Ariane Schick (b.1984, Ashford, England) previously studied at the Beaux Arts in Paris. Schick uses image, sculpture, text and sound to reference fictional spaces that frame impassive female protagonists.
Places become backdrops. Character and place are represented as polymorphous, schizophrenic and sometimes interchangeable. Their instability in turn creates visually diverse work, that allows slit-like views and sensual shortcuts to interiority fused with environment.
Her work explores our subconscious social experiences. Through a varied practice that combines print, moving image and sculpture, her work activates muscle memory by engaging the viewer’s emotions, memories and desires, both learned and programmed.
Born: 1984 in Ashford
RA Schools student from 2011 to 2014
Gender: Female
2016 Solo presentation, Sunday Art Fair w/ Super Dakota, London
2015 55 Gansvoort, New York
Casual Throws, Super Dakota, Brussels
2014 Royal Academy, London
2016 Masha, Super Dakota, Brussels
Magenta Plains, New York
Pure Boar Bristles and Nylon Tufts Podium, Oslo
After Photography at Alain Gutharc, Paris
2015 Triple Flute at Westminster Waste, London
.GIF, Super Dakota, Brussels
Unhide, Smart Objects, Los Angeles
2014 Light/Colour/Object, Super Dakota, Brussels
2013 A room is emotional an object is not, 22 rue Muller, Paris
Art and Chips, MOT Project Space, London
Art After, AndOr Gallery, London
2012 Hors Série, Appartement, Paris
2009 Kiitos, ENSBA, Paris
2008 Peintures, Saint Gregoire, Rennes
2007 Visites dessinées, Cabinet de dessins du Musée des Arts et des Métiers, Paris
Suite Ornemental, Beaux-Arts de Paris