born in 1986 in the United States
lives and works in Paris
Education
2008 – 2010 Master of Fine Arts, Parsons the New School for Design, New York, United States
2006 – 2007 Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2004 – 2008 Bachelor of Arts, Literature and Religion (double bachelor), McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Solo Exhibitions
2025 Instruments, Andréhn-Schiptjenko Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2024 Voyant, Andréhn-Schiptjenko Gallery, Paris, France
2022/23 CrystallineThresholds | Les Portes de Givre, Mondes Nouveaux, Puy de Dôme, France
Nelle Viscere: Ardent Terrane, Poush, Clichy, France
2020 Pietra di Luce, Bigaignon Gallery, Paris, France
2019 Pietra di Luce, Galerie Au Roi, Paris, France
2017 Oblations, Projektor, Paris, France
2016 As if it should have been a quarry, La Galerie Particulière, Brussels, Belgium
2015 As if it should have been a quarry, La Galerie Particulière, Paris, France
Group Exhibitions (Selection)
2026 ‘Spellbound’, FireStorm Foundation, curated by Jennifer Higgie, Stockholm, Sweden
2025 ‘In Vivo,’ Creux de l’Enfer, Thiers, France
‘Symbiosium II’, Centre Wallonie Bruxelles, Paris, France
‘Par Quatre Chemins’, Chateau Lacoste, Le Puy Sainte Reparade, France
‘Apocalypse’ Bibliothèque Nationale Française, curated by Jeanne Brun & Pauline Creteur, Paris, France
‘Rire sur un Volcan’, Poush, Aubervilliers, France
2024 ‘Pratiques Cosmomorphes’ Institut d’art Contemporain Villeurbanne, curated by Nathalie Ergino, Lyon, France
‘Orbis Tertius’, Art Basel Paris Programme, curated by Arnaud Morand, Galerie Joseph, Paris, France
2023 ‘Histoire de Pierres”, Villa Medici, curated by Jean de Loisy and Sam Stourdze, Italy
‘Quelque chose ici va venir’, Les Ateliers des Arques curated by Emmanuel Tibloux, Les Arques, France
‘Mondes Nouveaux’, Beaux-Arts de Paris, curated by Caroline Naphegyi & Bernard Blistène,, Paris, France
‘To Walk in the Image’, St Carthage Hall, Lismore Castle Arts, curated by Susan Bright, Lismore, Ireland
2022 ‘Borderline’ Pavillon Vendôme, Curated by Yvannoé Kruger, Clichy, France
2021 ‘Les Rêvelateurs’ Galerie Christian Berst, curated by Anael Pigeat & Yvannoé Kruger, Paris, France
‘Cara B’ Weil Art Foundation, Port Andratx, Mallorca, Spain
2020 ‘Les Métamorphoses’ Vidéodrome, Porto Vecchio, Corse
‘Still Light’ Cité de L’Image Clervaux, Luxembourg
‘United’ Galerie Bigaignon, Paris, France
2019 ‘Cette Histoire qu’on découvre en creusant la terre’, curated by Yvannoé Kruger, L’Orfevrerie, St Denis, France
2017 ‘Fragments’, La Frontiera, curated by Beatrice Carraciolo, Paris, France
2014 ‘Against Nature’, Gallery Ho, New York, New York
2013 ‘Marseille vu’, Bibliothèque Départementale, Marseille, France
2011 ‘ What matters now? Proposals for a New Front Page,’ Aperture Gallery, New York, New York
‘Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis,’ SÍM House, Reykjavik, Iceland
‘Studio Vortex (hors les murs)’ Galerie Montgrand, Marseille, France
2010 Parsons Graduate Photography Thesis Exhibition, Arnold and Sheila Aronson Gallery, New York, New York
Monographic Books
2024 Crystalline Thresholds | Les Portes de Givre, éditions Filigranes
essays by Bernard Blistene, Nathalie Huret
2019 Pietra di Luce, Quants éditions
essays by Jean-Pierre Criqui & Federica Soletta
2013 As if it should have been a quarry, Damiani Editore & D.A.P. Artbook
