Dora Jeridi, "The Image Eaters", 2022, Oil on canvas, 195 x 260 cm
BY KATYA HUDSON
On the 18th of October 2022, after a selection process consisting of more than 1000 applications and the auditions of 12 nominees, the jury selected Dora Jeridi as the winner of the 9th Emerige Revelations Grant. The artist will benefit from the support of the partner, Galerie mor charpentier, as well as the provision of a workshop for one year and a grant of €15,000 for a solo exhibition at the gallery in 2023.
In addition, Valentin Ranger received the Special Jury Prize, which will also provide him with a personal exhibition at the Galerie Mor Charpentier.
A militant patron of culture, for over 30 years Emerige has guided multiple programs throughout Paris. As the leading developer within Paris itself and fifth in the Greater Paris area, creating a better life in the city, is Emerige's ambition. Since 2016, the organization has been committed to a voluntary and unique CSR approach placing art at the heart of its commitments by promoting access to culture for all. Through the dissemination of art in the city as well as cultural programs and sponsorship policies Emerige is dedicated to young people. Each year, 15,000 children benefit from a multitude of initiatives including “A day of vacation. Versailles” (A Day Off in Versailles), the Fondation du Collége de France, the Paris Autumn Festival and Gérard Garouste’s La Source.
As the first signatory of the “1 Immeuble, 1 oeuvre” (1 building, 1 artwork) charter Emerige also contributes to the development of art in the city by the systematic installation of artworks in each building they design. Today, there are over 100 works for over 100,000 users and inhabitants in these buildings.
In June 2022, Emerige inaugurated L'Atlas, Galerie des Mondes, an exhibition space in the heart of La F.licit. designed to invite foreign galleries to present artists that they promote.
Emerige Revelations Grant Awardee: Dora Jeridi
Dora Jeridi was born in 1998 in Paris, where she still lives and works. After completing her Master's Degree in Contemporary History (Paris, 2012), this year's prize winner went on to train at the Beaux-Arts de Paris. Most recent exhibitions include; Experience (2021) Art at the Center (2021) and CRUSH (2020).
The creatives practice is intense, energetic, and expressive. Showing a strong desire for the material and an avid, sometimes voracious, relationship to painting. By representing situations where enigmatic narrativity often appears, for the artist, it is a matter of showing a state of crisis that cannot be spoken, a world that is silent, although eager for expression. At times dreamlike, occasionally nightmarish, and sometimes violent, Jeridi's work bears witness to an irreducible tension between chaotic outbursts and the quest for grace.
