About

Born in 1987 in the Lyon region, Jeannie Abert is a ceramic artist specializing in cyanotype and clay sculpture. Based in Lamastre, Ardèche, her work draws inspiration from nature, which profoundly influences its forms and textures.

A graduate of the Saint-Étienne School of Art and Design, she continued her training with a Master II in Photography at the National School of Photography in Arles (2013). Her artistic journey began with an exploration of the image through experimental techniques such as cyanotype and collage.

In 2018, during a creative residency at the Vallauris School of Ceramic Art, she discovered ceramics. Her works are born from a sensitive dialogue with clay. More than a simple creative process, Jeannie lets herself be guided by the material, exploring its possibilities, its resistances, and its intuitions. Each unique piece testifies to this organic and instinctive relationship, where finesse and movement emerge naturally through her interactions with the clay.

At the same time, she developed her practice of cyanotype by constructing an iconographic corpus imbued with symbolism and poetry.

Approach

"All of my work is driven by a particular interest in the plant, mineral, and organic worlds teeming with fascinating forms that echo my research. Passionate about the plasticity of clay, I develop a set of unique ceramic pieces crafted through modeling. Movement, finesse, and balance play run through these sculptures."

Course

Training

2013 Master II Photography - ENSP National School of Photography, Arles

2009 DNA National Diploma in Plastic Arts, Art Option - ESADSE Higher School of Art and Design, Saint-Etienne

Residencies, international exchanges

2017-18 Young Creators Workshop, School of Fine Arts Ceramics, Vallauris

2016 Contemporary Photographic Art Center, Villa Pérochon, Niort

2015 Hamlet of Baux, Paradou

2011 International Center of Photography, New York

2010 Marmara University of Art and Design, Istanbul

Awards, scholarships

2015 Finalist - 30th International Fashion and Photography Festival, Villa Noailles, Hyères

2014 Oblick Prize - awarded by Charles Fréger, Strasbourg

2013 Finalist - SFR Young Talents Prize LE BAL, Paris

2013 Winner - ManifestO Festival, Toulouse

2011 Scholarship - International Mobility Assistance, Carla Bruni Foundation

Solo show

2017 Progress Gallery, Requiem, Paris

2016 LABottega, The poetical illusion, Marina di Pietrasanta, Italy

2014 Chapel of Méjean, Collapse, Arles

2014 Galerie Hasy, Evidence of things, Le Pouliguen

Group exhibitions

2021

Ravaisou Gallery / Plant and mineral soil / The Potters' Spring, Bandol

2018

Espace Grandjean / Young Creators 2018 / Vallauris

Espace Michelet / 22nd MEETINGS OF YOUNG INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS / Niort

2017

L'Abât-Jour Gallery / THE SKY AND THE DUST / Lyon

Hamlet of Baux / RESIDENCE n°1 / Paradou

More Than A Gallery / FUGUE - ÉCLAIRS / Paris

Progress Gallery / 22 PROJECTS - 22 MINUTES / Paris

Thaddaeus Ropac Gallery / YOUNG CREATION - SCREENING / Paris Pantin

Gallery Les Filles du Calvaire / EXCHANGES OF VIEWS / Paris

2016

DX Gallery / CONTEMPORARY ARTISTIC CREATION: AN ADVENTURE! / Bordeaux

The Toy Store Gallery / ILLUSIONS / Arles

Villa Méditerranée / FRANCE-MEXICO - Screening / Marseille

Baudouin Square Pavilion / PHOTOGRAPHIC NIGHTS / Paris

2015

Villa Noailles / 30th INTERNATIONAL FASHION AND PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL / Hyères

La Bellevilloise / PARIS OFF, OLYMPUS STAND / Paris

French Institute / UNSEEN PHOTO FAIR, INSIDE / OUTSIDE TERRITORY / Amsterdam, Netherlands

Piglet Courtyard / A-PART FESTIVAL, THE DISASTERS OF WAR / Les Baux-de-Provence

2014

Westpol Air Space / PARAPHOTOGRAPHY / Leipzig, Germany

Street / IN SITU INTERVENTION / MEDUSA, THE NIGHT OF THE ROCKET / Arles Le Maillon / DIALOGUES OF PHOTOGRAPHY / OBLICK FESTIVAL / Strasbourg

DX Gallery / FLASH PHOTO#3 / Bordeaux

The Toy Store Gallery / HOAX, CHIMERAS AND OTHER INFORMATION / Arles

2013

ManifestO Festival / FOR ETERNITY / Toulouse

SNCF Workshops / SPECIAL ATTENTION, RENCONTRES D'ARLES / Arles SNCF Workshops / OLYMPUS ENGAGES INTO A PHOTOGRAPHIC CONVERSATION / Collaboration with Stanley Greene, RENCONTRES D'ARLES / Arles

2012

Hélène Detaille Gallery / RECOMPOSITED LANDSCAPES / Marseille

Saint-Julien Church / WIP, ARLES MEETINGS / Arles