BIOGRAPHIE ALAIN GOETSCHY – Marseille
Marseille – Alain Goetschy studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Lyon (graduated in 1978), and then Art History in Strasbourg. For several
years he worked as a fishmonger at La Criée in Marseille, before working in public art, concentrating on the life of the city and its inhabitants.
He is the co-founder of several associations, including Artifices Plasticiens Associés, Latinissimo and La Fiesta Des Suds.
He is the founder and director of the artistic enterprise ‘Territoire – ferronnerie, design, art monumental’.
The winner of several national competitions, around ten of his works are displayed in public places.
After an expressionist period, his work has translated a certain neutralisation from a vision for 20 years.
He voluntarily declines the offer of ‘faire-voir’ to place the audience in front of the impossibility of seeing what it presents or represents, putting it out of sight.
Discretion, or the art of disappearing.
*Prix de la jeune peinture, Musée de Toulon, Head of exhibition: Marie Claude Baud.
*Medalled by the town of Montpellier.
*1st place nationally given by RSE.
*1st place Grand Sud de l’entreprise, le Moniteur.
*Patron of Sud since 2014.
PRESSE
Midnight Circle : Michel Field, Alain Goetschy, William Alsop (architect), Bernard Blistène (Director of the Musée National d’Art Moderne).
- Antenne 2 / FR3 National / M6 / TMC / Urbanisme / Télérama / La lettre de la Dive / Technique et architecture …
2016 / 2018
– Exhibition: Gallery 200RD10 Contemporary Art October 2018 « pratiques du paysage »
- Studio works: studies on waves
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“Square of calm sea” – installation project on the peak of the Great Meteor, Atlantic Ocean
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Study on the dynamic of waves, project for the geographic centre and barycentre of the Mediterranean sea
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Large format studio drawings and pastels
2015
-Establishment of a new studio in the Cap 15, regrouping several artists in Marseille, Provence
-Exhibition: Open Day Cap15.
2013
-Distance oneself from the race in favour of walking
-Handover of the artistic enterprise ‘Territoire’.
2006 / 2013
-Design for La Villa Méditerranée Marseille J4 (4000 m2 building) – project manager : Région Sud-Provence.
-Studio works, research for ‘Square of Calm Sea’, design. « Carré de mer calme », design.
2009
-Study in signage and street furniture for the Arbois Europôle.
2008
-Studio break-in, many works (drawings, paintings, pastels) were stolen
-Studies for the Villa Méditerranée.
2007
-Design of the exhibition for the prefiguration of the CRM. Dock de Marseille
-Studies for the Villa Méditeranée.
2006
-Laureate of the ‘concours du CRM’ (Mediterranean Research Centre, the Villa) – Stephano Boeri, Ivan Dipol, Alain Goetschy, Jean-Pierre Manfredi, Philippe Coeur.
2003 / 2005
-President of the Union of rehiring firms PACA.
2005
-Study and production, furniture and social headquarters design (collaboration with DiPol, architect) AREA (Regional Agency for Equipment and Layout
– local public layout society – PACA region)
-Study and production of the backdrop of the amphitheatre at Vaison-la-Romaine, project manager – DRAC
-Study and production of monumental light wells, archaeological site at Glanum, project manager – DRAC
-Studio works – pastels
2003
-Study of signage in the autonomous port of Marseille
-Urban layout competition Place de la Major, collaboration with Manfredi, Vacherot, Vexlard, project manager – Euroméditeranée.
2002 / 2003
-Laureate of the urban layout competition of the Place des Pistoles (Vieille Charité), collaboration with P. Barrisain, architect, project manager – Town of Marseille.
2001
-Place de la Joliette competition, project manager : EuroMéditerranée, collaboration with Jean-Pierre Manfredi, Architect.
2000
–1% Artistic-Bronze and stainless steel – Les Pèlerins, dimensions: 20m x 10m x 8m, Mont Saint Michel, project manager: Normandy region.
1999 / 2013
-Creation and running of an artistic enterprise: metalwork and design – furniture, monumental sculptures, historic monument ironwork, 40 employees.
1999
-Autonomous port of Marseille
-Conference table of the Administration Council.
