The Foundation's Prize

From 1999 to 2025, the Fondation Pernod Ricard Prize was awarded annually to an emerging artist from the French art scene. The exhibition accompanying the Prize was curated by an exhibition curator who took a forward-looking view of the current French art scene.

Awarded by a jury composed of past prize winners, curators of previous editions of the Prize, and collectors, the Prize included, among other things, the purchase of a work by the winning artist, which was donated to the Musée national d’art moderne – Centre Pompidou. It also provided the winning artist with support for a personal project abroad. Through the Prize, the Foundation worked to promote the recognition of artists under the age of 40 among both art professionals and a very broad public.

In 2025, the Foundation is evolving its prize into the Nouveau Programme, continuing its commitment to artists through long-term support, via redesigned formats and renewed support mechanisms.

Learn more about the Nouveau Programme here.

 

Image : Exhibition view of "All the messages are emotional", Fondation Pernod Ricard, 2024 © Aurelien Mole.

Composition of the jury for the Fondation Pernod Ricard's Prize (1999-2024)

Boris Achour, Marcos Avila Forero, Colette Barbier, Pascal Beausse, Neil Beloufa, Françoise et Jean-Philippe Billarant, Camille Blatrix, Katinka Bock, Anne Bonnin, Nicolas Bourriaud, Thomas Boutoux, Fernand Brenner, Stéphane Calais, Gaël Charbau, Clément Cogitore, Jean-Max Colard, Isabelle Cornaro, Stéphanie Cottin, Jean-Pierre Criqui, Pauline de la Boulaye, Gabrielle de La Fouchardière, Paul de La Taille, Alexandra de Royere, Bertrand Dezoteux, Olivier Diaz, Clément Dirié, Elena Filipovic, Catherine Francblin, Dorith Galuz, Pascale Gérardin, Hélène Gheysens, Thierry Gontier, Michèle Guyot-Roze, Dominique Jacquemin, Flora Katz, Iordanis Kerenidis, Jesi Khadivi, Joseph Kouli, Didier Krzentowski, Boris Kurdi, Vincent Lamouroux, Charlotte Laubard, Matthieu Laurette, Judicaël Lavrador, Cathia Lawson, Claire Le Restif, Romain Leclere, Marjolaine Lévy, Karine Lienhard, Benoit Maire, Nathalie Mamane-Cohen, Eric Mangion, Mathieu Mercier, Caroline Mesquita, Léopold Meyer, Wilfried Mille, Adrien Missika, Stéphanie Moisdon, Chiara Parisi, Sandra Patron, Piergiorgio Pepe, Sebastien Peyret, Hall Philip, Florian Pugnaire, David Raffini, Emilie Renard, Lily Reynaud Dewar, Alexandre Ricard, Julie Rouart, Maya Sachweh, Myriam et Jacques Salomon, Anne-Claire Schmitz, Liv Schulman, Annabelle Tenez, Eden Tinto Collins, Ida Tursic, Lilou Vidal, Anne Wachsman, Elsa Werth, Raphaël Zarka

2024

Awarded
Clémentine AdouMadison BycroftHaYoungCharlotte HouetteLenio KakleaPaul Maheke et Mona Varichon.

Exhibition
All the Messages Are Emotional

Curator
Arlène Berceliot Courtin

Copyright: Des signes

2023

Awarded
Eden Tinto Collins

Exhibition
Do You Believe in Ghosts?

Curator
Fernanda Brenner

2022

Awarded
Elsa Werth

Exhibition
Horizones

Curator
Clément Dirié

Image : (c) Elsa Werth

2021

Awarded
Boris Kurdi

Exhibition
Bonaventure

Curator
Lilou Vidal

Image : (c) Thomas Lannes

2020

Awarded
Marcos Avila Forero

Exhibition
Le fil d'alerte


Curator
Claire Le Restif

Image : (c) Aurélien Mole

2019

Awarded
Liv Schulman

Exhibition
20ème Prix de la Fondation Ricard

Curator
Neïl Beloufa

2018

Awarded
Caroline Mesquita

Exhibition
Les bons sentiments

Curator
Anne-Claire Schmitz

2017

Awarded
Clément Cogitore

Exhibition
Paris

Curator
Isabelle Cornaro

2016

Awarded
Pugnaire & Raffini

Exhibition
L'ordre des lucioles

Curator
Marc-Oliver Wahler

2015

Awarded
Camille Blatrix

Exhibition
L'époque, Les humeurs, Les valeurs, L'attention

Curator
castillo / corrales

2014

Awarded
Lili Reynaud Dewar

Exhibition
La vie matérielle

Curator
Yann Chateigné Tytelman

2013

Awarded
Katinka Bock

Exhibition
Evocateur 

Curator
Elena Filipovic

2011

Awarded
Adrien Missika

Exhibition
The Seabass

Curator
Eric Troncy

2010

Awarded
Benoît Maire
Isabelle Cornaro

Exhibition
Monsieur Miroir

Curator
Emilie Renard

2009

Awarded
Tursic & Mille

Exhibition
L'image cabrée

Curator
Judicaël Lavrador

2008

Awarded
Raphaël Zarka

Exhibition
La consistence du visible

Curator
Nicolas Bourriaud 

2007

Awarded
Berdaguer & Péjus

Exhibition
Dérive

Curator
Mathieu Mercier

2006

Awarded
Vincent Lamouroux

Exhibition
Incipit

Curator
Charlotte Laubard

2005

Awarded
Loris Gréaud

Exhibition
Offshore

Curator
Jean-Max Colard

2004

Awarded
Mircea Cantor

Exhibition
Prosismic

Curator
Evelyne Jouanno 

2003

Awarded
Matthieu Laurette

Exhibition
Propaganda

Curator
Pascal Beausse

2002

Awarded
Boris Achour

Exhibition
Promotion
 

Curator
François Piron

2001

Awarded
Tatiana Trouvé

Exhibition
Lost in the supermarket

Curator
Jean-Yves Jouannais

2000

Awarded
Natacha Lesueur

Exhibition
Prodige

Curator
Robert Fleck

1999

Awarded
Didier Marcel

Exhibition
Propice

Curator
Catherine Francblin