Manon Harrois
Manon Harrois (b. 1988) lives and works in Troyes (France). She studied at ENSAAMA in Paris and was awarded the Académie Française’s Jean Walter Zellidja research prize for her research. Harrois spent a year in the Sahara desert, Niger, with Tuareg and Fulani people. Presented in 2014 by Gilles Fuchs, she exhibited at La Galerie Premier Regard.
Her research was supported since 2009 until today by Germain Viatte.
Harrois´s work is described by the artist as a series of experiences that seek to settle into a territory of multiple interconnections, gestures and mediums.
It has been regularly presented in France and abroad in venues such as Second Room Antwerp (2024), Galerie Kai Erdmann, BERLIN (2022); RL52, Berlin (2022); Fundação Dom Luís, Cascais, Portugal (2022); Zuostant, Berlin (2022); UMPRUM, Prague (2022), SixtyEight Art Institute, Copenhagen (2022), Galeria Foco, Lisbon (2023), Spoiler zone, Berlin (2023). She has also collaborated extensively with Sara Bichão, namely within the context of Bienal AnoZero, Coimbra (2017), and exhibitions such as “Clorophilia” at Porta 33, Madeira (2020-2021) and “Sonic Geometry” at Arquipélago – Centro de Artes, Açores (2018). MAC Valdivia, Chile (2017).Harrois has also completed several artistic residencies: Residency Unlimited, NYC (2014); MAC Valdivia, Chile (2015); Sharjah Art Foundation, United Arab Emirates (2016); CNCM Césaré, Reims (2015>2018); CAMAC, Marnay sur Seine (2016); Artiste en résidence, Clermont Ferrand (2017); CAC/Passages, Troyes (2014 -2019); PORTA 33, Madeira, Portugal (2019); FRAC Champagne Ardenne (2020).
Her work was supported by the DRAC Grand Est, the Région Grand Est, the CNAP (2021-2022) and has entered the public collection of the FRAC Champagne Ardenne (2021). It is also represented in several private collections.
Exhibition View (Não Faz Mal, 2024)
Boca do Vento, 2024
Stone
35x38x11 cm
Amanhã há mais, 2024
Plastic, Rope, Latex and Barnacles
215x183x07 cm
Amanhã há mais, 2024
Plastic, Rope, Latex and Barnacles
215x183x07 cm
Culpa do Vento, 2024
Coral from Cascais Bay, Cotton thread, Natural wax candle and Fishhook
Variable dimensions
Culpa do Vento, 2024
Coral from Cascais Bay, Cotton thread, Natural wax candle and Fishhook
Variable dimensions
Culpa do Vento, 2024
Coral from Cascais Bay, Cotton thread, Natural wax candle and Fishhook
Variable dimensions
Leme, 2024
Plastic, Rope, Iron, Latex and Barnacles
95x28x34 cm
Leme, 2024
Plastic, Rope, Iron, Latex and Barnacles
95x28x34 cm
Exhibition View (Não Faz Mal, 2024)
Part of “Sopas” (Transportable kit model), 2024
Plywood, Balsa, Latex, Lock, Handle
Variable dimensions
O mar esta a arder (serie of 6), 2024
Shark Egg, Natural Wax Candle, Cotton thread and Fishhook
Variable dimensions
O mar esta a arder (serie of 6), 2024
Shark Egg, Natural Wax Candle, Cotton thread and Fishhook
Variable dimensions
Tes yeux bleus ont pris la mer I, 2024
Latex and Cotton Thread
450x258x01 cm
Tes yeux bleus ont pris la mer II, 2024
Latex and Cotton Thread
280x276x01 cm
Exhibition View (Não Faz Mal, 2024)
“Sopas” (Transportable kit model), 2024
Plywood, Balsa, Latex, Lock, Handle
Variable dimensions
“Sopas” (Transportable kit model), 2024
Plywood, Balsa, Latex, Lock, Handle
Variable dimensions
Part of “Sopas” (Transportable kit model), 2024
Plywood, Balsa, Latex, Lock, Handle
Variable dimensions
Part of “Sopas” (Transportable kit model), 2024
Plywood, Balsa, Latex, Lock, Handle
Variable dimensions
Part of “Sopas” (Transportable kit model), 2024
Plywood, Balsa, Latex, Lock, Handle
Variable dimensions
Part of “Sopas” (Transportable kit model), 2024
Plywood, Balsa, Latex, Lock, Handle
Variable dimensions
Part of “Sopas” (Transportable kit model), 2024
Plywood, Balsa, Latex, Lock, Handle
Variable dimensions
Não Faz Mal (Installation), 2024
Video (11m17s), Sound, 2 octopus trap and Light
Variable dimensions
Não Faz Mal (Installation), 2024
Video (11m17s), Sound, 2 octopus trap and Light
Variable dimensions
Não Faz Mal (Installation), 2024
Video (11m17s), Sound, 2 octopus trap and Light
Variable dimensions
Não Faz Mal (Installation), 2024
Video (11m17s), Sound, 2 octopus trap and Light
Variable dimensions
Não Faz Mal (Installation), 2024
Video (11m17s), Sound, 2 octopus trap and Light
Variable dimensions
Exhibition View (Não Faz Mal, 2024)
Notte 1-11, 2024
Bronze
Variable dimensions
Notte 1-11, 2024
Bronze
Variable dimensions
Im bocca al lupo ! Crepi il lupo! (Viva il lupo!), 2024
Bronze
Variable dimensions
Im bocca al lupo ! Crepi il lupo! (Viva il lupo!), 2024
Bronze
Variable dimensions
Exhibition View (Motobody, Group show January 2023)
Kiss, 2022
Latex, solid wood, air pump, tubes
Variable Dimensions
Clepsydre, 2022
Latex, solid wood, ropes, water pump, air pump, light, water, pipes
Variable dimensions
Detail of Clepsydre, 2022
Latex, solid wood, ropes, water pump, air pump, light, water, pipes
Variable dimensions
Clepsydre, 2022
Latex, solid wood, ropes, water pump, air pump, light, water, pipes
Variable dimensions