Gespräch mit der Künstlerin Éléa-Jeanne Schmitter

Conversation with the artist Éléa-Jeanne Schmitter / Rencontre avec l'artiste Éléa-Jeanne Schmitter

The French artist Éléa-Jeanne Schmitter is invited to present her work and in particular "Les Coussins", part of her project that deals with gender-based and sexual violence in the context of sporting events and which she is pursuing as part of her stay at the Salzamt in Linz. Based on her research and study of these phenomena, the artist uses the act of piercing to physically materialize the statistical increase in violence while exposing the inaccuracy, blind spots and fragility of this data.

Éléa-Jeanne Schmitter, born in Beauvais in 1993, currently works in France at the POUSH studio in Aubervilliers. After earning a BFA degree from Concordia University in Canada, she was accepted into the Kourtrajmé School's class of 12 under the direction of artist JR. Her work was shown at the Palais de Tokyo as part of the exhibition “Jusqu'ici tout va bien”. Her first solo exhibition took place at CENTQUATRE Paris. In 2025 her work was exhibited at the Palais de la Porte Dorée. She is one of the five winners of the “Nouvel Oeil 2026” mentorship program launched by Gaze Magazine and supported by the Maison Européenne de la Photographie.

Moderation: Kenneth Zadji-Cluzel
Language: English

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L'artiste française Éléa-Jeanne Schmitter It is an invitation to present the oeuvre and participatory "Les Coussins", a project that contains sexist violence and sexual corrélées in sports events that are part of the cadre of the residence in Salzamt in Linz. À partir de ses recherches et des études menées sur ces phénomènes, the artist uses the act of perforation to materialize the physics of the statistics of violence to reveal the approximation, the angles of death and the fragility of the ces données.

Éléa-Jeanne Schmitter was born in 1993 in Beauvais. Elle work currently in France from his studio POUSH in Aubervilliers. After a BFA from the University of Concordia in Canada, she integrated the promotion of 12 degrees from the School of Kourtrajmé and the direction of the artist JR. Son travail a été exposé au Palais de Tokyo lors de l'exposition Jusqu'ici tout va bien. Son premier solo show a lieu au CENTQUATRE Paris. In 2025, it was exposed at the Palais de la Porte Dorée. Elle is one of the cinq lauréates du program de mentorat Nouvel Oeil 2026 créé par Gaze Magazine et soutenu par la Maison Européenne de la Photographie.

Moderation : Kenneth Zadji-Cluzel
Langue : anglais