Julien Creuzet, alongside his Galleries High Art and Andrew Kreps, awarded 2022 Etant donnés Prize at Art Basel Miami Beach [fr]

The $20,000 prize, organized by Villa Albertine and the French Professional Committee of Art Galleries (CPGA), recognizes a work of great significance by a contemporary France-based artist.

Julien Creuzet, 2022 Courtesy Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York

Miami Beach, November 29, 2022 — In a ceremony at the Miami Beach Botanical Garden, Julien Creuzet and his galleries Andrew Kreps and High Art were named the 2022 winners of the Etant donnés Prize. Co-organized by Villa Albertine and the French Professional Committee of Art Galleries (CPGA), the prize supports excellence in contemporary creation and fosters international visibility for the French art scene.

“Drawing attention to pressing ecological crises from the perspective of the French-speaking Caribbean diaspora, Julien Creuzet’s works feels particularly relevant in the context of South Florida. His poetic sculptures composed of found materials, including flotsam and jetsam, employ an abstract language to profound impact,” noted the jury, which is pleased to recognize both the artist’s French and American galleries for this inaugural iteration of the Étant donnés Prize at Art Basel Miami Beach.

Julien Creuzet (b. 1986) is a French-Caribbean artist who lives and works in Paris. Resisting a finite narrative, and remaining open-ended, Creuzet’s sculptures are embedded with the anxieties of impending climate crises, the question of emancipation, and a desire for Black affirmation.

The artist has also been selected to represent France at the Venice Biennale in 2024.

To know more about the artist Julien Creuzet and the Etant donnés Prize, visit the website of Villa Albertine.