Jeanne Vicerial
The artist
Born in 1991, Jeanne Vicerial lives and works in Paris. Her passion for clothes design began when she was a teenager. After studying costume design then obtaining a master's in clothes design at the Paris École des Arts Décoratifs in 2015, she started a research project which resulted in a Sciences, Arts, Creation and Research PhD. Her thesis, defended in 2019, questions the mechanisms at work in the design of contemporary clothing and proposes an alternative to the made-to-measure/ready-to-wear dichotomy associated with fast-fashion culture. She took her research further by teaming up with the mechatronics department at MINES ParisTech to develop a patented robotised process for producing made-to-measure clothes with no waste. She also chose an artistic path which led her to work with Hussein Chalayan and then found research and design studio Clinique vestimentaire. In addition to producing her own creations, she has quickly established an array of partnerships with artists working in different fields, including photographers, sculptors, performers, choreographers, musicians and perfumers. Jeanne Vicerial was the artist-in-residence at the French Academy in Rome, at Villa Medici, in 2019-2020. Her work has been widely shown, including at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris (2018), Villa Medici and Palazzo Farnese in Rome (2020) and Collection Lambert in Avignon (2021), and was recently included in the Centre National des Arts Plastiques collection in Paris.
Biography
| Birth | Born in 1991 in Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, France |
|---|---|
| Residency | Works and lives in Pantin, France |
| Education | École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France Arts PhD, Sciences Création Recherche _SACRe, École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs, École Normale Supérieure and École des Mines, Paris, France |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
| 2024 | Avant de voir le jour – duo avec Pierre Soulages, musée du Vieux Nîmes, France |
|---|---|
| 2023 | Jeanne Vicerial & Leslie Moquin – Persephone, Fondation Thalie, Arles, France ARMORS, TEMPLON, Paris, France |
| 2022 | Gisant·e·s une Re-Naissance, Mondes Nouveaux program, Basilique de Saint-Denis, Saint-Denis, France PRÉSENCES, TEMPLON, Brussels, Belgium |
| 2021 | CLINIQUE VESTIMENTAIRE, Magasins Généraux, Pantin, France |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
| 2024 | Les sept vies d’Ariane, Christian Berst Gallery, Paris, France Le cadre au corps, in collaboration with FRAC Île-de-France, Lycée Antoine Saint-Exupéry, Créteil, France J’ai fermé les yeux, Pal Project Gallery, Paris, France faire corps, Fondation Villa Datris, Paris, France Vielles coques & jeunes récifs, FRAC Île-de-France, Paris, France |
|---|---|
| 2023 | SOLASTALGIE(S), La Fabrique, Montreuil, France Beautés, FRAC Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France Faces cachées, La Manufacture, musée de la mémoire et création textile, Roubaix, France Des cheveux et des poils, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris Au-Delà, Rituels pour un nouveau monde, Lafayette Anticipations, Paris, France Échapée du code, Musée International des Arts Modestes, Sète, France Imagine ! FITE Festival, musée Bargoin, Clermont-Ferrand, France |
| 2022 | La fin est dans le commencement et cependant on continue, Fondation d’entreprise Martell, Cognac, France Exposition Collective Libre, 3537, Paris Les militantes, Maison Guerlain, Paris, France Brussels Gallery Weekend, galerie Templon, Brussels, Belgium Fashion For Bank Robber, Maximiliansforum, Munich, Germany Ballroom Project, Anvers, Belgium |
| 2021 | Faut-il une raison ? Les Grandes Serres, Pantin, France Festival and collective exhibition “Viva Villa”, Collection Lambert, Avignon, France |
| 2020 | Nous refleurirons, Quarantaine vestimentaire with Leslie Moquin, Palais Farnèse, French Embassy in Rome, Italy Dans le tourbillon du tout-monde, Villa Medici – French Academy in Rome, Italy As handsome as the chance encounter, Galerie RAM, Oslo, Norway |
