Isabelle Le Normand is a French contemporary art curator based in Los Angeles, California who has curated exhibitions and events internationally. After her double Master's from the Sorbonne in curatorial studies and art history, Le Normand curated for public institutions in Paris: at Mains d'Oeuvres where she was director and curator for six years; Palais de Tokyo; at Galerie Anne Barrault; La Box in Bourges; in Los Angeles at ForYourArt, Machine Project, and 18th Street Arts Center; at private collector Danny First's house and galleries Anne Barrault in Paris, FKSE in Budapest. She completed residencies at the Total Museum and Gwangju Biennale in South Korea, the Stroom Foundation in the Netherlands, Cité des arts in Paris, Komplot in Brussels, and Residency Unlimited in New York. At Mains d'Oeuvres she built a large audience and distinguished the space in the international arts community through innovative, multidisciplinary programming.
Exhibitions
Nuit Blanche: Wim Delvoye/ Laurent Grasso, Iesa, 2003 Diagonal Argument, cocurated with Florence Ostende, Bétonsalon, 2008 Better Being a virus than catching a cold, Mains d’Œuvres, 2008 23 minutes and 17 seconds, 2009 Operation tonnerre, Mains d’Œuvres, 2009 The Farrell Family, cocurated with Florence Ostende, Mains d’Œuvres, Maison Pop, 2010 Who do you admire? Cocurated with Florence Ostende, La Box, Bourges, 2011 Without you, nothing will happen, 2011 An Auction, 2011 Une chaînette relie toutes les pendeloques et forme le corps principal de l’objet,: Jean-Luc Blanc and Michel Blazy, Mains d’Œuvres, 2012 Collective Fictions, cocurated with Albertine de Galbert; Jesse McKee; Andrew Berardini; Anca Rujoiu, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, 2013 Destiny the B's, Anne Barrault Gallery, Paris, 2013 Sex in Museums: Jon Bernad, Swab, Barcelona, 2013 In Los Angeles My next life, ForYourArt, Here is Elsewhere, Danny First's house, 2013 Confidential, The Impermanent Collection, 2013 Argote and Bastard studios, 18th Streets Arts Center, Santa Monica, 2013 Museum of Destiny, The Impermanent Collection, Los Angeles, 2013 The work of the work, UC Santa Barbara, 2014.
Residencies
Public School, Brussels, 2010 Gwangju Biennale, 2011 18th Streets Arts Center, Santa Monica, 2013 Residency Unlimited, New York 2014 Roadshow Gyeonju, Total Museum, Seoul, 2014
Events
Diagonal Argument program, Betonsalon, 2008 Talk with Thomas Hirschhorn, Mains d’Œuvres, 2008 Concours de rhétorique, Maison Pop, 2010 Emily Mast, Mains d’Œuvres, 2012 Born to curate: by Pauline Bastard and Ivan Argote, Santa Monica, 2013 Paris at your home / Los Angeles at your home, Machine Project and Mains d’Œuvres, 2013 Dawn Kasper, Mains d’Œuvres, 2013 Megan Daalder, Mains d’Œuvres, 2011 Luke Fischbeck, Mains d’Œuvres, 2013 Nikki Darling, Kulapat Yantrasast's house Sarah Gail, Rachel Mason and Deenah Vollmer at Maryanne Tagney and David Jones house
Publications
Diagonal Argument Who do you admire? Under a Spell: The Witchcraft of Elena Bajo
References