Born 1992 in Paris, France
Works and lives in Paris, France

Clédia Fourniau holds an Associate’s degree in Spatial Design from ENSAAMA Olivier de Serres and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Beaux-Arts de Paris.
Her work explores the possibilities of painting and representation, questioning the conditions under which an image is created, perceived, and received. Within a framework of constant experimentation, she blends a variety of materials and supports—dry pigment, oil, mica, acrylic, resin, watercolor, pencil, or marker—on linen canvases or colored textiles, whether primed or left raw. Glossy resin, applied in specific areas, initiates a self-reflective dialogue between image and reality, integrating both the space and the viewers into the field of the painting. Her work thus engages with the exhibition format by questioning the positioning and physical involvement of the public. For Clédia Fourniau, the gesture is deceptively impulsive and deliberately citational. Fundamentally dependent on the process and the material itself, it is rooted in a practice of constant "re-play"—an ongoing opening serve that is built day after day in the studio, within a distended and unpredictable temporality. At the crossroads of a minimalist inquiry into color and form and a gestural practice inherited from Abstract Expressionism, she intersects multiple image regimes and sources. By blending these with signs, faux characters, and cryptic symbols, she establishes a deliberate shift—an attempt to short-circuit the authority of the gesture.
She received the Friends of the Beaux-Arts of Paris Grant in 2022, as well as awards such as the Sisley Beaux-Arts Prize in Paris 2022 and the Reiffers Art Initiatives Prize in 2024.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

Upcoming
Ceysson & Bénétière , Paris, France

2026
Hallooooo, König Galerie, Berlin, Allemagne

2024
MASHENUP, König Galerie, Seoul, South Korea

2023
Ten Turns, König Galerie, Nave, Berlin, Germany

2022
Sorme Sermo, Sisley, Paris, France,
Kernelite, Fonds de dotation Weiss, Paris, France
Deep Sand Bed, Paris-B Galerie, Paris, France
QFWFQ, Beaux-Arts de Paris, Master of Arts Graduation Show, Paris, France

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Upcoming
Musée Fabre, cur. Jean-Charles Vergne, Montpellier, France

2026
Memoria di forma, cur. Anne-Laure Peressin, Romero Paprocki Galerie, Milan, Italie 

2025
Soft Chaos, Ceysson et Bénétière Galerie, Wandhaff, Luxembourg
The Last Museum, Jérôme Poggi Galerie, Paris, France

2024
Augmented Paris : The new international art scene, Zhi Art Museum, Chengdu, Chine
Est-ce celui-ci d’escargot qui renaît, ou bien un autre ?, DS Galerie, Paris, France
Revenir du présent, cur. Yvannoé Kruger and Stéphane Ibars, Collection Lambert x POUSH, Avignon, France
(Ré)Génération, Reiffers Art Initiatives, Studio des Acacias, Paris, France

2023
Places and Events, König Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Beautés, FRAC Auvergne, Cur. Jean-Charles Vergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France
Exhibition of the awards and scholarships Amis des Beaux-Arts de Paris, Chapelle des Petits-Augustins, Paris, France
La casa, cur. Chiara Parisi, POUSH, Aubervillier, France
Sweet Spot, BLANKgallery, Shanghai, China

2022
Géminé, Pernod Ricard Foundation, Paris, France
Milieu des choses, Poush, Aubervillier, France
À première vue, G-P. & N. Vallois Galerie, Paris, France
A parallel View Point, Les Moulins, Boissy-le-Châtel, France

2021
Pendant que d’autres écrasent des nuits encore moites, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France
Æquo, Double Séjour, Poush Manifesto, Clichy, France

AWARDS, GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

2024
Reiffers Art Initiatives Award

2022
Amis des Beaux-Arts de Paris Scholarship
Sisley Beaux-Arts de Paris pour la Jeune Creation Award
Alberic Rocheron Award

2021
Carré Sur Seine Award

RESIDENCIES

2022
Fonds de dotation Weiss, Paris, France

2020
Double Séjour, Poush Manifesto, Clichy, France

PRESS

2026
Fabian Kluth, « Podcast One.Voice », 2026
"Six Artists in the Berlin Spotlight", Heni Art, April 29, 2026
« Reiffers Initiatives celebrates emerging artists in The Living Room exhibition », Numéro Art, March 2, 2026

2024
Park Yuna, « Paris-based Cledia Fourniau’s solo show explores reflection into self », The Korea Herald, October 25, 2024
Johann König, « Podcast Was mit Kunst », October 21, 2024
Elsa Vettier, essay in Numéro Art #14, April–July 2024
Valentine Servant-Ulgu, « Clédia Fourniau est la lauréate du prix Reiffers Art Initiatives 2024 », Vanity Fair, April 26, 2024
« Clédia Fourniau lauréate du Prix Reiffers Art Initiatives 2024 », La Gazette Drouot, April 25, 2024
Alexandre Crochet, « Clédia Fourniau lauréate du Prix Reiffers Art Initiatives 2024 », The Art Newspaper, April 4, 2024
« Que réserve l’exposition (Re)generation du Prix Reiffers Art Initiatives 2024 ? », Numéro Art, April 24, 2024

2023
Héloïse Leclercq, « Rencontre avec Clédia Fourniau, exposante à la König Galerie », Le Petit Journal.com, October 09, 2023
Anaël Pigeat, « Podcast Phonomaton » (season 3, episode 5), February 2, 2023

EXHIBITION CATALOGUES

2024
« (Ré)Génération » Exhibition Catalogue, Reiffers Art Initiatives, essay by Elsa Vettier
« Revenir du présent » Exhibition Catalogue, Collection Lambert x Poush

2023
« Beautés » Exhibition Catalogue, FRAC Auvergne, essay by Jean-Charles Vergne

2022
« Catalogue des félicités 2021 », Beaux-Arts de Paris
« FDW 01 » Residency Catalogue, Fonds de dotation Weiss

Texts

2026
Text from Marilou Thiebault

2024
Text from Elsa Vettier

2023
Text from Jean-Charles Vergne
Text from Elora Weill-Engerer 

PUBLIC AND FUNDS COLLECTIONS

Reiffers Art Initiatives Collection
FRAC Auvergne Collection
Fonds de dotation Weiss
Manifesto Collection
Sisley Foundation
Société Générale Collection
Artissima Collection
Hochschule der bildenden Künste (HBK) Essen Collection

EDUCATION

2016-21 Master of Fine Art, Beaux-Arts de Paris, France – with honors / Dominique Figarella’s workshop and Tatiana Trouvé’s workshop

2014-16 Bachelor of Arts, Beaux-Arts de Paris, France

2010-13 Space Design, Bachelor of Arts, ENSAAMA Olivier de Serres School of Art & Design, Paris, Fran