Felicità 2025 presents the 24 artists who obtained their diplôme national supérieur d'arts plastiques from Beaux-Arts de Paris with honors from the jury, chaired by Mathieu Kleyebe Abonnenc, curator of the exhibition.
The exhibition invites visitors to take unusual and unique paths to construct, under a shared sky, a renewed image of the world and the cyclones that sweep across it. How can we inhabit a world when disaster seems imminent? How can we build community, repair, slow down, represent, and re-enchant the world, and perhaps manage to extricate ourselves from the continuous flow of images and representations that reduce reality?
“The works brought together for this exhibition are those we discovered during each artist's graduation, and which, in their diversity of medium and skill, ranging from video installation to sculpture and painting, paint a complex and sensitive picture of our contemporary condition.” - Mathieu Kleyebe Abonnenc, exhibition curator
With the artists :
Mehdi Boualli
Sila Candansayar
Virgile Desbat
Ladji Diaby
James Dosa
Marine Ducroux-gazio
Héléna Fourmont
Yann Fonseca Rodrigues
Cléopatra Gones
Hugo Hectus
Sanggu Kim
Arya K/Nell
Adrien Lagrange
Ibrahim Meïté Sikely
Winca Mendy
Salomé Moindjie-Gallet
Viktoriia Oreshko
Liselor Perez
Caroline Rambaud
Rose Ras
Apolline Régent
yietnu (duo d'artistes, Yi ZHANG et Nu HA)
Yi YE
A catalog accompanies the exhibition.
The exhibition and catalog are supported by ICICLE.
Late-night events related to the exhibition:
(Off-site) Wednesday, 14 January - 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
A programme of short films showcasing the work of artists who have developed a unique cinematic style. From documentary to fiction, this screening of films by Virgile Desbat, Marine Ducroux-Gaziot and Salomé Moindjie Gallet will be followed by a discussion with Mathieu Abonnenc. They explore themes of desire and power, the anticipation of impending disaster and the hope for a new life.
Marine Ducroux-Gazio
The Rainmaker (II, Raingrass), 14', 2025
Virgile Desbat
Dear Ray, 5,5, 2025
Reject, 14’, 2025
Salomé Moindjie-Gallet
Uma Gota de Agua no mar, 15' , 2025
Christine Cinéma Club
4 rue Christine, 75006
Student-led tours – guided tours of the exhibition:
Wednesdays at 6pm.
Thursdays and Fridays at 5pm.
Saturdays and Sundays at 4pm.
Visits are free with an admission ticket and no booking is required.
Duration: approximately 1 hour.
Closures:
The exhibition will be closed on Thursday 25 December 2025 and Thursday 1 January 2026.
Exceptional early closure at 4pm on Wednesday 24 and Wednesday 31 December 2025.
