Jennifer Flay Explained

Jennifer Flay
Birth Date:1959
Birth Place:Auckland, New Zealand
Occupation:President of the Advisory Board Paris + Art Basel. Board of Directors Fiminco Foundation. Curator & writer
Known For:Art gallery owner in Paris (1991-2002), Fiac director (since 2003)[1]

Jennifer Flay is the director of the Fiac (Foire Internationale d'Art Contemporain).[2]

Early life

Flay was born in Auckland in 1959. She came to France in 1980 to study art history at the University of Nice.[3]

Career

Flay opened a gallery in 1991 in the Marais district, rue Debelleyme. She has represented the artists Richard Billingham, Claude Closky, Melanie Counsell, John Currin, Willie Doherty, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Karen Kilimnik, Sean Landers, Liz Larner, Lisa Milroy, Rei Naito, Xavier Veilhan among others. In 1997 she moves her gallery to the 13th art district rue Louise-Weiss in Paris.[4]

She was named Artistic Director of the Fiac in 2003,[5] and General Director of the art fair from 2010[6] to 2021.[7]

In 2022 she has curated the first exhibition at the Fiminco Foundation[8] in Romainville. The exhibition named De toi à moi brings together the work of ten young artists based in France: Elsa Werth,,, Myriam Mihindou,, Tirdad Hashemi and Soufia Erfanian, Neila Czermak Ichti, Mégane Brauer and Bianca Bondi.[9] [10]

She is appointed in 2023 President of the Advisory Board Paris + Art Basel.[11]

Honours

Notes and References

  1. News: Azimi. Roxana. 2018-10-15. La renaissance de la FIAC, l'œuvre de Jennifer Flay. fr. Le Monde.fr. 2020-12-25.
  2. Web site: Harris. Gareth. 2019-10-11. Fiac art fair director Jennifer Flay on the challenges ahead. 2020-12-23. www.ft.com. en-GB.
  3. Web site: Autet. Pauline. Jennifer Flay-FIAC2. 2020-12-23. contemporary-hum. en.
  4. Huitorel. Jean-Marc. 2014-11-15. A Crisis – A Period – A Gallery. The archives of the Jennifer Flay gallery join the Archives de la critique d'art. Critique d'art. Actualité internationale de la littérature critique sur l'art contemporain. en. 43. 10.4000/critiquedart.15370. 1246-8258. free.
  5. Web site: Jennifer Flay Named New Artistic Director. 2020-12-23. www.e-flux.com. en.
  6. Web site: 2018-06-24 . Expat Jennifer Flay making art world waves at FIAC in Paris . 2020-12-23 . . en-nz.
  7. Web site: Pic . Rafael . 2021-10-20 . Jennifer Flay : « C'est la FIAC la plus diversifiée de l'histoire » . 2024-04-24 . Le Quotidien de l'Art . fr.
  8. Web site: Fondation Fiminco . 2022-11-11 . World Art Foundations . en-US.
  9. Web site: Donnadieu . Marc . 2022-11-09 . De toi à moi . 2022-11-11 . artpress . fr-FR.
  10. Web site: Krief . Pascale . 2022-11-03 . Gigantism in Paris and Other Considerations: A Glance at Institutional Exhibitions in Paris during Paris + par Art Basel . 2022-11-11 . Flash Art . en-US.
  11. Web site: Ghezlane-Lala . Donnia . 2022-04-12 . La nouvelle foire d'art parisienne d'Art Basel aura une direction française . 2024-04-24 . Konbini - Musique, cinéma, sport, food, news : le meilleur de la pop culture . fr.
  12. Web site: Artforum.com. 2020-12-25. www.artforum.com. 7 October 2015 . en-US.
  13. Web site: 2015-10-15. Jennifer Flay Awarded France's Legion of Honour - Arts, News, Visual Arts. 2020-12-25. NZEDGE. en-US.
  14. Web site: Nomination dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres - hiver 2020 . July 2020 . 3 January 2021.

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