“How grounded are you? Roxane Revon makes her viewers question their relationship to the earth and the various forms of life that grow in and out of it. She carefully studies the way plants sprout from their roots, and interrogates our connections to them. Through video renderings and delicate drawings, she zooms in on the invisible, hence making us take a deeper look at our own origins and foundations. She brings us to a place of restored fertility and rebirth, allowing for new ways of movements, connections and revived visions of the self.”
Aude Adrien, author of New York : au cœur de la création contemporaine.
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EDUCATION
2018: Stage directing certificate (“A practical approach to directing”), Yale School of Drama, CT.
2007-2010: Masters degree in Philosophy, La Sorbonne University (France) & Roma II University (Italy).
2005-2007 : Graduate degree in Philosophy and Literature, Montpellier III University (France).
AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS & RESIDENCIES
2024
Urban Field Station / Nature of Cities 2024 artist in residence, NY.
Artist Alliance Inc. artist in residence, NY.
2023
Residency Unlimited artist in residence, Brooklyn & Governors Island, NY.
Best cinematography award, UNFIX International Festival, NY.
Donatello International Prize, Florence & International Prize Leonardo da Vinci, Milan, Italy.
Studio fellowship at Cinema Supply art studios, Chelsea, NY.
2022
Celia and Gilbert Wallace fellowship and artist in residence at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL), Jackson Lab, Long Island, NY.
LMCC Creative Engagement Grant for "Roon's Roots" installation, NYC.
2021
LMCC Art Center artist in residence, Fall 2021, Governors Island, NYC.
Buinho Creative Fab Lab artist in residence, Messejana, Portugal.
2019
Best adaptation award, the United Solo Festival, NYC.
Spectrum, experimental performances artist in residence, Brooklyn, NYC.
2016
Alte Washerei residency with Subpoetics International, Vienna, Austria.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS (solo where indicated)
2024
100 WOMEN OF SPIRIT, collective exhibition curated by Gwenolee Zurcher, Zurcher Gallery, New York (FORTHCOMING).
EXPERIMENTAL FILM 2024, collective exhibition curated by the CICA Museum, Korea (FORTHCOMING).
SCIENCE MEETS ART, collective exhibition curated by Trcia Loria, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CHSL), Long Island, NY (FORTHCOMING).
ANCESTORS, solo installation curated by the UNFIX Festival, St Paul & Grace Church, New York.
2023
DOCTORS OF THE WORLD, collective print sale curated by Julien Alamo, Squadra Gallery and PICTO NY, New York.
WANDER, solo outdoors garden installation curated by Lucien. Zayan, The Invisible Dog Art Center, Brooklyn, New York.
ART ON PAPER art fair, collective exhibition curated by Latifa Metheny, Azart Gallery, New York.
SHIM/ARTCARDS, a collective eco exquisite corpse curated by Jill Krutick, Aqua Art Miami, Miami.
GARDEN MYSTERIES indoor installation, 2023 European Capital of Culture, Eleusis, Greece (finalist).
ENCOUNTERS, solo exhibition and installation at the RU/KODA House 404, Residency Unlimited, Governors Island, New York.
METAPHOR-MOSIS, collective exhibition curated by Ru Marshall, Residency Unlimited, Brooklyn, New York.
UNNATURAL PROCESSES, collective exhibition curated by Valerie Hallier, Westbeth Gallery, West Village, New York.
FIBROUS, video installation curated by Ren Gyo Soh at the UNFIX Festival, New York.
ENCOUNTER, public outdoor mycelium installation, SMACH Biennale, Dolomites, Italy (finalist).
2022
EARTH, NURTURE, SEED, collective exhibition curated by Nour Sabbag at Storm Gallery, Brooklyn, New York.
ROON'S RHIZOMES, solo exhibition curated by Vanessa Selk at Cinema Supply Gallery, Chelsea, New York.
ART ON PAPER art fair, collective exhibition curated by Latifa Metheny, Azart Gallery, NYC.
EXQUISITE CORPSE, collective exhibition curated by Jill Krutick & SHIM Eco, Venice Biennale , New York & Aqua Art Miami.
