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1 Miyanomori 2-jo, Chuoh-ku, Sapporo-shi, Hokkaido , Japan : HOPE 2011 Exhibition by the French artist September 16th- November 13 th Press release Summary 1. wall painting and exhibition by Guillaume Bottazzi 2. a tribute to tsunami and earthquake victims 3. about Guillaume Bottazzi

2 HOPE 2011 is the title of a major event open par the Miyanomori Art Museum, Sapporo to the French artist Guillaume Bottazzi whose work will soon adorn the facade. The event will take place from September 16th to November 13th 2011 and invest several forms : an exhibition, the public execution of a mural painting, cultural mediation. The exhibition The Miyanomori Art Museum will organize an exhibition of paintings oil on canvas, paper, drawings and multimedia packages with different aspects of the work than the artist made in the studio or on specific sites in the urban space. This exhibition will allow visitors to enter and understand the world of his painting. It will include 14 paintings, most of them having been exhibited in Europe, or from his studio or on loan from private collections. The largest reaches 290 cm x190 cm. Wall painting performing For that purpose the building will be entirely renewed, meaning to be like a white page given to the artist to compose his creation. Guillaume Bottazzi will give a public performance with the achievement of a wall painting of 900 square meters on the front side, north and east facades of the museum (time to complete this work will take about a month and a half). The artist has already achieved more than 30 monumental wall paintings outdoors on public or private buildings. He will be working alone, which represent a combination of physical and artistic performance. The technique used is not different from what he practices in the workshop and visitors will admire the meticulous work of the artist with only his brush as tool. Thus the building will be transformed before their eyes, day after day. Cultural mediation In partnership with local associations, schools, organizations, educational support meetings will be organized with the artist. Lectures, workshops, commented visits, exchanges with audiences of all ages will take place during the process. The organized cultural mediation has for first vocation the public awareness about artistic creation and, particularly, with contemporary art. The contents of these meetings or workshops will be elaborated according to needs and objectives defined with the partner structures. HOPE 2011 a tribute to tsunami and earthquake victims Guillaume Bottazzi who has stayed in Japan on many occasions told us how he fell concerned about the horrifying impact of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan recently. To overcome this disaster people need motivators to help them to stand up and go ahead again. The decision to rebuilt the museum and ask a great European artist to be associated at this revival, prove that contemporary art can spur Japanese s revival by showing the way of boldness and courage. The renovation of the museum, the performance of Guilaume Bottazzi, invited to work at this renovation will clearly prove that art is capable of leading a new Japan.

3 Last but not least, the exhibition will provide a program of support to Japan victims of tsunami and earthquake. All admissions fees to the exhibition will be give for the reconstruction of affected areas from the earthquake. About Guillaume Bottazzi Guillaume Bottazzi is a French artist, born in He began his professional career in 1990 in Italy and he received in 1994 a workshop given by the DRAC (regional executive for Cultural Affairs) in France. Around 2000, he lived several years and practiced in New York, where his work could be seen in Goldstrom and the Annex Gallery, in the William Whipple Collection of Southwest State (Minnesota) and the Queen Shorough Collection (New York). In 2004 he was awarded an artist residency by the foundation ART in Tokyo where he lived for some time. His paintings are exhibited at the gallery Itsutsuji in Tokyo. cf: Major gallery in Japan. He now lives in Belgium. Wall painting Guillaume Bottazzi has designed and produced over thirty works on specific sites. The mutation is a characteristic of his work on site, changing its approach accordingly to the environment. They reflect a creative capacity. Recently, the artist created a monumental work of 3m high x 31m long, beside the Mori museum in Tokyo. The works of Guillaume Bottazzi are widely exhibited internationally in art centers, galleries and museums in the USA, England, France, Belgium, Germany, Macedonia, Qatar, South Africa, Philippines, Romania, Spain, Hong Kong, Russia and Japan Exhibitions and permanent sites Solo exhibitions 2009 Gallery Itsutsuji, Tokyo, Japan, 2008 Galerie Art fort reveur, Brussels, Belgium, 2007 Galerie de Bellecour, Lyon, France, 2006 Gallery Itsutsuji, Tokyo, Japan, National Museum of Fine Arts, Vienne, 2004 A.R.T foundation,tokyo, Japan, Galerie Claude Dorval, Paris, France 2003 Private Viewing, Brussels, Belgium, Galerie Reinold Ketelbuters, Brussels, Belgium, Annex Gallery, New York, USA, Zandi Gallery, Berlin, Germany, 2002 Zandi Gallery, Berlin, Germany, 2001 Private Viewing, Sai Kung, Hong Kong, 2000 Cloître des Cordeliers, Tarascon, France, Galerie Zinzen, Brussels, Belgium, Galerie Vekava, Paris, France, more:

