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David Douard
Fellow
2017 - 2018
Visual arts
Biography
Born in 1983 in Perpignan, David Douard lives and works in Aubervilliers. Language is the source of his work. The texts and poems he collects on the Internet are manipulated and transformed, becoming a vital flux that feeds his sculptures. In David Douard’s work, language acts as a material in its own right. In so doing, he redefines a new, hybrid social space in the throes of change. By injecting anonymous poems, always imbued with some form of chaos, deviance, illness or frustration, he recreates a contaminated environment parallel to the real world, augmented by the fantasy of new digital technologies.
His work has been the subject of solo and group exhibitions in international art centers and institutions, including: Kunstverein Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany (2016); Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris, France (2015); Fridericianum, Kassel (2015); Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2014); Taipei Biennale (2014); Sculpture Center, New York, (2014); Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo (2014); 12th Biennale de Lyon, France (2013); Fondation d’entreprise Ricard, Paris (2012).
Medici Residency Occitanie
Application 23.02 - 01.04.2026
Created in 2018 by the Occitanie Region in partnership with the French Academy in Rome - Villa Medici, the Price Occitanie - Medici dedicated to young contemporary creation aims to develop the international influence of talent from Occitanie by welcoming them to the Villa Medici for a research and creative stay of several months. Each year, the price attracts around a hundred candidates - visual and visual artists - eager to take advantage of the opportunity offered by a residency at one of Europe's most emblematic art centers, in contact with other artists from a wide range of disciplines and backgrounds. Each year, the winner of the Price Occitanie - Medici is selected on the basis of an application and an audition of the shortlisted candidates, each of whom presents his or her project to a jury made up of representatives of the Region, the Director of Villa Medici and associated experts.
