Artistic CV

Isabelle Duverger

ISABELLE DUVERGER
Multimedia and Visual Artist
New York – Paris

Isabelle Duverger is a French award-winning visual artist based in Jersey City for the past fifteen years. Her work includes paintings, public art with projection mapping on buildings, immersive interactive video and sound installations, projection art for theater and dance, video-art and animation. She is a 2021 Motion Award Nominee in the category Interactive/Experiential – Installation, 2022 Hybrid Vision Panasonic Digital Art Competition Nominee for Interactive Digital Art and three-time New York Innovative Theater Awards nominee for Outstanding Innovative Design. Her work has been presented in renowned venues such as Spring/Break Art Show (Armory Arts Week), Central Park Summer Stages, Times Square Plaza and St John the Divine Cathedral, La Mama, Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) in New York, NJPAC, Flutter Experience Art Gallery, Los Angeles, Nuit Blanche and Georgetown Glow, Washington DC, Teatros del Canal, Madrid and Fabra i Coats Contemporary Art Center, Barcelona, Spain, Tempietto Di Bramante, Roma, Italy, Hong Kong City Hall among others.

IMMERSIVE INSTALLATIONS

2023      QUALIA - YOU MATTER TO ME video & sound immersive installation, Jersey City Theater Center, NJ, JCAST & Prelude Festival
2022-23 DREAM-E-SCAPE video & sound immersive interactive installation, Flutter Experience, Los Angeles, CA;
             Microwave Media Arts Festival, Hong Kong; Film Criticism Forum, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (Hybrid Vision - Panasonic 2022 Nominee)
2022-23 SLIMEY MIRROR immersive video and sound art installation, Sloomoo Institute, New York, Chicago, Atlanta, Houston
2022-23 SLOOMOOVERSE Web-AR application with animation, videoart and interactivity, Sloomoo Institute, Wolrdwide
2022     INTO THE DEEP video immersive installation, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ
2021-22 CLOSE-UP - PRIMER PLA video and sound immersive installation, White Space Gallery, Chelsea, New York, NY, Coral Gables
           Museum, Miami, FL, Jersey City Theater Center, NJ, Dumbo Loft, Brooklyn, NY
2021    VIATJE-JOURNEY, immersive video and sound art installation, Catalan Delegation, Washington, DC
2019-21  ILLUSION, interactive immersive video and sound art installation, Flutter Experience, Los Angeles, CA
            (Motion Award 2021 Nominee)
2020-21  SANT JORDI NYC (online) festival with virtual projection mapping of the Flatiron, Web-Augmented Reality app, Livestream and
            online platform, New York
2020    WITHIN REACH, interactive video and sound art installation, Art Wall Coolvines Powerhouse, Jersey City, NJ
2018-20 THE NOW Public Art Interactive LED Wall Installation, Port Authority Bus Terminal, Times Square, New York (Largest Interactive Art
            Wall in New York). Created by Isabelle Duverger and Laia Cabrera, Interactivity by NoirFlux, Curated by Coolture New York
2018    SHIFTING GAZE, UNTITLED MIND and QUANTUM site specific video installations with mapping at JCAST HQ, Jersey City, NJ
2018    SELF ON THE SHELF Immersive Interactive Site-Specific Video and Sound Installation, Selected at the Spring/Break Art Show (Part
            of the Armory Arts Week), Times Square, New York. Created by Isabelle Duverger and Laia Cabrera, Interactivity by Nicola
            Carpegianni, Curated by Christine Miele
2017    DRAGONS BOOKS AND ROSES Projection Mapping for St Jordi New York Festival, Deutsches Haus at NYU, University Place,
            New York City, NY Commissioned by the Farragut Fund for Catalan Culture
2016    MADRID WORLD PRIDE Triptych Video Installation commissioned by the city of Madrid, White Box Gallery, SoHo, New York
2016    AIRE: VISUAL CONCERT FOR NOMADS Site-Specific Visual Concert and Projection Design, Underwear Factory, Poughkeepsie,
            Hudson Valley New York, as a large scale 5000 sq/ft visual concert performed live with an ensemble orchestra and sponsored by
            Art Mid Hudson, NYSCA. Created by Laia Cabrera (Film Direction), Javier Moreno Sanchez (Music Direction) and Isabelle Duverger
            (Video Mapping, Animations)
2016    LA NOCHE FROM SPAIN Video mapped Installation, Institute Cervantes, NewYork with Javier Moreno (production), Laia Cabrera
            (Visual Direction) and Isabelle Duverger (Video Mapping, Animations)
2015    SHIFTING GAZE @ GLOW Film-Art-Music installation conceived and directed by Laia Cabrera, Music by Erica Glyn, Animations and
            Mapping by Isabelle Duverger, Georgetown Glow Festival, Washington DC projected on the main Wall of the Georgetown Canal as
