The 6 artists winners of MENNOUR EMERGENCE #2, © galerie Mennour, 2025.
“Mennour Emergence” program is committed to support young artists in the early stages of their careers, as part of the Mennour Institute. Mennour Emergence is a project initiated by Jessy Mansuy, Global Executive Director of Mennour, and curated by Christian Alandete, Scientific Director of Mennour.
This year’s open call, sent out to young graduates of the École Nationale Supérieure d’Arts de Paris-Cergy, the École des Arts Décoratifs – PSL, and the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris, was met with great enthusiasm, with over 100 applications received.
Six artists were selected by a committee made up of professionals recognized for their commitment to emerging creation: Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath from Hamburger Bahnhof-Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, Anna Labouze and Keimis Henni from Artagon, Horya Makhlouf from Palais de Tokyo, as well as Jessy Mansuy, Christian Alandete and chaired by Kamel Mennour himself.
Following the meeting of the selection committee, the Mennour Institute selected 2 artists who are Ensapc alumni : Amine Habki and Nicolas Lebeau.
Amine Habki (b. 2000): Amine Habki uses handmade embroidery and installation to deconstruct artifacts and traditional representations of masculinity, revealing alternative narratives through smooth materials and an acid palette.
Nicolas Lebeau (b. 1992): Questioning the value, nature and meaning of images today, Nicolas Lebeau subverts the photographic medium to create spaces of intimate, vegetative resistance between the virtual and the material.
These 6 talented young artists will receive a total grant of €15,000 for the production of their works, i.e. €2,500 per artist, as well as full support in all the stages of the exhibition process (curating, production, logistics and communication).
The group exhibition will be held from March 26 to May 10, 2025, at Mennour, 5 rue du Pont de Lodi, Paris. The exhibition will bring together the multidisciplinary practices of these six artists from the three schools’ 2024 graduating classes.
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Mennour Institute is an initiative of Mennour to promote research and education in the field of twentieth and twenty-first-century art. Through doctoral fellowships, educational programs and philanthropic activities, Mennour Institute is committed to supporting creativity, knowledge and the sharing of ideas in the field of contemporary art.
