CLÉDIA FOURNIAU LAUREATE 2024
For the third edition of the Reiffers Art Initiatives Prize, five emerging artists were selected by the members of the artistic committee. Curated by Vittoria Matarrese, this group exhibition, titled (Re)Generation, explores the contemporary art scene from a generational perspective.
Clédia Fourniau
Laureate 2024
is the laureate of the 2024 Reiffers Art Initiatives Prize.
Born in France in 1992, Clédia Fourniau explores the gestural dimension of abstract painting, questioning the relationship between the body and space, as well as the conditions of creation and reception of an artwork. Working in series, her paintings seem to both unfold and fold in on themselves. The artist engages in an accumulation of gestures and layers of paint, where each stratum is both a covering and an implosion of the canvas. By layering materials and textures, Clédia Fourniau brings forth new dynamics of reading the image, where traces buried deep within the composition interlock with the upper layers. The final layer of shiny, waterproof resin, typically used for boat hulls, provides the painting with a mirror-like surface that incorporates our bodies, deconstructs reality, and questions our relationship to it.
"I am very pleased to present the third edition of the Reiffers Art Initiatives Prize, an exhibition bringing together five emerging talents from the contemporary scene. French artists and foreign artists based in France engage in dialogue through their installations, paintings, sculptures, and embroideries. They all contribute to the cultural diversity and influence of our country. Congratulations to Clédia Fourniau, who is gaining increasing recognition, and whom we are proud to support in this new step with major institutions and the public".
Paul-Emmanuel Reiffers
ORGANISATION
THE ALLOWANCE
The artistic committee rewards a young French artist with an allowance of 10,000 euros
The members of the Reiffers Art Initiatives artistic committee are invited to vote and reward a young talent from a selection of emerging artists in contemporary art. The winner of the Prize is awarded an allowance of 10,000 euros to finance their artistic production.
THE PUBLICATION
The promotion of his work in a publication around the collective exhibition
Reiffers Art Initiatives is committed to highlighting the artistic work of the winner in a Reiffers Art Initiatives publication to give visibility to this young talent and invite as many people as possible to immerse themselves in her universe.
ORDERING AN ARTWORK
The laureate benefits from a commission for a museum work that joins the Reiffers Art Initiatives collection.
The fund has its own collection of works of art, built up over initiatives and exhibitions. The winner of the Reiffers Art Initiatives Prize benefits from a work commission that joins the collection, which in the long term will be a real showcase for the young French contemporary scene.