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Frac Bretagne-Art Norac Award 2021 : The Nominees
Launched in 2020, he Frac Bretagne–Art Norac Award aims to support the professional development of Brittany-based artists at the international level. The award is a Frac Bretagne initiative supported by Art Norac, the sponsorship association of the Norac group. The goal of the award is to help bring artists active in the region to the international scene, in order to promote the professionalisation of their journey beyond the borders of France.
The Visual Arts Center in Austin in the United States is associated with the program and in 2022 will host the award-winning artist to produce a solo exhibition in its space.
The exhibition at Frac Bretagne presents the nominees.
The artists
Corentin Canesson, born in 1988, lives and works between Brest and Paris.
Graduated from EESAB-Rennes in 2011, he participated to the 21st Prize of Fondation d’entreprise Ricard Le Fil d’Alerte. He has presented solo exhibitions at Satorgallery (2020), at Nathalie Obadiagallery), at Crédac – Centre d’art contemporain d’Ivry-sur-Seine (2017) and at Passerelle Centre d’art contemporain Passerelle de Brest (2015).
Hilary Galbreaith, born in 1989, lives and works in Rennes
Graduated from ESAAA-Annecy in 2017, she presented her work at the Zoo Galerie in Nantes (2018).Finalist for the Sciences Po Prize in 2019, her work is presented the sameyear at Abattoirs, Musée – Frac Occitanie Toulouse and at the Confort Moderne in Poitiers. Sheis part of the 69th Jeune Création edition in Paris in 2020.
Camille Girard et Paul Brunet, born in 1985, born in 1980, live and work in Quimper.
Graduated from EESAB-Quimper in 2008. Their works have been notably presented at Frac des Pays de la Loire in Carquefou (2018), at Mains D’Œuvres in Saint-Ouen(2017), at Halle Nord in Geneva (2017) at Le Quartier Centre d’art contemporain in Quimper (2014).
Samir Mougas, born in 1980, lives and works in Rennes.
Graduated from EESAB-Quimper (2005) and then from a MFA in theNetherlands (2007). His work was presented at the 9th International Design Biennale of Saint-Etienne (2015), at the Printemps de Septembre in Toulouse (2018). In 2019, he worked on a bus lineas part of the Voyage à Nantes. In 2020, his work is the subject of a solo exhibition at Galerie Eric Mouchet, Paris.
Alisson Schmitt, born in 1992, lives and works in Rennes.
Graduated from EESAB-Rennes in 2016 and from a post-graduate research program in Shanghai (2017). In 2018, she was part of Les Chantiers residency program at Passerelle Centre d’art contemporain in Brest, following which she had a personal exhibition. She also presented her work at Musée des Beaux-Arts in Rennes (2016), at the Babel Lelab Festival in Hangzhou and at the SowerArt Space in Shanghai (2018) as well as at Parc-Saint-Léger Centre d’art contemporain in Pougues-les-Eaux (2020).
Anaïs Touchot, born in 1987, lives and works in Brest.
Graduated from EESAB-Brest in design (2010) and in art (2011), herworkhas been presented at CAN in Neuchâtel, at Passerelle Contemporary art center in Brest and at the Festival de L’Estran (2016). The following year, she had a residency in Puerto Colombia as part of the France-Colombia cultural year. In 2019, she created a Pédilove in Frac Bretagne’s Canyon and presented a solo exhibition at L’apparté, acontemporary art venue in Iffendic.
Elsa Vettier, curator
Elsa Vettier is an independent curator and art critic. Trained at the Ecole du Louvre and the University of Essex (United Kingdom), she regularly contributes to specialized journals including Zérodeux, artpress, Critique d’Art, etc. She previously worked alongside Charlotte Laubard for Nuit Blanche 2017 and with Etienne Bernard and Céline Kopp on the occasion of the 6th edition of the Ateliers de Rennes – contemporary art biennial.
His personal projects – curatorial and editorial – emerge in contact with artists and embrace a plurality of formats: between exhibition-performance (“Extasis Casual”, with Samuel Nicolle and Clara Pacotte, In-box Bruxelles, 2019), fiction interview (Saint -Pierre-des-corps, with Jean-Charles de Quillacq, ed. Sombres Torrents, 2020) and radio collaborations (LL Drops, with Kevin Desbouis, Julie Sas and Fabien Vallos, * DUUU radio, 2020). She also works to support artists in residency contexts (Les Chantiers, La Malterie, etc.) and within art schools
Top images : Corentin Canesson © Anne-Laure Buffard, Hilary Galbreaith © Sebastiano Pellion di Persano, Camille Girard & Paul Brunet © Margot Montigny, Anaïs Touchot, Alisson Schmitt © Margot Montigny, Samir Mougas.
In the slider : Mauve Zone exhibition’s views. Photo credit : Aurélien Mole.