Damien Fragnon is a French artist born in Clermont-Ferrand in 1987, living and working in Sète. He obtained his DNSEP in 2015 at the ESAAA (Annecy Alpes) then moved to Lyon where he benefited from the Grand-Large workshops for 3 years. He then started presenting his work in various art venues such as La BF15, Kommet in Lyon, Ceysson-Bénétière Saint-Etienne, as well as Chapelle XIV and Villa Radet in Paris; started a residency with the Institut Français and S.A.C art LAB in Thailand before exhibiting in Chiang-Maï and Bangkok. In 2020, he started collaborating internationally: Amsterdam and Tapachula, Mexico. The same year, he entered Moly Sabata to prepare the Galeries Nomades at the IAC, where he receives the Friends of the IAC prize (2021).
In 2021 the town of Sète awards him a studio and he takes part in the CANAL ROYAL project at the Crac de Sète in partnership with Mécènes du Sud. Since then, he presented his work in Marseille and in a duo exhibition with Naomi Maury at Mécènes du Sud, curated by Géraldine Gourbe, joined the brain space laboratory at L'I.A.C., which took him to exhibit in their collection at the Fondation Robert Ardouvin until 2023. After winning the Jury Prize at ceramic brussels 2024, and two additional special awards, one from the Fondation LAccolade and the other from the Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles/Paris, Damien exhibited his work in a number of venues, including Nendo Galerie, the Beaux-Arts de Lyon, the Fig in Saint dié-des-vosges, the Sète-Lisboa festival and Artissima and is currently a resident at the cité des arts in partnership with the Académie des Beaux-Arts, Paris.
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Damien Fragnon is the winner of the ceramic brussels jury prize 2024. He was chosen among the 10 laureates and has won the opportunity to exhibit his work during ceramic brussels 2025. His solo show is called: The Alpha Seashell groto 2140.