Rein Gallery Paris - Brussels
She studied Art History at the University of Paris X-Nanterre and graduated in Visual Arts from the National Superior School of Arts of Paris-Cergy in 2005. In 2015, she undertook the Maumaus Independent Study Programme in Lisbon. She is currently studying Sound Engineering at World Academy, Carnaxide.
Elisa Pône manipulates both visual and sonic materials, showing a particular interest in ambivalence, excess, and double-bind effects. Attentive to context, she plays with dissonances and seeks to evoke the inner dynamics of exhibition spaces in their interaction with the works. She especially enjoys working with materials that express self-determination and which overbound their own limits—such as fireworks, waxes, polymers, as well as reflections and echoes. Their behaviour challenges the notion of authorship, much as collaborative works often do. Furthermore, their potential for transformation engages with the notion of duration, which is central to her research, with much of her production being time-based.
| Education |
/2015 MAUMAUS International Study Programme, Lisbon, Portugal
/2005 DNSEP Paris-Cergy National Graduate School of Art, France
/1999 DEUG Art history & archaeology, Paris X-Nanterre, France
l Solo Exhibitions l
/2025
Soloshow at Mala Super Mala, Lisbon
/ 2023
The Third Nape, cur. Vincent Verlé, Openspace, Nancy, France
/ 2022
Arder-Havir, with Julien Perez, cur. Léo Guy Denarcy, le Micro Onde, Velizy, France
/ 2021
/ 2020
Falso Sol, Falsos Olhos, cur. Estelle Nabeyrat, Quadrum, Lisbon, Portugal
/ 2016
As ratazanas não dão voltas na cama, Caroline Pagès Gallery, with Miguel Palma, Lisbon, Portugal
/ 2015
Rocking Spectrum, Michel Rein Gallery, Paris, France
Rocking Spectrum, 12Mail - Red Bull Space, Paris, France
/ 2014
Obliques Ashes, Michel Rein Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
/ 2013
L’aplomb des ombres, les ateliers Vortex, Dijon, France
/ 2012
Le goût du mercure, Michel Rein Gallery, Paris , France
Mauvaise fièvre, Centre d’Art Bastille, Grenoble, France
/ 2008
Fermer les yeux. Sauver sa peau, Michel Rein Gallery, Paris, France
l Group Exhibitions l
/ 2024
/ 2021
Pontas Duplas /Split Ends, cur. Aida Castro, Galeria Presença, Porto, Portugal
GR2021, Abbaye Saint-Amant-de-Boixe, Coll FRAC Poitou Charentes, France
/ 2020
Cosmo/Política #6, cur. S. Jurgens Vieira e P. Loura Batista, Neo-realism Museum, Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal
Tombe K.Ö et rêve, Lycée de la Mer et du Littoral, Bourcefranc le Chapus, FRAC Poitou-Charentes, France
/ 2019
La mesure du monde, cur. S. Patron and C. Nouet, MRAC Serignan, France
Some of us, cur. J. Cotinet-Alphaize and M. Derrien, Kunstwerk Carlshutte, Budelsdorf, Germany
Red Summer, Michel Rein Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Duo show with Romain Guillet, cur. Marie Bechetoille, Confort Mental, Paris, France
1/3 Mellpress, cur. João Silvério, Bermondsey Project Space, London, UK
7 to 9 pm, cur. Jessica Guez, with Essonne Geles, Casa Marvão, Lisbon, Portugal
/ 2018
Les herbes de la pampa, cur. Barbara Siriex, Paris, France
/ 2017
L’inquiétante étrangeté, cur. OpenSpace, La Factorine, Nancy, France
Rrevoluçao, cur. A. Olaio, Colégio das Artes, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Ouverture de La Tôlerie, Intervention sur la façade du bâtiment, La Tôlerie, Clermont Ferrand, France
Is a bone a stone?, Geologic Museum, Lisbon & «Galeria do Sol», Porto, Portugal
/ 2016
Traces, Isabelle & Jean-Conrad Lemaitre collection, Festival Croisement China, Beijin, Shangai, Shenyang & Chengdu, China
Pop’Up Art Gallery, cur. Ocupart, Lisbon, Portugal
/ 2015
Paisagens Insesperadas, cur. Adelaide Ginga, Ocupart Chiado, Lisbon, Portugal
Nature sous tension, departemental’s collection of Seine Saint Denis, Bondy, France
Twist the Real, cur. Maëlle Dault, Plataforma Revolver, Lisbon, Portugal
