Sylvie Bonnot FR, b. 1982
Works
Overview
As a photographer and visual artist, Sylvie Bonnot explores new modes of image transfiguration through a documentary approach. Winner of the ECPAD X ADAGP photographic residency at Fort d’Ivry in 2024 and the Grande Commande Photo Radioscopie, led by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF) in 2022-2023, Sylvie Bonnot has exhibited extensively (APPROCHE, Musée des Archives Nationales...) and her works are featured in various public collections (Bibliothèque nationale de France, CNES at the Abattoirs Museum, FRAC in Toulouse...). Her work has also been the subject of monographic publications, including L’Arbre-marchine published by Éditions Loco (2024)
Biography
Sylvie Bonnot © CNES/ H. Piraud
Sylvie Bonnot develops new modes of photographic transfiguration, questioning our relationship to the living and to the image, in relation to the geographies of space and the transformations of forests. The photographic print has become a landscape for reflection, leading her to develop a performative approach to photography. The gesture she has invented with the “moulting” process enhances the organic dimension of her images by crystallizing the silver membrane of her photographs, without reducing their documentary capacity.
Winner the photographic program Elles & Cité, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, 2025, of the residences Capsule, Centre d’art de Lectoure, 2025-26, ECPAD X ADAGP, 2024, of the public commission Grande Commande Photo Radioscopie, run by Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF), 2021-2023.
Sylvie Bonnot’s exhibitions include: Paris Photo 2025 X Hangar , NÉO-ANALOG, Montreuil 2025, Photo Hanoï 2025 , Le Royaume des moustiques / Vol.1, Cité internationale des Arts, Paris, 2025, Rethinking photography, EMoP Lux, 2025, Décoller-atterrir, solo show at Chateau de Tours, 2024, Un monde en mue, solo show Approche x Réseau LUX #1, 2024, UNIQUE, Beyond photography, Hangar, Bruxelles, 2024, La France sous leur yeux & Épreuves de la matière, BnF, 2023-24, Biennale Rencontres Photographiques de Guyane, 2023, Geographies d’une fusée, solo show, CNES, 2023, Baïkonur Tour / Vol.2, solo show, Interface, Dijon, 2022, New photography and Ephemeral, UNSEEN & The Merchant House, Amsterdam, 2022, Le sens de la pente, solo show, Ugine Art Center, 2022, APPROCHE, with Ségolène Brossette Galerie, 2021, Mobile/Immobile, National Archives Museum, 2019, Le Baïkal Interieur, solo show Le Bleu du Ciel, 2018, NUIT BLANCHE 2017, Paris.
Her works is featured in collections such as : Musee Nicephore Niepce, Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF), Hangar, Department of Seine-Saint-Denis, CNES at the Abattoirs Museum and FRAC (Toulouse), FMAC of Gentilly, Artothèque of Lyon, Cajarc, Auxerre, Belgian Luxemburg Contemporary Art Center…
Her monographic publications inlude L’Arbre-machine, un monde en mue, Loco Editions, 2024, Derrière la retenue, Actes Sud, 2017, Sylvie Bonnot-5.1, The Merchant House, 2017 or Contre-Courants, Nouvelles Éditions Place, 2016 and collective publications such as Unique, Beyond photography, Hangar, 2024, La France sous leurs yeux and Épreuves de la matière, BnF, 2023-24, La région humaine, Le Bleu du Ciel & Loco Editions, 2021, Off camera, Steven Humblet, Roma Editions, 2020, Contre-culture dans la photographie contemporaine, Michel Poivert, Editions Textuel, 2022.
Winner the photographic program Elles & Cité, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, 2025, of the residences Capsule, Centre d’art de Lectoure, 2025-26, ECPAD X ADAGP, 2024, of the public commission Grande Commande Photo Radioscopie, run by Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF), 2021-2023.