essay by Eduardo Cadava
Exhibition Catalogues
2025 Apocalypse, hier et demain, Bibliothèque Nationale de France
Resider/Rehabiter, Les Presses du Réel
2024 Orbis Tertius, AFAlUla
2023 Histoires de Pierres, Jean de Loisy & Sam Stourdzé, Delpire Editions
2022 Poush Clichy, Editions Dilecta
2021 Les Révélateurs, Galerie Christian Berst
Residencies
2025 Creux de L’Enfer, Thiers, France
2023 Les Atelier des Arques, curated by Emmanuel Tibloux, Le Lot, France
2020-2026 Poush Studios, Clichy & Aubervilliers, France
2022 Oasis, AlUla Artist Residency, AlUla, KSA
2021 Mission 0, curated by Jean de Loisy & Laurent de Robert, Syracuse, Sicily, Italy
2018 Santa Fe Art Institute, New Mexico, United States
2017 Villa Lena Foundation, Tuscany, Italy
2012, ‘14 Akos, Art Center of Social Studies, Yerevan, Armenia
2011 Samband Íslenskra Myndlistarmanna (SÍM), Association of Icelandic Visual Artists, Reykjavik, Iceland
Public Projects
2025 Ode to Measurement, Skeppsholmen Island, Stockholm, Sweden
2023-2024 Ofrenda, Espace Naturel Sensible du Marais des Arques, Les Arques, France
2022-2023 Crystalline Thresholds | Les Portes de Givre, puy de Dôme summit, France
Conferences / Artist Talks
2025 Baltic Sea Festival, Berdwahallen, Stockholm, Sweden
Dialogues, Poush, Paris, France
2024 Fondation Pernod Ricard, Paris, France
Asia Now Art Fair, Paris, France
2022 Sorbonne, Paris, France
2021 Parsons the New School for Design, New York City, United States
Galerie Hus, Paris France
2018 Santa Fe Art Institute, Sante Fe, United States
2017 Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Villa Lena Foundation, Palaia, Italy
Parsons Paris, France
2014 Gallery Ho, New York, New York, United States
Oxbridge Academic Programs, L’Acadèmie à Paris, France
2011 SÍM House, Reykjavik, Iceland
Teaching and Workshops
2019-‘25 École Normale Superièure des Arts Décoratifs, Creative Writing and Narrative Seminars, Paris, France
2023 Beaux Arts de Paris (ENSBA), Workshops with Atelier Mesiti, Paris, France
2019 Parsons Paris Professor, History of Photography and workshops on visual literacy, Paris, France
2016-‘19 Paris College of Art, Professor, Undergraduate & Graduate program, Paris, France
Press (Selection)
2026 ArtNews, “A Shift in the Fair Ecosystem Toward a ‘Quality-First’ Approach” by Devorah Lauter
The Art Newspaper, “l’Art Magique Aujourd’hui” by Emmanuel Tibloux
The Art Newspaper, “Méditation sur la neige” by Emmanuel Tibloux
Dazed & Confused, “An Exhibition Explores the Spellbinding Quality of Everyday Life”
2025 Slash Art, “Sabine Mirlesse - En Questions” Interview with the editor
Slash Art, Instruments, Stockholm, by Guillaume Benoit
Wallpaper Magazine, “Contemporary artist collective Poush takes over Château LaCoste”
Le Journal des Arts, “Jeune Garde au Chateau”
Le Quotidien de l’Art, :Quartiers de Printemps à Château Lacoste”
SvD Kultur Sontag, “Alla pekar borta - men landar i nuet”
2024 Les Cahiers du Musee National d’Art Moderne, summer 2024, no. 168, thirteen pages dedicated to Postcards to Volcanoes
Vogue Magazine, “8 Expositions à voir absolument à Paris”
Beaux-Arts Magazine, :5 expos des plus captivantes à voir dans les galeries à Paris”
Les Inrocks, Le photoblog de Renaud Montfourny
Wild Memory Radio, WePresent
2023 Plant Magazine, “Forecast & Observations”
France Culture Radio, Culture Prime, “L’Art de Sabine Mirlesse, au sommet du puy de Dôme”