1997
-Winner of the competition of the layout of the gardens of the Hôtel du Département – Square, formal gardens, urban furniture, fountain (collaboration with Manfredi), project manager: Conseil Général des Bouches-du-Rhône
-Studies and production of kiosks for the Paris metro, project manager: RATP
-Study and production of kiosks for the towns of Aix-en-Provence, Marseille and Paris
-Creation of an artistic enterprise for design, furniture, monumental sculptures, ironwork – TERRITOIRE
-Co-running of the Fiesta des Suds
-Wall art la Major Marseille, 250 m2, project manager: OPAC.
1996
-Travel, 4-month study with the Indians of Matto Grosso, help of the FUNAI
-Co-running of the Fiesta des Suds.
1995
-Co-running and design of the Fiesta des Suds
-Urban furniture line, kiosks, Marseille
-Markers, ANPE
-Signage of the urban centre of Merlan, Marseille
-Exhibition signage and furniture, Mission Picard
-Public service improvement, Administration of the Bouches-du-Rhône.
1994
-Co-running and design for the Fiesta des Suds
-Wall art, 250m2, project manager: OPAC.
1993
-Founding of societies Latinissimo and La Fiesta des Suds, with Bernard Aubert, Florence Chastagnier, Catherine Vestieu
-Fleeting and clandestine installations: Drop Shadow on the Sky – Martigues, Provence
-Travels to South America and the Caribbean.
1992
-Study and production of benches for the Senate, steel and marble, Paris.
1991
-1% Artistic : Sculpture “The Dawn of Time”, Vitrolles
Steel, bronze, mirror and plants – dimensions: 10m x 4m x 2m
Project manager: Conseil Générale des Bouches-du-Rhône.
1988 / 1990
-1% Artistic: “Identity”, sculpture in engraved glass, Marseille Police Station
Project Manager: Roland Carta, architect
-Picasso exhibition, Arles, design and signage Médiathèque and Espace Van Gogh
Project manager: Town of Arles
-Research for “Square of calm sea anchored to the peak of the Great Meteor, Atlantic Ocean”.
1987
-1% Artistic : “Homage to Hortense”
Sculpture in concrete, marble and bronze – dimensions: 60m2.
Collège de Fond d’Aurumy, Fuveau
Collaboration with J.M. Bourry
Project manager: Roland Carta, architect, Conseil Générale des Bouches-du-Rhône.
-Studio works: sculptures
1986
-1% Artistic : Collège Lakanal, Archaeology of the modest farm, Aubagne
Dimensions: 100m2
Collaboration with J.M. Bourry
Project manager: Conseil Générale des Bouches-du-Rhône
-Studio works: sculptures.
1985
-Winner of the Place de la Comédie, Montpellier, Competition
Collaboration with J.M. Bourry, George Guye, Alain Marguerite, Gilles Vexlard
Project manager: Town of Montpellier.
1983 / 1984
-Creation of a second studio in the year of the Atelier de Lorette, with other artistis: Autard, Melgrani, Klemensievicz, Bartolani, Fabre, Mezzapelle
-Prix de la jeune peinture, Musée de Toulon, Head of the Exhibition : Marie Claude Baud.
1982
-Founding of the ‘Artifices Plasticiens Associés’ society, with the sculptors Georges Guye and Jean Marc Bourry
Close to the Mal Assis cooperative, Artifices Plasticiens Associés takes a position on the artist and their role in society. They will
present their studies to the president, François Mitérrand. This collective, commissioned by the Pesce-Dubedout mission, established in the ‘quartiers nords’ of Marseille, created works in urban spaces.
Open-day around Richard Bacquier’s work: “L’aventure”.
-Establishment of a studio in the Pennes-Mirabeau, Provence, with sculptor J.M. Bourry
-Sculpture in the Bastide Blanche commercial centre, Vitrolles
Resin and metal, dimensions: 4m x 4m x 8m, co-creation with Georges Guye
Project manager: EPAREB (Etablissement Public des Rives de l’Etand de Berre)
-1% Artistic : bas-relief, enamelled lava
Project manager: Marseille metro
-Studio works: sculpture.
1981
-Wall Art, La Réale – homage to Puget
Dimensions: 1000m2
Co-creation with J.M. Bourry and Piotr Klemensievicz
Project manager: Town of Marseille
-Studio works: drawings.
1978
-Graduated from the Beaux-Arts in Lyon
-Personal exhibition : Galerie des Maîtres Contemporains, Aix-en-Provence
-Installation of large scale paintings, Lyon Satolas Airport