Sylvie Bonnot’s exhibitions include: Paris Photo 2025 X Hangar , NÉO-ANALOG, Montreuil 2025, Photo Hanoï 2025 , Le Royaume des moustiques / Vol.1, Cité internationale des Arts, Paris, 2025, Rethinking photography, EMoP Lux, 2025, Décoller-atterrir, solo show at Chateau de Tours, 2024, Un monde en mue, solo show Approche x Réseau LUX #1, 2024, UNIQUE, Beyond photography, Hangar, Bruxelles, 2024, La France sous leur yeux & Épreuves de la matière, BnF, 2023-24, Biennale Rencontres Photographiques de Guyane, 2023, Geographies d’une fusée, solo show, CNES, 2023, Baïkonur Tour / Vol.2, solo show, Interface, Dijon, 2022, New photography and Ephemeral, UNSEEN & The Merchant House, Amsterdam, 2022, Le sens de la pente, solo show, Ugine Art Center, 2022, APPROCHE, with Ségolène Brossette Galerie, 2021, Mobile/Immobile, National Archives Museum, 2019, Le Baïkal Interieur, solo show Le Bleu du Ciel, 2018, NUIT BLANCHE 2017, Paris.
Her works is featured in collections such as : Musee Nicephore Niepce, Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF), Hangar, Department of Seine-Saint-Denis, CNES at the Abattoirs Museum and FRAC (Toulouse), FMAC of Gentilly, Artothèque of Lyon, Cajarc, Auxerre, Belgian Luxemburg Contemporary Art Center…
Her monographic publications inlude L’Arbre-machine, un monde en mue, Loco Editions, 2024, Derrière la retenue, Actes Sud, 2017, Sylvie Bonnot-5.1, The Merchant House, 2017 or Contre-Courants, Nouvelles Éditions Place, 2016 and collective publications such as Unique, Beyond photography, Hangar, 2024, La France sous leurs yeux and Épreuves de la matière, BnF, 2023-24, La région humaine, Le Bleu du Ciel & Loco Editions, 2021, Off camera, Steven Humblet, Roma Editions, 2020, Contre-culture dans la photographie contemporaine, Michel Poivert, Editions Textuel, 2022.
Press
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10 years of Photo Brussels, Belgium’s leading photography festivalThe Guardian, 30 Jan 2026 -
PhotoBrussels, un fascinant jeu de piste dans la villeLe Figaro, 29 Jan 2026
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Sylvie Bonnot: The Kingdom of Mosquitoes | Hangar GalleryMusée Magazine, 22 Jan 2026
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A Paris Photo, une photographie toujours plus hybrideThe Art Newspaper, 15 Nov 2025
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Paris Photo : Une foire qui réjouit toujours autant les amateursLe Figaro, 15 Nov 2025
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10 Things to do at Paris Photo 2025BLIND Magazine, 14 Nov 2025
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Paris Photo 2025 : Les incontournables de cette éditionFisheye Magazine, 14 Nov 2025
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Paris Photo 2025 : nos dix coup de coeur d'une luxuriante édition, entre beauté vintage et créatures pixéliséesTélérama, 13 Nov 2025
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6 tendances fortes de Paris Photo cette annéeBeaux-Arts Magazine, 10 Nov 2025
Exhibitions
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Le Royaume des moustiques - Sylvie Bonnot
23 Jan - 22 Feb 2026After a noteworthy first presentation at Paris Photo in November 2025, Hangar Gallery is proud to unveil Sylvie Bonnot 's new series - Le Royaume des moustiques in Brussels. In...Read more -
Apparitions - Group show
15 Nov - 21 Dec 2024After participating in the Paris Photo and Approche fairs, Hangar Gallery opens its first group show in Brussels. These 9 photographers explore the boundaries of the medium and the materiality...Read more
News
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Sylvie Bonnot / La mort d’un·e poète·sse fait moins de bruit qu’une feuille de tilleul qui tombe
