Born in 1972 in Lille, FR
Lives and works à Paris.

Damien Deroubaix studied in Saint-Etienne and in Germany (Karlsruhe 1998). Since 2003, his work has been exhibited in leading European institutions and has been the subject of numerous solo shows, particularly in Switzerland and Germany. He has spent long periods abroad, notably during residencies at the Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin (2005) and Iscp in New York (2008). In 2009, he was nominated for the Marcel Duchamp Prize. His work can be found in major national collections including the Musée d'art Moderne Centre Pompidou, Mamc Strasbourg, the Frac Midi-Pyrénées, Limousin and Basse Normandie, Fnac cnap, Musée du dessin et de l'estampe originale de Gravelines and international collections, including the Museum of Modern Art New York, Centre Pompidou Paris, Mudam, Luxembourg, Saarlandmuseum Saarbrücken, Museu Coleçao Berardo Lisbon, Albrecht-Dürer-Haus-Stiftung Nuremberg, Kunstmuseum St Gallen.

Damien Deroubaix's artistic practice is marked by a great diversity of forms and techniques: oil painting, watercolour, engraving, tapestry, engraved wood panels, as well as sculpture and installation.This formal variety is matched by an eclectic range of sources and references, which often coexist within his works in a spirit reminiscent of the iconoclastic Dada montages. Motifs borrowed from medieval dances of death mingle with evocations of tragic chapters in contemporary history; topical images rub shoulders with mythology and folklore; art history and the metal music scene collide. Openly expressionist, his paintings often conjure up apocalyptic themes, and this is perhaps what makes them so timeless.