Claire
Fontaine
Founded in 2004 in Paris
Works and lives in Palermo, Italy

Claire Fontaine is a collective feminist conceptual artist founded by Fulvia Carnevale and James Thornhill in Paris in 2004. Since 2017 she lives and works in Palermo.  Her name is inspired by Duchamp’s iconic ready-made, the urinal entitled Fontaine, and a famous brand of French notebooks (Clairefontaine); it defines a space where the biographies of the artist are not directly connected to their artworks, allowing their research to become a space of freedom and desubjectivization. 

portfolio
2024

Silenced, Where Are My Keys, Ausgabe, Vienna, AS 

Speechless, Bar, Barcelona ES

Ready-made Emotions, Harper’s Bazaar, GAM - Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Milan IT 

Jogue O Seu Eu Fora, exhibition by Claire Fontaine and Bernadette Corporation, Casa de Cultura do Parque, Sao Poalo. BR 

2023

Protection, Novo, Secci, Milan IT

Il Personale, Site Specific Installation, 21st Premio Ermanno Casoli Prize, Elica, Fabriano, IT

© Studio Claire Fontaine.