Christophe Beauregard

Following his graduation from Beaux Arts,[3] Beauregard moved to Paris in 1993 to start his working career as an assistant for Fabian Cevallos, a celebrity photographer. He was then admitted to work as an assistant in a paparazzi photographic agency, where he was responsible for the organisation of the studio as well as the selling of the photos (due to his proficiency in languages). Throughout the 1990s Beauregard expanded his commercial creative profession by supplying magazines and celebrities with photographs.[3] Working for magazines such as Libération, Le Monde, and Télérama, Beauregard also landed assignments such as professional head-shots for large corporations such as LVMH, Publicis, and Havas. Taking into account the public exposure of the latter job opportunities, Beauregard also promoted himself by photographing the socially famous such as Richard Price, Erwin Olaf, Dan Graham, and Georg Baselitz.

In 2003 Nicolas Thely, an art critic from Le Monde, and Hélène Sirven, a professor of Fine Arts at La Sorbonne, prompted the offer to exhibit Beauregard's first artistic series, Chirurgies. Held at the Bureau d'Hypothèses, salle Michel Journiac, From then on Beauregard decided to conduct jointly his commercial career and his personal artistic series.

Laure Adler,[4] Akhenaton,[5] Mathieu Amalric,[6] John Armleder,[7] Yann Arthus-Bertrand,[8] Georg Baselitz,[9] Booba, Pascal Bruckner,[10] John Cale,[11] Philippe Decouflé,[12] Dee Dee Bridgewater,[13] Virginie Despentes,[14] Emmanuelle Devos,[15] Nicolas Duvauchelle, Fellag, Marie-Agnès Gillot, Michel Gondry, Dan Graham, Interpol, Aki Kaurismäki, Peter Klasen, Wolfgang Laib, Fabrice Luchini, Annette Messager, Philippe Meste, Takashi Miike, Jean-Pierre Mocky, Moebius, Peter Mullan, Sofi Oksanen, Erwin Olaf, Opus AKOBEN, Orlan, Jean d'Ormesson, Jean-Michel Othoniel, Richard Price, Atiq Rahimi,[16] Yasmina Reza, Ugo Rondinone, Édith Scob, Alain Seban, Lhasa de Sela, Jorge Semprún, Michel Serrault, Ravi Shankar, Richard Shusterman, Simone Veil, Jacques Villeret, The Warlocks, Lambert Wilson…

The notion of a dual personality is a recurring theme in Beauregard's work. Constantly questioning the principle of identity, the viewer is welcomed to participate in the act of deciphering.

Hush...Hush provides insight into the daring world of the paparazzi. It suggests the distance a photographer of this profession is willing to go to capture the more profitable photograph. With Hush...Hush, Christophe Beauregard exposes a paparazzi photographer's ruthless techniques of disguise[18] that allow him to gain access to a celebrity.

Inspired by the drug addicts looming in his neighbourhood in Paris. Beauregard hired actors and a makeup artist to imitate the given situation. Incorporating theatrical aspects in his work, the power of perception is placed upon the viewer.[2]

Through this series, Beauregard depicts the correlation of a boy's imagination with the cultural idols and cultural goods.[2] Thus trying to show how the imaginations of our offspring are formatted within the cultural industry.

This series, produced in the artist's studio puts tension in the body of women and men in a gesture of blindness. Beauregard asks them to cover their faces with clothing or fabric of their choice

The translation of the series is Brave New World? and it emphasises on The Basiliade Association which aims to provide help to individuals who have been diagnosed with AIDS. In an attempt to raise awareness of social stigmas Beauregard introduces us to a collection of an employee directory of a particular kind. In which men and women, seropositive and seronegative people,[2] migrants and residents, and heterosexuals and homosexuals rub shoulders.

Review is a direct insight into the dual life led by several individuals who enjoy the art of theatre and music-hall. They are members of the Cercle Musical de Bergerac, an association of local civilians in France, who share a common enthusiasm for performance. They voluntarily write, choreograph, and design, both costumes and the set, before performing it in the local town hall.

Welcomed into the private homes of the subjects within this body of work, we bear witness to the act of tattoo removal.[2] Focusing on the cultural trend of body art and tattoos, it is interesting to see the reverse reaction. Acknowledging the fact that the title of this series is Italian for repentance in painting, Beauregard tries to photograph the space between the bodies and their homes.

Pictorially playing with the chiaroscuro technique, Beauregard invites us to a darkened and mysterious encounter with anonymous individuals who have been treated with plastic surgery.[2] The pictures were taken after their plastic operations at the surgeon's practice. The viewer doesn't see scars. Technically these photographs have not been retouched by a software, yet simply retouched from the inside, by a surgical procedure.

