Mehrali Razaghmanesh Finalist at “Talents Contemporains” 14th edition by François Schneider Foundation in France
July 9, 2025Reflecting current contemporary creation, the “Talents Contemporains” competition, initiated more than 10 years ago by the François Schneider Foundation, enables the European and international artistic scenes to be explored on the particular theme of water. An original collection has thus been built up, presenting artists who have graduated from art schools as well as atypical self-taught artists. Nearly 90 works now form a singular ensemble that runs counter to certain institutional trends, exhibited both in the art center and increasingly circulating in different regions.
While the grand jury selected 35 finalists among 381 candidates, they granted seven finalists a group exhibition in the “Foundation’s Art Centre”, a bilingual publication and the acquisition of their work. Works by Julie Bourges, Ladislas Combeuil, Alioune Diagne, Eléonore Geissler, Paul Heintz, Mehrali Razaghmanesh and Enrique Ramírez will join the Foundation’s collection.
Razaghmanesh was born in Tehran, Iran and currently lives and works in Paris, France. Deeply influenced by Iranian art and philosophy, and situated on the threshold between photography and painting, Mehrali challenges the limits of these two media by focusing on nature. By pictorially re-imagining photographed landscapes, he seeks to bring an imaginary world to life. Rather than simply capturing nature, he seeks a visual interpretation that moves the image towards the imagination itself. His work has been exhibited internationally at Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles, Rencontres d’Arles 2019, Foam Photography Museum, Netherlands; On Earth: Imaging, Technology and the Natural World at Lieu Unique, Nantes; Photolux Festival, Italy; and CLB Berlin.