Artist, lives and works between Clermont-Ferrand and Paris.

 

" Manon Pretto uses images and digital technology to deconstruct and question the inherent identity of today’s society. Drawing her inspiration from the field, she is interested in the social relations between individuals, in particular the relations of authority, oppression and resistance. As a result, her work is multidisciplinary, uses a variety of mediums ranging from video to installation, image and performance.

 

Her futuristic-looking projects play with the codes of dystopia to draw us assertively into a world that seems familiar to us. Each of the present works have their own stories, but interconnected, they form an abstract space, an entity full of potentialities: a witness structure.

 

By penetrating this space, the spectator modulates and projects itself, in order to become the actor and creator of what he perceives. The works and the bodies mingle, blurring the boundaries between the images created by the artist and the film in which the spectator is enlisted in spite of himself. At the heart of this device, the space and the spectator open a dialogue that pushes him to question his perception of the images and the relationship he has with them. This accentuated proximity of the body and the image, which end up merging, does not leave us indifferent, provoking a multitude of questions about what shapes us today. Are we the creators of our perception or are we subject to it? "

Élise Arnaud

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2023, HETEROTOPIA, 24 Beaubourg, Biennale de l'image tangible, Paris, Fr

A "exposition phare", curated by the Biennale organizers, bringing together 16 artists at 24Beaubourg from November 01 to 15, 2023, around the themes of cynicism, humor and casualness.
With the participation of :
Tadao Cern / Amir Chasson / Cyriak / Frederique Daubal / Nicolas Deville / Sandrine De Pas / Anne de Vries / Lingfei Guan / Rachel De Joode / Philippe Katerine / Manon Pretto / Marie Serruya / Roman Signer / Oli Sorenson / Letha wilson / Erwin Wurm

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2023, RESIDENCE / Anomalia Cybernetic Bacteria, Cité internationale des art, Paris, Fr

Program 2-12
The residency will include a period of work and research on the eco-robotic installation project.

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2023, RESIDENCE, Arts Visuels de Grand Paris Sud, Évry-Courcouronnes, Fr

Exhibitions

  • 2023, { UNIVERS BLOC }, Atelier Éphémère, Paris, Fr
  • 2023, RING RING RING, Pal project, Paris, Fr
  • 2023, Exquisite Welfare of Uncanny Mutations, Cumulus artist runspace, Bordeaux, Fr
  • 2023, MATIÈRE ÉCRAN, Galerie Data, Paris, Fr
  • 2022, E-XPLO, Le B.A.R, Qsp* galerie, Roubaix, Fr
  • 2022, Mille ans après, Julio Artiste Run Space, Paris, Fr
  • 2022, AIMANT-AIMANT, Espace d'exposition La Canopée, siège social du groupe Michelin, Clermont-Ferrand, Fr
  • 2022, Memory from the future, Macadam Galery, Bruxelles, Be
  • 2022, Maisons Folles #7, Ville de Ronchin, Lille, Fr
  • 2022, Attention Show Chaud, Flamme Atelier, Montreuil, Fr
  • 2022, Interface, LIlle Art Up, Lille, Fr
  • 2022, Le cycle des désastres: hystérie de l'éternité, Le Gallo, Boulogne-Billancourt, Fr
  • 2021, GhostGaze, La Guerrière, Rennes, Fr
  • 2021, Biennial Mulhouse 021, Motoco, Mulhouse, Fr
  • 2021, Artschild, Paris, Fr
  • 2021, Frontières, Espace Voltaire, Paris, fr
  • 2021, Assemblage #27 Atlantis, is calling, Julio Artist Run Space, Paris, Fr
  • 2021, DEMAIN(S), Space Espace Christiane Peugeot, Paris, Fr
  • 2020, :CERISE: :CERISE: :CLOCHE:, ESACM, Clermont-Ferrand, Fr
  • 2020, The Owl's Castle, Carin Klonowski and Étienne François, Contemporary Art Center Les églises de Chelles, Fr
  • 2020, At the end, Triangle Arts Association – New York, USA
  • 2020, if you see something, say something, Triangle Arts Association – New York, USA
  • 2020, Veille, In extenso, Clermont-ferrand, Fr
  • 2019, 18 Meeting of those involved in film education, Screening of the film L'heure Bleue, La jetée, Clermont-Ferrand, Fr
  • 2019, Frapper le soleil, Study days, Screening of the film L'heure Bleue, ESACM, Clermont-Ferrand, Fr
  • 2019, Crépuscules et Répétition, C'Mouvoir, Champs sur Tarentaine, Fr
  • 2019, Retour 18h23, In extenso, Clermont-ferrand, Fr
  • 2019, Habit(É) Bargoin, Museum Bargoin, Clermont-Ferrand, Fr
  • 2019, Tisser des liens, Museum Bargoin, Clermont-Ferrand, Fr
  • 2018, Veillée*, Contemporary Art Center Parc Saint-Léger, Pougues-les-Eaux, Fr
  • 2017, 37° Partie 1, In extenso, Clermont-ferrand, Fr