Prune Nourry
The artist
Born in 1985 in Paris, Prune Nourry lives and works in New York. She is interested in the fields of science and anthropology, particularly bioethical questions relating to gender selection and the artificial evolution of humankind. She explores these issues with an artistic approach that combines sculpture, installations, performances and video. Over the last few years, the artist has gained recognition for her long-term projects, such as the Terracotta Daughters army, inspired by the Xi’an terracotta warriors. The piece travelled the world between 2013 and 2015, from Paris to China and taking in Zurich, New York and Mexico City.
Exhibitions
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Vénus
January 11 - March 1, 2025
Paris - Grenier Saint Lazare -
Infinite Arrows
September 8 - October 22, 2022
Brussels -
Projet Phenix
September 4 - October 23, 2021
Paris - Beaubourg -
Catharsis
September 7 - October 19, 2019
Paris - Grenier Saint Lazare -
Contemporary Archeology
January 12 - March 4, 2017
Brussels
Biography
| Birth | Born in 1985 in Paris, France |
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| Residency | Lives and works between New York and Paris |
| Education | 2006 École Boulle, Paris, France |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
| 2025 | Galerie Templon, Paris, France Projet Phenix, Fondation Bullukian, Lyon, France |
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| 2023 | Ligne de vie, musée de La Poste, Paris, France Fauteuil d’artiste #11, La Scala – Paris, Paris, France |
| 2022 | Mater Earth, permanent installation, Château La Coste, Le Puy-Sainte-Réparade, France Statues Also Breathe, Art Twenty One, Lagos, Nigeria Infinite Arrows, TEMPLON, Brussels, Belgium L’Amazone Érogène (Arc), displayed in Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium’s hall, Brussels, Belgium Atys, Cour d’honneur, Assemblée nationale, Paris, France Atys, Opéra-ballet, Opéra royal de Versailles, Paris, France Atys, Grand foyers, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland Atys, Opéra-ballet, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland |
| 2021 | Projet Phenix, Galerie Templon, Paris, France Amazone Erogène, Le Bon Marché – Rive Gauche, Paris, France |
| 2019 | Catharsis Galerie Templon, Paris, France Daughters, Château de Malromé, Saint-André-du-Bois, France |
| 2018 | The Amazon, Standard Plaza Hotel, New York, USA La destruction n’est pas une fin en soi, Les Rencontres de la photographie d’Arles, Les Magasins Électriques, Arles, France |
| 2017 | Holy, Carte Blanche à Prune Nourry, musée Guimet, Paris, France Contemporary Archeology, Galerie Daniel Templon, Brussels, Belgium |
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
| 2024 | Atys, Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire, France Faire corps, Fondation Villa Datris, Paris, France Breasts, Palazzo Franchetti, Venice, Italy |
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| 2023 | Dsoérdre, H Gallery, Paris, France L'Hôtel particulier de Monsieur H, Galerie Mouvements Modernes, Paris, France Just Phriends - Joopiter, Perrotin Matignon, Paris, France Métro ! Le Grand Paris en mouvement, Cité de l’Architechture et du Patrimoine, Paris, France Sculpture Garden, Biennale, Crans-Montana, Switzerland Temporality_Capturing the transience of the present moment, MOT (Module of Temporality) – Traveling exhibition ; Dnipro ; Kiev ; Kyiv Ukraine Strand for Women, FIAF et Masha Amini, New York, USA De leur temps (7), Un regard sur des collections privées, Frac Grand Large, Dunkerque, France |
| 2022 | Nafas, The Invisible Dog Art Center, Brooklyn, New York, USA Mater Earth, permanent installation, Château La Coste, Le Puy-Sainte-Réparade, France Mettre au monde, Centre d’art contemporain de l’ar[T]senal, Dreux, France Glasstress 2022 curated by Adriano Berengo and Dimitri Ozerkov, Fondazione Berengo Art Space, Venice, Italy Her way to say it, The Invisible Collection, London, UK |
| 2019 | Glasstress 2019, 6th edition, curated by Vik Muniz and Koen Vanmechelen, Fondazione Berengo Art Space, Venice, Italy Bêtes de Scène, Fondation Villa Datris, L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, France |
| 2018 | Vis-à-vis, Galerie Magda Danysz – Paris, Paris, France Collection David H. Brolliet, Geneva, Switzerland 40 ans de passion, Collection David H. Brolliet, Fondation Fernet-Branca, Saint Louis, France |
