Présentation du projet 

Guided by nostalgia and memory, Béatrice Hall’s practice explores the image through printmaking, ceramics, and metalwork. Drawing inspiration from her personal family archives, she uses these materials to evoke the slippage and fragmentation of memory. Through their manipulation and transformation, she seeks to reconnect with these images while inscribing her own personal memories within them. Recently awarded the Albert-Dumouchel Emerging Artist Prize, Béatrice presented two works at Arprim. The first, Materfamilias, is a diptych that places an image of her grandmother in dialogue with a tarantula molt. Through this juxtaposition, the work explores themes of matriarchy, femininity, and the ephemeral nature of life. The second, Spectres Breaking Rust, is a series of vases that investigates the everyday object and its capacity to act as a vessel for memory. These pieces draw on the vase’s potential as a relic of inherited history and reflect the artist’s desire to reinvent the family photo album. Through a sensitive and material-based approach, the works presented at Arprim weave together images, materials, and fragments of the artist’s personal memory. Between prints, ceramics, and rust, the ephemeral becomes inscribed and preserved. Viewers are invited to reflect on their own archives and memories, and on the fleeting moments that shape their personal histories.

During her residency at l’Imprimerie, Béatrice plans to deepen her research into ceramic printing processes while expanding her printmaking skills. The residency will also provide an opportunity to advance several concurrent projects, including the creation of an artwork for the cover of Ex-Situ, a student-run journal scheduled for publication this fall. To follow her projects and learn more about her work, visit her Instagram page, where she documents selected artworks and aspects of her creative process.