Martine Aballéa

Martine Aballéa (born August 11, 1950) is a French-American artist born in 1950.

Early life
Aballéa was born on August 11, 1950, in New York. She has moved to France in 1973. She followed a scientific and philosophical training before starting to write, take photographs and making installations and art performances.

Work
Aballéa finds her sources of inspiration as much in literature than in the material world. Her work is a mix of concept art, photography, writing and installation. Aballéa projects or about experience, dreams and poetic encounter. Aballéa had solo exhibitions in museums and galleries such as Art in General (New York), the Musée d'art moderne de Paris, the Museum in Progress (Vienna), the LaM (Villeneuve d'Ascq), the Galerie Edouard-Manet (Gennevilliers),  the Centre Pompidou and the gallery Art Concept (Paris).

Collections
Her work is among others in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, the Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, the Centre Pompidou and the Fonds national d'art contemporain.