Born in 1974, he lives and works in Paris.<\/p>\n
By introducing humor through the canvas itself, Nicolas Chardon infuses real life into abstract Suprematist motifs.Instead of a traditional linen support, he uses\u00a0ordinary<\/em>fabrics (madras, gingham), distorting their grid patterns and perfectly straight lines in the process of nailing them to the stretcher.<\/p>\n Using these warped lines as an outline, he then paints in abstract squares onto the \u201ccanvas\u201d surface, the support thereby becoming an active part of the painting.<\/p>\n A resident of the Villa Medicis (2009) and graduate of ENSBA Paris, Chardon\u2019s work has been exhibited at the Museum f\u00fcr Konkrete Kunst in Ingolstadt in 2015, Centre Pompidou, and CAC in Br\u00e9tigny in 2013, and the Mus\u00e9e d\u2019Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg in 2012. His work features in the collections of the Centre Pompidou, FNAC, Fonds R\u00e9gional d\u2019Art Contemporain of Aquitaine \/ Burgandy \/ Brittany, MUDAM Luxembourg, and the Meritz Foundation (Seoul).\u00a0He was shortlisted for the fifth edition of the Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Prat Prize in 2016.<\/p>\n