Trajectoires que je suis, Lauréates du prix d'honneur AWARE
TRAJECTOIRES QUE JE SUIS,
LAURÉATES DU PRIX D’HONNEUR AWARE
[Trajectories that I Follow/that I am, Recipients of the AWARE Outstanding Merit Prize]
Exhibition from June 13th to December 7th, 2025
Opening on June 12th, 2025 at 6pm, with a performance by Tsuneko Taniuchi
Curated by Matylda Taszycka and Éléonore Besse, assisted by Ambre Panhard, for AWARE: Archives of Women Artists, Research and Exhibitions.
Coproduction: FRAC Champagne-Ardenne and AWARE, with the exceptional participation of the Centre national des arts plastiques.
With: Barbara Chase-Riboud, Esther Ferrer, Jacqueline de Jong, Laura Lamiel, Rose Lowder, Vera Molnár, Marie Orensanz, Judit Reigl, Maria Klonaris / Katerina Thomadaki and Nil Yalter.
From June 13th to December 7th, FRAC Champagne-Ardenne (Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain) and AWARE: Archives of Women Artists, Research and Exhibitions are joining forces to present Trajectoires que je suis, Lauréates du prix d’honneur AWARE. This retrospective exhibition celebrates the tenth anniversary of the AWARE association (2024) and the AWARE Prize (2026).
Since their creation in 2016, the AWARE Prizes have played a key role in promoting and recognising women and non-binary artists on the French scene. The Outstanding Merit Prize, awarded to artists with a career spanning more than 40 years, has been awarded to eleven artists: Esther Ferrer (2016), Judit Reigl (2017), Vera Molnár and Nil Yalter (ex aequo in 2018), Jacqueline de Jong (2019), Marie Orensanz (2020), Barbara Chase-Riboud (2021), Laura Lamiel (2022), Rose Lowder (2023), Katerina Thomadaki for her joint work with Maria Klonaris (2024). In 2025, the Outstanding Merit Prize was awarded to Tsuneko Taniuchi.
Evoking the individual and collective trajectories of their lives and careers, this exhibition pays tribute to the singular careers of the AWARE Prize-winning artists. Most were born outside France, but their unique backgrounds and experiences have enriched the French art scene. Their art, often accompanied by an assertive political commitment, challenges the canonical reading of post-war art and imposes the writing of a decentred and, in fact, inclusive art history. In retrospect, the AWARE prizes take note of the intercultural nature of the French art scene and the plural trajectories that run through it.