Manon de Boer (b. 1966, Kodaicanal, India), lives in Brussels

The films of Manon de Boer challenge the conventions of the documentary genre, exploring the disjunctions between lived time and recorded history. Drawn to individuals with unusual personal histories, she creates intimate portraits that question their own veracity, revealing the inherent instability (perhaps even impossibility) of narrating one’s life as a coherent biography. Her work has been exhibited at the Venice Biennial (2007), Berlin Biennial (2008), Sao Paolo Biennial (2010), Documenta (2012) and has been included in numerous film festivals. Monographic exhibitions were held at Witte de With (Rotterdam, 2008), Frankfurter Kunstverein (2008), South London Gallery (2010), Index (Stockholm, 2011), Contemporary Art Museum of St Louis (2011), Museum of Art Philadelphia (2012) and the Van Abbemuseum (Eindhoven, 2013). The artist is represented by Jan Mot Gallery (Brussels). She is nominee for the Vincent Prize 2016.