Clément Verger (b. 1988, FR) has studied visual arts and communication at the National Superior School of Arts, Olivier de Serres in Paris and was afterwards admitted for the Leonardo da Vinci European grant. He graduated with honours from a Master in Photographic Studies at the university of Westminster in 2011. His work questions the apparent wilderness of the landscapes that surround us. In his latest project Endeavour, Clément Verger isolates a specific example of the larger phenomenon that is the transportation and implantation of species across the world. The Eucalyptus tree and its introduction in Europe becomes a case study, a tool to analyse the complex patterns in man’s influence on its environment.
Clément Verger was one of the artist in residency at the Cité Internationale des Arts for the year 2017/2018, and is now a member of the Academie de France in Madrid, Casa de Velazquez 2018/2019.
FORMATION
2009-2011 University of Westminster, MA Photographic Studies, Londres
2006-2008 ENSAAMA Olivier de Serres, BTS, Paris
RESIDENCES
2018-2019 Membre artiste à l’Académie de France de Madrid, Casa de Velázquez
2019 Résidence Cuarto Pexigo, à Saint Jacques de Compostelle, Espagne
2017-2018 Résidence à la Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris
2016-2017 Résidence The Independent AIR, Portugal
2012-2013 Résidence Générateur de la Galerie RX, Ivry
2008-2009 Programme Leonardo da Vinci, Londres
BOURSES ET PRIX
2019 Nomination Prix Pictet HOPE
2018 Aide à la photographie documentaire contemporaine du CNAP
2016 Nomination Prix Pictet SPACE
2015 Shortlisted Prix Camera Clara
2013 New York Times, Portfolio Reviews, New York
2007. Shortlisted, Adobe Achievement Awards, San Francisco
EXPOSITIONS INDIVIDUELLES
2019. ENDEAVOUR, PhotoEspaña, Jardín Botánico, Madrid
2018. Correspondance #2, Cité internationale des Arts, Paris
2015. Landscape Studies, Musée de Minéralogie de l'école des Mines de Paris
2015. Landscape Studies, Galerie Rivière Faiveley, Paris
2014. Etudes de Paysage, Générateur Galerie RX, Ivry-sur-Seine
EXPOSITIONS COLLECTIVES
2020. Geografias Plasticas #1, les rétrospectives de la Casa de Velázquez, Madrid
2019. Viva Villa !, Collection Lambert, Avignon
2019. Itinérance Casa de Velázquez, Madrid, Saragosse, Paris, Nantes
2019. Mois de la Photo OFF, Eclipse Studio LAK Paris
2019. Portes Ouvertes, Casa de Velázquez, Madrid
2018. Estampa Art Fair, Casa de Velázquez, Madrid , Barcelone
2017. Urbanautica & MedPhoto, Endeavour, Crète
2017. We Can Stay Here While We Wait, Aarhus, Danemark
2017. Liquid Landscapes, 280A, Vienna, Autriche
2015. Thank Who, curateur, Photobookfest, Paris Photo
2015. Dans Quelle Vie tu Monde, la RATP, Station Europe, Paris
2014. Slick Art Fair, représented by the Gallery Rivière Faiveley, Paris
2014. Galerie Rivière Faiveley, Autres Horizons, Paris
2012. Remaining Lights, Santorini International Biennale of Arts, Grèce
2011. MAPS 2011, P3 Gallery, Londres
2011. Interim Show, West Gallery, Londres
2007. Paris Pop Art, galerie Talmart, Paris
2007. Made in Paris, Réfectoire des Cordeliers, Paris
EDITON & PUBLICATIONS
2019. Catalogue Viva Villa, La Fin des Forêts, Collection Lambert
2019. Catalogue Casa de Velázquez, Membres Artistes 2018-2019
2019. Catalogue PhotoEspaña 2019
2017. 280a, LIQUID LANDSCAPES, publication collective
2017. We Can Stay Here While We Wait, Voices in the Anthropocene, publication collective
2014. Land of the Atom, self published, présnté au Bal et à la Tate Modern
2013/2018. La fabrique du regard Le BAL, publications des Ateliers