Sophie Calle

Quick Facts

Full Name	Sophie Calle
Occupation	Illustrator
Date Of Birth	Oct 9, 1953(1953-10-09)
Age	71
Birthplace	Paris
Country	France
Birth City	Île-de-France
Horoscope	Libra

Sophie Calle Biography

Sophie Calle is one of the most popular and richest Illustrator who was born on October 9, 1953 in Paris, Île-de-France, France. French conceptual artist and photo-installation artist from France who’s work focused on human interactions. Most well-known for projects such including “Suite Venitienne” from 1979 and “The Shadow” from 1981.

She was the inspiration behind a character from The She inspired a character in the Paul Auster novel “Leviathan” from 1992. novel “Leviathan” from 1992.

In Suite Venitienne (1979), Calle followed a man she met at a party in Paris to Venice, where she disguised herself and followed him around the city, photographing him. Calle’s surveillance of the man, who she identifies only as Henri B., includes black and white photographs accompanied by text.

In order to execute her project The Hotel (1981), she was hired as a chambermaid at a hotel in Venice where she was able to explore the writings and objects of the hotel guests. Insight into her process and its resulting aesthetic can be gained through her account of this project: “I spent one year to find the hotel, I spent three months going through the text and writing it, I spent three months going through the photographs, and I spent one day deciding it would be this size and this frame…it’s the last thought in the process.”

She was raised and born within Paris, France.

Sophie Calle Net Worth

Sophie Calle is one of the richest Illustrator from France. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Sophie Calle 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She travelled for seven years following her college graduation. After her return to Paris she began to develop her art of surveillance. observation.

Her work was heavily influenced from Oulipo, a French literature movement Oulipo which focused on the concept of restraint.

Sophie Calle (born 9 October 1953) is a French writer, photographer, installation artist, and conceptual artist. Calle’s work is distinguished by its use of arbitrary sets of constraints, and evokes the French literary movement of the 1960s known as Oulipo. Her work frequently depicts human vulnerability, and examines identity and intimacy. She is recognized for her detective-like ability to follow strangers and investigate their private lives. Her photographic work often includes panels of text of her own writing.

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In 1999 Calle exhibited the installation “Appointment” especially conceived for the Freud Museum in London, working with the ideas of her private desires. In Room with a View (2002), Calle spent the night in a bed installed at the top of the Eiffel Tower. She invited people to come to her and read her bedtime stories in order to keep her awake through the night. The same year, Calle had her first one-woman show, a retrospective, at the Musée National d’Art Moderne at Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris.

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Sophie Ranked on the list of most popular Illustrator. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in France. Sophie Calle celebrates birthday on October 9 of every year.

Calle’s text Exquisite Pain was adapted into a performance in 2004 by Forced Entertainment, a theatrical company based in Sheffield, England.