2014

• "Under cover", Galerie Golan Rouzkhosh, Paris, France

2011

• "Trompe le monde", solo show, Galerie Briobox, Paris, France

2010

• "Devils in disguise", TPTP Art Espace, Paris, France
• "BLING!", Galerie Fnac, Paris, France
• "Technomades", Fondation Alcatel-Lucent, Naperville, Illinois, USA

2009

• "Las Vegas", Au Bon Marché Rive Gauche, Paris, France
• "Las Vegas", Festival Voices Off Arles, France
• "EllesVMH", LVMH, Paris, France
• "Technomades", Atrium Alcatel-Lucent, Paris, France

2008

• "Semantic tramps", Galerie Madé, Paris, France
• "Semantic tramps", L'été photographique de Lectoure, Lectoure, France
• "Chirurgies", Galerie L'œil écoute, Limoges, France

2017

• "Unforgettable (you!)"(curated by Inês Valle), NRProject, London, United Kingdom

2015

• "Le travail en corps, encore", L'Hippodrome de Douai, Douai, France

2014

• "Panorama 14", Golan Rouzkhosh Gallery, Paris, France
• "Paparazzi!" Photographes, Stars and artists, le Centre Pompidou-Metz, Metz, France
• "Paparazzi!" Photographes, Stars and artists, Schirn Kunsthalle de Francfort, Francfort, Germany

2013

• "Par nature", le CENTQUATRE-Paris, Paris, France
• "Exuvie", ENSBA, Tours, France

2012

• "Le couple à l'œuvre", Galerie Area, Paris, France
• "La nuit de l'Année", RIP Arles 2012, Arles, France

2011

• "Un artiste, une œuvre", la Galerie Briobox, Paris, France
• "Las Vegas", Itinéraires des photographes voyageurs, Bordeaux, France

2009

• "Technomades", la FFPE, Quebec
• "Transformation du paysage", La Nuit Blanche, Montréal, Canada

2008

• "EUROPE échelle 27", la Cité des Arts, Paris, France

2007

• "Biennale des Agents Associés", Musée des arts décoratifs de Paris, Paris, France

2004

• "Support de diffusion", Salle Journiac (espace d'exposition à l'université Paris 1), Paris, France

2008

• Semantic tramps, [13 photographies couleurs, texte d'Arlette Farge], Italie, Filigranes Éditions, septembre 2008
• EUROPE échelle 27, [150 photographies couleurs, textes Laura Serani et Michel Foucher], Italie, Signatures / Trans Photographic Press Paris, juin 2008

2006

• Chirurgies, [portfolio de 13 photographies couleurs, tirage de 8 exemplaires], France, Alice Travel Cie, 2006

2005

• Manuel d'esthétique, [16 photographies couleurs, textes Vladimir Mitz et Nicolas Thély], France, Filigranes Éditions, novembre 2005

2014

• Ceux qui détiennent – Sam Francis, "In Lovely Blueness (N°1)", dans l'oeil d'Anastasia, [carte postale, 600 exemplaires édités], France, Centre Pompidou-Metz, novembre 2014

2010

• Devils in disguise – Luckibill, [poster édité en 125 tirages jet d'encre pigmentaire], France, Galerie TPTP Space, 2010

2014

• Beauregard Christophe, "Hush...Hush" [1 photographie couleur], Paparazzi! Fotografen, Stars und Künstler, p. 9, juin 2014
• Beauregard Christophe, "Hush...Hush" [6 photographies couleurs], Néon magazine, n°16, p. 98-101, mars 2014

2013

• Beauregard Christophe, "Technomades" [5 photographies couleurs], Place publique, n°25, p. 22-25, Automne 2013
• Beauregard Christophe, "Semantic tramps" [1 photographie couleur], Le Monde des livres, n°21216, p. 2, avril 2013

2012

• Beauregard Christophe, "Repentirs" [1 photographie couleur], Néon magazine, n°3, p. 88-89, juillet 2012
• Beauregard Christophe, "portrait de Jean-Claude Milner" [1 photographie couleur], Le Monde des livres, p. 4, mai 2012
• Beauregard Christophe, "Mona Lisa / Sacré Coeur / La Sorbonne" [3 photographies noir & blanc], Obs/In, p. 62-67, 2012
• Beauregard Christophe, "Le Meilleur des Mondes ?" [4 photographies couleurs], Libération Le Mag, p. 18, janvier 2012

2010

• Beauregard Christophe, "Technomades" [1 photographie couleur], Kill Screen, n°0, page de couverture, Hiver 2010
• Beauregard Christophe, "Mona Lisa" [1 photographie couleur], La culture distribuée, Scérén, page de couverture, novembre 2010
• Beauregard Christophe, "Technomades" [1 photographie couleur, Déjà là, octobre 2010

2009

• Beauregard Christophe, "Technomades" [1 photographie couleur], CV82, p. 23, été 2009
• Beauregard Christophe, "Las Vegas" [2 photographies couleurs], Esse Revue, n°67, p. 76-77, Automne 2009
• Beauregard Christophe, "La chance" [2 photographies couleurs], Nuke, n°7, p. 74, 2009
• Beauregard Christophe, "Semantic Tramps" [1 photographie couleur], Les Inrockuptibles, n°684, p. 33, décembre 2009

2008

• Beauregard Christophe, "Semantic tramps" [1 photographie couleur], Le Monde 2, p. 6, juillet 2008

2006

• Beauregard Christophe, "Portraits Chirurgie" [6 photographies couleurs], Le Monde 2, n°114, p. 18-25, avril 2006

2003

• Beauregard Christophe, "Istanbul" [10 photographies couleurs], Les Inrockuptibles, n°402, p. 28-36, août 2003

2002

• Beauregard Christophe, "Cirque" [3 photographies noir & blanc et 1 photographie couleur], Beaux Arts magazine / Hors-série : Le cirque et les arts, p. 14 p. 27 p. 37 p. 58, juin 2002

1998

• Beauregard Christophe, "Photographies autour du Cirque" [8 photographies couleurs], Théâtre Aujourd'hui, CNDP, n°2, p. 32 p. 38-39 p. 47 p. 55 p. 57 p. 67 p. 96, Hiver 1998