our values:

• artistic creation, universal means of encounter

• emerging artists, a momentum inventing tomorrow’s forms of expression

• Europe, a vast territory of expression and exchange

our missions:

• to promote the mobility of artists from different cultures and horizons on the European and international scene

• to reveal the talent of young creators and to support them along their professional career path on the European and international levels

• to promote their work through European cultural events, in association with the media

• to reinforce cooperation with new partner states within a strategy of globalisation

our actions:

• mobility, diffusion and co-production pro-grammes enabling emerging artists to develop projects, in another country, in relation with the human, social and economic environments in which they evolve.

• events developed within the context of the various partnerships : artistic programmes, organisation of events, co-productions, publication, training

• pilot projects towards continents
An experience and a large radiation on the European artistic stage

thanks to 12 European mobility programmes, more than 800 European emerging artists have been enabled to investigate the International artistic stage.
nowadays, with their map, map^XXL, map^2008-2009, the Pépinières are present in 36 countries, with 30 national coordinators and correspondents, 110 cities and local governments, and more than 170 partner structures.


achievements, productions, diffusions at the best level which make the Pépinières one of the well-known European organisations

within the past few years, especially in the framework of the map and map^XXL programmes, the Pépinières have either produced or co-produced:

• more than 300 exhibitions in the visual arts field
• more than 150 performing arts shows
• 15 short movies and animation movies
• almost 250 booklets and artists catalogues
• 15 publications and partnerships with several local, national and European media have enabled to reach more than 100 000 people for the map^XXL programme (2005-2008)

substantial media partners

• arte • Libération • les Inrockuptibles • Télérama • France 3 • Radio France • Télévision nationale slovène ( TV Slovenija 1)• BBC • Euronews • TV Nova • Právo • Der Standard • La Repubblica • Corriere della Sera • Evenimeul Zilei • TVR 2 • Helsingin Sanomat • Tabeblatt • Le Soir • RTBF • El país • Diario del Alto Arágon • The Guardian • The Scotsman • Voir • Ici • etc.

an artistic quality that goes higher and higher each programme

Pépinières’ laureate artists pursuing a European and international career:

Teresa Almeida (Next Wave Festival 2006, Australia) • Donald Abad (“Signes de la jeune création” at the Centre Pompidou, 2003) • Eduard Balaz (Ars Electronica in Vienna, Ogaki Biennial in Japan) • Elina Brotherus (Lyon’s Biennial and Oldenburg Kunstverein 2007) • Daniel Canogar (acquisitions FNAC, FRAC Île-de-France, MAC Lyon, Reina Sofia in Madrid, etc.) • Filipa Cesar (Serralves Museum in Porto, Artunlimited in Bâle, Festival international du film in Locarno) • Gayle Chong Kwan (Venice Biennial 2006 and 2007, Tate Modern Collection, House of Asia, London) • Mohamed Elbaz (Istanbul Biennial, 1995, “côté court” and “Nique la mort” Festival 2003) • Takumi Endo (Mutamorphosis Festival in Prague in 2007, Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris in 2005) • Franz Hoefner and Harry Sachs (Venice Biennial, Faux Mouvement in Paris) • Martin Kollar (F/stop Leipzig 2007/ Month of the Photograph Athena and Krakow 2006 / Guandong Museum China 2005) • Maksim Komaro (“Des auteurs, des cirques” Festival in Paris La Villette, Circo Aereo in Finland) • Otto Snoek (Palboom Museum in Rotterdam ,2006, European month of Photograph in Berlin, 2006) • Joachim Montessuis (V2 Rotterdam, Le Fresnoy) • Mike Neslon (MAMCO in Geneva, Turner Prize’s finalist in 2007, etc) • Colin Ponthot (La Générale 2008, Nuits sonores Lyon 2007, Octopus Festival, Point Ephémère 2006) • Karine Pontiès (danse Biennial in Charleroi 1997, Julidans Festival Amsterdam 1999, Théâtre de la Ville de Paris, 2008) • Fiona Tan (Musée d’Art Contemporain in Montréal, Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, etc) • Alessandra Tesi (Venice Biennial 2001, Insight Out Innsbück 1999, Prospect Francfort 1996) • Sylvie Ungauer (Musée d’Art moderne et contemporain de Strasbourg, FRAC Centre “At Home” in 2000, 2006 international Biennial for design in Saint-Etienne) • Ville Wallo (La Villette in Paris, Festival Iberoamericano de Teatro de Bogotá, Colombia, etc) • Nick Wapplington (Venice Biennial 2001, MOMA Collection, Guggenheim Collection) • etc. 



Prices obtained by Pépinières’ productions and laureate :


Athanasia Kyriakakos / Citenjie Biennial, UNESCO first Price for visual arts (2002) • Raphaëlle de Groot / Prix d’excellence Pierre Ayot (Montréal, 2006) • Elina Brothérus / Prix Mosaïque (Luxembourg, 2007), Prix Niépce, Finnish Cultural Foundation (2005) • Stéphane Broc / 1er Prix Luff (Suisse, 2006) • Mickaël Dudok Wit / Grand Prix du festival d’animation d’Annecy, animation short movie Oscar 2000 • Gayle Chong Kwan / Zochonis Award (England, 1994) • Laurent Mignoneau / World Technology Award (London, 2001) • Johanna Reich / First Price for Digital Art (Spain, 2007) and Arts Médias excellence price (Japan, 2006 et 2007) • Laurent Pernot / Video Cup Cultural first Price (Sweden, 2007) and Mostra Minima (Spain, 2007) • Eduard Balaz / UNESCO Digital Art Awards (2003) • Justine Triet / Prix du CNC, 2007 • Guillem Morales / Video Danse First Price (Tokyo, Japan, 2006), Goya Awards Selection 2006 • Karine Pontiès / Prix de la création SACD 2002, Prix du théâtre 2007 • Milan Lukac / Holocauste Monument Frist Price, Bratislava 1995 / Prix “Itinéraire” Salon de Levallois 1998 • Martin Kollar / European Price for advertising creation 2006/ SCAM Rodger Pic price, 2005 France / Oscar Barnac Price 2004 Germany • Tomas Tamosaitis /“Cours d’espagnol pour adultes”, broadcasted on Arte

an artistic quality that goes each programme higher and higher

• a non-governmental European organisation based on an activenetwork
• organisation eligible for patronage

The Pépinières’ ai mis the artists professionnalisation and their emergence on the international stage