Isabelle Le Normand is a French contemporary art curator based in Los Angeles, California who has curated exhibitions and events internationally.[1][2] 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;[3] 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 [4][5][6] and galleries Anne Barrault in Paris,[7] FKSE in Budapest. She completed residencies at the Total Museum and Gwangju Biennale in South Korea, the Stroom Foundation in the Netherlands,[8] Cité des arts in Paris, Komplot in Brussels, and Residency Unlimited in New York.[9]
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[10]
·Diagonal Argument, cocurated with Florence Ostende, Bétonsalon, 2008[11][12]
·Better Being a virus than catching a cold, Mains d’Œuvres, 2008[13]
·23 minutes and 17 seconds, 2009[14]
·Operation tonnerre, Mains d’Œuvres, 2009[15]
·The Farrell Family, cocurated with Florence Ostende, Mains d’Œuvres, Maison Pop, 2010[16][17][18]
·Who do you admire? Cocurated with Florence Ostende, La Box, Bourges, 2011[19]
·Without you, nothing will happen, 2011[20]
·An Auction, 2011[21]
·Une chaînette relie toutes les pendeloques et forme le corps principal de l’objet,: Jean-Luc Blanc and Michel Blazy, Mains d’Œuvres, 2012[22]
·Collective Fictions, cocurated with Albertine de Galbert; Jesse McKee; Andrew Berardini; Anca Rujoiu, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, 2013[23]
·Destiny the B's, Anne Barrault Gallery, Paris, 2013[24]
·Sex in Museums: Jon Bernad, Swab, Barcelona, 2013[25]In Los Angeles
·My next life, ForYourArt, Here is Elsewhere, Danny First's house, 2013[26][27]
·Confidential, The Impermanent Collection, 2013[28]
·Argote and Bastard studios, 18th Streets Arts Center, Santa Monica, 2013[29]
·Museum of Destiny, The Impermanent Collection, Los Angeles, 2013[30]
.The work of the work, UC Santa Barbara, 2014[31]
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Residencies
·Public School, Brussels, 2010[32]
·Gwangju Biennale, 2011[33]
·18th Streets Arts Center, Santa Monica, 2013[34]
·Residency Unlimited, New York 2014[35]
·Roadshow Gyeonju, Total Museum, Seoul, 2014[36][37]
Events
·Diagonal Argument program, Betonsalon, 2008[11]
·Talk with Thomas Hirschhorn, Mains d’Œuvres, 2008[38]
·Concours de rhétorique, Maison Pop, 2010[39]
·Emily Mast, Mains d’Œuvres, 2012[40]
·Born to curate: by Pauline Bastard and Ivan Argote, Santa Monica, 2013[41]
·Paris at your home / Los Angeles at your home, Machine Project and Mains d’Œuvres, 2013[42]
·Dawn Kasper, Mains d’Œuvres, 2013[43]
·Megan Daalder, Mains d’Œuvres, 2011[44]
·Luke Fischbeck, Mains d’Œuvres, 2013[45]
·Nikki Darling, Kulapat Yantrasast's house[46]
·Sarah Gail, Rachel Mason and Deenah Vollmer at Maryanne Tagney and David Jones house[47]
Publications
·Diagonal Argument[48]
·Who do you admire?[49]
·Under a Spell: The Witchcraft of Elena Bajo[50]
