Charlotte Coquen
Charlotte Coquen's work is an art of synecdoche. Each of her creations refers, as part of a whole, to a political, social or intimate universe, as a trigger, an aesthetic clutch that prompts reaction and reflection. The productive confusion that the spectator may feel stems from the fact that these pieces, although part of a whole, are not necessarily a symptom of it, and certainly not a symbol or a lesser representation of it. Hence a form of equivocation, with each piece potentially referring to not one but several domains or discourses, be they political, social or intimate. The plastic force of the works stabilizes the gaze just as much as the body, forcing us to stop and catalyzing thought. Jérôme Felin.
Special Mention 2014 and Jury Prize 2016
Born in Dieppe in 1982. Lives and works in Rouen.
Specialized art teacher (ceramics), École d'art Claude Monet, Aulnay-sous-Bois
(Île-de-France).
Training
2011: IEAC, Guebwiller (Haut-Rhin) - Assistant to Françoise Petrovitch and Elsa Sahal
2008: DNSEP, Rouen Regional School of Fine Arts (Seine-Maritime)
2007: School of Art and Design,
Norwich (UK).
Exhibitions (selection)
2022 : Les pas des loups, solo show, artothèque ESADHaR, Le Havre (Seine-Maritime)
- 2020 : De visu, group show, Le SHED - L'Académie, center d'art contemporain de Maromme (Seine- Maritime) - 2019 : Biennale internationale de Vallauris (Alpes-Maritimes) - La Ronde, group show, musée de la Céramique de Rouen - Terrain vague, group show, Centre Tignous d'Art Contemporain, Montreuil (Île-de-France) - 2018: Tout à l'horizontal, solo show, Keramis - Centre de la Céramique, La Louvière (BE) - Das Rokoko, duo show with T. Boutemy, Morsbroich Museum, Leverkusen (DE).
