exhibitions
In the course of every year, three to five exhibitions are presented, whether monographic, thematic, collective, presenting the results of residences or other. We present contemporary photography in all its diversity with a strong emphasis on emerging approaches and creation. Over 260 m2 and a potential of 130 linear metres, there is a succession of presentations using the particularity of the site on two levels. The 1,400 m2 garden through which the public accesses Villa Pérochon is very often used as an open-air gallery, thus offering a unique approach to exhibitions in a rustic setting in the heart of the town.
Denis Dailleux exhibition in 2013 at Villa Pérochon - © Alexandre Giraud.
the artistic advisor of encounters of young international photography
From March to May: Exhibition of works by the artistic advisor of the Encounters of Young International Photography residency. This exhibition is the culmination of the rich programme of this event, which offers a photographic tour presenting more than fifteen international artists in ten historic places in the heart of Niort or sites chosen in line with the artistic approach.
summer at the villa
From June to September: Summer at the Villa hosts a national and even international exhibition. On this occasion, picnics, snacks and other photographic aperitifs are shared among a broad public, completing the programme of guided tours.
autumn / winter
From October to the end of February: Depending on the projects in progress: creative residencies, territorial projects, collaborations with partners, co-productions, workshop outings, along with one or two exhibitions are scheduled. The exhibition duration is a minimum of two months.
extramural exhibitions
The Villa Pérochon exhibition programme goes beyond the walls of the Villa, particularly during the Encounters of Young International Photography. Throughout this annual event several places in the heart of Niort serve to provide a rich route of exhibitions dedicated to emerging photographic approaches. These include heritage sites such as the Pillory, the Espace Grappelli, Port Boinot, as well as more original places such as outstanding private homes, shops, bookstores and the central public square, in which the nomadic gallery is set up. Outside of this yearly high point, as specific projects unfold, and in line with the topics being addresses, we schedule other exhibitions within the town.
In addition, Villa Pérochon is often called upon to support community projects such as, for example, with the municipality of Bellevigne en Layon, which has just launched the biennialVendanges Photographiques. On this occasion, curatorship of the exhibition as well as technical support is provided by Villa Pérochon. Other extramural activities include exhibitions in association with partners such as:
• with members of the Diagonal, Carré Amelot in La Rochelle, the center Image/Imatge in Orthez, l’Imagerie in Lannion, etc.
• with regional bodies, such as the community of Haut Val de Sèvres, Fontenay-le-Comte Museum, etc.
• and with Résidence 1+2 in Toulouse, the Fondation des Treilles, and others.
We are always on the lookout for possible partners to work with on projects promoting contemporary photography.
The exhibition 11% in La Rochelle - © Didier Goudal.
In addition, Villa Pérochon is often called upon to support community projects such as, for example, with the municipality of Bellevigne en Layon, which has just launched the biennialVendanges Photographiques. On this occasion, curatorship of the exhibition as well as technical support is provided by Villa Pérochon. Other extramural activities include exhibitions in association with partners such as:
• with members of the Diagonal, Carré Amelot in La Rochelle, the center Image/Imatge in Orthez, l’Imagerie in Lannion, etc.
• with regional bodies, such as the community of Haut Val de Sèvres, Fontenay-le-Comte Museum, etc.
• and with Résidence 1+2 in Toulouse, the Fondation des Treilles, and others.
We are always on the lookout for possible partners to work with on projects promoting contemporary photography.
Vendanges photographiques in Bellevigne-en-Layon - © Didier Goudal.
