Jeanne Vicerial
The artist
Born in 1991, Jeanne Vicerial lives and works in Jura, France. After studying costume design and completing a Master's degree in Fashion Design at the École des Arts Décoratifs in Paris in 2015, she became the first person in France to obtain a SACRe (Sciences, Arts, Création, Recherche), doctorate in 2019. She furthered her research by questioning the dichotomy between ready-to-wear and bespoke clothing, while also embarking on an artistic journey that led her to create the Clinique vestimentaire research and design studio. In addition to her personal creations, she has initiated numerous collaborations with artists from a variety of backgrounds. Her works were notably exhibited at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris (2018), in Rome (Villa Medici and Palazzo Farnese, 2020), at the Collection Lambert in Avignon (2021), at the Magasins Généraux in Pantin (2021), at the Basilique Saint-Denis (2022) and have recently been added to the collections of the Cnap (Centre national des arts plastiques) and the FRAC Auvergne. In 2024, she was invited to exhibit in dialogue with the paintings of Pierre Soulages at the Musée Soulages in Rodez. Jeanne Vicerial has participated in several group exhibitions, at the Maximiliansforum, Munich (2022), the Fondation Martell, Cognac (2022), the Ballroom Project, Antwerp (2022), the Maison Guerlain, Paris (2022), the Musée International des Arts Modestes in Sète (2023), the fondation Lafayette Anticipations (2023), the FRAC Auvergne (2023), the Musée Bargoin, Clermont-Ferrand (2023) and the Triennale de Nîmes (2024).
Exhibitions
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Summer Show
June 26 - July 19, 2025
Brussels -
Nymphose
May 17 - July 19, 2025
Paris - Beaubourg -
Armors
January 7 - March 11, 2023
Paris - Grenier Saint Lazare -
Présences
March 10 - April 23, 2022
Brussels
Biography
| Birth | Born in 1991 in Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, France |
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| Residency | Works and lives in Jura, 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)
| 2025 | In silentio, Lieu Unique, Nantes, France |
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| Nymphose, TEMPLON, Paris, France | |
| 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 |
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
| 2025 | L'artiste et le vêtement, musée du Louvre-Lens, Lens, France |
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| Exhibition as part of the Soirée Nomade, Jeanne Vicerial, Julia Cima, Gaspar Claus - Trâmes, Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris, France | |
| 2024 | Lesage, 100 ans de mode et de décoration, 19M, Paris, France |
| Les lois de l’imaginaire, curated by Laure Forlay and Sophie Sizabuire, FRAC Auvergne in collaboration with the Musée d’Art et d’Archéologie, Aurillac, France | |
| 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 |
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RESIDENCIES (SELECTION)
| 2024 | Villa Kujoyama, Kyoto, Japan |
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| 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” |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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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 |
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| 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 |
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COLLECTIONS
| Fondation Thalie, Brussels, Belgium | |
| 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 |
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Press
Les Inrockuptibles - June 2025
Jeanne Vicerial au Lieu Unique, Nantes et à la Galerie Templon, Paris
Connaissance des Arts - June 2025
Les métamorphoses envoûtantes de Jeanne Vicerial
Ouest France - June 2025
Une tisseuse transforme le Lieu unique
Connaissance des Arts - June 2025
Actualités | Régions - Jeanne Vicerial
Connaissance des Arts - July 2025
Nantes au Royaume du silence
Beaux Arts - June 2025
Au Lieu unique de Nantes, Jeanne Vicerial tisse un dialogue poétique avec la philosophe Claire Marin
Inès Boittiaux
M Le Magazine du Monde - May 2025
Admirer les nymphes noires de Jeanne Vicerial
Le Monde - May 2025
Claire Marin, philosophe
La Gazette Drouot - April 2025
Au Louvre-Lens, quand les artistes soignent leur look
Véronique Bouruet-Aubertot
France Info - March 2025
"S'habiller en artiste": le musée du Louvre-Lens explore la garde-robe des créateurs, de l'Antiquité à nos jours
Valérie Gaget
Philosophie Magazine - June 2025
Ils et elles ont participé à ce numéro
Numéro - May 2025
10 expositions mode à voir partout en France en 2025
Louise Menard, Jordan Bako et Camille Bois-Martin
Les Inrocks - May 2025
Jeanne Vicerial
Colossal - May 2025
Guardians of Time and Transformation Commune in Jeanne Vicerial's 'Nymphose'
Kate Mothes
Paris Capitale - May 2025
Galerie Templon Jeanne Vicerial. Nymphose
Madame Figaro - April 2025
Fiesta à Lille, Marina Hands à la Comédie-Française, Niki de Saint Phalle au musée...Nos 5 incontournables culturels
Lætitia Cénac
Madame Figaro - May 2025
Trois expositions à voir
Arts in the City - May 2025
Jeanne Vicerial - Nymphose
Madame Figaro - April 2025
Nos 5 incontournables culturels
Le Figaro - April 2025
Art Paris 2025: l'exception culturelle française ou l'atout anti-modialisation
M Le Magazine du Monde - february 2023
Auc frontières de l'artisanat, de l'art et des sciences
Sophie Abriat
Les Echos - february 2022
Le chorégraphe Preljocaj enchante l'opéra de Genève
Alice d'ordeval, Ludovic Bischoff
Le Monde - february 2022
"Atys" de Lully, histoire d'une métamorphose au Grand Théâtre de Genève
Marie-Aude Roux
Arts in the city - octobrer 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.
