Prix du Frac Bretagne-Art Norac 2024

The Finalists’ exhibition

Brittany is one of the richest regions in France in the visual arts sector. Its large pool of artists is supported by a committed network of actors and venues throughout the territory. But even if there are plenty of opportunities for artists to produce, exhibit and have their work collected, the development of their practice at the international level remains a challenge.

Frac Bretagne and Art Norac have been engaged in the construction of the artistic landscape in Brittany for a long time, with the goal of revealing the artistic talents and initiatives present within the region in the context of contemporary national and international artistic scenes.

In 2020, Frac Bretagne and Art Norac have chosen to join forces in their engagement with artists by creating the Frac Bretagne–Art Norac Award. 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.

Each year, a partner structure in Europe or the rest of the world that is prepared to welcome the finalist artistthe finalist artist to produce a personal exhibition will be associated with the program.

Discover the Prix 2024 finalists’ exhibition!

THE ARTISTS

Charles-Arthur Feuvrier

Born in 1997, he lives and works in Marseille.

Charles-Arthur Feuvrier is a Mauritian-French artist who graduated from ESA Réunion and ENSBA Lyon.
He works mainly in sculpture and digital imaging. He uses central figures, icons, characters and symbols to create forms and narratives. Most often drawn from mainstream Internet culture, these figures are manipulated to explore our relationship with reality and globalization. His work has been shown at Buropolis (Marseille), CAP Saint-Fons, CAC La Ferme du Buisson (Noisiel) and La Villette (Paris), among others. Co-founder of Monopôle, an artist-run-space, he is one of the winners of the Mécènes du Sud Aix-Marseille grant in 2022 and is taking part in the GENERATOR program in 2023.

Tania Gheerbrant

Born in 1990, she lives and works in Paris.

She graduated from EESAB-site de Rennes in 2014, then from ENSBA-Paris in 2017. Her art, based on long-term research and forms of co-creation, mainly takes the form of installations, videos and editions.

Her work has been shown in various group exhibitions in institutions, including: Palais de Tokyo (2024-FR); Bally Foundation (2023 – CH); Chapelle des Beaux-Arts de Paris (2022-FR); 66e Salon de Montrouge (2022-FR); Point Commun (2021-FR); Fondation Fiminco (2021-FR); Palais des Beaux-Arts de Paris (2021-FR); Panacée MoCo, Montpellier (2019-FR); La villa Radet (2019-FR); or The Other Art Fair, Turin (2018-IT).

She is the recipient of various grants, residency programs and awards, including the Prix des Amis des Beaux-Arts, the Cité Internationale des Arts residency or Ateliers Vivegnis International in Belgium. Her latest works have been commissioned by the Fondation Bally and supported by the Palais de Tokyo and the DRAC (Regional Department of Cultural Affairs) Île-de-France.

Germain Marguillard

Born in 1994, he lives and works in Rennes.

A 2021 graduate of EESAB – site de Rennes, Germain Marguillard is developing a practice focused on sculptural and scenographic gestures. By interweaving forms relating to the quest to understand our universe through the ages, he creates syncretic objects that combine motifs drawn from both archaeology and contemporary technologies. His sculptures take advantage of the power of images on our subconscious, becoming vessels for a new spirituality in which the great myths of the past and the societal issues of the present merge.

His work has since been shown in a number of solo and group exhibitions, including Passerelle, Centre d’Art Contemporain (Brest), DOC (Paris), Hotel Pasteur and Quatre artistrunspace (Rennes).

Julie Sas

Born in 1990, she lives and works in Paris.

A 2015 graduate of HEAD-Geneva, artist and author, her practice unfolds in the form of installations, videos, poetry, editions, experimental pedagogies, essays, and translations. Conceptual in nature, her artistic and literary work articulates social objects and languages situated around games of meaning, norms and identities that demonstrate a tension with certain political and social data. In particular, he analyzes the management of affects in our societies of control, the logics of internalized surveillance and the regimes of impulsiveness generated by our modes of governance and consumption.

Recent solo exhibitions include “XD” at Maison populaire de Montreuil (2022), “OK OK K.O” at Treignac Projet, (2022), “Like a candle in the wind” at Les Limbes (Saint-Étienne, 2023) and “Numéro France” at Pauline Perplexe (Arcueil, 2023) in 2021 she is resident at Maison de la Poésie de Rennes. She is the author of “Notes de la rédaction” published in 2017 by Héros-Limite and “Le grand soir est-il” published in 2023 by Presses séparées de Marseille.

Their work will be presented at the Frac Bretagne from October 11, 2024 to January 05, 2025 as part of a group exhibition. During the opening, the winner will be announced, and his or her work will be the subject of a solo exhibition at the Salzburger Kunstverein in Austria, in 2025.

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