All the exhibitions
2022
• Émilie Delugeau – Zuhause/Cabaret
• Émilie Delugeau – Zuhause/Cabaret
Watch Question d’images n°5 to learn more about this exhibition (in French) :
• Frédéric Stucin – Les interstices
• Frédéric Stucin – Les interstices
Watch Question d’images n°3 to learn more about this exhibition (in French) :
• Encounters of Young International Photography:
• Exhibition of the artists in residency
• Collectif Les Associés - D'ici ça ne parait pas si loin
• Brigitte Grignet - Les jours qui restent
• Karine Portal - L'ile de Reil
• Miss V et Sandrine Rodrigues, commissariat Nicole Vitré-Méchain - Le temps d'une lueur, la lumière à l'oeuvre
2021
• Emanuela Meloni – Sèvre/Mer
• Que reste-t-il ? - Curated by Patrick Delat
A group show with Claire Dorn, Myriem Karim, Raphaëlle Peria and Clarisse Rebotier.
• Encounters of Young International Photography:
• Exhibition of the artists in residency
• Collectif Les Associés - D'ici ça ne parait pas si loin
• Brigitte Grignet - Les jours qui restent
• Karine Portal - L'ile de Reil
• Miss V et Sandrine Rodrigues, commissariat Nicole Vitré-Méchain - Le temps d'une lueur, la lumière à l'oeuvre
2021
• Emanuela Meloni – Sèvre/Mer
• Que reste-t-il ? - Curated by Patrick Delat
A group show with Claire Dorn, Myriem Karim, Raphaëlle Peria and Clarisse Rebotier.
You can know more about these artists by watching Question d’images n°2. A serie of four talks led by the journalist Brigitte Patient (in French) :
2020
• Selfies Égo / Égaux - Curated by Olivier Culmann and Jeanne Viguié
[see the file - in French] and watch here the video where
Olivier Culmann talks about the show (in French) :
• JH Engström - Anknytningar / Correspondances / Correspondences
[see the file - in French]
2019
• Celebration of the 25th anniversary [see the programme]
• Dolorès Marat - Cascades
• Collection of the CNAP - Le corps est la pesanteur
• Collection of Bernard Lajot - Chambre d'écoute
2018
• Encounters of Young International Photography:
• Corinne Mercadier - Satellites
• Exhibition of the artists in residency
• Françoise Beauguion - Exils
• Emmanuelle Brisson - Les profondeurs du cœur
• Maitetxu Etcheverria - Voyages insulaires
• Filigranes Editions - Les anciens résidents
• Paul Muse - Walking the dog
• Emanuela Meloni - Station niortaise-Prémices
• Margherita Muriti - God, how shall I pray?
• Anne Leroy - Je ne suis pas mort. La famille va bien.
• Question(s) d'image(s) - Group exhibition - Saison 2
2017
• Encounters of Young International Photography:
• Isabel Muñoz
• Exhibition of the artists in residency
• Jeunes-Générations - National commissioned
project on youth in France
• Israël Ariño - La pesanteur du lieu
• Karin Crona - The Girl from number 13 - Freudian Flip
- Vertigo Fall - Every Mystery has an Answer
• Bas Losekoot - In Company of Strangers, New York,
São Paulo, Séoul, Mumbaï, Hong Kong, Londres, Lagos
• Coralie Salaün - Les enfants fichus
- La fête des songes - Gueules d'amour
• Alexandra Serrano - Nesting in the wolf tree
• Fyodor Telkov - 36 views
• Maud Faivre - Les villes invisibles - Boinot en vue(s)#1 - Boinot en vue(s)#2
• Presentation of donated works from the collection of l’Œil écoute
2016
• Encounters of Young International Photography:
• Olivier Culmann - The Others - Atlantique
- Autour, New York 2001-2002 - Watching TV
• Exhibition of the artists in residency
• Jean-Michel Monin - Face à faces
• Anaïs Boudot - Fêlures
• Joseph Gallix - El
• Julien Lombardi - Dérive 2010 - Processing Landscape 2012-2014
• Selvaprakash Lakshmanan - Vanishing tribes
• Wiktoria Wojciechowska - Short Flashes - Sparks
• Lisa Wiltse - Bolivian Mennonites - Charcoal Kids
• Le temps de voir, Claude Pauquet associate artist - Questions de territoires
• Claude Pauquet - Crossing Madrid - Jeunes Brahmanes - Faketice
- 35 ans d'ancienneté (collection FRAC Poitou-Charente) - Private/18-35 - Family
• Group exhibition - Diagonal
2015
• Encounters of Young International Photography:
• Klavdij Sluban - Entre parenthèses - Transsibériades
• Exhibition of the artists in residency
• Mélania Avanzato - Fragment / impressions du monde sensible
• Sabine Delcour - Paysages habités
• Charlie Jouvet - Dire après Phnom Penh
• Virginie Plauchut - Sans preuve et sans cadavre
• Marlous Van der Sloot - Le corp vécu
• Le temps de voir - 15 years of action on education
in the image carried out by the association Pour l'Instant in schools.
