Prix du Frac Bretagne-Art Norac 2026

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 artist to produce a personal exhibition will be associated with the program.

Discover the Prix 2026 finalists’ exhibition!

THE ARTISTS

Léna Brudieux

Born in 1992 in Zaragoza (Spain), she lives and works between Bordeaux and Toulon.

A graduate of the EBABX – École supérieure des beaux-arts de Bordeaux and the École cantonale d’art de Lausanne (ECAL) in 2016, her work has been shown in several group exhibitions in France and Belgium: notably at the Pernod Ricard Corporate Foundation (Paris), at the 62nd Salon de Montrouge, at the Galerie Florence Loewy (Paris), at the Beaux-Arts de Paris, at the Brasserie Atlas (Brussels), and at the Hangar de la Mouture (Hyères). Lena Brudieux was the winner of the Project Grant, Emerging Artists Scheme in Hong Kong and the Mondes Nouveaux programme of the Ministry of Culture. For the latter, she created the project Open spaces, exhibited at the Abbaye de Beauport (Paimpol, 2022). She has held residencies at Maison Artagon (Pantin, 2023) and Port des Créateurs (Toulon, 2024). In 2025, she presented her second solo exhibition, À deux mètres de mon lit, curated by Sarah Lolley at the Port des Créateurs in Toulon. Her work combines photography, video, sculpture and installation.

Zoë Grant

Born in 1995 in Chile (of French-American nationality), she lives and works between Rennes and Marseille.

Zoë Grant graduated from the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Lyon (Ensba Lyon) in 2020. She has held solo exhibitions at the Fonds Carta (Marseille, 2024) and at monopôle (Lyon, 2022). Her work has been featured in group exhibitions at CRAC Alsace (Altkirch, 2025), Château de Servières (Marseille, 2024) and IAC Villeurbanne (2021). Her work will be exhibited as part of the Generator residency at 40mcube (Rennes, 2026). She is also one of the artists-in-residence at the Artagon Marseille studios for 2026–2027. Through the lens of installations and sculptures, she explores our relationship with the built environment, reappropriating materials and conventions from interior design and the history of design.

Margaux Janisset and Maxence Chevraux

Born in 1996 in Écully (Rhône) and in 1995 in Nantes (Loire-Atlantique), they live and work in Brest.

Margaux Janisset graduated in 2020 from ENSAPC (École nationale supérieure d’arts de Paris-Cergy). Maxence Chevreau graduated in 2018 from EESAB – Quimper campus. Alongside their individual practices, Margaux Janisset and Maxence Chevreau began working as a duo in 2023 for their exhibition at the Le Virage gallery (Quimper). Their work has also been shown at DOC! (Paris) and Cryptgame (Marseille). She and he draw inspiration from the edges of their daily lives; they live together, love one another, go for walks, observe animals and plants, and explore the outskirts. Their works fall within a broad field of drawing and sculpture and bring together diverse, sometimes contradictory stories set between wild spaces and human-made environments.

Nino Spanu

Born in 1997 in Reims (Marne), he lives and works between Rennes and Clermont-Ferrand.

A graduate of the École Supérieure d’Art de Clermont Métropole in 2021, he is a member of the collective Les ateliers and co-president of In extenso (Clermont-Ferrand), a contemporary art venue and publisher of La belle revue. He was co-coordinator of the Artistes en résidence association from 2023 to 2025. His work has been featured in solo and group exhibitions at CAP Saint-Fons (Lyon, 2026), the Pernod Ricard Foundation (Paris, 2024), the Goethe-Institut (Paris, 2023), Place des Arts (Montréal, 2020) and In extenso (Clermont-Ferrand, 2020). He has undertaken residencies at Triangle (New York) and the Performing Arts Forum (St-Erme-Outre-et-Ramecourt). He is currently part of the Generator programme run by the 40mcube art centre (Rennes). With an installation practice that brings together various techniques related to images in terms of their production and dissemination, his research revolves around the notions of impermanence, trace and identity, whilst questioning the materiality of memories.

For this 6th edition, the partner venue is the TRAFO Centre for Contemporary Art in Szczecin, Poland, which will host the winner’s solo exhibition in 2027.

TRAFO opened its doors in 2013. It is located in Szczecin, the Polish capital of Pomerania.
TRAFO’s programme includes exhibitions, research and residency programmes, publishing activities, meetings, concerts and lectures.
It also features an ongoing educational programme, aimed at different age groups, introducing them to issues related to contemporary art.
TRAFO serves as a multifunctional meeting platform for artists and the public, thereby contributing to their introduction to the tools of art by placing them in various contexts and transdisciplinary relationships. Visual works interact with literature, music, theatre, the social sciences and new technologies.
TRAFO is a testing ground for art history. It offers a space dedicated to experimentation and the demonstration of the artistic process, as well as to the production and testing of knowledge.

Artists nominated for the Prix du Frac Bretagne – Art Norac 2026 receive support from the 40mcube art center through the artistforever training platform.

Top image, from left to right : Léna Brudieux © Pierre Saladin / Zoé Grant © Juliette Fanget / Margaux Janisset & Maxence Chevreau © Cléo Robert / Nino Spanu © Juliette Fanget