Hadrien de Montferrand (; born 1976) is a French dealer in
Chinese contemporary art. He has worked as marketing director for
Artcurial
Artcurial is a French auction house which has its headquarters at the historic Hôtel Marcel Dassault in Paris.
History
In 2001, Nicolas Orlowski acquired the Artcurial Gallery from L'Oréal.Béatrice De RochebouetNicolas Orlowski, monsieur Artcu ...
, the largest French auction house, and for the
UCCA Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing. He has headed the development of the gallery in Beijing since 2009.
Biography
After graduating in art history at
La Sorbonne
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in parallel of his business studies, he worked for two years in China for
Unilever
Unilever plc is a British multinational consumer goods company with headquarters in London, England. Unilever products include food, condiments, bottled water, baby food, soft drink, ice cream, instant coffee, cleaning agents, energy dri ...
.
In 2002, he came back in France where he was appointed head of the marketing department of the largest French auction house, Artcurial. After five years in Paris, he was sent to China to create an auction house in
Shanghai
Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flowin ...
, a project that has been aborted.
In 2008, he became development manager of the Ullens Center of Contemporary Art, founded in 2007 by
Guy Ullens
Baron Guy François Edouard Marie Ullens de Schooten Whettnall (born 31 January 1935) is a Belgian art collector, philanthropist, and former businessperson.
Following his business career, he has with his wife, Myriam Ullens, established the Gu ...
and his wife.
In 2009, he opened the first HdM Gallery in China dedicated to works on paper, in partnership with Laurent Dassault.
In 2018, he opened his third space, in London's Mayfair art district.
He works with Chinese artists including
Liu Xiaodong
Liu Xiaodong (; born 1963 in Liaoning, China) is a contemporary Chinese artist.
Education
Liu was born in 1963 in the small industrial village of Jincheng, a pulp and paper-producing center on the outskirts of Jinzhou in Liaoning province. A ...
,
Wang Du
Wang Du () (died March 26, 929''Zizhi Tongjian'', vol. 276.Academia Sinicabr>Chinese-Western Calendar Converter/ref>), né Liu Yunlang (), was a warlord during the early Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period of China as the military governor ('' ...
,
Sui Jianguo or Mao Yan and with Western artists including
Martial Raysse
Martial Raysse (born 12 February 1936 in Golfe-Juan) is a French artist and actor. He lives in Issigeac, France. He holds the record for the most expensive work sold by a living French artist.
Biography
Raysse was born in a ceramicist family in ...
,
Barthélémy Toguo,
Manuel Mathieu, and Elias Crespin.
Art forums
In 2009, he spoke at the International Forum on Chinese Antiques & Artworks Auction in Beijing.
In 2010, de Montferrand was a jury member of the Foire Internationale du Dessin won by Kristina Heckova, and the prize consisted in a one-month exhibition in the gallery.
He is a member and art advisor of the China Cultural Heritage Foundation.
References
External links
Official website
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1976 births
Living people
French art historians
French male non-fiction writers