Pierre Yves Clouin was born in Paris, where he studied architecture at ENSBA and where he has exhibited his paintings, drawings and photos. His videos have been presented at sites such as the San Francisco Art Institute, Lux London, British Film institute, Pleasure Dome Toronto, San Francisco Cinematheque, Anthology Film Archives, Chicago Filmmakers, Dublin Art House, Oxford Museum of Modern Art, Media Art Lab Moscow, Paula Cooper Gallery, Apexart NYC, São Paulo Museum of Image and Sound, Mexico City's Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts San Francisco, Guggenheim Bilbao, Smart Project Space Amsterdam, Bauhaus Dessau Foundation, Bonner Kunsteverein, Centro Dos de Mayo Madrid, Hong Kong Space Museum, Museum of Africa Johannesburg, Museum of Contemporary Art of Rosario Argentina, Otis College for Art & Design Los Angeles, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art Lille-Metropole, Pro Arte Institute St. Petersburg, the Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst in Antwerp, the Centre Pompidou, Art Basel and the 2nd Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art and selected in festivals worldwide: the International Film Festivals of San Francisco, Chicago, Cork, Thessaloniki, Moscow, Los Angeles, the Biennial of Moving Images Geneva, Ars Electronica and Sundance, among others. Pierre Yves Clouin lives and works in Paris.