            a large site-specific immersive video mapped installation and commissioned by the Georgetown Business improvement District (BID)
            and the Spanish Embassy in DC.
2015    AIRE VISUAL CONCERT FOR NOMADS Site-Specific Visual Concert and Projection Design, Art All Night, Washington DC, projected
            at the Neoclassical building of the Bank of America as a large scale visual concert performed live with an ensemble orchestra and
            sponsored by the DC Commission for the Arts and Humanities, DC.
2015    THE GARDEN PARTY Video mapped Installation, Institute Cervantes, New York in collaboration with Javier Moreno (production)
            and Laia Cabrera (Visuals)
2015    THE SUPREME PRICE: AN EVENING WITH HAFSAT ABIOLA Video Installation Soho, New York City. Hafsat Abiola, Nigerian
            human rights, civil rights and democracy activist, and the founder of KIND, a not-for-profit organization focusing primarily on Nigeria
2015    DOLLARS FOR THIEVES Indoor/Outdoor Video Installation. Music by Erica Glyn. Matt Torrey's, Williamsburg, New York
2014    CITY IN MOTION Video mapped Installation commissioned by Reebok, White Box Gallery, SoHo, New York in collaboration with
            Javier Moreno (production) and Isabelle Duverger (Video Mapping, Animations)
2014    AIRE Video Installation Performance Concert, Tempietto Di Bramante – Rome, Italy with Laia Cabrera (Film Direction), Javier Moreno
            (Music Direction), Isabelle Duverger (Video Mapping), Isabel Cadenas (Poetry) and Lucia Miranda (Stage Management)
2013    UNTITLED MIND Indoor and Outdoor Video and sound installation with mapping in collaboration with Isabelle Duverger,
            Wonderbread Factory, Nuit Blanche, Washington DC
2013    BON BAGAY: ART AUCTION AND CHARITY EVENT FOR HAITI Mixed media projection and mapping, Raw Space, Harlem,
            New York.
2013    PIKOLINOS POP-UP STORE Video Installation Mapping Meatpacking District, NYC,
            listed as the 10 best designed stores in the world
2013    MAASAI PROJECT Video mapped sound installation/lab/exhibit about the Maasai women in Kenya, commissioned by Pikolinos,
            Pop up Store-NY Chelsea, New York
2011    RESONNANT STREAMS: AN ANCIENT CALL" (large site-specific visual installation performance) in collaboration with LiquidBody
            Dance Company. “The Value of Water” series at the Cathedral Saint John The Devine in New York, November 2011
2011    SHIFTING GAZE Video Installation Performance, presented in Region Zero Festival, King Juan Carlos I Of Spain Center Of
            New York University, New York
2010    CLAIM YOUR PLACE (Video-Installation-Performance) Conceived and directed by Laia Cabrera and Nuria Legarda. Performed at
            Centro Español NYC, New York, NY, May 2010. Tournefeuille Festival Les Nuits Euphoriques, France, June 2010. Festival New
            Tendencies Terrassa (TNT), Spain. September 2010. Festival Cos Reus, Spain, October 2010. Project commissioned by Topia Arts
            Center, CAER and CAET with funding from Consell Nacional de la Cultura I de les Arts (CONCA), Catalunya, Spain

ANIMATION

2021   THE WAY TO WIN (Short Animated Fim) for Women in Need, New York, NY
2020   MICRO-UNIVERSE (Videoart Short Fim)
2020-22 SANT JORDI NYC 2020 (ONLINE) FESTIVAL online platform, New York, NY
2018    DISTANCE TO THE MOON Short Animated Film, France/USA, text by Italo Calvino
2018    THE SUBLIME CONNECTION (Videoart Short Fim) co-created with Laia Cabrera, presented at the Hamptons Jewelry Show
2017    HOW WE WORK (Short Animated Fim) for the Center for Popular Democracy, New York, NY
2017    TAKSU (court-métrage documentaire) co-created with Laia Cabrera, presented at Vogue
2016    STOP THE HANGRY (Animation) Beefsteak – Food Inc
2015    VEGETABLE UNLEASHED (Animation) Beefsteak – Food Inc
2015    I AM (Short Documentary), on Alexandra Mor, Jewelry Design. Featured in Vogue JewelryTelly Awards 2016
2014    SHINNY API (Animation) New York eHealth Collaborative, Campaign For The State Of New York
2013    AN ECOSYSTEM TRANSFORMING HEALTHCARE THROUGH TECHNOLOGY (Animation) New York eHealth Collaborative,
            Campaign For The State Of New York. Telly Awards 2014
2013    PATIENT PORTAL FOR NEW YORKER (Animation) New York eHealth Collaborative, Campaign For The State Of New York
            Communicator Award 2013
2012    HOW SHINNY MAKES LIFE BETTER (Animation) New York eHealth Collaborative, Campaign For The State Of New York.
            AVA Digital Awards 2013 and Telly Awards 2013

