Daniel Hourdé
Living in Paris.Born in 1947 in Boulogne Billancourt (France), Daniel Hourdé studied at the School of Fine Arts in Grenoble during three years before attending the School of Fine Arts in Paris until 1972. Daniel Hourdé’s work is based on the mastery of bronze that combines the classic modeling techniques with the codes of 1970’s pop figuration, associated in incongruous contexts.
Works
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Biography
Living in Paris.Born in 1947 in Boulogne Billancourt (France), Daniel Hourdé studied at the School of Fine Arts in Grenoble during three years before attending the School of Fine Arts in Paris until 1972. Daniel Hourdé’s work is based on the mastery of bronze that combines the classic modeling techniques with the codes of 1970’s pop figuration, associated in incongruous contexts.
Living in Paris.Born in 1947 in Boulogne Billancourt (France), Daniel Hourdé studied at the School of Fine Arts in Grenoble during three years before attending the School of Fine Arts in Paris until 1972. Daniel Hourdé’s work is based on the mastery of bronze that combines the classic modeling techniques with the codes of 1970’s pop figuration, associated in incongruous contexts.
Thus, he makes his characters, who are stuck in an existential action, cohabit with current and everyday objects or chimerical evocations. By making these references emerge in a classic representation imbued with realism, Daniel Hourdé explores the dreamlike dimension of man’s relationship to the world. In the early 1980’s, his work was exhibited in galleries and fairs both in France and abroad, as well as in public space. Daniel Hourdé still lives and works in Paris.Born in 1947 in Boulogne Billancourt (France), Daniel Hourdé studied at the School of Fine Arts in Grenoble during three years before attending the School of Fine Arts in Paris until 1972. Daniel Hourdé’s work is based on the mastery of bronze that combines the classic modeling techniques with the codes of 1970’s pop figuration, associated in incongruous contexts.
Exhibitions
Career
Solo exhibitions
2025
The Tree with a Thousand Voices, National Assembly, Paris, France
2024–2025
The Tree with a Thousand Voices, 15th Havana Biennale, Plaza de Armas, Havana, Cuba
Solo exhibitions
2025
The Tree with a Thousand Voices, National Assembly, Paris, France
2024–2025
The Tree with a Thousand Voices, 15th Havana Biennale, Plaza de Armas, Havana, Cuba
2024
Festival Partage des Arts, Domaine Trelus, L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, France
The Tree with a Thousand Voices, Pont du Carrousel, Quai Voltaire, Paris, France
2023
Hearts and Demons, Galerie Vallois, Paris, France
2022
Daniel Hourdé in México Paris-Ténochitlán, Museo de la Cancillería, Mexico
Château d’Ainay-le-Vieil, France
2021
Galerie Larock-Granoff, Paris, France
2019
So Close to Paradise, Saint-Louis de la Salpêtrière Chapel, Paris, France
2018
Exhibition of Monumental Sculptures, Rue Royale (Village Royal), Paris, France
2017
Retrospective Exhibition, Presbytère Saint-Jacques and Musée Conti, Bergerac, France
2016
The Enchanted Footbridge, Pont des Arts, Paris, France
Thanks to God, Galerie Agnès Monplaisir, Paris, France
Legends and Apparitions – Brazil on Tour, traveling exhibition, Galerie Agnès
Monplaisir and Fundação Edson Queiroz – Universidade de Fortaleza, Brazil
Legends and Apparitions – Brazil on Tour, traveling exhibition, Galerie Agnès
Monplaisir and Museu Rodin – Palacete das Artes, Salvador de Bahia, Brazil
2015
Legends and Apparitions – Brazil on Tour, traveling exhibition, Galerie Agnès Monplaisir and Museu das Minas e do Metal, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Legends and Apparitions – Brazil on Tour, traveling exhibition, Galerie Agnès Monplaisir and Museu da Inconfidência, Ouro Preto, Brazil
