Clémence Vazard is a French transdisciplinary artist born in 1985, working between Paris, Arles, and Mexico City.
Her practice explores invisible connections between living beings through participatory research-creation, placing collective engagement at the core of her creative process. Her nomadic approach brings communities together in artistic collaborations. Recent work draws on plant-based dyeing techniques to challenge dominant narratives and amplifying the voices of the living world, fostering an ecology of relation.
She graduated with distinction from the MA Art & Science at Central Saint Martins (London) and has exhibited internationally in London (Central Saint Martins, Copeland Gallery), Madrid (Hybrid Art Fair), Quito (Centro Cultural Metropolitano), New York (The Locker Room), Paris (Mexican Cultural Institute in France), and Arles (Galerie Anne Clergue). Her monumental work "Palabras del Amazonas" in Ecuador engaged 300 community members and remains permanently installed in public space. Her works are held in public collections (Galerie du 19M, Musée Charles Léandre, Municipality of Macas in Ecuador) and private collections across Europe and the Americas.
Recipient of the ADAGP Research Fund for "La Parole de l'Eau" (2023), she has completed residencies at Ateliers de la Madeleine and Atelier LUMA (Arles, 2022 and 2024), the Ecuadorian Amazon (French Institute, 2024), Morocco (Massa Stories, 2023 and 2025), Colombia (Villa CreaColombia, 2025), with an upcoming residency in Bangladesh (Villa Swagatham, 2026).
Her work has received media coverage on France 24, France Culture, Radio France International, RFM, France Info, Ouest France, and La Provence. She has lectured at Central Saint Martins University (London), contemporary art fairs Material (Mexico City) and ARTBO (Bogotá), the ARDIS Biennial (Cuenca), and EHESS (Paris).
Clémence Vazard is a member of several international artistic collectives addressing feminist and environmental issues.
