
Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Birthday
1947-05-30
Place of Birth
Saint-Étienne, Loire, France
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.
Known For

Eurotrash

Synthetic Pleasures
as Self

Orlan, carnal art
as self

Successful Operation
as self

Slow, une histoire d'amour
as Self

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

Mise en scène pour un grand fiat
as Sainte Orlan

Cinématon XV
as N°149

Omniprésence
as self

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