Fragment is delighted to present the first New York solo exhibition by French artist Gaspar Willmann. Alongside ink and oil on canvas paintings, the video “Glass House” will be presented, inspired by Sergey Eisenstein’s unrealized 1930 film project of the same name, conceived as a dystopian critique of capitalist society through utopian architecture.
Opening reception: April 15, 6–8 pm
Show dates: April 16–May 1, 2026
Gaspar Willmann (b. 1995, Paris) graduated from the École nationale supérieure des
Beaux-arts de Lyon. He lives and works in Paris. Through a practice combining
painting and video, both sharing a common attention to editing and appropriation,
Gaspar Willmann highlights our modes of image consumption, their processes of
circulation, as well as their affective and collective charge.
Gaspar has participated in several artist residencies, including the Cité Internationale
des Arts (Paris, 2020), the Sigg Art Foundation (Le Castellet, 2021), Villa Belleville
(Paris, 2022), Artagon (Pantin, 2023), Chappelle Saint-Antoine (Naxos, 2024) and
Yishu8 (Beijing, 2024).
He was previously awarded the Prix de Paris (Lyon, 2019) and the Roger Pailhas
Prize (Marseille, 2021). In 2022, he was a finalist for the Prix des Amis du Palais de
Tokyo. The following year, he produced a large tapestry for the Cité Internationale de
la Tapisserie d’Aubusson, resulting in the acquisition of his work by their collection. In
2024, his work was added to the public collections of FRAC Pays de la Loire and
FRAC Bretagne. That same year, he received The Salomon Foundation Residency
Award, which will allow him to stay 6 months in New York in 2026.
Gaspar's work has recently been exhibited at the FRAC des Pays de la Loire
(Nantes, 2023), Meessen-Declercq (Brussels, 2023), Liste (Basel, 2022), and the
Salon de Montrouge (Montrouge, 2021). His latest research and productions were
featured in his third solo exhibition at Exo Exo (Paris) in October 2024.