JACKIE MATISSE

March 21, 2019

Born in France, Jackie Matisse lived in New York until 1954. Since then she has lived in Paris making frequent visits to New York. Between 1959 and 1968 she worked for Marcel Duchamp, completing the assemblage of the “Boite en Valise”. At this time using her married name, Jacqueline Monnier, she began to make kites “in order to play with color and line in the sky”. In 1980 she showed kites which were created to be used underwater at the Betty Parsons Gallery in New York, and since then has continued to make kitelike objects intended for three different kinds of space: the sky, the sea, and indoor space, all linked through her use of movement.

In collaboration with Molly Davies, filmmaker and David Tudor, composer, she created two videos on her underwater and sky work. In the 1980’s she collaborated with David Tudor composer and musician. She just had a comprehensive show of her work at the Mengei International Museum in San Diego, California, U.S.A.

Selected exhibitions and publications

ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2009 Heads and Tails: Hommage to Merce, ZONE Contemporary Arts, New York, NY

2005 New Art Volant, Zone Chelsea Center for the Arts, New York, N.Y

2002 Art Flying In and Out of Space, Virginia Tech’s Perspective Gallery and Virginia Tech Virtual Reality Cave, Blacksburg Virginia, April-May 2002. In collaboration with the University of Illinois at Chicago.Mountain Lake Workshop, April 2002 with Ray Kass, director.

2001 First event Echigo Triennale, August 2001, Sponsored by Art Front Gallery, Tokyo Japan

2000 Art that Soars, Mengei International Museum, San Diego, Ca. , U.S.A.

1999 Kitetail Cocktail, Goldie Paley Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa. U.S.A.

1998 Jacqueline Matisse Monnier Kiallitasa,Bartok 32 Galéria, Budapest, Hungary

1998 The World’s Most Beautiful Automobile, Milan, Italie , commission of ‘Wand’ a prize for Mr. Giovanni Agnelli.

1993 Magic Hair & Bottled Dreams,Galerie Satellite, Paris, France.

1988 Installation:Elle est rouge la petite fleur bleue, Musée Saint Roch, Issoudun, France.

1987 Galerie Jean Fournier, Paris, France

1985 Joan Mirò Foundation, Barcelona, Spain.

1984 Mobilis in Mobile, exhibition and air and underwater performance, Galeria Cadaquès, Spain.

Tangled Tails, performance and exhibition, Atelier Arc-en-ciel, Brest, France.

1982 Exposition à Poils, Samy Kinge Gallery, Paris, France

Ephemeral Gameswith performance, Galeria Cadaquès, Spain.

Underwater Kites and Moving Pieces, Anne Berthoud Gallery, London, England.

1981 The Traveling Exhibition, with performance, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia Pa. U.S.A.

1980 Works Underwater and in Space, Betty Parsons Gallery, New York, N.Y., U.S.A.

1976 Kites, a Summer Celebration, with performance, ICA, London, England.

Galerie Jean Fournier, Paris, France.

1975 Formes d’Air et de Mouvement Musée des Sables d’Olonne, France.

9 Kite Tails Alexander Iolas Gallery, Paris, France.

GROUP SHOWS

2005 La Légèreté,Galerie Pixi, Paris, France

IS&T/SPIE International Symposium, Electronic Imaging 2005, January San Jose, California, Presentation of Art Volant dans l’espaceet ailleursby Dave Pape. No sound.

2004 Set for Cunningham Ballet Co. Joyce Theater, New York. NY

Festival International des Cerfs-Volants, Dieppe, France

Shaped by the Wind : Kites, The Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, New York

2003 Art Volant dans l’espace et ailleurs, presentation of a collaborative project of kites flying in virtual reality, with interactive sound by Tom Johnson; Nicéphore Days, ENSAM, Chalon-sur-Saône, France

Pour le Vacuovélodrome of Alfred Jarry, Nicéphore Days, ENSAM, Chalon-

Sur-Saône, France, 11 Kitetails

60 Poux du Ciel,Nicéphore Days, Espace des Arts, Chalon-sur-Saône, France.

Wabi Sabi in the West, A.V.C. Contemporary Arts Gallery, NY, New York

2002 Le Japon Mystérieux,Galerie Satellite, Paris, France

1997 Odeurs…Une Odyssée,Passage de Retz, Paris, France.

From one point to another, L’Atelier Soardi, Nice, France.

10 Jours d’Art Contemporain, Chateau de Nemours, Nemours, France.

1996 Happy End,Galerie Satellite, Paris France.

1995 First Symposium of Art Volant, Foundation Pilar i Joan Miro, Mallorca, Spain

1994 WeathervanesMusée Matisse, Le Cateau-Cambrésis, France.

Singuliers de L’art Galerie 2000, Paris, France.

1993 Drawing Sounds; An Installation in Honor of John Cage, by William Anastasi, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pa. U.S.A.

Rolywholyover A Circusby John Cage,The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, The Menil Collection, Houston, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City, Art Tower Mito, Japan.

