Born in Rome in 1972, Marco Barbon has been living and working in France since 2001.
After completing a Master’s degree in philosophy at the Sapienza University of Rome and a PhD in the Aesthetics of Photography at EHESS in Paris, he embarked on his own personal artistic research, from which two of his favourite subjects emerged: on one hand the temporality of the image and on the other the boundary zone between reality and dream, document and fiction. Author of the books Asmara Dream (Filigranes, 2009; re-edited in 2016), Cronotopie (Trans Photographic Press, 2010), Casablanca (Filigranes, 2011), Les pas perdus (Poursuite, 2014), Asmara (Be-Pôles, 2014), El Bahr (Filigranes, 2016) and The Interzone (Editions Clémentine de la Féronnière, 2017), his works are regularly exhibited in France and abroad, and are part of several important collections.
Solo Show
2018 Solo show, Unseen, Amsterdam, Pays-Bas
2018 The Interzone, Tanger 2013-2017, Galerie Maupetit Actes Sud, Marseille
2018 The Interzone, Tanger 2013-2017, Galerie Clémentine de la Féronnière, Paris
2016 Asmara Dream, Galerie Clémentine de la Féronnière, Paris
2013 Maroc 2005-2011. Photographies, Galerie 127, Marrakech, Maroc
2012 Casablanca, Galerie de l’Aimance, Casablanca, Maroc
2011 Casablanca, FNAC, Casablanca, Maroc
2011 Senza peso, One Piece Art, Rome, Italie
2010 Polaroids, Espace Très confidentiel, Casablanca, Maroc
2010 Cronotopie, B-Gallery, Rome, Italie
2010 Cronotopie, Galerie La Non-Maison, Aix-en-Provence
Group Show (selection)
2016 Film stills, Galerie 127, Marrakech, Maroc
2015 J’aime les panoramas, Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Genève et MuCEM, Marseille, France
2014 Un Maroc raconté autrement, Hôtel de Sauroy, Paris (programme du Mois de la Photo), France
2014 « J’ai posé mon regard sur ton rivage… », Galerie 127, Marrakech, Maroc
2013 Portraits de femmes, Galerie 127, Marrakech, Maroc
2012 Thanks to Luigi Ghirri, Hôtel de Sauroy, Paris (programme du Mois de la Photo), France
2012 Maroc, cet incandescent objet du désir, Galerie 127, Marrakech, Maroc
2010 Italian emerging photography, Institut Culturel Italien, Paris, France
Bibliography
The Interzone, éditions Clémentine de la Féronnière, Paris, 2017
El Bahr, Marco Barbon, éditions Filigranes, Paris, 2016
Asmara, éditions Be-Pôles (collection « Portraits de villes »), Paris, 2014
Les Pas perdus, éditions Poursuite, Arles, 2014
Casablanca, co-éditions Postcard/Filigranes, Paris, 2011 (texte de Souad Bahéchar)
Cronotopie, co-éditions Postcart/Trans Photographic Press, Rome/Paris, 2010 (texte d’Alain Jouffroy).
Asmara Dream, co-éditions Postcart/Filigranes, Rome/Paris, 2009 ; rééd. 2016 co-éd. Clémentine de la Féronnière/Filigranes
El Mar a la Mirada, European Center for the Mediterranean, Barcelone, 2008
A.O.I. Tracce di una colonizzazione, FotoGrafia, Rome, 2007