About
Elliot STOREY is a visual artist whose work focuses on the moving image (film/video) while developing sculpture, drawing, photographic and musical processes.
His videos / films explore the fine line between cinema and video art.
His interest in the relationship between man and the city emerges as an obsession.
This fascination is explored through a dreamlike and musical mise en scene.
The actors and dancers wander through a contemporary architecture.
He also has developed a sculpture process which appears in his films.
The sculptures evolve and interact with the narrative and performers in the films and are then exhibited.
Drawings and photographies also explore his ideas on man and the city.
Finally his musical composition and collaborations become the binding material exploring the emotional character of Elliot's work.
He is currently finishing SUCCESSIONS(s), the 3rd film in a trilogy of films including the feature films RECONCILIATION (2014) and CONFESSIONS (2018).
Multiple short films (including THE LOVERS - 2016, to be considered a prelude) and smaller videos as well as drawings and sculptures are participating in this long term project.
Most recently he has dived into narrative film territory, having directed his first short narrative piece : THE BLUE BIRD (2022)
And has also undertaken the restoration an old watermill since 2019, the goal is to transform it into artist studios and residencies as well as small film studios.
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Born 1990 in France
Lives and works in an old WaterMill south of Paris, France
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EDUCATION
2013 - 2014 : New York University - Steinhardt Studio Art / MFA Special Exchange/Scholarship program 2008 - 2013 : Université Panthéon Sorbonne Paris 1 - Fine Art
2008 - 2013 : Université Panthéon Sorbonne Paris 1 - Fine Art
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EXHIBITIONS - EVENTS
2022 –––
- November 25 : First official screening of CONFESSIONS, Amphithéâtre Richelieu, Sorbonne, Paris, France
2021 –––
- November : Official Selection InShadow Film Festival, Lisbon, Portugal
2018 –––
- November 13 - 15: Screening of THE LOVERS and RECONCILIATION, L'École des Arts de la Sorbonne, La Galerie Michel Journiac, Paris, France
2017 –––
- August 28: Official Selection of THE LOVERS, AM Festival Cairo, Egypt
- September 29 - 21 October: Official Selection of THE LOVERS, Quinzena de Dança de Almada - International Dance Festival, Almada/Lisbon, Portugal
2016 –––
- September 30 - October 16th : “Making The Future” Group Exhibition curated by Julie Torres and Michael David, David & Schweitzer Contemporary Gallery, New York
- May 7 - 15th : “Perspective Générique” Group Exhibition curated by Camille Clech, Splinters and Logs, New York
2015 –––
- November 21st: 2e Journée du film plasticien, Sorbonne, Paris
- November 20th: ‘Ways to lighten up’ exhibition curated by Deric Carner, Splinters & Logs, NewYork
- November 18th:1st TRANSITIONPROJECT event with performance and screening, 37th Street Loft,
New York
- July 24th : RECONCILIATION Film Screening, Espace Pavage, Rouen France
- July 4th : RECONCILIATION Film Screening, La Blanchisserie, Paris, France
- June 5-7 : Bushwick Open Studios, New York
- 28th May - 31st July : Point de Depart, Group Exhibition Curated by Manuel Herreno, Espace
PAVAGE, Rouen, France
- April 24-25 : "Ambidextrous" Exhibition and Open Studios (coinciding with ISCP open studios), Splinters and Logs, New York
- April 11th : Premiere Journee du Film Plasticien, Video Screenings, La Sorbonne, Paris, France
- March 28th : RECONCILIATION Film Screening and Talk, Queens Library, New York
- February 19th : RECONCILIATION Film Screening, NYU, New York
2014 –––
- 26th October and 12th November : MIA (Moving Image Art) Screenings, Armory Pasadena CA and
Comfort Station Chicago IL
- 25-26 September : “RECONCILIATION : A Film Space”, Gitler & — Gallery, Harlem, New York
- July : “A Reconciliation” Performance at New Intentions Performance event at The Mess, New York,
Curated by Dorothy Lam
- May/June 30-1 : Bushwick Open Studios, New York
- 28 May - 7 June : “I Is Another” Group Exhibition, NYU, New York
- May : Amateur Performativity, The Commons, New York, Curated by Lyle Ashton Harris
- 4 April - 4 May : “City Triptych” Solo Photography Exhibition in Collaboration with Jean-Baptiste Le
Mercier, Kimmel Galleries, New York
- 21 February : ANXIETY video on view at COMMONS Project Exhibition, NYU, New York
