Virgile Fraisse (Paris, 1990) lives and works in Paris. He studied at Otis College (Los Angeles, MFA) and is graduated from École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris with jury honours (MFA, 2014).  He was part of several collective exhibitions, including Hors Pistes Traversées, Centre Pompidou (cur. Géraldine Gomez, Paris, France); Hotel Europa, Art Vilnius (cur. Théo-Mario Coppola, Lithuania); Tarmac, Palais de Tokyo (cur. Claire Moulène, Paris, France); Instatata, Kunsthal Aarhus (cur. Jacob Fabricius, Denmark); Clips Claps, Cinematheque Robert-Lynen (cur. Caro Sposo, Paris, France);Pragmatic Chaos, Saison Vidéo (cur. Mo Gourmelon, Lille, France);LABOR ZERO LABOR, Triangle France (cur. Benjamin Valenza & Céline Kopp, Friche la Belle de Mai, Marseille, France); 61e Salon de Montrouge (cur. Ami Barack and Marie Gautier, France); Mad#2/#3, Maison Rouge (cur. Éditions Mix. Paris, France) ; Les Réalisateurs, Paradise Gallery (cur. Fabrice Hybert, Nantes, France);Wicked Problem, Triangle France (cur. Céline Kopp, Friche la Belle de Mai, Marseille, France); LOOP Festival Discovery Award (cur. Bartomeu Marí, Javier Duero and Julia Morandeira, in Barcelona, Madrid, Johannesburg, Istanbul, Malaga, Rubi, Athens); Les Voyageurs, Palais des Beaux-arts (cur. Hou Hanru, Palais des Beaux-arts, Paris, France).  His first solo show SEA-ME-WE, chapter two: Of all Wired Blocks Holding a City was held at the Clark House Initiative (cur. Sumeshwar Sharma, Mumbai, India).  He is the winner of Video Prize from Beaux-arts Foundation, Mécènes du Sud, ADAGP and CNC DICRéAM grants.  Virgile Fraisse is also the author of performances A cables Dialectic performed at the Palais des Beaux-arts (Paris); Occupancy scenarios(I, II, III) at Arnaud Deschin Gallery (Marseille), at Triangle France, Friche Belle de Mai and Beffroi of Montrouge; SEA-ME-WE, chapter two at Centre Pompidou – Hors Pistes Festival (Paris).  Virgile Fraisse is currently resident at Cité Internationale des arts of Paris until July 2017 and will be part of the Karachi Biennale next October.

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