Benoît
Piéron

Born in Ivry-sur-Seine in 1983, Benoît Piéron lives in Paris. He creates moments, installations, and objects. He is interested by the sensuality of plants, the boundaries of the body, and the sense of time at work in waiting rooms. He practices patchwork, existential gardening, and he designs wallpaper. Having always lived with illness, the world of hospitals is a familiar ecosystem. He occasionally gives knitting workshops on herbalism and ableism. He recently encapsulated gardens throughout the programming at CEDRAC in Ivry-sur-Seine, especially in relation to the exhibition devoted to Derek Jarman in the fall of 2021. In the last several months, he has explored what food unicorns might eat, the role of orgasms in hospitals, and deadly flora. He was nominated for the 2022 Pernod Ricard prize, the Pujade-Lauraine prize, and the Art Situacions prize. He is preparing exhibitions at the Palais de Tokyo, L’Antre Peaux in Bourges, and Matadero in Madrid. For one year starting in September 2022, Benoît Piéron is artist-in-residence at the Pinault Collection in Lens. In June 2023, he will participate in the Liverpool Biennale and simultaneously exhibit at the Chisenhale Gallery in London.