2013 –––
- 23-24 November : Official Selection of “ANXIETY” at PROYECTOR 13.5o Festival Internacional de
- 22 November : Open Studios, NYU, New York
- October : Biennale de Jeune Création Européenne : Screening of “TRANSvision” in the Beffroi de
Montrouge
- 15 august - 15 september: "De Ida y Vuelta" Exhibition, Geba Art Gallery Bogota , Columbia
- 24 - 26 July : Official Selection of “BIRTH” and “Creature Of My Dream” at - VII Mostra
International de Videodanza Sao Carlos - Brasil
- 21 March : Official Selection "C" at VIDEOFORMES Festival - Clermont Ferrand, France
- 1 - 9 March : Official Selection BIRTH at Cinedans Festival - Amsterdam, Netherlands
2012 –––
- 1 - 7 December : Creature Of My Dream screened in installation piece at CREUSET Collective
Exhibition - Espace Des Arts Sans Frontière - Paris - France
- 15 October - 9 November : Selection of films screened in the exhibition "Tales of the Nibelungenlied
and other Storeys" - London
- 27 June : "Creature Of My Dream" screened at Festival Vidéo de l'espace Jour et Nuit Culture - Paris
- 24 May - 6 June : Exhibition of videos made in collaboration with philosopher Richard Shusterman
and artist Yann Toma - Galery Michel Journiac - Paris
2011 –––
- 20 - 25 November : Collective Photography Exhibition "En Attendant" - Espace Des Arts Sans
Frontière - Paris - France
- November : 24e Festival Instants Video – Screened « I Saw something In The Street Last Night » at
Espace 104 Paris - France
- October : Official Selection of "Ah... You Waves" - Mostra International de Videodanza Sao Carlos -
Brasil
- 30 September : "BIRTH" screened at gallery La Blanchisserie Boulogne/Paris - France
- 8 September : Screening/Exhibition of "A Dance With Sacha Green Pathroom" Loving Art Event -
Tel-Aviv - Israel
- June : Official Selection "A Dance With Sacha Green Pathroom" at Prague Quadriennal 2011 - Czech Republic
- April: Official Selection at Festival Nos Yeux Grands Ouverts – Screened "I Saw something In The Street Last Night" at Espace 104 Paris - France
- 25 - 27 March : Collective Exhibition “Fragments” – Espace Des Arts Sans Frontière - Paris - France
- 23 March : "Ah...You Waves !" screened during Tanz Nite - OperGraz - Austria
2010 –––
- December : Official Selection "Ah... You Waves !" at Cinedans Festival - Amsterdam Netherlands - April: Exhibition at Alkazar (Paris 5e - France)
- March: Exhibition at Alkazar (Paris 5e - France)
2009 –––
- Screening of Film "Détour", collaboration with Benoit Albert at Ducourneau Theater - Agen - France
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FILM - VIDEO PRODUCTIONS
- L'OISEAU BLEU, 2min20, 2022
- CONFESSIONS, 1h35min, 2018
- THE LOVERS, 9min32, 2016
- MIDDLE MIDDLE, 5:55min, video clip for band TEACH KIDS MANNERS, 2016
- AMBULANCES (Verses 1-5) Series of videos based on Philip Larkin poem of the same name, 2015
- The Modern City, 12:10min, Produced by Art&Flux, 2015
- RECONCILIATION, 1h15min first feature film, 2014
- Full Body Triptychs Male & Female (2 videos), 1min each, 2014
- CIRCLES, 2min each, 2014
- TRANSvision (made in collaboration with artist Yann Toma), 12:50min., 2013
- TRANSITION # 1, 3:00min, 2013
- ANXIETY, 12:50min, 2013
- Hat Portrait Series, 4 channel video installation piece, 2:40min, 2013
- RHAPSODY, 10:00 min, 2013
- C, E & G 6 channel video piece, 5:45min each, 2013
- Creature Of My Dream, 23:38min, 2012
- Golden Parisian Nights (made in collaboration with artist Yann Toma and philosopher Richard Shusterman), 6:10min., 2012
- Grandad Is Eighty Years Old (documentary), 62:00min, 2011
- Walk The Golden Night (made in collaboration with artist Yann Toma and philosopher Richard Shusterman), 5:21min, 2011
- BIRTH, 17:55min, 2011
- Cats Church & Trampoline, 20:24min, 2011
- Head, 3:47min, 2011
- I Saw Something In The Street Last Night, 9:01min, 2011
- Chateau (made in collaboration with artist Yann Toma and philosopher Richard Shusterman), 8:46min, 2010
- A Night With Richard Shusterman (made in collaboration with artist Yann Toma and philosopher Richard Shusterman), 10:25min, 2010
- The Couple, 9:13min, 2010
- The A6b Boy, 10:19min, 2010
- "Softly Like A Sleeping Body...”, 4:31min, 2010
- Ah... You Waves!, 8:11min, 2010
- "dripping wings and moonbeams”, 5:15min, 2010
- Through Narrow Streets, 8:07min, 2010
- A Dance With Sacha Green Pathroom, 7:06min, 2010
- City Dance, 6:41min, 2009
- Coffee, 20:01min, 2009
- Detour, 61:05min, 2009
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