| 2017 | Hidden Art, Simon Studer Art, Geneva, Switzerland |
| 2016 | Anima, The Invisible Dog Art Center, New York, NY, USA |
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NOMINATIONS
| 2018 | Nomination to the Order of Commander of Arts and Letters, Ministry of Culture and Communication, France |
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CONFERENCES AND LECTURES
| 2022 | The world is ours, Serendipity film screening and conference, Cité de l’architecture et du patrimoine, Paris, France Duel #2, Serendipity film screening and conference; moderators: Tatyana Franck and François Asermet, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland |
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| 2019 | The First Annual TIME 100 Health Summit, world leaders and prominent figures in health care discussing essential perspectives on health and wellness, New York City, USA Metrograph Theater, Introduction of Agnes Varda’s film “Cleo from 5 to 7” by Prune Nourry, New York City, USA |
| 2018 | A conversation with Taryn Simon and Prune Nourry, Park Avenue Armory Talk, Luncheon Series, New York City, USA Fubiz Talk, Le rendez-vous de la créativité, Salle Pleyel, Paris, France |
| 2016 | Mapping Memory, Keynote Address, CUNY University The Graduate Center, New York City, USA Preparing Tomorrow Today – designing a museum for the future, with Tatyana Franck (Director of the musée de l'Elysée in Lausanne), Aurora Museum, Shanghai, China |
| 2014 | Visiting Artist Lecture, Suny New Platz, New York City, USA Art et Société: L’imaginaire peut-il influer sur la réalité?, (Art and Society: can imagination change the reality?), with Sophie Makariou (Director of Musée Guimet), Christophe Guilmoto (Sociologist) and Magda Danysz (Gallerist), Paris, France Terracotta Daughters, Discussion with Chien Chung (Didi) Pei, Chair of the Board of Trustees of China Institute, Alliance Française - Institut Français, New York, USA |
| 2010 | Holy Daughters - Sex Selective Abortions in India, with the sociologist Ravinder Kaur, moderated by Alka Pande, art adviser and curator, India Habitat Center, New Delhi, India The Emergence of Contemporary Indian Art, moderated by Christine Ithurbide, researcher in contemporary art, Musée du Quai Branly, Paris, France |
| 2009 | Interview-conference, moderated by Malvika Maheshwari, Professor, Science Po, Paris, France Conference, moderated by Sonia Brunel, speaker of National Museums, auditorium of the Louvre, Paris, France |
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PROJECTS
| 2024 | Atys, Domaine de Chaumont sur Loire, France Works commissioned by the Cheval Blanc Hotel, Seychelles |
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| 2023 | Timbre d’artiste, édité par La Poste, France |
| 2022 | Creation of a stamp, edited by La Poste, French postal services Set of baroque opéra-ballet Atys, Grand Théatre de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland; Opéra Royale de Versailles, Versailles, France |
| 2020 | Serendipity, Special projection series, UNAFF/Stanford, Denver Women Film Festival, Health Museum Houston, TX, United States |
| 2018 | Serendipity, film directed by Prune Nourry, written and produced by Alastair Siddons, edited by Paul Carlin, executive producers : Angelina Jolie, Sol Guy, Darren Aronofsky, presented at the MoMA DOC Fortnight Festival, New York, USA; at the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale 2019), Berlin, Germany; at the Tribeca Film Festival 2019, New York, USA; |
PERFORMANCES
| 2018 | The Amazon, installation and performance, Hudson River and Standard Plaza Hotel, New York, USA |
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| 2013 | Genesis, solo show and performance, Casino Venier, Venice, Italy Le Dîner procréatif, solo exhibition and performance, Flux Laboratory, Geneva, Switzerland |
| 2014 | The Archeological dinner, Installation and performance, in collaboration with Jean-François Piège, Le Centquatre, Paris, France |
| 2011 | Holy River, happening, Calcutta Arts Club, Calcutta, India Spermbar, installation and performance, 5th Avenue commissioned by L’Institut français Alliance Française (FIAF) during the Crossing the Line Festival, New York, USA |
| 2010 | Holy Daughters, happening, New Delhi, India |
| 2009 | Le Dîner procréatif, installation and performance, Espace R, Geneva, Switzerland |
| 2008 | Les Bébés domestiques, happening, Tokyo, Japan Adoption Day #2, happening, Galerie Elaine Levy, Brussels, Belgium |