2013    WHITE ALLIGATOR (Feature Film) Opening And Closing Credits Animation
            Golden Door International Film Festival, International Puerto Rican Heritage Film Festival,
            Bled Film Festival, The Art of Bklyn Film Festival
2011    ALL I WANNA DO (Music Video) Song by Erica Glyn From Album “Static”
2010    SHIFTING GAZE (Short Film) by Laia Cabrera, Spain Art Fest 2010, Times Square Plaza Region Zero Festival, King Juan Carlos I of
            Spain Center at NYU, Centro Metropolitano de Diseño. Buenos Aires, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Vigo, Centro de Iniciativas
            Culturales, Sevilla and Contemporary Art Gallery Canary Islands Government, El Tragaluz Digital. Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain,
            Festival Close Up, Cuale Cultural Center, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, DC, USA
2009    IS THERE AN EDGE OF BELIEF (Short Film) by Laia Cabrera, Jaen Femenino Festival, Spain

VISUALS & PROJECTION DESIGN – VIDEO MAPPING FOR THEATER/DANCE

2023   LIFT ME UP Music Video by Lachi - Video Immersive Installation set for filming, Gymnopedie, Brooklyn, NY
2023   ALLERLEIRAUH (Musical Theater) adapted from the Brothers Grimm, Alvin Ailey Theater, New York, NY
2022   THE DARK STONE (theater) by Alejandro Conejero, Repertorio Español, New York, NY
2022   COSMICOMICS Multimedia Theater Play inspired by Italo Calvino, The New Stage Theater Company, NYC
2021    PEOPLE PLACE DISRUPTION (dance) with Nimbus Dance Works, NJPAC, Newark, NJ
2021    BLACK HENRY (online theater) Atlantic Pacific Theatre, New York, NY
2019-22    FALLING SKY (dance) with Nimbus Dance Works, NJPAC, Newark, NJ, Nimbus Arts Center, Jersey City, NJ
2019    LINES IN THE DUST (theater) by Nikkole Salter, Jersey City Theater Center, Jersey City, NJ 
2019    PRAYOG (dance) Three Aksha dance company, Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, PA
2018    NUTCRACKER (danse) Nimbus Dance Works, Jersey City, NJ
2018    TROJAN WOMEN (theater) written by Euripides, at the Jersey City Theater Center, NJ 
2018    PROLOGUE Multimedia Theater Play written and directed by Maria Litvan, at the Jersey City Theater Center, NJ 
2017    ELSE & HENRY Video art and video projection mapping, Espacio Inestable, Valencia, Spain - September 2017,
            received the "Nuestras Voces" award by the MetLife Foundation and Teatro El Extranjero, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2022
2016    SINCRONIZADA by Mar Gomez Glez, Teatro Del Canal, Madrid, Spain - Finalist of Talent Madrid 2016 Festival
2016    NATYASHASTRA (dance) by Viji Rao at the JCC Auditorium at the KleinLife Center, Philadelphia, PA with the support of the 
            National Endowment for the Arts and the Knight Foundation
2015    EMILIE multimedia play by Radegund Hain, produced by Stephanie Schmiderer and Markus Hirnigel and presented at the Theater 
            For the New City, NYC with support of the Austrian Cultural Forum
2015    RONENSBOURGH (theater) by Beatriz Cabur, with AENY presented at IATI theater, NYC. 
2015    NIGHT (theater) by Charles Mee, with The New Stage Theater Company presented at the Theater For the New City, 
            NYC. New York Innovative Theater Award nominee for Outstanding Innovative design (Projection Design, Visuals and 
            Animations), New York Innovative Theater Award winner for Outstanding Performance Art Production
2014    COSMICOMICS Multimedia Theater Play inspired by Italo Calvino, with The New Stage Theater Company presented at
            Dixon Place, NYC. New York Innovative Theater Award nominee for Outstanding Innovative design (Projection Design,
            Visuals and Animations)
2013    PROLOGUE  Multimedia Theater Play directed by Maria Litvan presented at the Center of Performance Research
2012    GARDEN OF DELIGHTS Multimedia Theater Play written by Fernando Arrabal, by The New Stage Theater Company
            presented at The Theater for the New City, NYC. New York Innovative Theater Award nominee for Outstanding
            Innovative design
(Projection Design, Visuals and Animations)
2012    LANDSCAPE OF THE SOUL multimedia visual concert with 17 video mapped screens with world-percussionist multi-instrumentalist
            Nacho Arimany. La Mama, NYC
2011    THE ROAD TO HAPPINESS Multimedia Theater Play. Presented March 16-18 at the Austrian Cultural Forum, New York
2010    MAPPING MÖBIUS Multimedia theater play by New Stage Theater Company, presented at La Mama Theater, NYC
2009    WALK-PASA-BOUGE Silk-Video-Sound-Animation Performance with Laia Cabrera And Cia Lorrojo At Monkey Town, Brooklyn -
            Pianos, LES - Issue Project Room, Brooklyn, And Glasslands Gallery, Brooklyn, NYC.
2009    UNTIL THERE (Sound-Video Tour-Performance) With Laia Cabrera And For Feather At The Subway (Cincinnati) And THE Waterloo
            (Cleveland), Ohio And At Monkey Town, Brooklyn, NYC
2009    PLAYING EQUALITY Multimedia Dance-theater Produced and performed by Puy Navarro & Francisco Reyes. Commissioned by the
            Generalitat Valenciana, for the International Universities Forum 2009 and the Valencian Foundation for Human Rights. International
            University Forum on "Poverty Eradication: A Challenge for Universities Worldwide", Boricua College of the City University of New
            York, 2009. Festival Internacional de Teatro Social 'ReACT'" sponsored by the Fundación por la Justicia, Valencia, Spain, 2010
2008    LA JAULA BAJO EL TRAPO Multimedia theater play Video Art by Laia Cabrera, performed at the Festival Teatro Vivo, King Juan
            Carlos Center, NYU
2008    FOR FEATHER (Visual Concert) At BAM CAFE, Brooklyn - New York