Take Over, cur. Andreia Santana, Cidadella Art District, Cascais, Portugal
FOMO, cur. Sextant et plus - Véronique Collard Bovy and Léo Guy Denarcy, Friche Belle de Mai, Marseille, France
Boîte-en-valise #5, cur. Slaven Tolj, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rijeka, Croatia
Les rituels du dessin, cur. Plateforme Roven - J. Carrier, J. Neves, M. Pagès and D. Pimentao, Musée Régional d’Art Contemporain Languedoc-Roussillon, Sérignan, France
Boîte-en-valise #4, cur. Nina Pirnat Spahi, Cankarjec dom, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Hors Pistes, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
/ 2014
Le corps invisible, Galerie Edouard Manet, Gennevilliers, France
Boîte-en-valise #3, cur. Luchezar Boyadjiev, Encho Pironkov’s house, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Made by brazilians, cur. Marc Pottier, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Boîte-en-valise #2, cur. Denys Zachaopoulos, Benaki museum, Thessalonique, Greece
Boîte-en-valise #1, Musée Mylanos, Athènes, Greece
/ 2013
Nuit blanche 2013, cur. Jean-Christophe Arcos, Mairie du 11ème, Paris, France
/ 2012
Autres, être sauvage de Rousseau à nos jours, cur. S. Sauzede, Chateau-Musée d’Annecy, France
Supervues, cur. D. Tallagrand, Vaison-la-Romaine, France
Paper Jam #2, cur. Ch. Seidel et E. Ouroumov, itinérance
The eyes of the soul, collection Lemaître, cur. N. Viot, Fondacion Godia, Barcelone, Spain
Coeur de silex, cur. P. Curnier Jardin, La Galerie, Centre d’art contemporain, Noisy-le-Sec, France
10 ans de Mains d’Oeuvres, Mains d’Oeuvres, Saint Ouen, France
/ 2011
Infiltration, le privilège des chemins, cur. M. Derrien, Plataforma Revolver, Lisbonne, Portugal
Festival City Sonics #8, Mons, Belgium
You have left your lotus pods on the bus, cur. J. Trotta & G. McDarris, Blackston Gallery, New-York, USA
Flash Bang, with Katie Davis. cur. B. Abestos, Trade Gallery, Nottingham, UK
Musique Plastique, cur. J-F Sanz, Galerie du jour Agnes B, Paris, France
Effervescences, un état de la scène française, cur. M. Nuridsany, Institut Français de Hanoï, Vietnam
/ 2010
Ils chantent et ils jouent, les gens entrent, cur. J. Bena & S. Nicaise, M.d.A Grand-Quevilly, France
Panorama, Michel Rein Gallery, Paris, France
Let’s dance, MAC VAL, Vitry-sur-Seine, France
Decadance and decay, cur. K. Orkisz, M. Branchflower & P. Monier, Mol’s Place, London, UK
Loading..., cur. J. Lavagna, PM Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Berlin-Paris, galerie Michel Rein & Carlier / Gebauer, Michel Rein Gallery, Paris, France
/ 2009
Trafic interlude, cur. N. Lafon, atelier zéro.9, Dijon, France
All creatures great and small, Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Varsovie, Pologne
Attraction, FRAC Poitou site de Linazay, France
Animated, Centre d’Art Bastille, Grenoble
Kit Invit, Paris, France Opération Tonnerre, Mains d’oeuvres, Saint-Ouen, France
/ 2008
We would like to thank the curators who would like to remain anonymous, Seventeen Gallery, Londres, UK
Tit for tat, 13Bis, Clermont-Ferrand, France
L’amorce ou la partition des possibles, Centre d’Art Bastille, Grenoble , France
/ 2007
Mulhouse 007, Mulhouse, France
Nuit Blanche, Mayenne, France
/ 2006
Temps 0+4, la position du tireur couché, (cur. E. Renard), La vitrine, Paris, France
l Performances & Screenings l
/ 2024
Skogar, Florestas, Bosques, Matas, Forest, Festival video, KTH Environment Humanities Laboratory Stockholm
Enciclopédia P, sonic lecture with Nuno Marques, cur Bruno Humberto, Casa do Comum, Lisbon
Crosscuts, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Environmental Humanities Laboratory, Stockholm, Sweden
Humain autonome : Déroutes, screening event, MAC VAL, Vitry, France
Onde é que estamos a comer? E o que é que estamos a comer? Performative event for the portuguese translation and publication of John Cage’s text by Nuno Marques. Ed. Douda Coreria.
