Born 1992 in Paris, France
Works and lives in Paris, France
Présentation
Clédia Fourniau explores the possibilities of painting and representation, questioning the conditions of creation, perception, and reception of an image. Through a constant engagement with formal experimentation, procedural approaches, and chance, Cledia Fourniau combines various materials and supports, such as dry pigment, oil paint, mica, acrylic, resin, and more recently, watercolor, on linen canvases or colored and treated textiles. The glossy resin, applied selectively, establishes a self-reflexive dialogue between the image and reality, incorporating both space and viewers into the pictorial field. Her work, seemingly impulsive, plays with the exhibition format and challenges the notions of seriality and repetition. For her, the act of painting is fundamentally dependent on the process and the material itself, rooted in a bodily practice and a sense of waiting—deliberately referential—built day by day in the studio, within an unpredictable and stretched temporality.
Education
2016 - 2021
Master of Fine Art, Beaux-Arts de Paris, France – with honors / Dominique Figarella’s workshop and Tatiana Trouvé’s workshop
Awards
2024
Reiffers Art Initiatives Award
2022
Amis des Beaux-Arts de Paris Scholarship
Sisley Beaux-Arts de Paris pour la Jeune Creation Award
Alberic Rocheron Award
2021
Carré Sur Seine Award
Residencies
2022
Fonds de dotation Weiss, Paris, France
2020
Double Séjour, Poush Manifesto, Clichy, France
Public collections
Reiffers Art Initiatives Collection
FRAC Auvergne Collection
Fonds de dotation Weiss
Manifesto Collection
Sisley Foundation
Société Générale Collection
