Felix Art Fair 2024

ARTIST BIOS

Guillaume Dénervaud (b. 1987, Fribourg, Switzerland) lives and works in Paris. He studied at the École des artsappliqués, Geneva and at HEAD, Geneva. Dénervaud’s solo shows include Gregor Staiger, Zurich (forth- coming); Atrata, St.Croix Chapel – Angles-sur-l’Anglin (forthcoming); Atrara, Paris (forthcoming); Antenna Space, Shanghai (forthcoming); Swiss Institute, New York (2023); Bel Ami, Los Angeles (2023); Centre D’édition Contemporary (CEC), Geneva (2021); Balice Hertling, Paris (2019); Alienze, Lausanne (2019); and Hard Hat, Geneva (2018). Group exhibitions include Pernod Ricard Foundation, Paris (forthcoming); Don’t Worry, This Will All Be Over Soon, Gregor Staiger, Milan (2023); La main-pleur, Fri Art Kuns- thalle, Fribourg (2022); Des corps, des écritures, Musée d’art Moderne de Paris (2022); Aquarium, Maison Pop- ulaire, Montreuil (2022); Les formes du transfert, Les Magasins Généraux, Paris (2021); Emblazoned World, Bel Ami, Los Angeles (2021); Le sain ennui, BQ Gallery, Berlin (2021); Your Friends and Neighbors, High Art, Paris (2020); and L’Oranger, LiveInYourHead, Geneva (2017). Dénervaud participated in the Swiss Institute residency program, New York (2021). His work is in the collections of the ICA Miami; MAMCO, Geneva; and the Musée d’art Moderne de Paris. He is a 2023 recipient of the Swiss Art Awards.

Covey Gong (b. 1994, Hunan, China) lives and works in New York. Gong’s solo and two-person shows include: Bodega (Derosia), New York (2023); Lubov, New York (2022, with Eli Ping); And Now, Dallas (2019); Salt Projects, Beijing (2028). Recent group exhibitions include: Leaking Heaven, Laurel Gitlen, New York (2023); Under the Volcano II, Lomex, New York (2022); When the World Becomes Flesh, Baader Mein- hof, Omaha, NE (2022); This Is My Bodys, Bodega (Derosia), New York (2021).

Olivia Hill (b. 1985, Hinsdale, IL) lives and works in Los Angeles. Recent exhibitions include About Painting III at Rolando Anselmi Gallery, Rome (2023); A Particular Kind of Heaven at Parrasch Heijnen, Los Angeles, curated by Ali Dipp (2023); Storm Before the Calm at Praz Delavallade, Los Angeles, curated by Michael Slenske (2022); Drift, a solo booth of paintings presented by Bel Ami at MIART, Milan (2023); and Strike-Slip, Hill’s first solo exhibition at Bel Ami, Los Angeles (2022). Hill is a 2023 Foundwork Prize finalist. She received her MFA from the University of California, Riverside in 2019 and her BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute in 2006.

Soshiro Matsubara (b. 1980, Hokkaido, Japan) lives and works in Vienna. He has held solo exhibitions at Martina Simeti, Milan (2022); Union Pacific, London (2022); Bel Ami, Los Angeles (2022); Fern Residency, Brussels (2021); Museum of Contemporary Art, Rome (2021); Croy Nielsen, Vienna (2020); Schiefe Zähne, Berlin (2018); Brennan & Griffin, New York (2017); and XYZ collective, Tokyo (2016). Recent group exhibitions include Presque Partout, Frac Lorraine, Metz, FR (forthcoming); Cadavre Exquis or The Voluptuous Decay of The Shivering Veil, Braunsfelder, Cologne (2023); Shivering Veil, Braunsfelder, Cologne (2023); Bruno Pélassy and The Order of The Starfish, Haus am Waldsee, Berlin (2023); Malediction and Prayer, Modern Art, London (2023); Papertrail, Matthew Brown, Los Angeles (2023); A Lover’s Discourse, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen (2023, with Ulala Imai); Soshiro Matsubara and Joanna Woś, Croy Nielsen (temporary space), Berlin (2023); Day by Day, Good Day, Union Pacific, London (2023); Cupid’s Bow, Bel Ami, Los Angeles (2023, curated by Milano Chow); Another Surrealism, Den Frie, Copenhagen and Museum Sønderjylland, Tønder (2022); Bread and Digestifs, Callirrhoë, Athens (2022); Sweet Home, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York (2021); Von Fliegenfallen und Wiener Freiheit, Universitätsgalerie Heiligenkreuzer Hof, Vienna (2021); Winterfest, Aspen Art Museum (2020); and The Sentimental Organization of the World, Crèvecoeur, Paris (2020). His work is in the collection of the Lewben Art Foundation, Vilnius.

