Visual artist Clément Verger (b. 1988, FR) questions the apparent wilderness of the landscapes that surround us at the epoch of the Anthropocene. His work associates artistic production to scientific protocols in a research-based process. His projects are tools, focusing on questioning the complex ramifications of man’s influence on the environment.
Started in 2016, Circumnavigations is a three-part project dealing with the influence of Captain Cook’s voyages on the global landscape through the introduction of plants. Each of the three expeditions becomes a case study questioning the transport and implantation of species across the world.
Clément Verger 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 from the Master in Photographic Studies at the university of Westminster in 2011.
He was a member of l’Académie de France in Madrid, Casa de Velazquez 2018-2019. In 2020 he received the Prix du Tirage CIPGP collection Florence et Damien Bachelot. His work is presented in numerous private collections as well as part of the collections of the Casa de Velazquez, Frac Picardie, Frac PACA, the BNF and CIPGP.
In 2021 he was selected for the first project-led PHD for artist created by the Casa de Velazquez. He will develop is project over the next three years in association with the University Paris Saclay under the direction of Gregory Quenet (professor in environmental history).
EDUCATION
2021-2024- Casa de Velázquez & University Paris Saclay, PHD contract
2009-2011. University of Westminster, MA Photographic Studies, London
2006-2008. ENSAAMA Olivier de Serres, BTS, Paris
RESIDENCIES
2022-2023. Residency at the Maison Julien Gracq, Mauges-sur-Loire
2018-2019. Artist member of the Académie de France in Madrid, Casa de Velázquez
2019. Residency Cuarto Pexigo, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain
2017-2018. Residency at the Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris
2016-2017. Residency at The Independent AIR, Portugal
2012-2013. Residency Générateur at RX gallery, Ivry France
2008-2009. Program Leonardo da Vinci, London
GRANTS & PRIZES
2022. Grant Aide individuelle à la Création, FRAC PACA
2021. Grant Aide à la photographie documentaire contemporaine from the CNAP
2020. Prix du Tirage, CIPGP collection Florence & Damien Bachelot
2019. Nominated Pictet prize HOPE
2018. Grant Aide à la photographie documentaire contemporaine from the CNAP
2016. Nominated Pictet prize SPACE
2015. Shortlisted Prix Camera Clara
2013. New York Times, Portfolio Reviews, New York
2007. Shortlisted, Adobe Achievement Awards, San Francisco
SOLO SHOWS
2023. CIRCUMNAVIGATIONS, at le MAT Centre d'art, Programme Suite, CNAP/ADAGP
2019. ENDEAVOUR, El Eucalipto, un Caso de Estudio, 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
GROUP SHOWS
2023. Printemps Silencieux, Maison de l’architecture d’Amiens, the collections of the FRAC Picardie
2023. Open Doors, Installation « Circumnavigations, les recherches », Casa de Velázquez
2022. Itinerance Casa de Velázquez, Madrid
2022. La Nature n’existe pas, Maison de la culture d’Amiens, the collections of the FRAC Picardie
2020. Itinérance, Académie des Beaux Arts, Paris
2020. Paysages-présages, 6B, Saint-Denis
2020. Geografias Plasticas #1, les rétrospectives de la Casa de Velázquez, Madrid
2019. La Fin des Forêts, Viva Villa!, Collection Lambert, Avignon
2019. Itinérance Casa de Velázquez, Madrid
2019. Mois de la Photo OFF, Eclipse Studio LAK Paris
2019. Portes Ouvertes, Casa de Velázquez, Madrid
2018. Estampa Art Fair, et ARCO art fairs, Madrid , Barcelone
2017. Urbanautica & MedPhoto, Endeavour, Crète
2017. We Can Stay Here While We Wait, Aarhus Capitale Européenne de la Culture, 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
2022. Contre-culture dans la photographie contemporaine, Michel Poivert, Editions Textuel
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
2017. We Can Stay Here While We Wait, Voices in the Anthropocene
2014. Land of the Atom, self-published, presented at Le Bal & the Tate Modern