photographer / object maker
ABOUT ME
François Trézin
aka linfulan
Aka frfr
photographer / object maker
BASED IN Dali, china
François Trézin (林富蓝), born in 1982 in Provence (South France), is a French artist and still life photographer. He has been living in Shanghai for 12 years before moving to the foot of Cangshan Mountains in Dali, Yunnan in 2019.
His creative approach using objects is all about play, varying from compulsive collections, borrowing, categorizing, transforming, de-contextualizing, associating, confronting, assembling, merging and re-purposing. It starts with interaction with the objects, follows with ephemeral installations and ends with photography.
François studied in various famous schools in France (Paris, Nantes and Cergy-Pontoise) and obtained double degree in graphic design and fine arts. After graduation, François worked as an assistant for photographers in Japan for almost 2 years before coming to China.
EDITORIALS
The New York Times China, Vision, Esquire China, Modern Weekly, The Outlook Magazine, China Life Magazine,
ELLE DECO China, ELLE MEN China, AD China, GQ China, Ideat China, Surface, Grazia China, Tatler China, etc...
CLIENTS
Cartier, DJI, Tmall, Secoo, Qeelin, Shangxia, Loewe, Icicle, Dunhill, Canali, MCM, Starbucks, Nike, Hilton, Longines, Kanebo, Saselomo, OVV Jewelry, Bioderma, Kai, etc...
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 | Imago Ludens, XinChang, Shanghai, China
2017 | frfr zoo in a cocoon, Co-coon Gallery, Shanghai, China
2011 | Frfr Bazaar, Bazaar Compatible Program, Shanghai, China
2011 | Flashback, Espace François-Auguste Ducros, Grignan, France
2010 | “Shanghai Parks”, Chaumont-sur-Loire castle, France
2010 | Drawer Story, AM art space, Shanghai, China
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 | “PhotoFairs”, China Life Magazine booth, Shanghai, China
2017 | FlipPOP, Shanghai, China
2016 | “PhotoFairs”, Modern Media booth, Shanghai, China
2016 | “Journey”, AM art space, Shanghai, China
2015 | “Photo Shanghai”, C14 Gallery, Shanghai, China
2015 | “Stare at Things” (Drawer Story), C14 Gallery, Shanghai, China
2015 | “Now and Them” (Fashionable Vegetable), The Gallery, Shanghai, China
2013 | Festival Voies Off (during Les Rencontres d’Arles), Arles, France
2012 | “Come Together”, FotoWeekDC, Washington DC, USA
2012 | Nike Free 4.0, C5 Art, Beijing, China
2012 | International Photo Festival (Drawer Story), Luoping, China
2011 | Avant Guardian Award Exhibition, The Gallery, Shanghai, China
2011 | “Paysage” (“Shanghai Parks”), Maison de la Tour, Valaurie, France
2011 | New French Embassy Opening Ceremony (“Rock Speaker”), Beijing, China
2010 | Villa Pan, Suzhou, China
2010 | “Moins que l’infini”, AM art space, Shanghai, China
2008 | “Insinuations”, 798, TS1 gallery, Beijing, China
2008 | “Intrude 366″ (“Bottom of Trees”), Zendai MOMA, Shanghai, China
2005 | “Nouvelle Donne”, Angle contemporary art gallery, St Paul-trois-châteaux, France
2004 | “Imagidéo”, Lieu Unique, Nantes, France
2004 | Courts métrages, Le Luxy cinema, Ivry-sur-Seine, France
2004 | Exhibition for the grant Coup de Pouce, Ivry-sur-Seine, France
2002 | Festival de l’affiche de Chaumont, France
AWARDS, RESIDENCIES, GRANTS
2018 | Artist in residency, Imago Ludens, XinChang, Shanghai, China
2013 | Selected for 18th edition of Festival Voies Off (during Les Rencontres d’Arles), Arles, France
2011 | Avant Guardian Award, Surface Magazine China & Max Mara Group, Shanghai, China
2010 | First prize for portfolio at Caochangdi PhotoSpring, Beijing, China
(partnership with François Hébel, Director of Les Rencontres d’Arles Photography Festival)
2010 | Artist in residency, Villa Pan, Suzhou, China
2004 | Grant of Ivry-sur-Seine city, France to realize a multimedia project in Tokyo, France