• Vincent Rosenblatt - Rio Baile Funk - rap of the favelas 2005-2015
- Bate-Bola - Les lolitas (1998) - Wesh la brèche (2015)
• Alexandra Pouzet - La Carte du tendre
• Question(s) d'image(s) - Group exhibition - Saison 1
2014
• Encounters of Young International Photography:
• Françoise Huguier - Vertical/Horizontal,
Intérieur/Extérieur, Singapour - Kuala Lumpur - Bangkok,
"Middle classes" en Asie du Sud-Est et Kpop.
• Exhibition of the artists in residency
• Diane Arques -La ville bleue - Play again
• Alexandra Pouzet - Nature humaine
• Élodie Guignard - Les Magnifiques
• Carol Müller - Lectrices • François Méchain - Lieux d'être(s)
• Michel Paradinas - La mue des murs
• Nadège Abadie - Les passagers
• Territoires d'expériences - Nadège Abadie - Israël Ariño,
Muriel Bordier, Delphine Dauphy, Marc Loyon, Cédric Martigny, Pascal Mirande
• De nos aïeux à la Grande Guerre, des objets pour mémoire
- By pupils from the Léo Desaivre middle school in Champdeniers
2013
• Encounters of Young International Photography:
• Denis Dailleux - Du Nil dans mes veines
• Exhibition of the artists in residency
• Florence Brochoire et Camille Perreau -12 femmes ouvrent hier
• Patrick Delat, Jean Luc Fouet and Marcel Kanche - My space
• Des photographes et un territoire : la Haute-Normandie - works from
the photographic collection of Pôle Image in Haute-Normandie
• Emmanuelle Brisson - Double-je
Exhibitions of the association Pour l’Instant
2012
• Corsica - a selection from the collection of the Mediterranean
Centre of Photography – Curated by Patrick Delat
• Annabelle Muñoz - Le Mana
2011
• Encounters of Young International Photography:
• Laurent Millet
• Exhibition of the artists in residency
• Brittany in the photographic collection of l’ Imagerie in Lannion
- Curated by Patrick Delat
• Alexandre Giraud
• Anne Leroy - Moynaq
• Claire Béguier - De la cuisine à l'image
2010
• Encounters of Young International Photography:
• Christian Caujolle
• Exhibition of the artists in residency
• Les arpenteurs - Extract from the photographic archives of Pour l'Instant
• Arboretum - Extract from the photographic archives of Pour l'Instant
• Philippe Guionie - Le tirailleur, traces de mémoire
• Hawa Keita - L'arbre dans la vie
• Sandrine Marc
2009
• Encounters of Young International Photography:
• Arno-Rafaël Minkkinen
• Exhibition of the artists in residency
• Philippe Guionie - Le tirailleur et les trois fleuves
• Émilie Delugeau - Sur le corps mort de l'amour
• Avoir 15 ans à Niort
2008
• Encounters of Young International Photography:
• Exhibition of the 15th anniversary
• Exhibition of the artists in residency
• Étape Photographique - Extract from the photographic archives of Pour l'Instant
• Vues d'ailleurs - Extract from the photographic archives of Pour l'Instant
2007
• Encounters of Young International Photography:
• Philip Blenkinsop
• Exhibition of the artists in residency
• Charlie Jouvet - Les Affluents
• Hicham Benohoud - La Classe - Azemmour - Curated by Patrick Delat
• Jean-Luc Fouet and Patrick Delat - Montre-moi
• Diane Ducruet
• Svetlana Khatchatourova
2006
