La Fratrie
Duo of artist-sculptors, composed of two brothers:
Karim Berchiche born in 1978 in Le Quesnoy (Nord) & Luc Berchiche born in 1981 in Le Quesnoy (Nord)
Currently live and work in Paris. Since their childhood, they have been creating fascinating sculptures with four hands, hence the choice of their artist’s name, fascinating sculptures of precision and evocations that question the relationship between men and environment.
Works
Happy Few Gold
FLOATING ISLAND
HAPPY FEW
Biography
A duo of artist-sculptors, composed of two brothers:
Karim Berchiche, born in 1978 in Le Quesnoy (Nord) & Luc Berchiche, born in 1981 in Le Quesnoy (Nord)
Currently live and work in Paris. Behind La Fratrie are two brothers, Karim, a graduate of a DEA in Political Science at the IEP of Paris and Luc, holder of a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Lille 3. Since their childhood, they have been creating fascinating sculptures with four hands, hence the choice of their artist’s name, fascinating sculptures of precision and evocations that question the relationship between men and the environment.
A duo of artist-sculptors, composed of two brothers:
Karim Berchiche, born in 1978 in Le Quesnoy (Nord) & Luc Berchiche, born in 1981 in Le Quesnoy (Nord)
Currently live and work in Paris. Behind La Fratrie are two brothers, Karim, a graduate of a DEA in Political Science at the IEP of Paris and Luc, holder of a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Lille 3. Since their childhood, they have been creating fascinating sculptures with four hands, hence the choice of their artist’s name, fascinating sculptures of precision and evocations that question the relationship between men and the environment.
Suspended miniature islands or meticulous constructions, by their plastic and formal precision, their sculptures, composed of multiple materials, give their creators a dimension of craftsmen of a utopian world in the true sense of the term (“the place which is not “).
These aerial rocks constitute as many worlds in themselves, illusions uprooted from their space of origin. Singular and complex fictions, they introduce narrative scenes most often allegorical but also true reflections on the brevity and fragility of life.
Exhibitions
Videos
Vidéo
Sculpture Garden • Happy Few
Vidéo
Monumental • Jardin de sculptures
Career
Solo exhibitions
2022
Traces du futur, L’Espace Croisé, France
2020
Our Common Future, School Gallery, France
2018
Ambacher Contemporary Gallery, Germany
School Gallery Olivier Castaing, France
Solo exhibitions
2022
Traces du futur, L’Espace Croisé, France
2020
Our Common Future, School Gallery, France
2018
Ambacher Contemporary Gallery, Germany
School Gallery Olivier Castaing, France
2017
Beirut Art Fair, Lebanon
Domaine Deleuze-Rochetin, Uzès, France
Ambacher Contemporary Gallery, Germany
2015
Cut-log, Galerie David Wizmane, France
2014
Musée du Montparnasse, France
Hard to Leave This Shitty Paradise, Nuke Gallery, France
2012
Escalader le ciel sans échelle, Galerie David Wizmane, France
The Invisible End, Galerie David Wizmane, France
2011
Villa UGC, Galerie Enrico Navarra, Nuke Gallery, France
Cannes Film Festival, France
Musée du Montparnasse, France
2010
La Fratrie, Galerie David Wizmane, France
What Remains, Nuke Gallery, France
Gold Digger, Suty Gallery, France
2008
Weak Show, Lacen Gallery, Slick Art Fair, France
Who Will Cast the First Stone, Nuke Gallery, France
Group exhibitions
2025
Monumental, Sculpture Garden, Galerie Loft, Fourges, France
CURIOSITÉS, Manifesta, Lyon, France
2024
Le monde imaginaire, group show, Fondation Villa Datris, Paris, France
2023
Paysages métaphoriques, Manifesta, Lyon, France