Performing the Arquive, Porto.
/ 2023
Onde é que estamos a comer? E o que é que estamos a comer? Sonic performance with Nuno Marques. Casa do Comum, Lisbon
Forro, hors lits Lx, Lisbon
/ 2022
Marée Haute na Baixa, with Rodrigo Dias, L’Onde, Velizy
/ 2021
TUTUGURI em conversa com FALSO SOL, FALSOS OLHOS, with Flora Detraz, Galerias Municipais online.
/ 2020
Nuit Blanche, cur. Humain Autonome M. Derrien S. Ihler-Meyer, S. Santa Lucia, Le wonder/Fortin, Clichy, France
/ 2018
Mode Veille Actif, La Fémis, Paris, France
Random Vazio, cur. E. Nabeyrat for Sardinhas Achadas, Lisbon, Portugal
/ 2016
Screening @ADAO, Barreiro, Portugal
/ 2015
Alliance Caustique, l’écho des spectres, with the collaboration of Eric Arletti, La Friche Belle de Mai, Marseille & Pompidou Center, Paris - France
Vidéo Palace #3, cur. A. Stouvenel, J. Portier et C. Osmond Villa, Mains d’Oeuvres, St Ouen, France
Hors Pistes, Screening, Pompidou Center, Paris, France
/2014
Summer Rising festival, cur. V. Claffey, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
/ 2013
13th edition of Boston French Film Festival, screening at Museum of fine art of Boston, USA
/ 2012
Promessa, cur. TAMM COAT CIE, Teatro Valle, Rome, Italy
/ 2011
Agora Não - Not yet, (Cur. A. Contador & F. Ramos) The Barber Shop, Lisbon, Portugal
Ping pong vidéo #20, Chapelle des réparatrices, Pau, France
Playtime, Nuit blanche 4, Metz, France
Point de Fuite, Module Fondation Pierre Bergé-Yves Saint Laurent, (Cur. J. Fransacq & M. Bembekoff), programmation vidéo du Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
/ 2009
A Private Screening Farewell Party for Jean-Conrad & Isabelle Lemaître, Artprojx/Artists Film Club, London, UK
/ 2008
Gracelands, (cur: V. Claffey) Dromahair, Ireland
Almost Cinema 08, Vooruit, Gand, Belgium
Le lac, le mensonge, (performance et installation avec Davide Balula,) Le Confort Moderne, Poitiers, France
/ 2006
Premier jour, IrmaVepLab, cur. L. Montaron et C. Jacquet, Châtillon sur Marne, France
I Bibliography and Press I
« On Alan Clarke’s performativity », Wrong Wrong magazine #24, The Performance, cur. Bruno Humberto
Point Contemporain 25, interview about Arder-Havir, 2022
Falso Sol, Falsos Olhos, texts by Estelle Nabeyrat, Rita Bernardes and Antonio Contador, grafic design Atlas Projectos, edited by Galerias Municipais Lisboa, 2021
Freewheels, project by Hervé Coutin, text by Manon Schaefle, dec 2020
Lunettes Rouges, Marc Lenot, dec 2020
Wrong Wrong magazine #16, cur. Katherine Sirois 2020
Wrong Wrong magazine #17, cur. Katherine Sirois 2020
Time out Lisboa, about Paisagens Inesperadas, 4-10 nov 2015
Libre Belgique, 4 july 2014 Claude Lorent
Art Gallery Magazine, Chine - A brief look at moving images in contemporary art, Michaël Pierson
Magazine Intersection, Laurence Perrillat
Art Press n°394, Anaël Pigeat
