France
• 1950
Biography
Gilles Verneret was born in 1950. He lives and works in Lyon since 1970 as an art director and photographer. He was a photographer with FR3 Lyon between 1975 and 1981. Since 1999 he is the director of the contemporary photography center Le Bleu du ciel in Lyon and of the event Lyon Septembre de la photographie since 2001.
Gilles Verneret taught photography since 1985 in various institutions: Faculté Catholique de Lyon, Centre Social La Condition des Soies "Recherches Promotion" at the IMUS, Université de Savoie, Annecy. In 2009 he co-founded the Ecole Bloo (photography school). He is a Photo Review expert in Arles since 2008. He teaches in Timisoara, Romania and Shanghai.
Gilles Verneret has had numerous exhibitions of his works the last 10 years at the Musée d’Art Contemporain in Lyon, The Goethe Institute, L’attrape-Couleurs. He has also published several catalogues and his works have been included in several public collections in France (Institut d'art contemporain, Musée d'art contemporain, Fond national de la photographie).
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Gilles Verneret taught photography since 1985 in various institutions: Faculté Catholique de Lyon, Centre Social La Condition des Soies "Recherches Promotion" at the IMUS, Université de Savoie, Annecy. In 2009 he co-founded the Ecole Bloo (photography school). He is a Photo Review expert in Arles since 2008. He teaches in Timisoara, Romania and Shanghai.
Gilles Verneret has had numerous exhibitions of his works the last 10 years at the Musée d’Art Contemporain in Lyon, The Goethe Institute, L’attrape-Couleurs. He has also published several catalogues and his works have been included in several public collections in France (Institut d'art contemporain, Musée d'art contemporain, Fond national de la photographie).
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The year of birth of the artist is: 1950