Pauline Curnier Jardin

Artist

Pauline Curnier Jardin (b.1980 in Marseille, France) is an artist, filmmaker and performer who lives and works in Amsterdam and Berlin.

Pauline Curnier Jardin is an artist working at the intersection of several media, including installation, performance, film, and drawing. Her spectacular cinematic installations create heterodox universes and tell stories, offering alternative narratives.

She is the recipient of the German Nationalgalerie Prize (2019), the Villa Romana Prize (2021) in Florence, and was awarded the Villa Medici fellowship (2019–2020) in Rome.

In recent years, her work has been presented or commissioned by: Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2026); M HKA, Antwerp (2025); NW, Open House for Contemporary Art and Film, Aalst (2025); Galeria Municipal do Porto, Porto (2025); Kiasma, Helsinki (2024); MACRO, Rome (2024); Centraal Museum, Utrecht (2023); Kunsthaus Pasquart, Biel/Bienne (2023); CRAC Occitanie, Sète (2022); FRAC Corse (2022); Fondazione Memmo, Rome (2022); Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW), Berlin (2022); LIAF, Venice and Kabelvåg (2022); Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin (2021); INDEX – The Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation, Stockholm (2021); Steirischer Herbst Festival, Graz (2020); Manifesta 13, Marseille (2020); Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2020 and 2013); Bergen Assembly, Bergen Biennial (2019); International Film Festival Rotterdam (2018); 57th Venice Biennale (2017); Tate Modern, London (2017); Performa 15, New York (2015).