AWARDS & RESIDENCIES

2023    Individual Artist Fellowship Grant awards by Jersey City Arts & Culture Trust Fund
2022    #Hybrid Vision - Panasonic Digital Art Nominee, Shanghai, China in the category "Interactive/Experiential - Installation"
2021    Motion Award 2021 Nominee in the category "Interactive/Experiential - Installation"
2020    Grant from FLUTTER EXPERIENCE to create the immersive interactive video and sound installation "Dream-e-scape", Los Angeles
2019    Grant from FLUTTER EXPERIENCE to create the immersive interactive video and sound installation "Illusion", Los Angeles
2018 -20   Resident Artists of COOLTURE IMPACT, the largest video interactive public art platform, New York
2018    Spring Break Art Show 2018 Official Selection
2017    Farragut Fund for Catalan Culture in the U.S. Grant
2016    Talent Madrid 2016 Finalist
2016    Telly Awards 2016 Silver Winner for Best Direction (Highest Distinction)
2015    New York Innovative Theater Award Winner for "Night" Outstanding Performance Art Production
2015    New York Innovative Theater Award Nominee for "Night" Outstanding Innovative Design
2014    New York Innovative Theater Award Nominee for "Cosmicomics" Outstanding Innovative Design
2014    Telly Awards 2014 Bronze Winner for Best Art Direction
2013    New York Innovative Theater Award Nominee for "Garden of Delights" Outstanding Innovative Design
2013    Telly Awards 2013 Silver Winner for Best Documentary
2013    Telly Awards 2013 Silver Winner for Best Animation
2013    AVA Digital Awards 2013 Platinum Winner Best video Animation and Best Creativity
2013    AVA Digital Awards 2013 Gold Winner Best Documentary
2010    Residency in Topia Arts New York, USA, May - June 2010

