For the last years, Dorothee Ballu has been investigating the concept of the individual, the man within societal, historical,

cosmological and anthropological structures.

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At the core of her art making, there is a desire to re-focus our attention to the small, forgotten and overlooked details of

mundane objects and places, which for the artist are a map for understanding the elusive interferences that shape, and often limit, human relationships, behaviors and, ultimately, control how we experience new places and cultures.

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A self-defined ‘visual poet’, Ballu creates installations, photographs and videos using raw, natural materials that have been collected throughout her travels and stays around the world. Each found piece is devoid of any conscious transformation,

for it encapsulates a fragment of the history and culture of the place of origin. Her work interweaves post-colonial historical references, mythology, communication theories and anthropological studies.

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Born in 1975 in Nantes, France, Ballu has lived in Peru, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo and the UK before moving to Vietnam in 2016. Some of Ballu’ s exhibition s include: ECO-ECCO-ECHO, UMANO vol. and Futuro Caliente in Lima, Peru; Infra-ordinaire,

le Carré des Artistes-Douala in Cameroon and Carnet de Voyage in Gabon.

Ballu gained her B.A. degree at Corriente Alterna in Lima, Peru. Before beginning her artistic career, she received a

B. S. degree in Quimper, France.

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Biography

1975

Born   in Nantes

2015

Graduated from Corriente Alterna, Escuela de Arte Lima, Peru

2005

Norwich Univeristy of the Arts, Norwich, Great Britain

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