Clemence Vazard

"I give a voice to women to rebalance our society."

Clemence Vazard is an interdisciplinary artist.
She transforms intimate stories into powerful manifestos.

Careers

Clémence Vazard (born 1985, France) is a transdisciplinary artist who lives and works between Paris, Arles and Mexico City.
As an artist-researcher, Clémence Vazard investigates the power of intimate narratives to question dominant History and envision alternative founding myths.

The artist has developed a nomadic practice rooted in the territories she studies, exploring their specific visual and aural environments, rhythms, cultures, legends and the human and non-human beings who live there. The artworks arising from her research are infused with stories and emotions meticulously collected to address political issues through personal testimony.

The artist graduated from Central Saint Martins with distinction in 2022, received a grant from the City of Paris for her project #monpremierharcelement in 2017, a grant from the ADAGP Research Fund for her project "Conversations" in 2023 and has completed artistic residencies at Casa Roga in Mexico City in 2021, at Les Ateliers de la Madeleine in Arles in 2022, and in the Ecuadorian Amazon on the Institut Français creative residency programme in 2024.

Medium


Her practice is characterised by a rich diversity of forms and techniques, from participatory performance to embroidered photographs printed on textiles, ceramics, sound installations and plant dyeing, with narrative as the meeting point between the intimate and the universal.

Exhibition

Clémence Vazard's work has been exhibited internationally in New York, London, Paris, Amsterdam, Montreal, Mexico City, Arles, Brussels and Greece, among other places. Her work can be found in private collections in Europe and the Americas. She is a member of several international art collectives working on feminist and environmental issues.