Nō is a French photographic artist, born in 1977. His work is deeply structured by an aesthetic of the living in all its forms – at times familiar, at times strange, sometimes held at a distance. Through chance encounters, he builds a poetry of the organic: of skins, barks and carapaces. Thus a body of work takes shape, made of collection, observation and obsession.
Heuristic number 1
Trust your ability to tell stories, even if you are a stuttering guy - and let’s call it an “ironic skill”
VESPERE
2024
NARROWNESS OF ALMOND TREES
2024
SOUS SES FRONDAISONS
2024
MAXENCE
2023
JE NE DESIRE AUCUNE FEMME REELLE 3
2012
DORTMANN’S LITTLE GHOSTS
2025
MAGDALA
2015
80x120 cm
HAEMORRHAGE
2025
SUTURES
2026
Osseous geography
EMPUSA PENNATA
2026
LADIES IN THE SUN ARE ECHOES
2021
JE NE DESIRE AUCUNE FEMME REELLE 2 (GIRAFE)
2012
PRAXIS
2021
PRAEY
2022
UTRICULARIA
2024
HEAD OF A STAG BEETLE
2020
What’s left
PORTRAIT OF ANNE
2024
A LA FAVEUR DE
2020
Heuristic number 2
Settle a dialogue with natural sciences: they are so talkative and sensitive…
Heuristic number 3
Soul-thrilling more than eye-reading - it’s a matter of impairment.
SELF-PORTRAIT
2018
80x120 cm
DANCE OF THE CROW
2022
VERITE ⏐ 2020
Agressively pretending to live
INNER THORNS (PORTRAIT OF ROSIE)
2020
THE DISSIMULATION (SECOND PORTRAIT OF JESSICA)
2021
CONVERGENCE OF DESIRES
2022
COMPLETE
2020
CHRIST
2010
120x120 cm
JE NE DESIRE AUCUNE FEMME REELLE 5 (NIXDÄMMERUNG)
2011
PARTHENOPE
2025
JEWEL
2023
JE NE DESIRE AUCUNE FEMME REELLE 1
2011
Heuristic number 4
Dive into your obsessions as if they were harmless.