Nina Jayasuriya, who graduated with honours from the Beaux-Arts de Paris in 2023, is the winner of this prize, which was created 5 years ago. She will receive a cash prize and an exhibition at the Trois/Cinq Friedland in June-July.
Her artistic practice enables her to reveal the ambivalence of her Sri Lankan, Spanish and French cultural heritage, with objects that coexist within installations revealing a Here and Elsewhere and the inevitable transformations of traditions. Her use of ceramics allows her to question our contemporary relationship with objects while repeating the archaic gesture of modelling clay. She creates installations in which craft, ritual and care suggest a world of contemplation and well-being that she likes to call "space-temple".
Sisley's sponsorship has also made possible the Via Futura programme, set up by the Beaux-Arts de Paris at the start of the 2023 academic year, to help students and young graduates develop their professional skills.
Jury members
Christine d’Ornano, directrice générale de Sisley et présidente du jury
Kathy Alliou, directrice du département des œuvres Beaux-Arts de Paris
Dove Allouche, artiste et professeur aux Beaux-Arts de Paris
Strella Ahn, Fondatrice et directrice artistique d'Artesia
Abdelkader Benchamma, artiste
Barbana Bojadzi, artiste et lauréate du Prix Sisley Beaux-Arts pour la Jeune Création 2023
Babeth Djian, fondatrice et directrice de la rédaction de Numéro
Guillaume Houzé, Président de Lafayette Anticipations (fondation d'entreprise Galeries Lafayette)
Imany, chanteuse
Claire Malafosse, co-fondatrice et directrice artistique du Groupe Loulou
Emmanuel Perrotin, galeriste
Charles Zana, architecte
Diplôme de Nina Jayasuriya
