Nasce a Parigi nel 1953. L’incontro con il gallerista Bernard La Marche-Vadel, che la invita a alla XI Biennale di Parigi dopo aver scoperto l’opera Les Dormeurs, viene considerato da Calle come il momento in cui diviene un’artista.  Alla fine degli anni Settanta inizia a stendere i suoi primi Journaux intimes tra le cui pagine si susseguono riflessioni corredate da immagini; tra questi, realizza le sue prime Filatures parisiennes in cui segue degli sconosciuti per strada fino a perderli di vista, per dimenticarsene completamente qualche istante dopo. L’arte di Sophie Calle è intimistica, voyeuristica e spesso autobiografica, in cui la dimensione della sfera pubblica e privata, finzione e realtà si intrecciano.

SELEZIONE ESPOSIZIONI PERSONALI:

1980

New York, Fashion Moda, The Bronx

1981

Ginevra, Galerie Canon, Les Dormeurs

1983

Parigi, Galerie Chantal Crousel, L’Hotel C.

1984

Nimes, Galerie Formi, L’Hotel C.

1985

Nevers, APAC – centre d’art contemporain, Sophie Calle

1986

Parigi, Galerie Crousel-Hussenot; Hobart, Tasmanian College of the Arts; Amsterdam, De Appel, Les Auvegles

1987

Limoges, Museotrain du FRAC Limousin, Anatoli
Flaine, Centre d’Art de Flaine, J’ai rencontré des gens qui sont nés aveugles

1988

Madrid, Galeria Montenegro, Sophie Calle

1989

Los Angeles, Fred Hoffman Gallery, Sophie Calle. A Survey

1990

Boston, Institute of Contemporary Art, Sophie Calle. A survey
Siviglia, Galeria La Màquina Espanola, Les Tombes

1991

New York, Luhring Augustine Gallery, Sophie Calle
New York, Pat Hearn Gallery, Sophie Calle
Parigi, Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris, A suivre
Stoccolma, Kulturhuset, Sophie Calle in under skinnet

1992

Lund, Lunds Konsthall, A suivre
Seattle, Donald Young Gallery, Sophie Calle
Palermo, Centro Culturale Francese, Pierre tombale
Toulouse, Galerie Sollertis, Les Tombes

1993

New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, Blind Color
Maracay, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Maracay

1994

Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, L’Absence
Losanna, Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, L’Absence
Houston, Contemporary Arts Museum, Romances
Tolosa, Galerie Sollertis, Des histories vraies
Minneapolis, Bockley Gallery, The Sleepers

1996

Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, True Stories
Israele, International Biennal of Contemporary Art
Atlanta, High Museum of Art, Sophie Calle
Madrid, Fundacion la Caixa, Relatos

1997

Londra, White Cube, Suite vénitienne
Lucerna, Galerie Urs Meile, Detachment – Die Entfernung

1998

Londra, Tate Britain, The Birthday Ceremony
Parigi, Musée d’art et d’histoire du Judaisme, L’Erouv

1999

Londra, Camden Arts Centre, Double Game
Strasburgo, Musée d’art moderne et contemporain de Strasbourg, Souvenirs de Berlin-Est
Tokyo, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Douleur exquise
New York, The Jewish Museum, The Eruv

2000

Baden-Baden, Staatliche Kunsthalle; Kassel, Fridericianum, Die wahren Geschichten der Sophie Calle  

2001

New York, Paula Cooper Gallery, Double Game
San Francisco, The Contemporary Jewish Museum, Sophie Calle, Public Spaces – Private Spaces
Parigi, Galerie Perrotin, Editions

2003

Parigi, Georges Pompidou, M’as-tu vue
Parigi, Galerie Perrotin, Dommages collatéraux
Toyota, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Sophie Calle

2004

Berlino, Martin-Gropius-Bau, M’as-tu vue

2005

New York, Paula Cooper Gallery, Exquisite Pain
Tokyo, Gallery Koyanagi, Sophie Calle + Hiroshi Sugimoto (con H. Sugimoto)
Portland, Portland Art Museum, Exquisite Pain

2006

Miami, Galerie Perrotin, True Stories

2007

Venezia, 52° Biennale di Venezia

2008

Montréal, Fondation pour l’art contemporain DHC/ART, Prenez soin de vous
Parigi, Galerie Perrotin, Où et Quand? Berck / Lourdes

2009

Londra, Royal Academy of Arts, Earth: Art of a Changing World
Londra, Whitechapel Gallery, Talking to Strangers
New York, Paula Cooper Gallery, Take Care of yourself
Bruxelles, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Calle Sophie

2010

Humlebæk, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Talking to Strangers
Parigi, Palais de Tokyo, Rachel Monique

2012

Chateau-Chinon, Musée du Septennat, Moi aussi
Medellìn, Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellìn, Historia de pared

2013

Boston, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Last Seen
New York, Paula Cooper Gallery, Absence
Tokyo, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, For the last and first time

2014

Hong Kong, Galerie Perrotin, Sophie Calle, Makoto Aida
Torino, Castello di Rivoli, MAdRE
Città del Messico, Museo Tamayo, Cuìdese mucho

2015

San Francisco, Fraenkel Gallery, Sophie Calle
Toyotam Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, For the Last and First Time
Montréal, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, Pour la dernière et pour la première fois

2016

Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum, For the Last and First Time

2017

San Francisco, Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture, Missing

 