Isabelle Frances McGuire (b. 1994, Austin, TX) lives and works in Chicago. Select solo and two-person presentations include What Pipeline, Detroit (2023, with Nolan Simon); King’s Leap, New York (2023, 2021); Scherben, Berlin (2022); Mickey, Chicago (2021); Et al., San Francisco (2020, curated by Good Weather); From The Desk of Lucy Bull, Los Angeles (2020), and Prairie, Chicago (2017). Recent group exhibitions include Multi-User Dungeon (MUD), Petzel, New York (2024, curated by Simon Denny); Descending the Staircase, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (2023); Tell Me What You Want, Bel Ami, Los Angeles (2023); Group Exhibition, M. LeBlanc, Chicago (2023); Death Bearing, Hans Gallery, Chicago (2023); I feel like a bootlegger’s wife. Look!, Apparatus Projects, Chicago (2022); Banquet, In Lieu, Los Angeles (2020); and At the End of the Game You Will Be Forgotten, Alyssa Davis Gallery, New York (2018).

Julien Monnerie (b. 1987, Paris, France) lives and works in Paris. He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts de Paris, the École des Beaux-Arts de Rennes and the Glasgow School of Art. Recent solo and two-person exhibitions include Studiolo, Paris (2023); DOC, Paris (2021, with Clémentine Adou); Furiosa, Monaco (2019); Shivers Only at Exo Exo, Paris (2019, with Diane Severin Nguyen); Bel Ami, Los Angeles (2019); Tartaix, Le Carreau du Temple, Paris (2018). Recent group exhibitions include Tara Downs, New York (forthcoming); Paris peinture Ici et Maintenant, MABA, Nogent-sur-Marne, France (2023); L’atelier du Sud, Fondation Van Gogh, Arles, France (2023); Palai, Palazzo Tamborino Cezzi, Lecce, Italy (2023); Le Grand Show, Glassbox, Paris (2023); Homesick, Shivers Only, Paris (2021); Ultra, FRAC Bretagne, Rennes, France (2021); Paris peinture * Connoisseurs, Jean Brolly, Paris (2020); Your Friends and Neighbors, High Art, Paris (2020); The Sentimental Organization of the World, Crèvecoeur, Paris (2020); Cool Invitations 7, XYZ Collective, Tokyo (2020); From the Xmas Tree of Lucy Bull 2, From the Desk of Lucy Bull, Los Angeles (2020); Vivace, Balcony, Lisbon (2019); Foncteur d’oubli, Le Plateau FRAC Île-de-France, Paris (2019); Conversation Piece, Furiosa, Monaco (2019).

Alexis Soul-Gray (b. 1980, UK), lives and works in Devon. She earned an MA in Painting at The Royal College of Art, London (2023) and a BA in Drawing at Camberwell College of Arts, London (2003). She is an alumni of The Royal Drawing School, London having completed the Postgraduate Drawing Year in 2007. Solo exhibitions include The Arts Club, London (2024); Bel Ami, Los Angeles (2023); Liminal Gallery, Margate (2023); Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm (2022); Irving Contemporary, Oxford (2022); Exeter Phoenix Gallery, Exeter (2022); and Delphian Gallery, London (2021). Recent group exhibitions include The Drawing Biennial 2024, Drawing Room, London (2024); The Guts and The Glory, Bo Lee and Workman, Bruton (2024); Liminal Salon, Liminal Gallery, Margate (2023); Paper, Tristan Hoare Gallery, London (2023); Conscious Unconscious, Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London (2023); Women Celebrating Surrealism, Islington Arts Factory, London (2022); What Was Lost, PAPER Gallery, Manchester (2022). She was the winner of the Delphian Open in 2021 and recipient of The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant in both 2021 and 2022.