ARTIST TALKS / PUBLICATIONS

2023      From Moving Images to Immersive Cinema - Film Criticism Conference, Riyadh, KSA, November 10, 2023
2023      "Love and..." Series in ARTUPMI Magazine - Spring 2023 Issue 12
2022      "Under the Sky" in Zanna Magazine - Issue 12
2022      Artist Talk - Festival SANT JORDI USA, Jersey City, NJ
2022      Artist Feature Isabelle Duverger and Laia Cabrera in Syzygy Project
2022      "Dematerialized Embrace" in Zanna Magazine - Issue 11
2022      "LOVE #" series in ARTUPMI Magazine - Winter 2022 Issue 5
2022      "HANDWRITING" and "THE OTHER" Collages in TINY SPOON Magazine - Issue 8
2021      "DOUCEUR SUCREE" in Zanna Magazine - Issue 10
2021      Artist Talk - Festival ECOSS, Fabra i Coats, Centre d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
2020      Artist Talk - JCTC Voices International Theatre Festival, Jersey City, NJ
2020      Artist Talk - TrapTalk, Trapology, Boston, MA
2020      Artist Talk - Nimbus: Stagedoor, Jersey City, NJ
2020      Artist Talk - JCTC Conversations ONLINE: Voices from Around the World, Jersey City, NJ
2019      Interview for MCD - Magazine des Cultures Digitales
2018      Artist Talk - Business, Design & Technology Conference on Sustainable Cities, Centre for Social Innovation, New York, NY
2016      "LOVE PEACE & LIGHT" children book - illustrations (published in English and Spanish)

EXHIBITIONS

2023    WOMAN in #2000bananas fundraising show, Art Fair 14C, Jersey City, NJ
2023    CANDYLAND in Tickled Pink exhibition curated by Tina Maneca, Newport Mall, Jersey City, NJ
2023    REPOSE in public art exhibition The Surprising Thing About Gratitude, curated by Walk Bye, Canco Park, Jersey City, NJ
2022-23 LOVE # 7, 8 & 9 at the Affordable Art Show, Art House Gallery, Jersey City
2022    ROOTED #1 & #2 in exhibition Resilient 2 curated by Ivy Brown-Pro Arts, ART150 Gallery, and JCAST 2022
2022    VOTE in exhibition Real Democracy curated by Walk Bye, Miller Branch Library, Jersey City, NJ
2022    ROOTED in EXQUISITE CORPSE group exhibition - Nimbus Arts Center, Jersey City, NJ 
2021    IMMERSION Retrospective Exhibition with Laia Cabrera - Contemporary Identities Online Art Magazine & Gallery
2021    LOVE # 1 in “RENAISSANCE”, A Revival!, Art House Gallery at 150 Bay, Jersey City, NJ - Part of JCAST 2021
2021    WINDOW WITH VINES in PLANTS - The Syzygy Project
2021    GREEN - MOTHER NATURE in RAINBOW, Jersey City Free Public Library, Jersey City, NJ
2021    CITY BIRDS and WHITE BIRD in ANIMALS - The Syzygy Project
2021    LOVE # 8 - One: Pride - Online Walk Bye exhibition in Artsteps
2021    WINDOW WITH VINES - LEMONADE group exhibition, Project Greenville - Art House JC - Jersey City, NJ
2021    LOVE # 4 - The Women - City Hall & Berry Lane Park, Jersey City, NJ, Paterson Poetry Festival, NJ 
2021    LOVE # 2 & 3 - PEOPLE PLACE DISRUPTION group exhibition - Nimbus Arts Center, Jersey City, NJ 
2021    WE THE PEOPLE - /?rad?k(?)l/, Congregation B’nai Jacob - Jersey City, NJ
2020    WINDOW WITH VINES - WALK_BYE JCAST, Jersey City, NJ
2020    WITHIN REACH - Art Wall Coolvines Powerhouse, Jersey City, NJ
2019-21 ILLUSION - Flutter Experience Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2018-20 THE NOW - Coolture Impact, Public Art, Times Square, New York, NY
2018    UNTITLED MIND & SHIFTING GAZE & QUANTUM - JCAST HQ, Jersey City, NJ
2018    SELF ON THE SHELF - Spring/Break Art Show, New York, NY
2017    DRAGONS BOOKS AND ROSES
2015    SHIFTING GAZE - Georgetown Glow, DC
2014-16 AIRE - Tempieto Di Bramante, Rome, Italy - Art All Night DC - Poughkeepsie, NY
2013    UNTITLED MIND - Art All Night DC
2012    REBIRTH - SixBetweenTheArts - New York, NY
2010-11 SHIFTING GAZE - Spain Art Fest, Times Square, New York, NY - Region Zero Festival, New York, NY
2010    CLAIM YOUR PLACE - Centro Espagnol, New York, NY - Nuits Euphoriques, Tournefeuille, France

EDUCATION

2004-2006       Master in Business Administration, Audencia Nantes Management School (France) specialization in Management of Cultural
                        Institutions & Aarhus School of Business (Denmark) specialization in Marketing and Communication
2003-2004       Bachelor of sciences in Marketing and Sales, IUT Cergy St Christophe, France
2001-2003       2-year Associate Degree in Graphic Design, Estienne School of Art, Paris, France

 

 

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