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EDUCATION

2026 Training in Ajrakh with Sufiyan Khatri and Parmeet Kaur Tesson, Couleur Garance
2026 Advanced introduction to plant-based dyeing with Lise Camoin, Couleur Garance
2015 DNSEP in Photo & Video, École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs of Paris
2014 Exchange program at the School of Visual Arts of New-York
2013 DNAP in Photography, La Cambre, Brussels
2010 First year at l’École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-arts of Rueil-Malmaison

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

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2027
Art Month, France

2026
The Timeless Story of Moormerland, Veyevy Festival, SW
Séquences, Galerie La Forest Divonne, Paris, FR

2025
Beyond the shadows, French Institute of Tokyo, JP
Lost & Found, Photographic Center of Marseille, FR
Les Douze heures du jour et de la nuit, Château de Haroué, FR
A Cabin with a View, Un été au Havre, public installation, FR
Palace Odyssée, Champs-Élysées–Clémenceau Metro Station, Paris, FR

2024
Séquences, Le Moulin Blanchard, Le Champs des Impossibles Festival, FR
Climbing into another skin, Main Mano House, Budapest, HU
Chronicles of the Ordinary, Galerie La Forest Divonne, BE
Beyond the Shadows, 17th Lyon Biennale, MAC Lyon, FR
A Couple of Them, 50 bus stops, Bordeaux, FR
Palace Odyssée, Champs-Élysées–Clémenceau Metro Station, Paris, FR

2023
The Blurring Days, Galerie La Forest Divonne, Paris, FR
Beyond the Shadows, T3 TOKYO Festival, Tokyo, JP
Samples, Moulin Blanchard, Le Champ des Impossibles, Perche-en-Nocé, FR
A Couple of Them, Pont Saint-Ange, FR
Palace Odyssée, Champs-Élysées–Clémenceau Metro Station, Paris, FR

2022
Les Douze Heures du jour et de la nuit, Maison Auguste Comte, Paris, FR
The Timeless Story of Moormerland, MEP Studio, Paris, FR

2021
The Plural Life of Identity, Städtische Galerie, Museum of Karlsruhe, DE
Palace Odyssée, Les Étincelles, Palais de la Découverte, Paris, FR
Find the Truth, Paris Photo, La Galerie La Forest Divonne, FR
Palace Odyssée, Galerie La Forest Divonne, Paris, FR
Festival Air de Fête, Saint-Briac-sur-Mer, FR

2020
Silver Springs, Galerie La Forest Divonne, Brussels, BE

2019
A Couple of Them, Paris Photo, Curiosa, Galerie La Forest Divonne, FR
Rosarium, C’est le soleil qui finira par nous perdre, Mains d’Œuvres, Saint-Ouen, FR

2018
A Cross Perspective, Galerie La Forest Divonne, Festival Photo Saint-Germain, Paris, FR

2017
Le Reflet de la cuillère, Galerie des Femmes, Festival Photo Saint-Germain, FR
Los Ojos Vendados, Magasin Etro, Paris, FR

2015
A Couple of Them, Académie des Beaux-Arts, Paris, FR

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

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2026
Open-Air Exhibition, Photographic Promenade, Châteaulin, FR

2025
A Cabin With a View, Un Été au Havre, Le Havre, FR

2024
Beyond the shadows, Musée d’art contemporain, Biennale de Lyon, FR
1974, Passé, présent, futur, Villa Benkemoun, Arles, FR
Le Sport à l’Épreuve, Rencontres d’Arles, FR
A Couple of Them, Art and Heritage Trail in Le Perche, FR

2020
Paris 2024 Olympic Games Art Posters, Quai de la Mégisserie, Paris, France
Expo Chicago, Galerie La Forest Divonne, USA
Art Brussels, Galerie La Forest Divonne, BE

2019
Lignes de vies, MAC VAL, Vitry-sur-Seine, FR
A Couple of Them, Festival International de Journalisme, Couthures, FR
Beyond the Shadows, 34ème Festival International de Photographie de Hyères, FR
Some of us : an overview of the French Art Scene, NORDART, Büdelsdorf, GE
Qu’est-ce que tu regardes ? Espace Beaurepaire, Paris, FR
Art Paris Art Fair, Galerie La Forest Divonne, Grand Palais, Paris, FR
100% L’EXPO, Sorties d’écoles, Grande Halle de la Villette, Paris, FR
Postures, La figure seule, Galerie La Forest Divonne, Brussels, BE

2018
FIAC, Acquisitions Paris Collections, Grand Palais, Paris, France
30 Years Anniversary, Galerie La Forest Divonne, Paris, France
Prix Picto de la mode 2018, Palais Galliera, Paris, France
Les Apparences, La Graineterie Art Center, Houilles, FR
L’homme qui marchait dans la couleur, Galerie du Crous, Paris, France
La figure seule, Château de Poncé, Poncé, FR
Millenials au féminin, Havas Gallery, Puteaux, FR
Le redoublement, Galerie Artinkk, Brussels, BE
Profils, Pavillon Blanc, Henri Molina Art Center, Colomiers, FR

RESIDENCIES

2025 Capsule Residency, Photographic Center of Marseille, with Elsa & Johanna, FR
2023 Capsule Residency, Le Champ des Impossibles, Perche-en-Nocé, with Elsa & Johanna, FR
2018 One-year residency, Mains d’Œuvres Art Center, Saint-Ouen, France, FR

Awards

2025 Bourse de Recherche ADAGP for Elsa Parra’s personal project
2024 Bourse AIC Nouvelle-Aquitaine for Elsa Parra’s personal project
2024 Commissioned by Société du Grand Paris for a permanent artwork Elsa & Johanna
2023 Winners of the Official Posters for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Elsa & Johanna
2020 Finalists of the 2020 Louis Roederer Discovery Award, Les Rencontres d’Arles, Elsa & Johanna
2020 Invitation Carte Blanche au Palais de la Découverte, Paris, Elsa & Johanna
2019 Public Price at 34e Festival international de Photographie et de Mode de Hyères, Elsa & Johanna

COLLECTIONS

CNAP (Paris) / Fonds d’art contemporain – Paris Collections / Städtische Galerie, Museum of Contemporary Art, Karlsruhe, Germany / Palais de la Découverte, Paris / Crédit Agricole Contemporary Art Collection, Paris / Société Générale Art Collection, Paris / Photographic Collection of the Palais Galliera / Seine-Saint-Denis Departmental Contemporary Art Collection / Photographic Collection of the Villa Noailles, Hyères / Picto Foundation, Paris / Dior Lady Art Collection, Paris

INTERVENTIONS

2026 Artist Camp, Sutton School of Art, Quebec, with Thibault Bélouis CA
2025 Workshop “Photography and Staging” BTS Photography, Lycée Malraux, Biarritz, France
2022 Interventions at Collège La Grange au Belle, Paris
2024 Art book presentations, Library of the Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris
2021 Member of the Jury for the Golden Donkey for Documentary Film, FILAF, Perpignan, France

ELSA PARRA