Mikael Lafontan’s work is not an ideological statement, but a search for the Northern spirit within landscapes, totemic shapes and matters.
Most of Mikael Lafontan's work covers and explores northern landscapes: Scandinavia, Scotland, Canada or Iceland. French by his father, Swedish by his mother and living in France, Nordic countries are a source of nostalgic inspiration for him. Remoteness generates envy and desire. Binational people are defined by their difference: Swedish in France, French in Sweden, constantly searching for the lost land.
He represents nostalgia through this quest for origins, as well as through the use of the photographic medium whose aim is the material conservation of a moment in time past and lost. His work is also filled with a mysticism specific to these Nordic cultures, where nature is divine and inhabited by mysterious creatures.
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Mikael LafontanBaïkal 3, 2018Print on Fine Art paper, American box100 x 120 cm (39 x 47 in)Edition of 10 + 3 AP -
Mikael LafontanBaïkal 4, 2018Print on Fine Art paper, American box100 x 120 cm (39 x 47 in)Edition of 10 + 3 AP
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Mikael LafontanBaikal 5, 2018Print with white margin, diasec and wooden frame97 x 127 cm (38 x 50 in)Edition of 10 + 3 AP
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Mikael LafontanBaïkal 7, 2018Diasec print, American box120 x 100 cm (47 x 39 in)Edition of 10 + 3 AP
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Mikael LafontanBaïkal 9, 2018Diasec print, American box120 x 100 cm (47 x 39 in)Edition of 10 + 3 AP
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Mikael LafontanBaïkal 10, 2018Diasec print, American box150 x 120 cm (59 x 47 in)Edition of 10 + 3 AP
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Mikael LafontanBaïkal 11, 2018Diasec print, American box120 x 100 cm (47 x 39 in)Edition of 10 + 3 AP
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Mikael LafontanBaïkal 12, 2018Diasec print, American box120 x 100 cm (47 x 39 in)Edition of 10 + 3 AP
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Mikael LafontanLe Marais de Carélie, Finlande, 2016Lambda print on diasec120 x 150 cm (48 x 60 in)Edition of 10 + 3 AP
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Mikael LafontanIceland 270, 2014Lambda print on dibond80 x 100 cm (31 x 40 in)Edition of 20
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Mikael LafontanCathedral Cove, 2013Lambda print on dibond120 x 150 cm (47 x 59 in)Edition of 10 + 3 AP
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Mikael LafontanIslande Jokulsarlon 09, 2013Lambda print on dibond100 x 120 cm (40 x 47 in)Edition of 10 + 3 AP
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Mikael LafontanBritish Columbia - Squamish 30, Canada, 2012Lambda print on dibond150 x 120 cm (59 x 47 in)Edition of 10 + 3 AP
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Mikael LafontanFontainebleau p542 236, 2011Silver print framed under glass98 x 123 cm (38.5 x 48.5 in)Edition of 10
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Mikael LafontanFontainebleau p572 93, 2011Silver print framed under glass98 x 123 cm (38.5 x 48.5 in)Edition of 10
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Mikael LafontanGotland, 20114 x 5 Inch color negative, dibond-diasec120 x 150 cm (47.2 x 59 in)Edition of 10
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Mikael LafontanYngsoe, 2010Lambda print on dibond120 x 150 cm (47 x 59 in)Edition of 10 + 3 AP
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Mikael LafontanIslande 83, Nord R Osar, 2006Dibond-diasec47 x 60 cm (18.5 x 23.7 in)Edition of 20
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Mikael LafontanCanada, Vancouver Islande. Cameron Lake4 x 5 Inch color negative. Print mounted on dibond120 x 150 cm (47.3 x 59 in)Edition of 10
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Intertwinings
Group Show Mar 5 - Apr 14, 2020At the time Nikon is launching its famous Film Festival, we too wanted to put the spotlight on photography. Landscapes as far as the eye can see, richly decorated interiors, heights and depths... are so many settings that can be enhanced by simply triggering the small black box. From March 5 to April 15, come and admire the prowess of our photographers, constantly in search of new techniques to sublimate their subjects.Read more -
Set of lines
Group Show Oct 18 - Dec 31, 2018In search of their own aesthetic ideal, these three photographers capture the graphic lines building their respective environments. The urban vibrations of Didier Fournet's photographs respond to the serenity of...Read more -
Baikal, new series by Mikael Lafontan
Solo Show Jun 8 - Jul 31, 2018Discover Mikael Lafontan's latest series, our Franco-Swedish photographer immerses us in the heart of Siberian immaculate landscapes and cracked glaciers.Read more
Mikael Lafontan is a French-Swedish artist, born in 1968. He has been living and working in Paris for 20 years. He started photography at the age of 16 as a hobby, then went on to perfect his skills at the University of Lund in Sweden in 1987, then at Paris 8 university in 1988. He will end up making it his profession in 1993. Responding to commissions from agencies, he also continued his personal production until he managed to systematize his photos and define his own field of action.
SOLO & GROUP SHOWS
2020
Group show K+Y gallery, Paris
2019
L'Empreinte, Fontainebleau
2017
Show K+Y gallery, Paris
2016
AAF London
AAF Seoul
AAF Singapore
AAF Hong Kong
Show K+Y gallery, London
2015
AAF Singapore Création du Collectif Hossa
AAF Seoul
AAF New York
AAF Brussels
2014
AAF Hong Kong
AAF Hamburg,
AAF Brussels
AAF London
AAF Singapore
Show K+Y gallery, Paris
London art fair
Scope Basel
Art Hamptons, Miami
2013
London Art Fair
AAF Hamburg,
AAF Brussels
AAF London
AAF Singapore
Show K+Y gallery, Paris
2012
London Art Fair
AAF Los Angeles
AAF Stockholm
AAF Singapore
AAF New York
AAF London
AAF Brussels
AAF Milan
Sophie Maree gallery, Netherlands
2011
AAF New York
AAF London
AAF Brussels
AAF Milan
London Art Fair
Art Chicago
Show K+Y gallery, Paris
2010
AAF London
AAF Brussels
AAF Milan
AAF Singapore
AAF New York
Show K+Y gallery, Paris
Art Chicago
2009
Scandi Press, Paris
PUBLICATIONS
Eric Pessan, "N", les inaperçus, 2012
