Charlélie Couture

Charlélie Couture (born Bertrand Charles Elie Couture; 26 February 1956) is a French and American musician and multi-disciplinary artist, who has recorded over 25 albums and 17 film soundtracks, and has held a number of exhibitions of paintings and photographs. He has also worked as a poster designer, and has published approximately 15 books of reflections, drawings and photographs.

Life and career He was born in Nancy, and graduated from l'École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts. He released his first album, 12 Chansons dans la Sciure ("12 Songs in the Sawdust") in 1978, followed by Le Pêcheur ("The Fisherman") in 1979 and Pochette surprise ("Lucky Dip") in 1981. He was then signed by Chris Blackwell to Island Records, becoming the first French artist on the label. He recorded the album Poèmes Rock in New York, and also contributed a track to the album A Christmas Record issued by ZE Records, an affiliate of the Island label. He had a hit single in France with the track Comme un Avion Sans Aile.

Also in 1981, he founded, in Nancy, the Local à Louer group of photographers, painters, poets, and stated in his "Art Rock manifesto" that "Art must make the junction between the functionalism of industrial society and the aspirations of pop culture". He also launched an art journal, Le Télégramme. In 1983, he wrote his first complete film soundtrack, for the movie Tchao Pantin ("So Long, Stooge"), for which he was nominated for a César Award. He held his first exhibition of drawings and watercolours in Paris in 1985, and continued to record and tour. In 1990–91 he visited Australia, recording two albums there, Melbourne Aussie and Victoria Spirit.

Discography Studio albums 1978: 12 chansons dans la sciure 1979: Le Pêcheur 1981: Pochette surprise 1981: Poèmes rock 1982: Quoi faire? 1983: Crocodile Point 1985: Art & Scalp 1987: Solo Boys 1988: Solo Girls 1990: Melbourne Aussie 1991: Victoria Spirit 1994: Les Naïves 1997: Casque nu 1999: Soudé soudés 2001: 109 (Poèmes électro) 2004: Double vue 2006: New YorCœur 2011: Fort rêveur 2014: I m M o r t e l 2016: Lafayette 2019: Même pas sommeil 2020: Trésors cachés et perles rares 2022: Quelques essentielles Collaborative albums 1995: Dawn Town Project (with Mike Rimbaud)

Live albums 1989: 3 Folies Live (recorded at Folies Bergères during Solo Boys and Girls tour) 1993: Souvenirs Live (recorded during 1991/1992 tour)

Soundtracks 1983: Tchao Pantin 1989: La Salle de bain

Compilation albums 1990: Sides of Me 1991: Island Colors 1996: Patchworks

Summary of Artistic Creations www.theregallery-nyc.com www.meetcharlelie.com

Education and conferences 1973 – Leaves home and goes on the road for a year 1974 – Graduates " Art Baccalauréat " from outside the high school system. 1979 – Graduates with honours from the Beaux-Arts DNSEP Jury for many conventions and festivals including the American film Deauville 2000 – Conference to the European Commission about Art and Culture 2004 – Conference " Conversations Essentielles " " " Faith %26 Culture " Paris 2007 – Beaubourg Art Pocket Film, 2006, Québec Festival 1998 etc... 2008 – Conference " Conventions Essentielles " Music and Creation, Paris 2011 – Conference " The Multism ", New York and Lecture " Discourse about The Multism ". La Sorbonne / Paris