• Encounters of Young International Photography:
• Bogdan Konopka
• Exhibition of the artists in residency
• François Méchain, Laurent Millet, Pascal Mirande - Intervention - Curated by Patrick Delat
2005
• Encounters of Young International Photography:
• Charles Harbutt
• Exhibition of the artists in residency
• Michel Séméniako - Éxil
• Brigitte Grignet
• Georges Queuille
2004
• Encounters of Young International Photography:
• Joan Fontcuberta
• Exhibition of the artists in residency
• Vues du Bus
• Tzu Chen Chen
2003
• Encounters of Young International Photography:
• Bernard Descamps
• Exhibition of the artists in residency
• Quanta - Curated by Patrick Delat
• Miriam Ruisseau - Israël Ariño
• Arno Fabre
• Jean-Luc Chapin
• Thierry Girard
2002
• Encounters of Young International Photography:
• Max Pam
• Exhibition of the artists in residency
• Minéral, végétal - Extract from the photographic archives of Pour l'Instant
• Aleph
• Luc Arasse
2001
• Encounters of Young International Photography:
• Jane-Evelyn Atwood
• Exhibition of the artists in residency
• Sandrine Expilly
• Jean-Louis Deborde
• CPIE : La pêche était-elle bonne ?
2000
• Encounters of Young International Photography:
• Tom Drahos
• Exhibition of the artists in residency
• Faire le point - Extract from the photographic archives of Pour l'Instant
1999
• Encounters of Young International Photography:
• Françoise Huguier
• Exhibition of the artists in residency
• Gwenola Furic
• Jean-Luc Fouet
• Idalina Pedrosa
1998
• Encounters of Young International Photography:
• Hugues de Wurstemberger
• Exhibition of the artists in residency
• Vincent Clémot
• Patrizia Di Fiore
• Jean-Louis Neveu
1997
• Encounters of Young International Photography:
• Cristina Garcia Rodero
• Exhibition of the artists in residency
1996
• Encounters of Young International Photography:
• François Méchain
• Exhibition of the artists in residency
• Michel Séméniako - Images négociées, projet réseaux
1995
• Encounters of Young International Photography:
• Gilbert Fastenaekens
• Exhibition of the artists in residency
1994
• Encounters of Young International Photography:
• Luc Choquer
• Exhibition of the artists in residency
2020
• Selfies Égo / Égaux - Curated by Olivier Culmann and Jeanne Viguié
[see the file - in French] and watch here the video where
Olivier Culmann talks about the show (in French) :
• JH Engström - Anknytningar / Correspondances / Correspondences
[see the file - in French]
2019
• Celebration of the 25th anniversary [see the programme]
• Dolorès Marat - Cascades
• Collection of the CNAP - Le corps est la pesanteur
• Collection of Bernard Lajot - Chambre d'écoute
2018
• Encounters of Young International Photography:
• Corinne Mercadier - Satellites
• Exhibition of the artists in residency
• Françoise Beauguion - Exils
• Emmanuelle Brisson - Les profondeurs du cœur
• Maitetxu Etcheverria - Voyages insulaires
• Filigranes Editions - Les anciens résidents
• Paul Muse - Walking the dog
• Emanuela Meloni - Station niortaise-Prémices
• Margherita Muriti - God, how shall I pray?
• Anne Leroy - Je ne suis pas mort. La famille va bien.
