Ange Leccia

The recorded working language is French. Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris. Work by Ange Leccia is recorded in the collections of Finnish National Gallery and Maison de Nicéphore Niépce. Distinctions recorded are Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, Knight of the National Order of Merit and Knight of the Legion of Honour.

Leccia was born in Minerbio, Barrettali commune, in Corsica, and studied fine arts. Initially he was engaged in both painting and photography, but as time passed he devoted himself more to photography and video as his chosen media. Leccia is a lecturer at the École nationale supérieure d'arts de Cergy-Pontoise (ENSAPC). He also directs research for young artists at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris. Leccia's first film was the short, Stridura, in 1980. In December 2004, his film Azé, made in 1999, was released. Like his earlier work, such as the shorts Île de beauté (Island of Beauty) (1996) and Gold (2000), both co-produced with Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, in Azé Ange Leccia continued to stress the light and sound effects.

• 2004: Chateau de Tours, France • 2003: Galerie Almine Rech, Paris, France • 1999: National Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, Norway • 1998: Musée Nicéphore Nièpce, Chalon-sur-Saône, France • 1996: Villa Medici, Rome, Italy • 1995: Art at the Edge, Atlanta, USA • 1992: Contemporary Art Museum, Houston, USA • 1990: Le Magasin, CNAC, Grenoble, France • 1985: ARC / Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France