Solo Exhibitions

1971: First painting and photo exhibit 1985: First exhibit in Paris, drawings and watercolors of "Chambres d'hotels", Galerie Du Jour/Agnès B 1989: Galerie " Halle Sud " of Geneva 1989: Exhibit Multimedia engravings/sculptures/paintings/musics/drawings/photos/texts 1991: Australian paintings and photopoems, Galerie Jean D'eve, Neuchatel (Switzerland) 1991: Galerie Atsuro Tayama (Paris) France 1993: "Chambres d'hôtels", drawings paintings, Galerie Nachbaur, Paris 1993: "Chambres d'hôtels" drawings, in Geneva, Galerie Papiers gras 1994: Galerie Ziggourat, Brussel (Belgium) "Chambres d'hotel" 1995: Galerie Gastaud, Clermont Ferrand France 1995: Avignon France Cloitre des Arts (Sculptures and drawings) 1997: Drawings and paintings et the Galerie Wable in Boulogne sur Mer 1997: Retrospective of "Chambres d'hotels Polaroids" Château Lumière, Lyon / France 1997: Fondation Nationale de la Photo, Lyon France (Photo-poems) 1998: Gallery Akka, rue de Seine, Paris, France 1999: Publicis / Champs Elysées (Tennis drawings) 1999: Museum of Erotism – Paris "X Positions" (photos, paintings) 2000: Gallery Wable, Lille and Boulogne sur Mer 2000: Lyon, Galerie Chomarat (paintings and drawings) 2000: Clermont Ferrand, Galerie Gastaud 2001: Galerie Capazza Nancay, inaugurates a new wing of his huge Gallery. 2002: Museum Le Corbusier – La Chaux de Fond (Switzerland) 2003: Gallery SOTO Brussels (Belgium) 2003: Gallery Ô, Pozzo Di Borgo Vevey (Switzerland) 2003: Laval Museum (France) Retrospective Exhibit on CharlElie's "L'art Total" 2004: Galerie Wable, Lille France 2004: Galerie Sparts, rue de Seine Paris 2004: Move to New York. 2004: Art Basel Miami – French Tuesday Art Night 2004: Gallery Art at Home, Soho, New York 2005: Opens his Art Studio in the Garment district 2005: "Living with Art", Soho, New York (USA) 2007: Galerie Ô, Vevey (Switzerland)" New York Shields %26 Paintings" 2007: "Re Construction", Galerie Mourlot, New York (USA) 2008: "Art Floor" Photos, Galerie Agnes Martel, Switzerland 2008: "Re Construction Paintings and Photos", Crid'Art, Amneville, France 2009: "Photos New York" "Mosaïque de Photo" La Collégiale Saint-André/Chartres Curated by Nadine Berthelier Directeur des Arts et du Patrimoine culturel et historique, Conservateur en Chef du Patrimoine 2009: "Shower Curtain and Photos" Maison Française/Washington 2009: "New York, Photo-Grafs", Galerie Beaudoin Lebon, Paris 2010: "New York on lines " Galery A.del, Lyon, Biennale de la photographie 2010: "Drawings and photografs " Galerie Antonio Nardonne, Brussels, Belgium 2011: Permanente exhibition, The Re Gallery, New York, USA 2011: Salon Balt'Art, Nogent sur Marne France 2011: AAA Galerie, Nogent sur Marne France 2011: "New York Be" Galerie W Paris France 2011: Salon d'Art contemporain Metz, A'del Gallery, Lyon France 2011: Salon d'Art contemporain Strasbourg, Galerie Nomade Monade France 2011: "Peintures et Photografs" Galerie Naclil, Lille France 2011: "Re-Construction" Dune Showroom, New York, USA 2012: CharlElie Black Art curated by Nomade monade- Lille Artfair 2012: Big Panel Photo-graff- Paris LCL 2012: Sept-installation "Manhattan" a project with 100 wood sculptures, France

Various 1982: Editor of the performing arts newspaper the Telegramme 1983: Nomination to the Cesar show for his soundtrack of Claude Berri film Tchao Pantin 1988: Actor and songwriter for the film "The Moderns" (USA) by Alan Rudolph 1993: Inauguration FNAC in Avignon, " Photos d'hotels ", traveling exhibit in France 1994: Conception and drawing of the new Logo for the Lorraine Region 1994: Creation of fans for the galerie La Pochade, Paris France 1995: Creation of CD ROM "Papers works", exhibit in Metz 1995: Creation a fresco for the opening of the FNAC in Nancy 1995: Bézier Museum exhibits a work on cardboard entitled "Knoxville USA" 1995: Designing the sets and costumes for the show "Concert Naïf au pays des Anges" at the Théâtre National de L'Odéon 2001: Participation in the creation of the "Livre de Roland Garros 2001" – set of photos of the greatest photographers – William Klein, texts by Patrice Dominguez and drawings by Charlelie 2003: Creation of poster for the Davis Cup Final (France-Russia) 2006–2009: Creates posters for FFT, and tennis tournaments 2010: Poster for "Le Palais Ideal du Facteur Cheval"

