Claire

Fontaine

Founded in 2004 in Paris
Works and lives in Palermo, Italy
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Claire Fontaine is a collective of feminist conceptual artists founded by Fulvia Carnevale and James Thornhill in Paris in 2004. Since 2017 she lives and works in Palermo.  Her name is inspired by Duchamp’s iconic ready-made, the urinal entitled Fontaine, and a famous brand of French notebooks (Clairefontaine); it defines a space where the biographies of the artist are not directly connected to their artworks, allowing their research to become a space of freedom and desubjectivization. 

Mennour, Paris, 2024
La Biennale di Venezia, Italy, 2024
Mennour, Paris, 2024
Kunst Museum Winterthur, Switzerland, 2024
Dior Show, Brooklyn Museum, 2024
Centre Pompidou-Metz, France, 2025
Mennour, Paris, 2024
Dior Show, Brooklyn Museum, 2024
Mennour, Paris, 2024
Mennour, Paris, 2024
La Biennale di Venezia, Italy, 2024
Mennour, Paris, 2024
Kunst Museum Winterthur, Switzerland, 2024
Dior Show, Brooklyn Museum, 2024
Centre Pompidou-Metz, France, 2025
Mennour, Paris, 2024
Dior Show, Brooklyn Museum, 2024
Mennour, Paris, 2024

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2022

“Mostly Sunny,” Air de Paris, Romainville, France

“Patriarchy = CO2,” Planeta Buonivini, Noto, Italie

2021

“Star Reply Forward Copy Info Delete,” Kaunstraum Memphis, Linz, Autriche

2020

“I say I,” Dior Autumn/Winter 2020, Jardin des Tuileries, Paris, France

“I - We - Yes,” studioconcreto, Lecce, Italie

2019

“Les printemps seront silencieux,” Confort Moderne, Poitiers, France

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© Studio Claire Fontaine.