About Laure Prouvost

Laure Prouvost (born 1978 in Croix-Lille, France) is an acclaimed French contemporary artist celebrated for her immersive installations, films, and prints. Winner of the Turner Prize, she is internationally recognized for creating multimedia environments that dissolve the boundaries between reality and imagination.

Her artwork thrives on the interplay between image, language, and meaning, deliberately disrupting linear narratives and challenging conventional associations. By blending fragments of personal memory with fictional invention, Prouvost constructs dreamlike yet politically charged worlds. Themes of emancipation, globalization, and climate change recur throughout her oeuvre, infusing her poetic environments with both urgency and reflection.

Prouvost’s video installations are often staged within meticulously crafted settings that combine found objects, sculptures, paintings, prints, drawings, signage, furniture, and architectural structures. These carefully orchestrated elements transform each work into a comprehensive sensory experience, heightening the narrative and immersing viewers in her imagined universes. Her limited edition prints and multiples further extend her reach, offering collectors and audiences access to her distinctive fusion of storytelling and visual experimentation.

Living and working between Antwerp, Belgium, and London, United Kingdom, Laure Prouvost continues to push the boundaries of contemporary art. Her innovative practice challenges perceptions, sparks dialogue on pressing global issues, and invites viewers to participate in a constantly shifting conversation about identity, politics, and the role of art in society.

Notable exhibitions

Laure Prouvost was awarded the Turner Prize in 2013 and went on to represent France at the 58th International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale in 2019, where her immersive installation Deep See Blue Surrounding You won widespread acclaim. She has since presented major solo exhibitions at leading institutions including the Bonnefanten Museum in Maastricht, Palais de Tokyo in Paris, Kunstmuseum Luzern, Haus der Kunst in Munich, the New Museum in New York, Whitechapel Gallery in London, and Tate Britain.

Her installations have also been featured at the Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp (M HKA), Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo in Turin, and Kunsthalle Lissabon, reflecting her strong international presence across Europe and beyond. These exhibitions highlight Prouvost’s ability to merge video, print, sculpture, and installation into environments that challenge perceptions of identity, language, and contemporary society.