| 2019 | Nuit Blanche, Académie de France à Rome, Villa Médicis, Rome, Italie Spaced in Lost, École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Galerie Charraudeau, Paris, France |
| 2018 | Culture(s) de mode, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France Biotech-Numérique : “Bio meets digital”, Atelier Néerlandais, Paris, France |
RESIDENCIES (SELECTION)
| 2024 | Villa Kujoyama, Kyoto, Japon |
|---|---|
| 2020 | Artist-in-residence at The French Academy in Rome - Villa Medici, Rome, Italy |
AWARDS
| 2022 | Laureate of the 2022 Liliane Bettencourt award for the hand’s intelligence Winner of the Ministry competition “Monde Nouveaux” |
|---|---|
| 2020 | research fellowship : Post-doctorate at PSL university |
| 2019-20 | Winner of the French Academy in Rome - Villa Medici’s residency |
| 2019 | Eco-Conception Award, Paris |
| 2018 | Tech-Innovation : Clinique Vestimentaire is selected by Techinnov as ‘innovation’ luxury project 2018 with the PhD project of Tricotissage sur-mesure |
TALKS (SELECTION)
| 2022 | Invited lecturer for « Poésie Plate-forme », Festival Actoral, Marseille, France Invited by The French Embassy in Belgium to give a lecture about the future of “Fashion Management” in fashion industry, Antwerp, Belgium Organized « Colloque Vestimentaire : penser le futur de la mode », a series of lectures given during her solo exhibition CLINIQUE VESTIMENTAIRE, Magasins Généraux, Pantin, France |
|---|---|
| 2021 | Invited lecturer at HEAD art and design school, Geneva, Switzerland |
| 2019 | Invited lecturer for the Subimi Anatomi exhibition, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, Italy |
| 2018 | Invited lecturer for the Culture(s) de mode congress opening, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France Participating speaker for the “Mode & Nouvelles technologies” conference, IHTP-CNRS, Paris, France Invited speaker for the « manufacturing 5.0 » lecture, Fashion Tech Days, ENSAIT, Roubaix, France Invited lecturer, workshop Design, Gestaltung, Formativa, Humboldt University, Berlin, Allemagne |
| 2017 | Invited lecturer, Responsive Matter : de l’impression 3D à la matière 4d, Centre George Pompidou, Paris, France |
| Invited lecturer, launching of the arts and sciences pulpit, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France | |
| Invited lecturer, intersection//collaborations in textile design, Loughborough University, Londres, Royaume-Uni |
Voir plus
PUBLICATIONS
| De fil en fil, entretien avec Jeanne Vicerial, Les Cahiers du Musée national d’art moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2022 | |
| Vicerial, J., (2019 -) “Clinique Vestimentaire (Dress clinic) : For a new paradigm of creation & custom-made clothing design”, SACRe PhD thesis codirection J.F. Bassereau et A. Mosse | |
| Vicerial, J., 2018, “Print the body. Clothes printing project” in Temes the Disseny #34 Material interactions in the human-made milieu, a design research journal by ELISAVA Barcelona school of design engineering | |
| Vicerial, J., 2014, « Un corps sur-mesure : La peau étoffe du XXI siècle » BA thesis on clothes design, 2014, Bibliothèque de l’ENSAD |
OTHER PROJECTS
| 2023 | Persephone, a performance by Jeanne Vicerial & Leslie Moquin, Fondation Thalie, Arles, France Costume production for “Figures”, choreography, sound and lights by Dalila Belaza, New Settings program of Fondation Hermès |
|---|---|
| 2022 | Collaboration with the Chef Fanny Herpin at Le Camondo restaurant, for Festival International Art et Gastronomie, Paris, France Costumes production for “ATYS”, choreography and staging by Angelin Preljocaj, sets by Prune Nourry, Grand Théatre de Genève, Geneva, Switzeland |
| 2021 | Costume production and artwork for « Sollicitudes », Hervé Robbe Costume production for “K Minuscule”, Elvire Caillon and Léonard Martin, Théâtre de la Cité Internationale, Paris, France |
