Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Born

1947-05-30

Place of Birth

Saint-Étienne, Loire, France

IMDb

Orlan

Biography

ORLAN is a French contemporary artist best known for her work with plastic surgery in the early to mid-1990s. ORLAN is known as a pioneer of carnal art, a form of self-portraiture that utilizes body modification to distort one's appearance.

Gallery

Known For

Synthetic Pleasures

Slow, une histoire d'amour

Thirty Second Spots: TV Commercials for Artists (1982-83)

Tangible Striptease (en nanoséquences), une performance d’ORLAN et Mael le Mée

Omniprésence

Mise en scène pour un grand fiat

Cinématon XV

Orlan, carnal art

Successful Operation

Don Juan

Acting History

2024

Slow, une histoire d'amour as Self

2001

Orlan, carnal art as self

1995

Synthetic Pleasures as Self

1994

Omniprésence as self

1992

Successful Operation as self

1981

Cinématon XV as N°149

1980

Don Juan

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Thirty Second Spots: TV Commercials for Artists (1982-83) as Orlan

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Tangible Striptease (en nanoséquences), une performance d’ORLAN et Mael le Mée as Self

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Mise en scène pour un grand fiat as Sainte Orlan