Treasure, an oil painting by Fabrice Hyber on exhibition at Power Station of Art in Shanghai. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

　　Under the title "...de la Vallee" (Of the Valley), the first major exhibition in China of French artist Fabrice Hyber is taking place at Power Station of Art from April 2 to June 29.

　　The exhibition features more than 70 works that span from the 1990s to the artist's most recent pieces. Jointly hosted by Power Station of Art and the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain in Paris, France, it had a successful debut in Paris in 2022.

　　Fabrice Hyber at work. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

　　Hyber is an artist, sower, entrepreneur and poet. His prolific body of work comprises paintings, performances, installations and businesses.

　　The Valley is a forest of more than 100 hectares in the heart of the Vendean countryside in France. Since the 1990s Hyber has been cultivating the area surrounding the former house of his parents who were sheep farmers. He sowed about 300,000 tree seeds from hundreds of different species, and gradually transformed what was once agricultural land into the forest it is now.

　　Now the valley has become a laboratory of ideas, a workshop and a natural refuge for him, as well as the source of inspiration for his creation.

　　Aside from his paintings, installations and video works, the exhibition also presents ceramic works Hyber created in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province of China, which are on their first public showcase.