They quoted Matisse, Galerie de France, Paris, France.

Qu’est-ce que j’ai fabriqué? Qu’est-ce que je n’ai pas fabriqué?

Jean Dupuy, Galerie Donguy, Paris, France;

1991 Le Musée Miniature, Galerie Pixi & Cie, Paris, France.

Les artistes décident de jouer, Association Campredon Art & Culture,

L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, France.

Zero Gravity, Art Advisory Service MOMA at City Bank, Long Island City, New York, U.S.A.

1990 Art, Culture et Foi, Galerie St. Séverin, Paris, France.

Art that Flies, with Curt Asker and Tal Streeter. The Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio, U.S.A.

Sixième Rencontre Internationale de Cerfs Volants, Dieppe, France.

1988 Festival des Ailes et de l’Espace, with performance, Centre d’Actions Culturelles, St Médard en Jalles, Bordeaux, France.

Lost and Found, The Fabric Workshop, Philadelphia, Pa. U.S.A1987

FIAC, Galerie Jean Fournier, Paris.

1986 XXXI Salon de Montrouge, Montrouge, France.

Inspiration comes from Nature, Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, N.Y., U.S.A.

Like Kites, MOMA, New York, N.Y., U.S.A.

1985 Plein Vent, A.R.E.A., Baie de Somme,France.

R.O.R.. Evening for the “Revue Parlée” with C. Asker, E. Ferrer, Y. Tono, H. Mathews. Presentation of her seven minute video film with David Tudor “Tailing a dream” and performance. Centre Pompidou, Paris, France.

1984 Underwater, Plymouth Arts Center, Plymouth, England.

1983 Fliegende Bilder, Fliegende Plastik, with performance, Föhr, Germany.

1982 Coup de Vent dans la Prairie, Atelier d’A., with performance, Caen, France.

1981 Drachen, Landesmuseum, Bonn, Germany.

1980 Group Show, Heath Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A..

Christmas Show, Betty Parsons Gallery, New York, U.S.A.

Métiers d’Art, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France.

1979 Sculptures pour le ciel, Maison de la Culture, Rennes, France.

Messages pour l’espace, Centre d’actions culturelles de Sceaux, with performance, Sceaux, France.

1978 Kite Festival, Plaine de la Belle Etoile, Vincennes, France.

1977 Boites, ARC, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France.

Artistes-Artisans, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France.

Pays, Visage de Vent, La Chartreuse de Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, with performance, Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, France.

La Boutique Aberrante de Daniel Spoerri, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France.

Flags, Banners and Kites, Allied Arts Foundation, Seattle Wa. U.S.A.

1976 Vos Papiers, SVP, Musée des Sables d’Olonne, France.

Images pour le Ciel, Festival d’automne, exhibition and audiovisuel installation, Paris, France1975 Coup de Vent, with performance, Montrouge, Franc1974 Grandes Femmes, Petits Formats, Iris Clert Gallery, Paris, France.

1975 Coup de Vent, with performance, Montrouge, France 1974.

Grandes Femmes, Petits Formats, Iris Clert Gallery, Paris

IN COLLABORATION WITH DAVID TUDOR

2000 Sounds & Files, Kunstlehaus ,Vienna, Exposition of David Tudor’s sound table.

1990 Volatils and Sonic Reflections, Neue Musik München Klang Aktionen 90. Munich, Germany.

Volatils with Sonic Reflections, Jack Tilton Gallery, New York,N.Y., U.S.A.

1988 Lines and Reflections II, Rheinischen Musikfest, Kunstacademie, Düsseldorf, Germany.

Lines and Reflections I, performance with David Tudor, The Kitchen, New York,N.Y., U.S.A.

1986 Sound Totem, 9 Lines, performance with David Tudor and Molly Davies, Whitney Sculpture Court, New York, N.Y., U.S.A.

1985 R.O.R. evening for the Revue Parlée with C. Asker, E.Ferrer, Y. Tono, H. Mathews, Centre Pompidou Paris, France. Accompanied by Jackie Matisse’s production of a 7 minute video film called “Tailing a Dream“. Music David Tudor, camera Andy Ferullo and Molly Davies.

1984 Sea Tails, video installation, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France.

1984 Sea Tails,David Tudor concert, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden.

1983 Sea Tails, David Tudor concert, Music Festival, Lugano, Italy.

1983 Sea Tails, video installation, with Molly Davies, and David Tudor, Frankfort, Germany.

PUBLICATIONS

2000 Art that Soars, Kites and Tails by Jackie Matisse, Exhibition Documentary Publication, Mengei International Museum, San Diego, Ca; U.S.A.

1997 The Blue Book,by Jackie Matisse, Editions de l’Onde

1996 Cerfs-Volants L’art en Ciel, Editions Alternatives Eric et Marc Domage

1991 Art That Flies, avec Curt Asker et Tal Streeter. The Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio.

1980 Water Story,Reaktion, Verlag galerie Leaman