Thomas Block Humery France and Germany, b. 1971
I'm looking for a way to unify triviality, literality, ordinary things with elevation, verticality and transcendence.
— Thomas Block Humery
Thomas Block Humery born in Paris in 1971 is a french-german artist living and working in Paris. He received a Master of Arts degree from Panthéon-Sorbonne University.
After a decade dedicating his photographic work on young people of Nordic countries and showing his work in Reykjavik, Rovaniemi, Cologne or The Hague, he started around 2010 focusing his work in United States and on 'The Great American Vernacular Encyclopedia', a 'cathedral' project in constant progress exploring the American territory as ordinary and transcendent experience.
In his perambulation, he examines with his 4x5 camera the banality as an enigmatic source of mystery and poetic elevation, a world both literal and cryptic. This work will be published in a series of limited edition books starting with 'The Sleeper' produced in Utah. In Paris, Block Humery collaborates with some magazines and some brands such as Dom Pérignon or Mathieu Lehanneur.
Born in 1971
Lives and works in Paris, France
Associate's degree in French Literature, Bachelor's degree in Arts (Cinema), Master's degree in Arts (Cinema)
Solo Exhibitions
2019 | Galerie f16, ‘Hautvillers Hollywood’, Paris, France |
2014 | NeC Galerie, ‘Situations Paris’, Paris, France |
2008 | National Museum of Iceland, ‘Portraits’, Reykjavik, Iceland |
2005 |
Valo Gallery, ‘Great Expectations’, Rovaniemi, Finland |
Galerie du Bon Marché, ‘Défilé sans trêve’, Paris, France |
Group Exhibitions
2021 | Galerie Marguo, ‘Presentation of Marguo Artists’, Paris, France |
2017 | AD Interieurs at La Monnaie de Paris, Paris, France |
2009 | Galerie de Pôle Images de Rouen, ‘France-Finlande’, Rouen, France |
Galerie Baudoin Lebon, ‘Neiges’, Paris, France | |
2005 | Centre Photographique Kotka, Finland |
Peri Gallery, Tuku, Finland |
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Nouvelle Image Gallery, The Hague, Netherlands |
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Voix Off, Arles, France |
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2004 | Martin Kudlek Gallery, ‘Poc in Town’, Cologne, Germany |
F/Stop, Cologne, Germany | |
Photo Espana, workshop, exposition, Madrid, Spain |
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2003 | Galerie du Bon Marché, ‘Carnets de Voyage’, Paris, France |
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Thomas Block HumeryFraternity #1, 2017Inkjet print on Hahnemühle FineArt Pearl paper125 x 100 cmEdition of 3 plus 2 artist's proofs
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Thomas Block HumeryIntersection, 2017Inkjet print on Hahnemühle FineArt Pearl paper125 x 100 cmEdition of 3 plus 2 artist's proofs
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Thomas Block HumeryOrnamental, 2017Inkjet print on Hahnemühle FineArt Pearl paper125 x 100 cmEdition of 3 plus 2 artist's proofs
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Thomas Block HumeryPaper Bag, 2017Inkjet print on Hahnemühle FineArt Pearl paper125 x 100 cmEdition of 3 plus 2 artist's proofs
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Thomas Block HumeryTrail, 2017Lambda print on Kodak photographic paper100 x 80 cmEdition of 3 plus 2 artist's proofs
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Thomas Block HumeryTubs, 2017Inkjet print on Hahnemühle FineArt Pearl paper125 x 100 cmEdition of 3 plus 2 artist's proofs
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Thomas Block HumeryBow Window, 2019Inkjet print on Hahnemühle FineArt Pearl paper125 x 100 cmEdition of 3 plus 2 artist's proofs
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Thomas Block HumeryCurtains, 2019Lambda print on Kodak photographic paper100 x 80 cmEdition of 3 plus 2 artist's proofs
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Thomas Block HumeryDonut Shop, 2019Inkjet print on Hahnemühle FineArt Pearl paper125 x 100 cmEdition of 3 plus 2 artist's proofs
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Thomas Block HumeryDown South, 2019Inkjet print on Hahnemühle FineArt Pearl paper125 x 100 cmEdition of 3 plus 2 artist's proofs
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Thomas Block HumeryOlympus, 2019Lambda print on Kodak photographic paper100 x 80 cmEdition of 3 plus 2 artist's proofs
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Thomas Block HumeryPennzoil, 2019Inkjet print on Hahnemühle FineArt Pearl paper125 x 100 cmEdition of 3 plus 2 artist's proofs
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Thomas Block HumeryRear Lights, 2019Inkjet print on Hahnemühle FineArt Pearl paper125 x 100 cmEdition of 3 plus 2 artist's proofs
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Thomas Block HumerySummum, 2019Inkjet print on Hahnemühle FineArt Pearl paper125 x 100 cmEdition of 3 plus 2 artist's proofs
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Thomas Block HumeryTraces, 2019Inkjet print on Hahnemühle FineArt Pearl paper125 x 100 cmEdition of 3 plus 2 artist's proofs
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Thomas Block HumeryTransmission, 2019Inkjet print on Hahnemühle FineArt Pearl paper125 x 100 cmEdition of 3 plus 2 artist's proofs
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Thomas Block HumeryDevotion, 2020Inkjet print on Hahnemühle FineArt Pearl paper125 x 100 cmEdition of 3 plus 2 artist's proofs
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Thomas Block HumeryTemple Pyramid Shape, 2020Inkjet print on Hahnemühle FineArt Pearl paper125 x 100 cmEdition of 3 plus 2 artist's proofs
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Alone Together POC
Thomas Block Humery with Thomas Mailaender, Loan Nguyen and Charles Fréger. Text by Didier Mouchel, , 2006 Read more -
Hautvillers Hollywood
By Thomas Humery for Dom Pérignon Thomas Block Humery, Joan Didion, 2019 Hardcover, 120 pages
Publisher: Bye Studio
ISBN: 9782956623601
Dimensions: 29 x 22.5 cm Read more -
Thomas Block Humery: The Great American Vernacular Encyclopedia Vol. 1 The Sleeper
Marguo Books Thomas Block Humery, 2021 Hardcover, 96 pages
Publisher: Marguo Books
Dimensions: 19.5 x 24 cm Read more -
Tropism
Thomas Humery, 2014 Read more