BIENNALE JCE / JEUNE CRÉATION EUROPÉENNE 2011/2013 [2013]

MUSEU MUNICIPAL AMADEO DE SOUZA-CARDOSO [Amarante, Portugal]

The JCE / Jeune Création Européenne network is a contemporary art project, created in 2000 by the city of Montrouge [Paris, France] to promote young talents. Today a network of several cities in different European countries selects and shows a hundred of young artists in a travelling biennial, the main JCE event. Each new edition allows several young European artists to present their work in every partner country, during a 2 years European tour.

The 2011/2013 biennial gave to 80 young European artists the opportunity to be discovered by a large European audience.

The JCE network gives also to its artists the opportunity to experience a residency program offering stays of 2/3 months in 4 European partner cities: Amarante, Montrouge, Klaipeda and Salzburg.

Obviously, the JCE is much more than just an exhibition: it is a project to promote young European artists throughout the entire continent by increasing their visibility. 

Andrea Ponsini