Jeune création internationale

For over twenty years, Jeune création internationale has placed emerging talent at the heart of the Lyon Biennale – Contemporary Art. Originally launched as Rendez-vous in 2002 by the Musée d’art contemporain de Lyon and École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Lyon, it was joined the following year by the Institut d’art contemporain and by la Biennale de Lyon itself in 2015. Jeune création internationale stands out as a distinctive platform within the French art scene, where professionalisation, production and dissemination are tightly interwoven to provide artists with a rigorous, supportive framework.

Each edition brings together ten emerging artists — five from the regional scene and five from the international scene — invited to create new works. This format fosters in-depth dialogue with curatorial and technical teams, ensuring tailored production conditions suited to the event’s scale.

The regional selection is drawn from an open call targeting artists connected to the AuvergneRhône-Alpes region, prioritising the quality of proposals and the maturity of their research. The artistic direction of Jeune création internationale comprises one representative each from la Biennale de Lyon, the Institut d’art contemporain / Frac Rhône-Alpes, macLYON, and a regional art school — this year, École supérieure d’art et de design Grenoble-Valence. For the jury, it is joined by Catherine Nichols, curator of the 18th Lyon Biennale, and two artists from previous editions: Camille Llobet and Viriya Chotpaniavisut.

The international selection is developed in collaboration with partner curators and institutions, promoting the circulation of practices and strengthening professional networks.

Invited to produce directly at the Institut d’art contemporain / Frac Rhône-Alpes, the ten artists develop their works in close proximity to their exhibition spaces. This seamless continuity between production and presentation aligns their practice with a process-oriented approach, echoing the thinking of artist Robert Filliou, for whom art was less about the object than the process itself.