Annette Messager

Annette Messager
Messager in 2017
Born (1943-11-30) 30 November 1943 (age 80)
Berck, France
EducationÉcole nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs
Known forVisual art

Annette Messager (born 30 November 1943) is a French visual artist. She is known for championing the techniques and materials of outsider art.[1] In 2005, she won the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Biennale for her artwork at the French Pavilion. In 2016, she won the prestigious Praemium Imperiale International Arts Award.[2] She lives and works in Malakoff, France.[3]

  1. ^ Gipson, Ferren (2022). Women's work: from feminine arts to feminist art. London: Frances Lincoln. ISBN 978-0-7112-6465-6.
  2. ^ "Annette Message", Marian Goodman Gallery, Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  3. ^ "Annette Messager" Archived 2014-12-23 at the Wayback Machine, Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, Retrieved 24 December 2014.