Group Exhibitions 1978: Salon des artistes indépendants Paris 1981–1986: Founder of an artists group called "Local a Louer" including painters, poets, graphic artists and photographers publishing of the " Manifeste de l'Art Rock " Numbers of exhibitions Paris, Tours Lille, Nancy 1997: Eurexpo show, Geneva, Switzerland 1999: Creates a watch-box for Swatch / Paris Place Vendôme 2000: International Art Market in Strasbourg 2003: "Sport Tools" for an Art Exhibition during the Olympic Games of Athens 2004 2006: "Crossings" at Living with Art NYC Soho. (With Thurman & Pascal) 2007: New York Art Floor with Peter Klasen (Photos) Metz (France) 2008: "Shower Curtains" ACMDM, centre d'Art Contemporain in Perpignan, France 2008: Temple Emmanu-El of Closter, Brooklyn 2009: Group show/FACEBOOK'S FRIENDS a virtual reality /Curator Michael Picoron 2010: "New York by" Galerie W, Paris devoted to L'Angelus, Barbizon, 100 artists salute Millet 2010: Street Artak street Art Festival, Angers 2010: Exhibitions, Art for a Better World, Miami, FL, Artbasel 2011: Exhibitions "Mail Art" drawings – SpArtS Gallery Paris

Publications 1984: Collection of drawings entitled " Cahiers d'Ecoles " reproduced on " alugraphie " paper though the art publisher, Voix R Meier 1989: "Solo Boys and Girls", a collection of songs texts with original photographs and drawings Seghers Editions 1989: "Les dragons en Sucre" Novel – Ramsay Pauvert Editions 1992: Book of photographs "Do not disturb", Marval Editions Plume 1992: Book of drawings "Jimmy Jacket" Art Editions, R Meier 1995: "25 images secondes" Illustrations for a novel by Hervé Eparvier, Serpent à Plume Editions 1995: Book of poetical reflections " Inventaire Paradoxal des petits plaisirs et de grandes haines " Stock Editions 1996: "Les Champs Paraboliques" on line. First version of the Web site CharlElie.com (Charlelie is one of the pioneer of the art web-site) 1998: "Filles de jour" Marval Éditions, Illustrations and texts in parallel with the photographs of Martial Lorcet 1998: "Le couloir des brumes", Novel Pré aux Clercs Editions 1999: "Transfocus" digital photographs accompanied by a CD Rom with original recordings FNAC Publishing 1999: "Beaux Gestes ", Tennis Drawings Pré aux Clercs Editions 2000: Creation of posters for Jean Pierre Cassel performance, and for various sports tournaments in ad abroad France (Tunisia) 2004: Artistic Travel notebook "En Australie", publisher Presse de la Renaissance 2009: Manhattan Photo-grafs Special Edition Book, L&N Editions 2009: "New York by CharlElie " Publisher Editions du Chêne, book, Photography 2011: "New York Be" Publisher Editions du Chêne, book, Photography 2012: " Et avant" (And Before) CharlElie (author), Serge Bloch (illustrator)

Selected articles and reviews "Les chemins parallèles", first book written by Alain Gilson about his multi-work. Published by Pierre-Marcel Favre –Switzerland 1988.

Selected catalogues 1992: "Australian Roadbook " Galerie J Lovera (France) 1993: "Chambres d'Hotel" Galerie Nachbaur, Paris France 2006: "Atelier Newyorcoeur ", Presse Litteraires, France 2007: "30 années de regard" Galerie Capazza, Nancay, France 2007: "Re Constructions" Galerie Moulot, New York, USA 2007: "New York" Ô Quai des Arts Galerie, Vevey Zwitzerland 2010: "Follow the Line" Publisher RentingArt, reflexion about CharlElie's art prospective

Awards 1976: Second prize for Young Photojournalist from the city of Nancy. 1978: Quintard Prize from Academy Stanislas for the quality of his Art studies 1989: Academy Charles Cross Award 1998: Officier du Mérite National awarded by the Minister of the Cultural Affairs 1999: Lacoste Prize for the best drawings sports book of the year Beaux Gestes 2001: Roland Garros 2001 collection is awarded the Lacoste prize 2003: Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur, given by Mr Stephane Hessel 2010: Chevalier des Arts et lettres