Bio

Baptiste was born in 1981. He is French and he lives in Noisy le Sec (France). He is part of Atelier Badialan, a band of artists located in Bamako, where he lived during 8 years. Until now, he only paints on cardboard.

Why cardboard ? Can we touch time ? Can we make territories disappear ? Do we live together in megalopolis ? Can I create my own toponymy ? What’s about utopias ? And exhibitions ? What does abstraction tell about us ? What's an identity ? Who comes from Africa ? What do media tell us ? What's about binationals ? Issues are numerous...
 
Solo exhibitions :
2017 : Ailleurs, at Bleu Citron (Bamako, Mali).
2016 : Rouille, at Dakar Océanium, in Dak’Art Biennale OFF (Dakar, Sénégal).
2014 : Cartons, at Medina Gallery (Bamako, Mali).

Collective exhibitions :
2019 : Végétal dans la Cité, at MPAA (Paris, France).
2019 : L'Atelier Badialan, at Galerie Mieruba, in Segou'Art OFF (Segou, Mali).
2019 : Ponctuation, at Cité ASECNA (Dakar, Sénégal).
2019 : Ou-Topos, in Regards sur cours (Gorée, Sénégal).
2018 : Tigritude, at Cité ASECNA, in Dak'Art Biennale OFF (Dakar, Sénégal).
2018 : Collective exhibition, at Village des arts, in Dak'Art Biennale OFF (Dakar, Sénégal).
2017 : Abstractions Bamako, at Medina Gallery (Bamako, Mali).
2017 : L'eau et l'ailleurs, in Regards sur cours (Gorée, Sénégal).
2017 : L'Atelier Badialan à Segou, at Galerie Mieruba , in Festival sur le Niger (Segou, Mali).
2016 : Jungles urbaines, at Atelier Céramiques Almadies, in pARTcours (Dakar, Sénégal).
2016 : Bamagraff, at Bleu Citron, (Bamako, Mali).
2016 : L'Atelier Badialan à Segou, at Galerie Mieruba, in Segou'Art OFF (Segou, Mali).
2016 : L'Atelier Badialan s'empare de l'Institut Français !, at Institut Français (Bamako, Mali).
2015 : Baptiste Gerbier, Claire Lamarque et Bernard Mens, at Agora Gallery, in pARTcours Dakar (Dakar, Sénégal).
2015 : Peinture, at Atelier Badialan, in Photography Biennale OFF (Bamako, Mali).

Curatorship :
2017 : Abstractions Bamako, at Medina Gallery (Bamako, Mali).
2016 : Jungles urbaines, at Atelier Céramiques Almadies, in pARTcours (Dakar, Sénégal). Curatorship with Mauro Petroni.

Residencies / Workshops :
2017 : Residency at Medina Gallery with Mamadou Keïta for Abstractions Bamako (Bamako, Mali).
2016 : Street graf workshop led by RBS Crew at Bleu Citron House  for Bamagraff (Bamako, Mali).

Writings:
2009 : Formes noires sur rectangle blancs (short stories).
2008 : Les orages (poems).
2007 : Les couleurs (poems).

Contact :
b.gerbier@gmail.com
www.facebook.com/baptistegerbier