| 2014 | Foundator of the Design, research & innovation Clinique Vestimentaire studio, Pantin, France |
| 2010-2011 | Costume designer (tailor’s department) at La Monnaie theatre, the Belgium Royal Opera, Brussel, Belgium |
| 2010 | Costume director for Michael Radford’s film « Michel Petrucciani », official selection of Cannes’ festival 2011 |
COLLECTIONS
| Fondation Thalie, Bruxelles, Belgique | |
| FRAC Auvergne, France | |
| FRAC Île-de-France, Paris, France | |
| FRAC Les Abattoirs, Toulouse, France | |
| Collection départementale Seine-Saint-Denis, France | |
| Centre national des arts plastiques (CNAP), Paris, France | |
| Centre national d’art et de culture Georges-Pompidou, Paris, France |
Voir plus
Press
Les Echos - février 2022
Le chorégraphe Preljocaj enchante l'opéra de Genève
Alice d'ordeval, Ludovic Bischoff
Le Monde - février 2022
"Atys" de Lully, histoire d'une métamorphose au Grand Théâtre de Genève
Marie-Aude Roux
Arts in the city - octobre/novembre 2021
Les créations "prêtes-sur-mesure" de Jeanne Vicerial aux Magasins Généraux
News
Jeanne Vicerial
GROUP SHOW – AU-DELÀ: RITUELS POUR UN NOUVEAU MONDE
Lafayette Anticipations, Paris
From February 14 to May 7, 2023
The group show Au-delà: Rituels pour un nouveau monde will open on February 14, 2023, at Lafayette Anticipations. On this occasion, Jeanne Vicerial will exhibit three works curated by Agnes Gryczkowska.
Jeanne Vicerial
SOLO SHOW – GISANT.E.S UNE RE-NAISSANCE
Basilique Cathédrale Saint-Denis, France
Through December 31, 2022
The exhibition “Gisant.e.s une Re-Naissance” by Jeanne Vicerial opens today at the Basilique Cathédrale Saint-Denis until December 31, 2022. In this context, four sculptures take place among the recumbents of the basilica, two Gisantes and two Présences.
Jeanne Vicerial
GROUP SHOW – LES MILITANTES
Maison Guerlain, Paris
From October 19 to November 14, 2022
On the occasion of the exhibition “Les Militantes”, Jeanne Vicerial will present her artwork Vénus ouverte #1, on view from October 19, 2022 onwards, at the Maison Guerlain. The exhibition, dedicated to feminine commitment, brings together some fifteen established and emerging artists from the contemporary scene in collaboration with Paris+ by Art Basel.
Jeanne Vicerial
GROUP SHOW – LA FIN EST DANS LE COMMENCEMENT ET CEPENDANT ON CONTINUE
Jeanne Vicerial - La Fin est dans le commencement et cependant on continue
Fondation d’entreprise Martell, Cognac
From April 7 to November 6, 2022
This multi-sensory project approaches the human being as a tool of perception and a tracer of possibilities. Based on our natural perceptions represented by the 5 senses – sight, touch, hearing, smell and taste – the invited personalities from various disciplines reveal their perception of these senses by making it a rule not to stop at a specific medium: they are designers, visual artists, light designers, sound artists, textile designers, dancers and botanists.
Jeanne Vicerial
GALERIE TEMPLON ANNOUNCES THE REPRESENTATION OF ARTIST AND CLOTHES DESIGNER JEANNE VICERIAL
Galerie Templon is delighted to announce that it is representing French artist Jeanne Vicérial, a clothes designer and researcher. She was selected for a residency at the prestigious Villa Medici in 2020, and at not yet 30 is the first person in France to be awarded a PhD in the practice of fashion design. She develops a protean body of work, forging links between design, crafts, fashion, the arts and sciences. Baroque and unsettling, her creations are designed as works of art rooted in innovative textiles and textures. They address contemporary environmental issues and the question of the ties between ready-to-wear and haute couture. She founded the design and research studio Clinique Vestimentaire in her quest to use her work to substantially redefine ideas about the body and clothes. In March 2022, the gallery will be holding an exhibition dedicated to her work in its Brussels space. The show will feature around ten brand new creations from the artist, taking viewers on a voyage of discovery into her visionary world.
