Jennifer Flay

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

Jennifer Flay
Portrait of Jennifer Flay by Pascal Ferro (2013)
Born	1959 Auckland, New Zealand
Occupation	Director of the Fiac (Foire Internationale d'Art Contemporain)
Known for	Art gallery owner in Paris (1991-2002), Fiac director (since 2003)^[1]

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 appointed Artistic Director of the Fiac in 2003.^[5] In 2010 she is named General Director of the art fair.^[6]

In 2022 she has curated the first exhibition at the Fiminco Foundation^[7] in Romainville. The exhibition named De toi à moi brings together the work of ten young artists based in France: Elsa Werth, Liv Schulman [fr], Sara Sadik [fr], Myriam Mihindou, Randa Maroufi [fr], Tirdad Hashemi and Soufia Erfanian, Neila Czermak Ichti, Mégane Brauer and Bianca Bondi.^[8][9]

Honours

• Legion of honour Officer (2015)^[10][11]
• Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Commander (2020)^[12]

References

1. Azimi, Roxana (2018-10-15). "La renaissance de la FIAC, l'œuvre de Jennifer Flay". Le Monde.fr (in French). Retrieved 2020-12-25.
2. Harris, Gareth (2019-10-11). "Fiac art fair director Jennifer Flay on the challenges ahead". www.ft.com. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
3. Autet, Pauline. "Jennifer Flay-FIAC2". contemporary-hum. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
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 (43). doi:10.4000/critiquedart.15370. ISSN 1246-8258.
5. "Jennifer Flay Named New Artistic Director". www.e-flux.com. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
6. "Expat Jennifer Flay making art world waves at FIAC in Paris". RNZ. 2018-06-24. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
7. "Fondation Fiminco". World Art Foundations. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
8. Donnadieu, Marc (2022-11-09). "De toi à moi". artpress (in French). Retrieved 2022-11-11.
9. Krief, Pascale (2022-11-03). "Gigantism in Paris and Other Considerations: A Glance at Institutional Exhibitions in Paris during Paris + par Art Basel". Flash Art. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
10. "Artforum.com". www.artforum.com. Retrieved 2020-12-25.
11. "Jennifer Flay Awarded France's Legion of Honour - Arts, News, Visual Arts". NZEDGE. 2015-10-15. Retrieved 2020-12-25.
12. "Nomination dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres - hiver 2020". Retrieved 3 January 2021.