Vincent Fournier, born in 1970 in Ouagadougou, is a French photographer whose work explores the imaginary of the future, that of yesterday and that which we imagine for tomorrow: the space adventure with the Space Project series, humanoid robots with The Man Machine, utopian architectures with Brazilia and Kosmic Memories and the reinvention of the living with Post Natural History and Auctus animalis. His vision is fuelled by childhood memories, including visits to the Palais de la Découverte, which evoke the «scientific wonder». While photography remains his preferred medium, 3D printing, video, and installations sometimes accompany some projects.
His works are part of several permanent collections, notably: Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET) New York, Centre Pompidou Paris, Mast Foundation Bologna, Dragonfly Collection of the Domaine des Etangs in Massignac, LVMH Collection with the Bon Marché in Paris, Baccarat Collection New-York, Vontobel Art Collection Zurïch, Black Gold Museum, Musée des Ursulines Mâcon, Bullukian Foundation Lyon, Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature…
He has participated in several major group exhibitions such as The Universe and Art at the Mori Art Tokyo, Art Science Museum Singapore, Art and Science Fiction, les portes du possible at the Centre Pompidou Metz, Unknown Unknowns An Introduction to Mysteries at the Milan Triennale as well as solo exhibitions at the Museo d’Arte Moderna di Bologna (MAMbo) during Foto Industria 2018 or a personal exhibition at the Ren- contres d’Arles in 2014.
He has also collaborated with Louis Vuitton (Nicolas Ghesquière), Le Bon Marché (Paris), Baccarat New York (Gilles&Boissier), Isetan Tokyo, or for the movie The Amazing Spider-man II with Columbia Pictures. In 2019 Vincent Fournier was the guest of the MET for a public presentation of his work at the In Our Time conference. In 2022 he was awarded the Swiss Life à 4 mains Prize. In 2023 the Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature devoted a monographic exhibition to him entitled Uchronie and the Villette an exhibition on Space Utopia.
Spazio Nobile presented in 2025 his most recent major series, Flora Incognita, a «speculative herbarium» of alien plant life. Using 3D modeling and photogrammetry, Fournier imagines how terrestrial flora might adapt to extreme conditions on exoplanets. This series was featured in high-profile exhibitions curated by Anthony Vaccarello for Saint Laurent Rive Droite in Paris, Los Angeles (Rodeo Drive), and Mexico City (at the Zona Maco art fair in February 2026).
In late 2025 and early 2026, his work was the subject of a major solo exhibition at the Domaine de Chaumont- sur-Loire (Flora Incognita) and featured in the «Space: A Visual Journey» exhibition at Fotografiska locations in Stockholm, Tallinn, and Shanghai.
Vincent Fournier has been represented by Spazio Nobile since 2016.
Vincent Fournier: Brasília, Modernist Utopias
Post Natural History by Vincent Fournier
Super Specimens: Sensations of the Extraordinary
The New York Times : It’s Springtime on Polaris-9b, and the Exoflowers Are Blooming
Spazio Nobile Editions – Vincent Fournier : Flora Incognita