2014
Paradise in Progress, Galerie Agnès Monplaisir, FAOP and Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Paradise in Progress, Galerie Agnès Monplaisir, Fundação de Arte de Ouro Preto and Museu Casa dos Contos, Ouro Preto, Brazil
2013
Man in Progress, Galerie Agnès Monplaisir, Paris, France
2012
Galerie Larock-Granoff, Paris, France
2011
Galeria Nove, Berlin, Germany
Place Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Place Furstenberg and Quai de Conti, Paris, France
Werkstatt Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2010
Gardens of Château d’Ainay-le-Vieil, France
2008
Exhibition at Pierre Bergé & Associés, Brussels, Belgium
2007
Sculpture Biennale, Yerres, France
Hotel Le Lutetia, Paris, France
2006
Galerie Larock-Granoff, Paris, France
Retrospective Exhibition, Place Saint-Sulpice (10 sculptures), Paris, France
Exhibition in the City, Montélimar, France
2005
Sculpture in the Spotlight, Cour d’honneur of the Prefecture of Yvelines, Versailles, France
The Ascension, Saint-Sulpice Church, Paris, France
The Passion of Christ, Galerie Larock-Granoff, Paris, France
The Passion of Christ, Saint-Sulpice Church, Paris, France
Salon du Carrousel, Galerie Philippe Sainseux, Paris, France
Geneva Salon, Galerie Larock-Granoff, Geneva, Switzerland
Château d’Ainay-le-Vieil, France
2001
Louvre des Antiquaires, Paris, France
Salon de Mars, Galerie Larock-Granoff, Geneva, Switzerland
1998
Galerie Larock-Granoff, Paris, France
1994
Galerie Jean Briance, Paris, France
1993
Galerie Charles Sablon, Paris, France
1992
Galerie Charles Sablon, Paris, France
1991
Galerie Jean-Pierre Harter, Paris, France
Galerie Alain de Monbrison, Paris, France
1985
Galerie Jean-Claude Riedel, Paris, France
1980
Villefranche-sur-Saône Museum, France
Group exhibitions
2023
Contemporary Design, Galerie Loft, Paris, France
2017
Invitation to Metal – Contemporary Design, Galerie Loft, Paris, France
2016
The Body of Sculpture, 4th Sculpture Biennale, Yerres, France
2015
Gold!, Galerie Agnès Monplaisir, Paris, France
2012
KCCC Klapeidia, Riga, Lithuania
2009
Sculpture Biennale, Yerres, France
2007
Sculpture Biennale, Yerres, France
2005
The Day After Chaos, Daniel Hourdé & Amahiguéré Dolo, African Muse Gallery, Paris, France
1993
Journey of a Patron, Mourtala Diop Collection, Dakar, Senegal
Art fairs
2014
ART RIO ’14, Galerie Agnès Monplaisir, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
MA+D Miami Art and Design, Galerie Agnès Monplaisir, Miami, USA
2012
The Moscow World Fine Art Fair, Galerie Larock-Granoff, Moscow, Russia
2009
Salon du Collectionneur, Galerie Loft, Paris, France
2008
ART PARIS, Galerie Larock-Granoff, Paris, France
2007
ART PARIS, Galerie Nathalie Seroussi, Paris, France
ART PARIS, Galerie Larock-Granoff, Paris, France
Salon du Collectionneur, Galerie Larock-Granoff, Paris, France
2006
ART PARIS (Arman, César, D. Buren, M. Ernst, R. Hains, K. Haring, D. Hourdé, P. Ramette, P. Raynaud …), Galerie Larock-Granoff, Paris, France
2005
FIAC, Galerie Larock-Granoff, Paris, France
2004
FIAC, Galerie Larock-Granoff, Paris, France
Salon du Carrousel, Galerie Philippe Sinseux, Paris, France
2003
Pavillon des Arts, Geneva, Switzerland
2002
FIAC, Galerie Larock-Granoff, Paris, France
2001
Louvre des Antiquaires, Paris, France
FIAC, Galerie Larock-Granoff, Paris, France
Salon de Mars, Galerie Larock-Granoff, Geneva, Switzerland
2000
Salon de Mars, Galerie Larock-Granoff, Geneva, Switzerland
1999
FIAC, Galerie Larock-Granoff, Paris, France
1998
FIAC, Galerie Larock-Granoff, Paris, France
1997
FIAC, Galerie Larock-Granoff, Paris, France
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