In January, the FEU is pleased to host the first Paris College of Art group exhibition featuring works by six artists, some of whom live in the residence. This show brings together students from various horizons and disciplines and combines photography, film, drawing, sculpture… Join us to discover their ideas, interests, personalities and artistic universes, as well as the creative path they are taking.
Artists: Josephine Berry, Camille Boulay, Courtney Brown, Jahnavi Gurrapu, Fernando Jiménez Fierro, Colleen Surprise Jones et Barbara Skuczik.
The opening on January 5 is part of Art-Hop-Polis, art hopping at the Cité internationale on the first Wednesday of the month. The program of exhibitions will be available on CitéScope soon.
Practical Information
Date : January 5 to 26 | Facebook Event
Covid : Please respect the general physical distancing guidelines. Hand sanitizer will be available at the entrance. According to the latest announcements, you will be asked to present your COVID Certificate or a negative PCR test taken within the last 24h.
Opening
Date : January 5 as part of Art-Hop-Polis | Time: 6-8:30pm
The visits will take place in half-hour slots in the presence of the artist | Full Art-Hop-Polis program coming soon.
If you were not able to reserve on time, you may come on the day and we will leave you in based on the number of free seats/no shows.
Guided Visits
Visits will be organizd after the Rendez-vous Musical. Other dates will be added during the month.
If you were not able to reserve on time, you may come on the day and we will leave you in based on the number of free seats/no shows.
About the Artists
Josephine Berry’s fascination with studying photography began at sixteen whilst studying the short course in Fashion Photography at London College of Fashion. Since then, she has completed a first-class degree in Photography at the University of Edinburgh and secured a place to study a Master of Arts at Paris college of Art in Fashion Film and Photography; further cementing her commitment to the medium of photography. Josephine creates intimate, sensual depictions of her subjects utilising black and white medium format film to depict her subjects and a tight crop that allows nowhere to hide within the frame. She is now bringing her approach to image-making in developing her editorial work; expanding into work in the studio and situating herself within the exciting world of fashion.
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Camille Boulay is a multi-media artist based in Paris. With a Bachelor of Arts in Film Studies from the American University of Paris and a Bachelors degree in Documentary Film from the École Supérieur de Réalisation Audiovisuel in Paris, she has worked as a production manager and line producer for ten years before returning to school for a Master of Fine Arts at the Paris College of Art. Winner of the Paris Jeunes Aventures prize, she shot her anthropological film Third Culture Kids during a trip around the world inspired by her youth spent in Germany and Japan. Her practice is increasingly part of a trans-disciplinary research, combining video and photography with visual arts on the theme of personal identity.
Courtney Brown (they/she) is an artist, aspiring curator, and scholar from Chicago, IL. They study Art History and Africana Studies at Oberlin College. They are interested in exploring themes of displacement, community, and Inequity In their practice of curating African Diasporic art. Some of their Inspirations include Howardena Pindell, Latoya Ruby Frazier, and Carrie Mae Weems. They curated a virtual exhibition with Jip Gallery titled Through the Loop: Chicago’s Youth Artist Revolution which explores themes of displacement, activism, and positionality within Chicago’s underground DIY art scene. They are a cohort member of ARIAH and The Academy Group of Chicago.
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Jahnavi Gkr is from India. She is technically an electrical engineer but has been practicing art since childwood, having an experience of around 21 or 22 years. She has been working a lot on realistic portraits with different mediums back then. But now, she got into master in drawing program to learn something beyond realistic imitations and has been exploring a lot. Besides this, she is a kuchipudi dancer which is one of the indian classical dance forms and she is trained in indian classical music as well. She is admirer of all the forms of fine arts.
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Born in Mexico City and nowbased in Paris, Fernando Jiménez Fierro is an artist and designer working with photography, video and fashion design. Sustainability, art and human affairs are a constant influence in his work. For him art in many forms has always been the way to express himself and his vision towards a happier, more creative and sustainable world.
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Colleen Surprise Jones is a first year Drawing MFA student at Paris College of Art from the Berkshire Hills of Western Massachusetts, USA where she has been a practicing artist for over twenty years. At Paris College of Art, Colleen has been expanding her drawing practice by adding restraint to her otherwise expressive gestures through the use of drawing in limited space on digital media. Her pieces Blank 57 and Blank 58 are enlarged versions of the tiny drawings that were created in a reduced size text box on the screen of an iPhone with her pinky finger. After this exercise, Colleen produced large scale drawings with more expressive qualities, having been relieved of the sense of confinement.
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Barbara Skuczik is taking the 2-year Master of Arts in Drawing at Paris College of Art. She is also a member of faculty in the Fashion Department. Originally, she is a fashion textile designer and illustrator and has an accessories brand.
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