manon klein
art worker & researcher









Summer House
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Solo exhibition · Nelson Bourrec Carter Goyki 3 Art Inkubator, Sopot, Poland 4–20 September 2026
W Ramach Sopotu Photo Festival




ORA
Curated with Alice Giudicenti

Invocations
Mathilde Fernandez, Phoebe Hadjimarkos-Clarke, Sara Mokrani, La Chica, Romain Noël & Low Lov, Sophie Seita, Morita Vargas and Laura Vazquez.
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Conceived with Alice Giudicenti, ORA brought together artists, writers and musicians to awaken the memory of the former Gobelins gardens, buried beneath the concrete courtyard of the Mobilier national. Through a collective soundscape, a vegetal sculpture and an immersive light installation, the project invited visitors to enter into conversation with a vanished landscape. Mobilier national, Paris, France
Nuit Blanche, 6 June 2026




De fil en aiguille
Curated with Natalija Gucheva
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Bringing together works by students from across ESA Saint-Luc Liège, De fil en aiguille explored repair as a material, relational and political practice. Conceived around the school's annual theme, the exhibition followed the thread as a gesture of connection and transformation. ESA Saint-Luc 
Liège, Belgium
19 June – 3 July 2026



Bullshit Job
Curated with Andy Rankin
(developed following a year-long programme of exploratory research into the practices of alumni from French and Belgian art schools)

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Exhibition with works by Sophia Abderrazak, Ayla Aktan, Renaud Artaban & Alexandre Barbé, Ugo Ballara, Joséphine Berthou, Clémentine Blaison Vandenhende, Elie Bolard,  Clara Bougon, Editions Burn Aout, Evangeline Font, Reem Hasanin, Ruoxi Jin, JINGDI, Lune Jusseau & Tom Rambaud, Elouan Le Bars, Fañch Le Bos, Rémi Lecussan, Raphaël Maman, Raphaël Massart & Matthias Odin, Sara Noun, Clarisse Pillard, Manon Torné-Sistero, Marcos Uriondo, Maxime Vignaud, Winju, W.I.P. Collective, Daniel Zduniuk, Kylian Zeggane & Martin Mesnier. Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles
Paris, France  
2025


Guide de survie
après l’école d’art
Edité avec Andy Rankin
Accompagnement éditorial: Chiara Vella.

Conçue avec la graphiste Clara Bougon, l’édition du guide est à la fois imprimable, duplicable et modifiable. Pour garantir une diffusion libre, l’ensemble des fiches est publié sous licence open source Creative Commons BY-SA.

Avec les contributions de :
ADAGP, Camille Bardin, Tiphanie Blanc, Clara Bougon, Claire Contamine, Evelyne Deret, Sarah Illouz et Marius Escande, Inès Geoffroy, Milène Laforge, Thibaud Leplat, Anne-Catherine Lacroix, Harmonie Tilkens, Manon Klein, Mathilda Portoguese, Andy Rankin, Collectif SMAC (Santé Mentale dans l'Art Contemporain), Lena Peyrard, Chiara Vella, Delphine Toutain, Margot Nguyen, FRAP, Les Îles Mardi, SOFAM, B.A.O. (Bureau des Affaires de l’Ombre), INASTI.

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Ce guide s’adresse aux étudiant·es et jeunes diplômé·es en art en proposant des conseils concrets, des ressources utiles et des pistes d’action accessibles pour s’orienter dans les méandres administratifs et pour renforcer son autonomie professionnelle. 

Il est structuré en fiches au format A5 réparties entre fiches binationales et fiches transversales. Les premières comparent les cadres juridiques et culturels de la France et de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, tandis que les secondes abordent des enjeux communs à travers deux approches complémentaires autour de thématiques telles que le réseau, l’éco-conception, la santé mentale, la migration ou la présence en ligne.

À TELECHARGER ICI

Produit grâce au
Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles

Paris, France  
2025

PhD Candidate in Culture Studies
Lisbon Consortium
with a scholarship from FCT  (Foundation for Science and Technology)
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Topic: ‘Call-out Culture: Art Workers Recomposing Institutional Refrains in London’s Visual Arts Sector
(mid-2010s–early 2020s)’
Supervisor: Dr. Luísa Santos
Universidade Catolica Portuguesa
Lisboa, Portugal

This research investigates art workers' struggles and disillusions, as well as their goals and visions, focusing on their confrontations with artistic institutions through the lens of 'call-out culture.' Drawing on recent cases unfolding in London (UK), it addresses issues of discrimination, precarity, and value conflicts within museums and art centers.

Odd Chef’s Jello
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Workshop and Culinary performance for “Salad Days #4” (DING Vitrine) 
Curated with Natalija Gucheva


Design Museum Gent
Gent, Belgium  
2024

In praise of mess
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Exhibition text for Juan Tessi
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Gallery 3+1
Lisbon, Portugal
2023
 

O sabor da noite
NaMesa x  Francisca Paiva
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Culinary performance for “La Nuit des Idées” (Institut Français) 
Curated with Lisette van Hoogenhuyze & Marta Cypel


Culturgest
Lisbon, Portugal  
2023




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