Quotidien de l’art 212, Roxana Azimi
Autre, êtres sauvages de Rousseau à nos jours, exhibition catalogue, Stéphane Sauzede
Let’s Dance, exhibition catalogue MAC VAL, Julien Blanpied
Concept aventure, Revue, Episode 3/4: 54% de témérité
Stomach Rainbow, book of the artist Davide Balula
Laura, n°7, 2009
Code, n°6, été 2008, pp. 40-41 «Prise entre deux feux», entretien avec Eric Croes
Tout Prévoir, n°388, Février 2008
Lemonde.fr, 11 février 2008, Lunettes Rouges, « Amateur d’Art: Elisa Pône»
Hors d’oeuvre, n°21, janvier 2008, Marreau Nadège
ParisArt.com, février 2008, Posnic Emmanuel, «Elisa Pône»,
Les Inrockuptibles, n°604, 26 juin- 2 juillet 2007, Moulène Claire
Poly, n°110, juillet- août 2007, Schweyer Philippe, «Edito»
I Collections and Grants I
MACAM - Museu de Arte Contemporânea Armando Martins
Collection départementale de la Seine-Saint-Denis, France
FNAC - Fonds National d’Art Contemporain, Paris - La Défense, France
FRAC - Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain Poitou - Charentes, Angoulême, France
Video Collection of Isabelle and Jean-Conrad Lemaître
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2020 - Aide à la création d’oeuvres d’art, Fondation des Artistes
2020 - IF Monographie, Institut Français (avec les Galerias Municipais Lisboa)
2014 - DICRéAM, Centre National de la Cinématographie
2012 - Aide individuelle à l’installation et à l’achat de matériel, DRAC IDF
2010 - Aide individuelle à la création, DRAC IDF
I Sound and Music Projects I
GURU GORE GONE Since 2018 author and instrumentist with Rodrigo Dias of the experimental music
Meurtre and Dumm Bass player in noise/punk/experimental bands
Dernière Nouvelles Avant la Pluie Author and instrumentist with Alexis Cailleton
Concerts in Portugal at Casa do Comum, Performing the Archive, festival Sardinhas Achadas Campo das Martires da Pátria, Bureau ; in France at L’Onde Velizy, Centre Pompidou, La Friche Belle de Mai, La Quincaillerie, festival Sonic Protest Paris and Marseille, La Cantine de Belleville, La Miroitterie, Le Rigoletto, La Mécanique Ondulatoire, L’accueil Froid, Théatre de la Fonderie, La Ferme du Bonheur, CCL, CCC, CAB ; and abroad at Barlok, les Ateliers Claus in Brussels, Exzess in Frankfurt, Noise Fest in Leipzig.
Realeased 2 vinyls with Meurtre and 1 with Rodrigo Dias (Split with the composer Eric Arletti)
I Production I
Associated producer with Laëtitia Badaut Haussmann and Damien Oliveres at Dirty Business of Dreams, 2007 to 2014. They co-produced art performances and art videos of Pauline Curnier Jardin, Patricia Mattus, Davide Balula and music videos for Berg Sans Nipple, Yeti Lane and Dolibox. Since 2010 she works with Exorde and Amélie Coster whom produced the Festival Échelle Humaine in Galeries Lafayette Anticipation and several films for the 3ème scène of the Opéra de Paris.