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Press Release
Independent - novembre 2026
Are the statues of missing chikbok girls still breathing
Financial Times - October, 2022
Prune Nourry is super-sizing her sculptures
Forbes - août 2022
Find Out How This French Artist Transformed Her Ilness Into Art
Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle
Le Monde - février 2022
Atys de Lully, histoire d'une métamorphose au Grand Théâtre de Genève
Marie-Aude Roux
Libération - novembre 2021
Prune Nourry, la touche à tout
Wallpaper - septembre 2021
Prune Nourry's sculptures are to be touched, but not seen
Numéro - septembre 2021
Visitez une exposition invisible avec Prune Nourry
France Inter - septembre 2021
Projet Phenix
Madame Figaro - septembre 2021
L'art de toucher juste
Le Figaro - janvier 2021
Prune Nourry, une amazone qui tire ses flèches au bon marché
Valérie Duponchelle
Madame Figaro - novembre 2020
Prune Nourry
Transfuge.fr - septembre 2019
Prune Nourry, mythe et maladie
Madame Figaro - août 2019
Prune Nourry : corps et âme
LeMonde.fr - août 2017
Art of Glass
Women & Hollywood - février 2019
Berlinale 2019 Women Directors : Meet Prune Nourry - "Serendipity"
Laura Berger
Arts Libre (La Libre Belgique) - février 2017
Les archéologies actuelles de Prune Nourry
Roger Pierre Turine
Beaux Arts Magazine - février 2017
Les étranges mythologies sociales et futuristes de Prune Nourry
Judicaël Lavrador
News
Prune Nourry
CARTE VERTE
Group show
The French Embassy, Copenhagen
From October 11 to 31, 2024
On the occasion of the group show Carte Verte, curated by Natalia Gutman, Prune Nourry exhibits her works Squatting holy daughters and Standing Holy Daughters at the French Embassy in Denmark from October 11, 2024. The exhibition is organized in collaboration with the Institut Français and features works by seven French and Danish artists.
Abdelkader Benchamma
Iván Navarro
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MÉTRO ! LE GRAND PARIS EN MOUVEMENT
Group show
Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine, Paris
From November 8, 2023 to June 2, 2024
On the occasion of the group show Métro! Le Grand Paris en mouvement, Abdelkader Benchamma, Iván Navarro and Prune Nourry will be exhibiting their works from November 8, 2023 at the Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine in Paris. Focusing on mobility and urbanity, the exhibition presents visionary projects and the fictional world of the subway, curated by Dominique Perrault, Francis Rambert and Jean-Marc Hofman.
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ARTIST STAMP — LIGNE DE VIE
La Poste
From October 16, 2023 to October 31, 2024
Prune Nourry’s artist’s stamp produced with the printing house of the French institution La Poste, printed in 450,000 copies, will be available from October 16, 2023. For this new project, the artist has chosen Aïcha, a student at the INJA-Louis Braille, as her model.
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MATER EARTH
Permanent Collection
Château La Coste, France
The installation “Mater Earth” by Prune Nourry joined the Château La Coste’s permanent collection.
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INSTALLATION – CRACKED HEAD
Crans-Montana, Switzerland
Until March 31, 2024
On the occasion of the Crans-Montana Biennial and in collaboration with Sculpture Garden, Prune Nourry exhibits her artwork Cracked Head #4 until March 31, 2024.
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LA SCALA
Installation
La Scala, Paris
Vernissage de Fauteuil d’artiste #11 : Fauteuil d’Atys de Prune Nourry à La Scala le 16 mai 2023 à 19h, entrée gratuite.
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GROUP SHOW – STRAND FOR WOMEN
24 second Avenue, New York From March 8 to March 15, 2023
On the occasion of the group show Strand for Women, Prune Nourry exhibits alongside a group of committed artists to show support to the universal movement happening in Iran.
Jean-Michel Alberola
Michael Ray Charles
Oda Jaune
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DE LEUR TEMPS, UN REGARD SUR DES COLLECTIONS PRIVÉES
Group show
Frac Grand Large, France
From January 28 to April 23, 2023
As part of the group show De leur temps at the Frac Grand Large, Jean-Michel Alberola, Oda Jaune, Michael Ray Charles and Prune Nourry will exhibit their works from 28 January to 23 April 2023.
