Théophylle Dcx, guest artist 2024

Théophylle Dcx (born in Saint-Étienne in 1996) is an artist living and working in Marseille.  

Since his studies at the Villa Arson, Nice, which he completed in 2022 with the congratulations of the jury, Théophylle Dcx has developed a practice that spans text, performance and video. His work focuses on the body, both formally and theoretically, as a site traversed by societal and political pressures. His own identity as a queer seropositive person takes on a central place throughout his practice in exploring such systemic forces.  

Reminiscent of the work of French writer and filmmaker Guillaume Dustan, his texts and videos take on a humorous nonchalance, used as a tool of subversion and emancipation against the wider reality at play. The introspective and diaristic quality found in such works contrasts with other wider elements of his practice. The collective experience of dance within the queer community, seen in many of his performances and films, is understood as a means to help shape a sense of solidarity and resistance against wider normative pressures that govern today’s society.  

His work has been presented in institutions in France and internationally such as Les Sillons, Centre d’Art Contemporain La Ferme du Buisson, Noisiel (2023), 100% La Villette, Paris (2023), In memory of my feelings, Parallèle La Relève 5 x Château de Servières  Marseille (2023), VIH/sida L’épidémie n’est pas finie!, Mucem x Manifesto XXI x Artagon, Marseille (2022), Argent facile, Forde, Genève (2022), The Films of Guillaume Dustan (2000-2004), Fri Art Kunsthalle, Fribourg (2021).  

He has been awarded various residencies such as Palais de Tokyo and Centre Maurice Chalumeau en Science des Sexualités, Genève (2023) and Artagon Marseille (2021-2022).  

The publication of his book Rose2Rage is expected by Burn-Août editions in 2023.