Adrienne Surprenant
Photographer
Adrienne Surprenant is currently a nomad photographer. After studies in commercial photography in Montreal, she oriented her practice towards documentary photography. She is now working on long term projects concerning the idea of nation, and identity’s construction in relation to territory, language and religion, in Canada and Somaliland.
Her report on Nicaragua’s project of an interoceanic canal was exhibited at Visa Pour l’Image 2015. She was nominated for the Joop Swart Masterclass 2016. Her photographs were part of the “Festival Collective” group exhibition at Zoom photo festival 2014, and was a speaker at the round table “The beautiful future of photojournalism” the following year.
Her photographs were published on L’Instant Paris Match, El Pais Semanal, le Monde Diplomatique, The Guardian, Globe and Mail, Vice France, La Presse and Le Devoir. Her clients include Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
Adrienne Surprenant
Photographer
Adrienne Surprenant is currently a nomad photographer. After studies in commercial photography in Montreal, she oriented her practice towards documentary photography. She is now working on long term projects concerning the idea of nation, and identity’s construction in relation to territory, language and religion, in Canada and Somaliland.
Her report on Nicaragua’s project of an interoceanic canal was exhibited at Visa Pour l’Image 2015. She was nominated for the Joop Swart Masterclass 2016. Her photographs were part of the “Festival Collective” group exhibition at Zoom photo festival 2014, and was a speaker at the round table “The beautiful future of photojournalism” the following year.
Her photographs were published on L’Instant Paris Match, El Pais Semanal, le Monde Diplomatique, The Guardian, Globe and Mail, Vice France, La Presse and Le Devoir. Her clients include Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
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Tom Hegen / Salt WorksLimited EditionThe archival pigment print inserted in Tom Hegen’s special edition Salt Works shows one of the many sea salt production sites the photographer portrayed from the air and captured in their unique beauty as an abstract field. (more…)
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Stranger in the VillageSep 3, 2023 – Jan 7, 2024In his famous text Stranger in the Village, the US-American writer James Baldwin addressed the racism that informed his stay in Switzerland in the 1950s. Baldwin’s words continue to inspire many artists to this day. They hold up a mirror to us as a society and have lost none of their relevance. (more…)
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Cosmic TripMay 1 – Sep 29, 2023The Hartung-Bergman Foundation presents in its villa-workshop in Antibes an exhibition devoted to the cosmic visions and more generally to the dreamed relationships with the sciences of Hans Hartung (1904–1989) and Anna-Eva Bergman (1909–1987). (more…)
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Sacha TurchiArtistSacha Turchi currently lives and works in Italy and collaborates with various visual and sound artists. The interactions between individual and nature, body and psyche, constitutes the essential matrix of her research. (more…)
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Dos Brasis: Black Art, Black ThinkingAug 2, 2023 – Jan 28, 2024The centrality of black thought in the field of Brazilian visual arts, in different times and places. This is one of the main assumptions that guide the curatorial process of the exhibition Dos Brasis – Black Art, Black Thinking, the most comprehensive exhibition dedicated exclusively to the production of black artists ever held in the country, (more…)
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Tuấn Andrew Nguyễn / The Boat PeopleSep 2 – Oct 29, 2023The Edith-Russ-Haus is pleased to present the video installation titled The Boat People by Tuấn Andrew Nguyễn in the Pulverturm (Powder Tower), which belongs to the former castle wall of Oldenburg and is the only remaining building of the fortifications of the city. Its history goes back to 1529, when Count Anton I (1505–1573) renewed the city’s military facilities. (more…)
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Before TomorrowJun 22 – Oct 8, 2023To celebrate thirty years of Astrup Fearnley Museet, the museum will present an extensive exhibition featuring works from the Astrup Fearnley Collection. Alongside recent acquisitions from the past three years, the exhibition will include both iconic and lesser-known works, (more…)
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Mark Rothko / RetrospectiveOct 18, 2023 – Apr 2, 2024Fondation Louis Vuitton presents the first retrospective in France dedicated to Mark Rothko (1903–1970) since the exhibition held at the musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris in 1999. (more…)
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Ron MueckJun 8 – Nov 5, 2023The Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain invites Australian artist Ron Mueck to exhibit an ensemble of sculptures previously unseen in France, along with iconic pieces from his career. Visitors will discover his monumental installation Mass (2017), presented for the first-time outside Australia (more…)
