Valentin Ranger was born in 1992 in Paris. After studying theater, he graduated with a double MFA from the Royal College of Art in London and the Beaux-Arts de Paris, with honors from the jury. Through his drawings, paintings, 3D films, and sculptural installations, Ranger unfolds a dreamlike world in constant mutation, mirroring the human body, which is his main subject of study. In richly detailed settings or virtual rooms traversed in 360°, the artist stages hybrid characters and cellular forms pulsating with the rhythm of an indeterminate organism. Across different mediums, he writes the saga of a community where marginalized or invisible populations—sexual and gender minorities—come together to forge new forms of solidarity.
His works have been exhibited at the Centre Pompidou, Paris (2023); the Institut Français, Madrid (2023); Hôtel des Arts TPM, Toulon (2023); Galerie du jour / La Fab, Paris (2022); Galerie Municipale Jean Collet, Vitry-sur-Seine (2022); Révélations Emerige, Paris (2022); Studio des Acacias, Reiffers Art Initiatives, Paris (2022); FRAC Ile de France, Château de Rentilly (2020); the Villa Noailles, Hyères (2020).
Valentin Ranger is the recipient of the Prix des Amis des Beaux-Arts agnès b (2021) and the Special Jury Prize, Révélations Emerige (2022).
Ranger lives and works in Paris, France.