About
FRANCOIS PAUL BESCH
born on 11.04.1963
in esch-sur-alzette,
luxembourg
journalist & visual artist
photo- and phoneography
object art
solo shows and
participations in
national and international
exhibitions since 1977
lives and works
in bivange, luxembourg
Collections
Works of François Besch are represented in private and public collections in the Grand-Duchy and in other countries.
Among them the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Luxembourg), different luxembourgish embassies around the world, the 'Centre National de l'Audiovisuel' (Luxembourg), the 'Banque Raiffeisen' (Luxembourg), the 'Office des Timbres P&T Luxembourg', the city of Esch/Alzette, (Luxembourg), the 'Mobile Museum (Italy)
Awards
2017: 'Monika von Boch-Preis für Fotografie' by the Museum Schloss Fellenberg (Merzig, Germany).
2014: 'Most beautiful stamp series' of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg. For the 2013 issue of 'Champignons du Luxembourg'.
2011: Top-3-Winner of the 'Hipstamatics - Life in a Day'-contest organized by 'The National Geographic Magazine' (more than18.000 entries).
1977: 'Prix d'Encouragement' at the "VIII Biennale des Jeunes Artistes" in Esch/Alzette, Luxembourg.