4 1999 Galerie Artis, Lyon, France, Mayor house, Lyon, France, 1998 Galerie Zinzen, Brussels, Belgium, 1997 Boston Consulting Group, Devonshire House, London, England, 1996 Galerie Zinzen, Brussels, Belgium, 1995 Logos Art Gallery, London, England, 1994 Galerie REC, Paris, France, 1993 Alliance française, Lyon, France, Collective exhibitions 2009 Center for Contemporary Public Arts, Bitola, Macedonia, 2008 Asia Top Gallery Hotel Art Fair, Tokyo, Japan, National Center for Contemporary arts, Moscow, Russia, Micro Museum, Brooklyn, USA, Florean Museum, Budapest, Romania, Micro Museum, Brooklyn, USA, 2007 National Center of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia, Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain 2006 National Center of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia, Galerie de Bellecour, Lyon, France, New Art Center Gallery, New York, USA, National Art Museum, Novosibirsk State, Russia, Kokomo Art Gallery, Indiana University, Indiana, USA Galerie de Bellecour, Lyon, France, 2005 Florean Museum, Budapest, Romania, 2004 Denver International Airport, Denver, USA, Boreas gallery, New York, USA, 2nd salon Acea's de artes plasticas y visuales, Barcelona, Spain, 2003 Galerie Claude Dorval, Paris, France, Galerie Reinold Ketelbuters, Brussels, Belgium, Blackheath Gallery, Blackheath, London, England, Goldstrom Gallery, New York, USA, 2002 Galerie Reinold Ketelbuters, Brussels, Belgium, Agora Gallery, West Broadway Av, New York, USA, Goldstrom Gallery, Broadway Av, New York, USA, Museum of the Minnesota, Whipple Gallery, Minnesota, USA, Queen Shorough, Community Collection Art, Gallery Queen, New York, USA 2001 Contemporary Art Fair, Doha, Qatar, Sai Kung, Private Viewing, Hong Kong Goldstrom Gallery, Broadway Av, New York, USA, 2000 Linéart Art Fair 2000, Centre des Congrès, Gent, Belgium, Atla Gallery, Nice, France, Galerie Zinzen, Brussels, Belgium, 1999 Galerie Vekava, Paris, France, 1998 Galerie Vekava, Paris, France, 1997 Linéart Art Fair 1997, Gent, Belgium, Art 54 Gallery, New York, USA, 1996 Linéart Art Fair1996, Gent, Brussels, Europe 96, Parc des Expositions, Brussels, Belgium,

5 Galerie Zinzen, Brussels, Belgium Alliance Française, Durban, South Africa, 1995 La Galerie, Manila, Philippines, National Museum of Kaosiung, Kaosiung, Taiwan, XIIIth Painting and Sculpture Exhibition,Vittel, France, Alliance Française,Taipei, Taiwan 1994 Galerie Poirel, Nancy, France, Galerie du Temple, Paris, France, Cultural Center of Carpentras, Carpentras, France, Forum des Halles, Paris, France, 1993 Bleecker Street 93, Lille, France, Painting Show, Lyon, France, Galerie Lyon's, Lyon, France, Springs Show, Beaux Arts de la Ville de Lyon, Lyon, France, 37th Winter Show, Association Régionale des Arts, Lyon, France, 1992 Alliance française, Lyon, France, Site-specific art work 2010 Bourgogne, France PACA, France TOKYO, Japon Martigues, PACA, France La Seyne sur mer, PACA, France 2009 Beaumont - Auvergne, France 2008 Vitrolles, PACA, France, Vitrolles, PACA, France, Beziers, Languedoc Roussillon, France, 2007 Rhône Alpes, France, Bourgogne, France, 2006 Blanzy, Bourgogne, France, Marseille, PACA, France, 2005 Blanzy, Bourgogne, France, Rhône Alpes, France, Rhône Alpes, France, 2004 Île de France, France, 2002 Rhône Alpes, France, Rhone Alpes, France 1999 Rhône Alpes, Isere, France, 1998 Lyon, Rhône Alpes, Lyon, Rhône Alpes, France Paris, Île de France, France,

6 Prize Winner of competition for studio and apartment sponsored by the Ministry of the Culture, DRAC, France Artist Residency in Tokyo, A.R.T foundation, Japan Permanent Collections William Whipple Art Gallery, Southwest Minnesota State University, USA Queen Shorough, Community Collection Art, Queen, USA Musée de la Poste, Paris