Prix du Frac Bretagne-Art Norac 2025

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 2025 finalists’ exhibition!

THE ARTISTS

Johanna Cartier

Born in 1996, lives and works in Marseille.

She graduated of EESAB – Site de Rennes in 2019, and had solo exhibitions at Passerelle Centre d’art contemporain (Brest, 2021) and Kommet (Lyon, 2022), as part of the Lyon Biennial. In 2024, she exhibits at the Frac Sud, the [mac], the Mucem (Marseille), the Biennale de la Jeune Création (Houilles), and in 2025 at the Carreau du Temple (Paris). Winner of the AIC (DRAC Bretagne) and the CNAP exceptional grant, she is in residence at Artagon Sud (2024-2025). Two of her works joined the Frac Sud collection in 2024. She also runs workshops with young people and prison inmates. Through installations, objects and stories, she explores forms of collective attachment and territories on the margins.

Elisa Florimond

Born in 1995, lives and works in Aubervilliers.

Her art studies began with a BTS in industrial ceramics at Oliver de Serres (Paris). She then followed a double degree course at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux Arts de Paris and the École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs de Paris, from which she graduated in 2021.
In 2020, she took part in the exhibition Un plus grand lac at the Magasins généraux (Pantin). She exhibits at Galerie Mansart and the Palais des Beaux-arts (Paris, 2021). In 2022, with the Emploi fictif curatorial collective, she presents her first solo show Mains-bêtes at the Confort mental gallery (Paris). Her installations étendue 01 and 02 were presented at Poush (Aubervilliers) in 2022 and at the Onde art center (Vélizy-Villacoublay, 2023). In 2024, she presented her solo exhibition systèmes complexes at the Grand Huit gallery in Nantes. In 2025, she takes the Generator training course, which culminates in the Connecting the dots exhibition at 40mcube in Rennes.

Andréa Le Guellec

Born in 1996, lives and works in Paris.

Andréa Le Guellec is a sound and visual artist. A graduate of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne in 2016 and ESAD Reims in 2019, she won the Prix des diplômés.e.s Prisme and the Prix de la jeune création at the 14th Mulhouse Biennial.
She has benefited from residencies at Château Ephémère (Carrière-sous-Poissy), CNCM Césaré (Reims), Villa Belleville (Paris) and 40mcube’s GENERATOR program (Rennes).
She has also exhibited at Nuit Blanche (Kyoto), Prix Sciences Po (Paris), 6B (Saint Denis), Silent Green (Berlin), La Clínica (Oaxaca) and FRAC Champagne-Ardenne (Reims). Since 2021, she has been a member of a number of multidisciplinary collectives and artist-run spaces that promote the independent dissemination of young artists.

Maxime Voidy

Born in 1993, lives and works in Rennes

Maxime Voidy graduated from EESAB – Site de Lorient in 2017. He is a member of the Infuz collective, as well as Nouveau Document: a collective focused on documentary photography and its new contemporary forms.
His work has been developed and presented in various residencies and institutional exhibitions, including: Magnetic Residencies (Aberystwyth Art Centre, Wales, 2024), Atelier d’Estienne (Pont-Scorff, 2024), Le Bel Ordinaire (Pau, 2023), L’Imagerie (Lannion, 2023), Art au center (Liège, 2022), L’aparté, lieu d’art contemporain (Iffendic, 2021). Through his photographic and visual research, Maxime traces our ways of inhabiting the landscape, and attempts to reveal the profound transformations we are inflicting on it.

The winner’s work will be the subject of a solo exhibition at the Röda Sten Konsthall in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 2026.

Partner of the 2025 Prize: the Röda Sten Konsthall in Göteborg, Sweden

The building is a former boiler house built in 1940 for the surrounding factories, and in operation until 1957 when the factories were closed.
In the 1980s-1990s, raves were organized in the building, until it was threatened with demolition in the early 1990s. A group of people rallied to save it and transform it into a place for contemporary art and culture. In 1996, the Röda Sten opened its doors with several exhibitions and shows.
Spread over four floors, the Röda Sten Konsthall offers exhibitions and performances by Swedish and international artists, as well as tours, workshops and lectures, always questioning the society in which we live.
Since 2006, Röda Sten Konsthall has organized the Göteborg International Biennial of Contemporary Art (GIBCA).

Artists nominated for the Prix du Frac Bretagne – Art Norac 2025 receive support from the 40mcube art center through the artistforever training platform.

Top image, from left to right : Johanna Cartier © Nina Medioni / Elisa Florimond © Esteban-Neveu / Andréa Le Guellec © Nadine Le Guellec / Maxime Voidy © Mélanie Passe