07.02.2026 to 11.04.2026 / Paris, France 7 Feb 2026L’exposition « La mort d’un·e poète·sse fait moins de bruit qu’une feuille de tilleul qui tombe » réunit 18 artistes qui explorent la poésie du...Read more -
Sylvie Bonnot / ARCHIVE / PAST ARCHIVE : 9ème Biennale des Rencontres Photographiques de Guyane
26.11.2025 to 24.01.2026 / Régina, Guyane 26 Nov 2025Collective exhibition at the invitation of curators Éline Gourgues, Do Tuong Linh and Karl Joseph, featuring the series « Études / Le Royaume des moustiques...Read more -
Sylvie Bonnot / NEO-ANALOG, Centre Tignous d'Art Contemporain, Montreuil
14.11.2025 to 03.01.2026 / Montreuil, France 14 Nov 2025La Photographie après l'image Drawing on the work of thirteen contemporary artists, the NEO-ANALOG exhibition presents itself as the manifesto of an international movement that...Read more -
Sylvie Bonnot / ARCHIVE / POST ARCHIVE : Biennale PHOTO HANOÏ 2025
02.11.2025 to 30.11.2025 / Hanoï, Vietnam 2 Nov 2025An exhibition by Éline Gourgues and Do Tuong Linh featuring the series “Études /Le Royaume des moustiques” by Sylvie Bonnot, along with a selection of...Read more -
Sylvie Bonnot / Friche la Belle de Mai
18.10.2025-11.01.2026 / Marseille, France 18 Oct 2025Sylvie Bonnot is part of 'La Vie de l'Espace' at Friche la Belle de Mai in Marseille. This exhibition is presented by the Observatoire de...Read more -
Sylvie Bonnot / Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles
13.09.2025-27.09.2025 / Paris, France 13 Sep 2025Sylvie Bonnot is part of 'The Extra-Terrestrial Condition' at the Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles in Paris. This exhibition is presented by the Space Observatory of CNES and...Read more -
Sylvie Bonnot / Musée Nicéphore Niépce
17.05.25 - 15.09.25 / Chalon-sur-Saône 17 Jun 2025Sylvie Bonnot is part of the exhibition Inoxydable at Musée Nicéphore Niépce. Discover how photography, born with the Industrial Revolution, has ceaselessly documented technological progress...Read more -
Sylvie Bonnot / EMOP Arendt Award 2025
17.05.2025 - 15.09.2025 / Luxembourg 26 Apr 2025Sylvie Bonnot is part of Beyond the Frame : Rethinking Photography during EMOP Lux at Arendt House. The EMOP Arendt Award , established in 2013,...Read more
Art Fairs
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Art Rotterdam / Unseen 2026 - Booth K1
Sylvie Bonnot / Antoine De Winter / Lior Gal / Luc Praet 26 - 29 Mar 2026Hangar Gallery is delighted to take part of Art Rotterdam 2026 with Sylvie Bonnot, Antoine De Winter, Lior Gal & Luc Praet.Read more -
Paris Photo 2025 - Booth M03
Sylvie Bonnot / Le Royaume des moustiques 13 - 16 Nov 2025Hangar Gallery is part of Paris Photo 2025 - 28th Edition in the Emergence Sector. Booth M03. Hangar Gallery unveils Sylvie Bonnot's new series - Le Royaume des moustiques, completed at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris, as part of the Elles & Cité 2025 program. In the French Guiana Amazon, the artist went to meet the allochthonous communities who have found refuge there through the upheavals of history. Bushinenge and Hmong cosmogonies intersect here, where lianas weave the links between worlds. Pursuing her performative approach to landscape and image, Sylvie Bonnot presents a new body of unique works created using her distinctive “moulting” process, by lifting the silver gelatin membrane from her prints. The crystallized creases in her works echo the intertwined narratives of this equatorial territory in perpetual transformation, the scene of a visceral sharing of resources. Through the sensitive monochrome of her photographs, each of these assembled fragments of Amazonian life forms a connection with the animal and plant kingdoms. Paris Photo - 28th editionRead more
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