Elsa Prudent is a contemporary Franco-Caribbean artist based in Paris. She’s graduated at the Fine arts of Bordeaux. Her work intimately explores memory, identity, and trans-generational legacies. Her work is expressed in a variety of media, including drawing, painting and installation. In her work, Elsa Prudent questions the links between collective and individual memory. She creates spaces that invite viewers to confront their own memories and legacies. Her work is presently visible at Espace Treize for the collective show Bonne chance. She presented her work at Remèdes et poisons at The Tropiques Atrium national scene of Martinique in 2025. She also showcased it at the Itinéraires Fantômes exhibition at the CAPC in Bordeaux in 2024. Her work appeared at the CAC Brétigny in 2023. In the same year, she will have a solo exhibition at Artist Runspace Drift project in Marseille.
Elsa Prudent
Email: prudent_elsa@hotmail.fr
EDUCATION
Licence and Master Art mention design, D.N.S.E.P. with Mention du jury
École Offshore directed by Paul Devautour in Shanghai (China) Erasmus, 2015
Université Bordeaux 3 Montaigne Montesquieu, Licence d’histoire de l’art, 2012
Ecole Essarc Evolution, MANAA (Mise à niveau des arts appliqués) Bordeaux, 2010
SOLO SHOW
Don’t feed your ghosts, they’ll come back hungry! Driftproject, Marseille 2023
Enjoy the silence, Eliane project à Bordeaux, curator Marion Vasseur raluy, 2021
Confidences, Galerie Bazaart compatibles Program, Paul Devautour, Shanghai, 2016
Returning from Inner Mongolia, Galerie Bazaart compatibles Program, Shanghai, 2016
GROUP SHOW
Bonne Chance, curated by Treize , Paris
Remèdes et poisons , curated by Marion Vasseur raluy, at Tropiques atrium national scene, January 2025, Martinique
Itinéraires fantômes, curated by Anne Iwataki and Marion Vasseur raluy, CAPC juin 2024 Bordeaux
Partir du muscles, curated by Daisy Lambert, CAC Brétigny, Mai 2023, Brétigny-sur-orge
Convergences curated by Pierre-Antoine Irasque à l’espace 29 en Mai 2022 à Bordeaux
Formfem curated by Feminisem, Galerie BLECH Halle (Allemagne), 2020
Danger performance, Artist runspace Le d’Anger, 2020, Paris
Utopia, deserts and oases, Curated by Neven Allanic, Artist Runspace Fugitif, 2019, Leipzig -Allemagne-
RESIDENCE
Wysing Arts Centre, Magnetic résidency, fluxus art project, 2025
Résidency Astéries at Bordeaux project sponsor by Föhn, april 2022
CONFERENCE
Selling the wick: How to create your own space on invitation by Jeunes Critiques d’Art, la villette Paris 2023
Organisation of and contribution to the BlackFlower round table, as part of the Africa2020 season, 23 March 2021, École des arts décoratifs de Paris
FESTIVAL
Selection of my film Enjoy the silence at : Wxool Festival, Mains d’oeuvres St-Ouen, 2022
WORKSHOP
Itinéraire Casper a workshop for kids at CAPC Bordeaux, 2024
Workshop in the CHAAP class at : Jean Zay College, Cenon, in partnership with L’Ebabx, 2020
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