Ange Leccia

Ange Leccia (born 19 April 1952) is a contemporary French painter, photographer and film-maker. He works in Paris primarily with photography and video.

Life and career Leccia was born in Minerbio, Barrettali commune, in Corsica, and studied fine arts. Initially he was engaged in both painting and photography, but as time passed he devoted himself more to photography and video as his chosen media.

Leccia is a lecturer at the École nationale supérieure d'arts de Cergy-Pontoise (ENSAPC). He also directs research for young artists at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris.

Leccia's first film was the short, Stridura, in 1980. In December 2004, his film Azé, made in 1999, was released. Like his earlier work, such as the shorts Île de beauté (Island of Beauty) (1996) and Gold (2000), both co-produced with Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, in Azé Ange Leccia continued to stress the light and sound effects.

Selected exhibitions 2004 : Chateau de Tours, France 2003 : Galerie Almine Rech, Paris, France 1999 : National Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, Norway 1998 : Musée Nicéphore Nièpce, Chalon-sur-Saône, France 1996 : Villa Medici, Rome, Italy 1995 : Art at the Edge, Atlanta, USA 1992 : Contemporary Art Museum, Houston, USA 1990 : Le Magasin, CNAC, Grenoble, France 1985 : ARC / Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France