VISCERAL, 3D collective exhibition curated by Ilaria Falchetti, M.A.D.S Gallery, Milan.
HIDDEN PLACES, solo exhibition & installation curated by Mathilde Auge & Tatyana Frank, the French Institute Alliance Francaise (FIAF), New York.
ROON’s ROOTS, solo installation at the UNFIX Festival with Butoh performer Yokko thanks to the LMCC Creative engagement grant, New York.
THE FLAG PROJECT RC, collective flag exhibition curated by the Rockefeller Center, the United Nation Environment Program and the Climate Museum New York.
GREEN. GREEN WORLD, collective exhibition curated by La Fenice Art Gallery, HongKong.
SPINE, solo exhibition curated by Charlotte Morgan, Adore Me, New York.
2021
ART IN THE WILD, collective exhibition curated by Piper Nichole Henriques, NYU Tandon / Integrated Digital Media, New York.
BOTANICAL ART & ILLUSTRATION, collective exhibition , Las Laguna Art Gallery, ( online).
PLANTHROPOSCENE installation & performance curated by the LMCC Art Center Open Studios, Governors Island, New York.
GARDEN II-FLOATING, UNFIX Festival NYC 2021, outdoor installation curated by Ren Gyo Soh, New York and online.
GARDEN I, outdoor sculpture curated by Buinho Fab Lab, Messejana, Portugal.
SCENOGRAPHY & STAGE DIRECTING
2024
RHIZOMES, experimental performances and workshops by choreographer Thierry Thieu niang and artist Roxane Revon, commissioned by the French Institute (FIAF), Villa Albertine and LLS, NY (FORTHCOMING).
2023
NOS ANNEES PARALLELES by Stephane Corbin, co-directed by Roxane Revon & Guillaume Sirvent, commissioned by WA & Nicolas Herouard, starring Guillaume Sirvent & Marion Herouard.
SHADES OF SPRING, ballet choreographed by Jessica Lang commissioned by Sarasota Ballet, at the Aslo Theater, Jan 27-30 in Sarasota, Florida.
2022
SHADES OF SPRING, ballet choreographed by Jessica Lang commissioned by Sarasota Ballet, world premiere at the Joyce Theater from Aug 16-21 2022, NYC & Jan 27-30 2023 in Sarasota, Florida.
COSI FAN TUTTE by Mozart, directed by Isabelle Melinski and produced by OIW at the Kimball Theater, Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia.
2020
IN ORDER TO SLEEP PEACEFULLY, an awarded adaptation of Musset’s masterpiece Lorenzaccio directed by Roxane Revon and performed by Patric Madden, Spectrum Brooklyn and United Solo Festival, Best Adaptation Award.
2019
AMAHL by Menotti, directed by Marco Nistico and produced by Opera on the James at the Academy Theater, Lynchburg, VA.
2018-2012
RHINOCEROS by Ionesco, LOVE AND INFORMATION by Caryl Churchill, DON JUAN by Molière, JUST ASSASSINS by Albert Camus, directed by Roxane Revon, produced by the CTA Department at the Black Box Theater, John Jay College (CUNY).
MADWOMEN by Giraudoux, JEU DE MASSACRE by Ionesco, LE DINDON by Feydeau, LES PRECIEUSES RIDICULES by Molière, LA NUIT DE VALOGNE by E.E Schmit, directed by Roxane Revon, produced by ATNY at the Theater for a New City.
THE MADWOMAN OF CHAILLOT by J. Giraudoux, directed by Roxane Revon and presented at the Actors Studio PD Unit, NYC : THE BOLD SOPRANO by Ionesco, directed by Roxane Revon and produced by Diffractions Theatre at the 4St Theater, NYC.
MUSIC HALL by Jean-Luc Lagarce’s, US Premiere directed by Roxane Revon, produced by Diffractions Theater at the Roy Arias Theatre, NYC.
TWO SHALL MEET by Charalie Cristo and Menteurs by Colette La Pointe, directed by Roxane Revon, produced by the Duct Tape and Dream festival, 54 Theater.
NO EXIT by Sartre directed by Roxane Revon, produced by Lauren Rayner Productions at the first live-streaming festival Wired arts Fest, the 42 Theater, toured in South of France.