• Question(s) d'image(s) - Group exhibition - Saison 2
2017
• Encounters of Young International Photography:
• Isabel Muñoz
• Exhibition of the artists in residency
• Jeunes-Générations - National commissioned
project on youth in France
• Israël Ariño - La pesanteur du lieu
• Karin Crona - The Girl from number 13 - Freudian Flip
- Vertigo Fall - Every Mystery has an Answer
• Bas Losekoot - In Company of Strangers, New York,
São Paulo, Séoul, Mumbaï, Hong Kong, Londres, Lagos
• Coralie Salaün - Les enfants fichus
- La fête des songes - Gueules d'amour
• Alexandra Serrano - Nesting in the wolf tree
• Fyodor Telkov - 36 views
• Maud Faivre - Les villes invisibles - Boinot en vue(s)#1 - Boinot en vue(s)#2
• Presentation of donated works from the collection of l’Œil écoute
2016
• Encounters of Young International Photography:
• Olivier Culmann - The Others - Atlantique
- Autour, New York 2001-2002 - Watching TV
• Exhibition of the artists in residency
• Jean-Michel Monin - Face à faces
• Anaïs Boudot - Fêlures
• Joseph Gallix - El
• Julien Lombardi - Dérive 2010 - Processing Landscape 2012-2014
• Selvaprakash Lakshmanan - Vanishing tribes
• Wiktoria Wojciechowska - Short Flashes - Sparks
• Lisa Wiltse - Bolivian Mennonites - Charcoal Kids
• Le temps de voir, Claude Pauquet associate artist - Questions de territoires
• Claude Pauquet - Crossing Madrid - Jeunes Brahmanes - Faketice
- 35 ans d'ancienneté (collection FRAC Poitou-Charente) - Private/18-35 - Family
• Group exhibition - Diagonal
2015
• Encounters of Young International Photography:
• Klavdij Sluban - Entre parenthèses - Transsibériades
• Exhibition of the artists in residency
• Mélania Avanzato - Fragment / impressions du monde sensible
• Sabine Delcour - Paysages habités
• Charlie Jouvet - Dire après Phnom Penh
• Virginie Plauchut - Sans preuve et sans cadavre
• Marlous Van der Sloot - Le corp vécu
• Le temps de voir - 15 years of action on education
in the image carried out by the association Pour l'Instant in schools.
• Vincent Rosenblatt - Rio Baile Funk - rap of the favelas 2005-2015
- Bate-Bola - Les lolitas (1998) - Wesh la brèche (2015)
• Alexandra Pouzet - La Carte du tendre
• Question(s) d'image(s) - Group exhibition - Saison 1
2014
• Encounters of Young International Photography:
• Françoise Huguier - Vertical/Horizontal,
Intérieur/Extérieur, Singapour - Kuala Lumpur - Bangkok,
"Middle classes" en Asie du Sud-Est et Kpop.
• Exhibition of the artists in residency
• Diane Arques -La ville bleue - Play again
• Alexandra Pouzet - Nature humaine
• Élodie Guignard - Les Magnifiques
• Carol Müller - Lectrices • François Méchain - Lieux d'être(s)
• Michel Paradinas - La mue des murs
• Nadège Abadie - Les passagers
• Territoires d'expériences - Nadège Abadie - Israël Ariño,
Muriel Bordier, Delphine Dauphy, Marc Loyon, Cédric Martigny, Pascal Mirande
• De nos aïeux à la Grande Guerre, des objets pour mémoire
- By pupils from the Léo Desaivre middle school in Champdeniers
2013
• Encounters of Young International Photography:
• Denis Dailleux - Du Nil dans mes veines
• Exhibition of the artists in residency
• Florence Brochoire et Camille Perreau -12 femmes ouvrent hier
• Patrick Delat, Jean Luc Fouet and Marcel Kanche - My space
• Des photographes et un territoire : la Haute-Normandie - works from
the photographic collection of Pôle Image in Haute-Normandie
• Emmanuelle Brisson - Double-je
Exhibitions of the association Pour l’Instant
2012
• Corsica - a selection from the collection of the Mediterranean
Centre of Photography – Curated by Patrick Delat
• Annabelle Muñoz - Le Mana
2011
• Encounters of Young International Photography:
• Laurent Millet
• Exhibition of the artists in residency
• Brittany in the photographic collection of l’ Imagerie in Lannion
- Curated by Patrick Delat
• Alexandre Giraud
• Anne Leroy - Moynaq
• Claire Béguier - De la cuisine à l'image
2010
• Encounters of Young International Photography:
• Christian Caujolle
• Exhibition of the artists in residency
• Les arpenteurs - Extract from the photographic archives of Pour l'Instant
• Arboretum - Extract from the photographic archives of Pour l'Instant
• Philippe Guionie - Le tirailleur, traces de mémoire
• Hawa Keita - L'arbre dans la vie
• Sandrine Marc
2009
• Encounters of Young International Photography:
• Arno-Rafaël Minkkinen
• Exhibition of the artists in residency
• Philippe Guionie - Le tirailleur et les trois fleuves
• Émilie Delugeau - Sur le corps mort de l'amour
• Avoir 15 ans à Niort
2008
• Encounters of Young International Photography:
• Exhibition of the 15th anniversary
• Exhibition of the artists in residency
• Étape Photographique - Extract from the photographic archives of Pour l'Instant
• Vues d'ailleurs - Extract from the photographic archives of Pour l'Instant
2007
• Encounters of Young International Photography:
• Philip Blenkinsop
• Exhibition of the artists in residency
• Charlie Jouvet - Les Affluents
• Hicham Benohoud - La Classe - Azemmour - Curated by Patrick Delat
• Jean-Luc Fouet and Patrick Delat - Montre-moi
• Diane Ducruet
• Svetlana Khatchatourova
2006
• Encounters of Young International Photography:
• Bogdan Konopka
• Exhibition of the artists in residency
• François Méchain, Laurent Millet, Pascal Mirande - Intervention - Curated by Patrick Delat
2005
• Encounters of Young International Photography:
• Charles Harbutt
• Exhibition of the artists in residency
• Michel Séméniako - Éxil
• Brigitte Grignet
• Georges Queuille
2004
• Encounters of Young International Photography:
• Joan Fontcuberta
• Exhibition of the artists in residency
• Vues du Bus
• Tzu Chen Chen
2003
• Encounters of Young International Photography:
• Bernard Descamps
• Exhibition of the artists in residency
• Quanta - Curated by Patrick Delat
• Miriam Ruisseau - Israël Ariño
• Arno Fabre
• Jean-Luc Chapin
• Thierry Girard
2002
• Encounters of Young International Photography:
• Max Pam
• Exhibition of the artists in residency
• Minéral, végétal - Extract from the photographic archives of Pour l'Instant
• Aleph
• Luc Arasse
2001
• Encounters of Young International Photography:
• Jane-Evelyn Atwood
• Exhibition of the artists in residency
• Sandrine Expilly
• Jean-Louis Deborde
• CPIE : La pêche était-elle bonne ?
2000
• Encounters of Young International Photography:
• Tom Drahos
• Exhibition of the artists in residency
• Faire le point - Extract from the photographic archives of Pour l'Instant
1999
• Encounters of Young International Photography:
• Françoise Huguier
• Exhibition of the artists in residency
• Gwenola Furic
• Jean-Luc Fouet
• Idalina Pedrosa
1998
• Encounters of Young International Photography:
• Hugues de Wurstemberger
• Exhibition of the artists in residency
• Vincent Clémot
• Patrizia Di Fiore
• Jean-Louis Neveu
1997
• Encounters of Young International Photography:
• Cristina Garcia Rodero
• Exhibition of the artists in residency
1996
• Encounters of Young International Photography:
• François Méchain
• Exhibition of the artists in residency
• Michel Séméniako - Images négociées, projet réseaux
1995
• Encounters of Young International Photography:
• Gilbert Fastenaekens
• Exhibition of the artists in residency
1994
• Encounters of Young International Photography:
• Luc Choquer
• Exhibition of the artists in residency