SELEZIONE ESPOSIZIONI COLLETTIVE:

1980

Parigi, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 11à Biennale des Jenues

1981

Parigi, Centre Georges Pompidou, Autoportraits
New York, International Center of Photography, Culture Medium

1982

Rouen, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Du Livre

1984

Parigi, Centre Georges Pompidou, Nouvelles Acquisitions du F.N.A.C.
Parigi, Palays de Tokyo, Centre National de la Photographie, La Chambre

1985

Vienna, Museum of Mudern Kunst, Kunst mit Eigen-Sinn

1988

Parigi, Centre National de la Photographie, Palais de Tokyo, Tendances Actuelles de la Photographie en France
Houston, Photofest, Au-delà de l’Image

1989

Londra, Serpentine Gallery
Montreal, Musée d’Art Contemporain, Tenir l’image à distance
Parigi, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Histories de Musée
Parigi, Centre Georges Pompidou, L’invention d’un art
New York, International Center of Photography, Culture Medium

1990

Sydney, Sydney Biennale
Ibaraki, Mito Arts Foundation, Beyond the Photographic frame
Kyoto, The National Museum of Modern Art; Tokyo, The National Museum of Modern Art, Images in Transition: Photographic Representation Towards the 90’s
Londra, Whitechapel art Gallery, Seven Obsessions

1991

New York, Museum of Modern Art; Pittsburgh, Carneige International, Dislocations
Lione, Musée d’Art Contemporain de Lyon, L’Amour d’Art
New York, The Museum of Contemporary Art, The Interrupted Life
Hong Kong, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Too French

1992

Helsinki, Muséet för Nutids Konst, Avstand
Nizza, Musée d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain, Le Portrait dans l’Art Contemporain

1993

New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Whitney Biennial
Vienna, Kunsthalle Wien, Dubletake

1994

Bologna, Galleria Comunale d’Arte Moderna, Arte in Francia 1970 / 1993
Gerusalemme, Israel Museum (itinerante), Beyond Photography
Zurigo, Kunsthaus Zurich, Endstation Sehnsucht

1995

Barcellona, Fundaciò Antoni Tàpies, Els lìmits del museu
Lubiana, Museum of Modern Art, Moderna Galerija
Parigi, Centre Georges Pompidou, Fémin/masculin, le sexe de l’art

1996

Lione, Musée d’Art Contemporain de Lyon, L’experience du monochrome…
Parigi, Musée d’art moderne de la Ville de Paris, Passions Privées
Oldham, Oldham Art Gallery (itinerante), Imagined Communities
Humblebaek, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, NowHere

1997

Kansas City, Society for Contemporary Photography, Sophie Calle: The Husband (Autobiographical Stories) and Other Works
Parigi, Cartier Foundation, Amours
Barcellona, MACBA Museu d’Art contemporani, Mascara I Mirall

1998

New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Premises
Miami, Miami Art Museum, Words and Images
Madrid, Fondacio La Caixa, Narrador d’historias

1999

New York, Museum of Modern Art, Museum as Muse
New York, The jewish Museum
Losanna, Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Le sommeil ou quand la raison s’absente
Tokyo, Setagaya Art Museum, Passage New French Art

2000

Berlino, Hamburger Bahnhof, Werke Raum 1
New York, P.S.1, Around 1984: A Look at Art in the 80’s

2001

Londra, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Beautiful Productions, art to play, art to wear, art to own

2002

Londra, Serpentine Gallery, En Route
Ridgefield, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Family
Zurigo, Kunsthaus Zurich, Public Affairs
Milano, Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea, Public Affairs
Torino, Fondazione sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Self: In Material Conscience

2003

Amburgo, Hamburger kunsthalle, Gegenwartig: Feldforschung
Berlini, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Warum!
Graz, Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Fantome du plaisir

2005

Parigi, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Exhibition of Gallery Artists
Lione, Experiencing Duration: Biennale d’art contemporain de Lyon 2005

2006

Bordeaux, Musée d’art contemporain Bordeaux, Dormir, rêver...et autres nuits
Santa Monica, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Dark Places

2007

New York, Chelsea Art Museum, Philosophy of the Bedroom

2008

Chicago, Chicago Cultural Center, (itinerante), Slightly Unbalanced

2009

Vienna, Kunsthalle Wien, 1989. End of Story or Beginning of the Future?
Bilbao, Guggenheim Museum, From Private to Public: Collections at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Lens and the Mirror: Self-Portraits from the Collection, 1957-2007

2010

New York, P.S.1. Contemporary Art Center, The Talent Show
Nizza, Musée d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain, Human
Londra, Tate Modern, Exposed: Voyeurism, Surveillance, and the Camera
New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Haunted: Contemporary Photography/Video/Performance

2012

Valencia, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Valence, Célébration Rêve de nature
Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, (itinerante), This Will Have Been: Art, Love, and Politics in the 1980’s
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Spies in The House of Art

2013

Bergamo, Base Arte Contemporanea Odierna, The Opposite of Justice
San Francisco, Kadist Art Foundation, Fault Lines

2015

New York, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Wild Noise
Milano, La Triennale di Milano, Arts&Foods
Washington, National Gallery of Art, The Memory of Time

2016

Mosca, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, The Human Condition, Session II: Human And The Others. Love, friendship, suspicion, aversion
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Dream States: Contemporary Photographs and Video
Milano, Fondazione Prada, L’image volée
New York, International Center of Photography, Public, Private, Secret