Forever Experience Pommery #17, group show, Villa Demoiselle, Domaine Vranken-Pommery, Reims, France
PAD Paris 2023, stand Galerie Olivier Castaing, group show, Les Tuileries, Paris, France
2022
Camping, Hotel Windsor, Nice, France
Art Paris 2022, School Gallery, group show, Grand Palais, Paris, France
Monumental, Galerie Loft, Paris, France
Cabanes d’architectes, Donjon de Vez, France
2021
RARITY Gallery, Mykonos, Greece
Art Paris 2021, School Gallery, Grand Palais, Paris, France
2020
Art Paris 2020, stand Galerie Olivier Castaing, Grand Palais, Paris, France
La forêt enchantée, Galerie Olivier Castaing, Paris, France
2019
Carte blanche “Mare Nostrum: Mediterranean Identities”, Fondation Villa Datris,
Espace Monte-Cristo, Paris, France
Art Paris 2019, School Gallery, group show, Grand Palais, Paris, France
Group Show, Galleria Forni, Milan, Italy
Mare Nostrum: Mediterranean Identities, Fondation Villa Datris, L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, France
Arte Fiera, Galleria Forni, Bologna, Italy
2018
Fondation Fernet-Branca, Collection David H. Brolliet, Saint-Louis, France
Fondation Villa Datris (group show), L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, France
Art Karlsruhe International Fair, Galleria Forni, Karlsruhe, Germany
Arte Fiera, Galleria Forni, Bologna, Italy
School Gallery / Olivier Castaing, Paris, France
2017
OFF Art Brussels, School Gallery / Olivier Castaing, Brussels, Belgium
Art Basel Design Miami, Galerie Philippe Gravier, Basel, Switzerland
Villa UGC, Enrico Navarra Gallery & UGC, Cannes Film Festival, France
Parcours Saint-Germain by Pierre Marcolini, Paris, France
2016
Art Basel Design Miami, Galerie Philippe Gravier, Basel, Switzerland
Villa UGC, Enrico Navarra Gallery & UGC, Cannes Film Festival, France
La Nuit de l’ICART, Paris, France
2015
Art Fiction, “From the City to the Stars”, Musée de la Vieille Charité, Marseille, France
ST’ART Art Fair, Strasbourg, France
Espace Motor Village, Rond-Point des Champs-Élysées, Paris, France
2014
La Semaine du goût Metz, Centre Pompidou-Metz, France
2012
Maison & Objet Fair, Selection by L’Éclaireur, Paris, France
Valentine de Badereau Gallery & Nuke Gallery, Saint-Barthélemy, French West Indies
2011
Génération Polluée, Nuke Gallery, Paris, France
Scope Art Fair Basel 11, Artaban Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
Art Paris Art Fair 11, Enrico Navarra Gallery, Paris, France
2010
Archichaos, curated by Julia Van Hagen – ArtStanding, Rove Project, London, United Kingdom
Summer Trees, Analix Forever, Geneva, Switzerland
Even Now You Can Dream, Artaban Gallery, Paris, France
Art Paris Art Fair 10, Nuke Gallery, Paris, France
2009
Abu Dhabi Art Fair 09, Enrico Navarra Gallery, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Slick Art Fair 09, Lacen Gallery, Paris, France
The Logic of French Riviera, Les Jumeaux, Ramatuelle, France
Colophon, Nuke Gallery, Kunsthaus beim Engel, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Heart Breakers, OFR Gallery, Paris, France
2008
Christmas Show, Lacen Gallery, Paris, France
Art Paris Abu Dhabi 08, Enrico Navarra Gallery, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Scope Art Fair London 08, Lacen Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Slick Art Fair London 08, Lacen Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2007
On the Road, Pierre André Benoit Museum, Alès, France
Arménie mon ami, Artcore Gallery, Paris, France
2006
All the Art I Can Fit in My Roller-Skate Case, The Living Room Gallery, Manila, Philippines
L’art oseur, art osé, Institut Supérieur des Carrières Artistiques, Paris, France
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