Beaux-Arts Magazine, Une installation givrée au sommet d’un volcan d’Auvergne
Worms Magazine, Wish you were here: An Interview with Sabine Mirlesse
The Happy Reader, Issue 19, Goodbye: Sea Silk
2022 Paris Match “Sabine Mirlesse, Sculptrice dans L’Air des Temps” by Anael Pigeat
France 3 Auvergne, Sabine Mirlesse, Les Portes de Givre
La Montagne, Une exposition givrée et perchée au sommet par Fabrice Mina
2021 Phonomaton avec Anael Pigeat “à Poush avec Sabine Mirlesse”
2020 France Culture Radio, Conversation Mondiale, “Le Temps du Débat” with Emmanuel Laurentin
France Culture Radio, De la Divine Comédie de Dante aux marbres de Toscane, l’art photographique de Sabine Mirlesse
Télérama Magazine “The 18 most awaited exhibitions of 2020”
Madame Figaro “Imprints of Time”
Viens Voir “Sabine Mirlesse, mécanismes de la création contemporaine” by Bruno Dubreil
ArtsHebdosMedias “Être touché par la Lumière avec Sabine Mirlesse” by Francesca Cuarana
Fisheye Magazine, Une livre à la belle étoile
2019 Bomb Magazine, Artist Portfolio “Mining Marble for Stars”
Le Monde, Lunettes Rouges “Livres autour de la photographie”
Cercle Magazine, “Sabine Mirlesse captures volcanoes and seismic lands”
2017 Architectural Digest, “Les Rendez-vous à ne pas manquer cette semaine” by Oscar Duboy
2016 British Journal of Photography, “Out of Eden” by Marc Feustel, feature on Song of Fruit and Contention
OFF the Wall Photobook, issues 9 & 10, curated by Isabelle Evertse and Alix Koffi
2015 Pik magazine, feature on As if it should have been a quarry for final issue #1
Télérama Magazine, review of As if it should have been a quarry exhibition at La Galerie Particulière
Metal Magazine, Interview, As if it should have been a quarry
2014 The New Yorker “Looking at Love”
2013 Interview Magazine, “Sabine Mirlesse and the Volcano”
Time Magazine “Out from Under the Volcano: A Photographer’s Impressions from Iceland”
2012 British Journal for Photography, London, England, feature on ‘As if it should have been a quarry’ series
Prizes, Grants, Distinctions (Selection)
2026 Artangel Open, longlist distinction
New York Public Library Picture Collection Fellowship, shortlist, New York, USA
Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie, carte blanche shortlist, France
2025 Prix Pictet, nominee
2024 Institut Pascal, Paris-Saclay, commission shortlist, France
2022 CIP Bourse de Recherche/Creation, shortlist
2021 Mondes Nouveaux Artist Laureate, Ministry of Culture, France
2020 Prix Bob Calle | Prix du Livre d’Artiste, nominee
2018 Bourse Residence Service Culturelle, Ambassade de France à Los Angeles, Californie
2017 Grand Prix Images Vevey shortlist
2016 Baum Foundation Nominee for Emerging Photographic Artist of the Year
2013 Magenta Foundation Emerging Photographer, Toronto, Canada
Booksignings
2024 Paris Photo
Rencontres d’Arles Festival
Librairie Sans Titre
2019 Polycopies
Galerie au Roi
2013 Le Bal
Paris Photo
Fairs/Biennale
2026 Art Basel Paris*forthcoming
Art Brussels
2025 Art Dubai
Art Brussels
2024 Art Basel Paris
2022 Biennale de Lyon, Resonances, France
Public & Foundation Collections
Institut d’art Contemporain Villeurbanne/Rhône-Alpes, Lyon, France
Fondation Thalie, Brussels, Belgium
Firestorm Foundation, New York, USA
Université Clermont Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France
L’Arthothèque du Département du Lot, Cahors, France
Clermont Auvergne Metropole, Clermont-Ferrand, France