TRAJECTORY & CONTACT
Fiona du Mesnildot (b. 1990) is a Bordeaux-based artist and ceramist.
From 2009 to 2013, she studied applied arts in Paris, followed by a period of design
research in the Netherlands, Arles, and Saint-Étienne until 2023.
Since 2021, her practice has focused on ceramics.
Her visual and formal research is at the crossroads of visual arts and design, questioning
the perception of reality and the conventions that organize us. By displacing materials,
places, or temporalities, she re-appropriates the object, making it a key to a silent narrative
and a way to create spaces of heterotopia.
Among her references:
The theatricality of
Guy de Cointet, the surrealism of Luis Buñuel, the idealism of Facteur Cheval, and the fantasy
of Lewis Carroll.
EXHIBITIONS / PUBLICATIONS / EVENTS
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"Where to, frome here?" Earthrise 25
(Infinite passports), exhibition
Circolo del design, Turin, Italy, 2025 -
Arrivée au palais d’été
by Studio Marcel Poulain,
(Waiting for Godot), display
Design parade Toulon, France, 2022 -
Citizenships. France, Poland, Germany since 1789
(Infinite Passports), exhibition and publication
Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin, Germany, 2022 -
Heimaten
(Infinite Passports), exhibition
MK&G, Hamburg, Germany, 2021 -
Designs for Different Futures,
(Infinite Passports), exhibition and publication
Walker Art Center, USA, 2020
Philadelphia Museum of Art, USA, 2019 -
Islands,
(Infinite Passports), exhibition
Jerusalem Design Week, Israel, 2017 -
Aanstormend talent
(Domestic Theatre), exhibition
Museum IJsselstein / MIJ, The Netherlands, 2017 -
Demain des l’Aube [DDLA]
(Domestic Theatre),
lecture and publication, Paris, France, 2016 -
Breaking & Construct
(Domestic Theatre), exhibition
Atelier Relief, 4 Pièces, Brussels, Belgium, 2016 -
Do Disturb
(Domestic Theatre),
exhibition and performance
Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France, 2016 -
Spring collection
(Domestic Theatre), display
Does Zevenendzes gallery, Laren, The Netherlands, 2016 -
SuperLandEscapes
(Domestic Theatre), exhibition
curated by Studio Makkink-Bey
Ram Foundation, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 2016 -
Transformatie
(Domestic Theatre), exhibition,
Galerie Pouloeuff, Naarden, The Netherlands, 2016 -
Workscape theatre
(Domestic Theatre), exhibition / performance,
guest designer for Studio Makkink-Bey,
UABB Shenzhen/Hong-Kong, China, 2015 -
Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts,
Workshop and Guest Lecturer,
with Studio Makking-Bey, China, 2015 -
Philarmonie [as Design Platform],
(Domestic Theatre), display
Haarlem philarmonic Theatre, The Netherlands, 2015 -
Thing / Nothing
(Domestic Theatre), display
Design Academy Graduation Show,
Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven, 2015 -
Designing scarcity
(The missing square theory), exhibition
Het nieuwe instituut, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 2014 -
Krachtvoer festival
(The missing square theory),
exhibition / performance, Antwerp, Belgium, 2014 -
Muséum of Arté Util
(Bureau de change for optimism) performance,
Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 2014
COLOPHON
"Switzer" by Jeremie Hornus and "Zodiak" by Jeremie Hornus, Gaetan Baehr, Jean-Baptiste Morizot, Alisa Nowak & Theo Guillard.
