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Marie Denis
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Marie Denis
Period: 1998-1999
Occupation: Plastician Marie Denis was born in Bourg-Saint-Andéol, Ardèche, in 1972. She lives in Paris and works all over the world. After studying at the ENBA in Lyon, she was a resident at the Villa Médicis in 1999. Her sculptures and installations take a wide variety of forms and techniques, borrowing from sport, garden art and the observation of everyday life. The work of artist Marie Denis is primarily concerned with objects and places, making them visible, to be taken as new, reinvented. Her work also focuses on botanical principles and in-between situations. She likes to divert rules, landmarks and know-how in order to poeticize them. Her installations, sculptures and objects are often created from raw or diverted materials, and are rooted in cultural practices. Her work lies harmoniously between the universal and the everyday. ”
My practice feeds on all the stimuli, the vivid, irrational and concrete impressions of life, which for me are like the oyster makes its pearl: an accident that produces an enchantment. It’s this alchemy that I’m always looking for. ”
Medici Residency Occitanie
Candidature 17.02 - 31.03.2025
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.
