Contact
+33 6 62 57 58 02 \ mariongambin (at) gmail.com
Biography
Marion Gambin (b.1985) is a photographer working between Paris
and Marseille, where she has been living since 2020.
A graduate of the École Nationale Supérieure Louis-Lumière
and the Toulouse School of Fine Arts, she has been practising
documentary-inspired photography for over ten years, with a focus
on portraiture. Her work has been noticed by several prestigious prizes
and is regularly exhibited in France and internationally.
Through site-specific artist residencies, she continues to explore the
world through the eyes of those who inhabit it. From her training in
Fine Arts, she has retained a love of materials, creating artist books
as extensions of her photographic narratives.
As a recipient of a Fondation de France grant, she took part in the
photographic mission France(s) territoire liquide with the series
Entre-deux lieux, which looked at France’s motorways. Exhibited as
part of Paris Photo, her carte blanche at the iconic La Samaritaine
department store overlooking the Seine marked a shift in her work
towards mise-en-scène, whilst retaining her comical yet poetic, and
sometimes absurd language.
Marion Gambin also puts her talents to work for various institutions and
brands, and regularly shoots portraits for the press.
Marion Gambin (b.1985) is a photographer working between Paris
and Marseille, where she has been living since 2020.
A graduate of the École Nationale Supérieure Louis-Lumière
and the Toulouse School of Fine Arts, she has been practising
documentary-inspired photography for over ten years, with a focus
on portraiture. Her work has been noticed by several prestigious prizes
and is regularly exhibited in France and internationally.
Through site-specific artist residencies, she continues to explore the
world through the eyes of those who inhabit it. From her training in
Fine Arts, she has retained a love of materials, creating artist books
as extensions of her photographic narratives.
As a recipient of a Fondation de France grant, she took part in the
photographic mission France(s) territoire liquide with the series
Entre-deux lieux, which looked at France’s motorways. Exhibited as
part of Paris Photo, her carte blanche at the iconic La Samaritaine
department store overlooking the Seine marked a shift in her work
towards mise-en-scène, whilst retaining her comical yet poetic, and
sometimes absurd language.
Marion Gambin also puts her talents to work for various institutions and
brands, and regularly shoots portraits for the press.
Solo exhibitions
2022
I Abitanti, citadelle Miollis, Ajaccio (Corse)2021
Les chevaux ferment aussi les yeux, Saumur (France)2018
Olympic Stadium, Paris (France)2016
Nos vieux jours heureux, Le Puzzle, Thionville (France)Nos vieux jours heureux, Le Chateau d’Eau, Toulouse (France)
2015
Nos vieux jours heureux, Kaunas photo festival, Kaunas (Lituania)2013
Gulmarg & Olympic Stadium, Pluie d'images festival, Brest (France)2011
Gulmarg & Olympic Stadium, Photo Phnom Penh festival, Phnom Penh (Cambodia)Group exhibitions
2023
EMBED, Galerie Raymond Hains, Saint-Brieuc (France)2018
Entre-deux lieux, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris (France)2015
Entre-deux lieux, Arsenal, Metz (France)2014
Entre-deux lieux, Tripostal, Lille (France)2013
Ma Samaritaine, as part of Paris-Photo, Paris (France)Artist Residencies
2022
Miollis Citadel, Ajaccio, steered by Manifesto Paris & SPL Ametarra2020
Artcheval, steered by the Fontevraud Royal Abbey, Bouvet-Ladubay Art Centre, and the Saumur Horse-Riding CommitteeAwards & nominations
2017
Prix Maison Blanche, Marseille (France)Finalist, BMW/Gobelins art residency, France
2015
Winner Kaunas Photo Festival, Lituania2013
Winner of Fondation de France grant, FranceNominated for the fifth Prix Pictet, Switzerland
Education
2011
Master of photography with honors, ENS Louis-Lumière, France2008
DNAP (diploma in communication & fine art), Toulouse College of Arts, France.