Background
Ballet was born on 11 December 1956 at Cherbourg, in Normandy.
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Elisabeth Ballet
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Career
She was in residence at the Villa Medici in Rome in 1984 and 1985. She became known in 1985 with two sculptures made out of cardboard, Temple 5/19 février 1985 and Obélisque 4+14. An internationally renowned artist, Élisabeth Ballet now lives and works in Paris.
"Je sculpte l"espace par l"obstacle, par la limite.".
Achievements
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Solo exhibitions 2003: Vie privée, Kunsthalle Göppingen, Göppingen, Germany; 2004: C"est beau dehors, Galerie Cent8 – Serge Le Borgne, Paris, France; 2004: Élisabeth Ballet, Centre culturel français de Milan, Milan, Italy; 2007: September pièces faciles, Le Grand Café – Centre d"art contemporain, Saint-Nazaire, France; 2008: Lazy Days, Galerie Serge le Borgne, Paris, France. Group exhibitions 2010: Group show, Musée Bourdelle, Paris, France; 2010: Spatial City: An Architecture of Idealism, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America. Institute of Visual Arts Milwaukee, Milwaukee, United States of America. MONA Museum of New Art – Detroit"s Contemporary Museum, Pontiac, United States of America; 2010: Collection Frac-Basse-Normandie, FRAC Basse-Normandie, Caen, France. Fairs, biennials et events 2009: FIAC 09, Grand Palais, Paris, France; 2008: FIAC 08, Parc des expos, Paris, France. Collections FRAC Bourgogne. Public orders Two-tone pavement, repeating a lace pattern, Place du Pot-d"Étain in Pont-Audemer.
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2010: Spatial City: An Architecture of Idealism, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America. Institute of Visual Arts Milwaukee, Milwaukee, United States of America. MONA Museum of New Art – Detroit"s Contemporary Museum, Pontiac, United States of America.
