Directrice de galerie d'art et Chargée de relations publiques
Line AJAN est Gallery Manager at Galerie Imane Farès (PARIS)
Poste actuel
Galerie Imane Farès
Formation
University of Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne
Expérience
Galerie Imane Farès
janvier 2017 - Aujourd'hui 2 ans 3 mois
Gallery manager & Artist Liaison
- Artist and public liaison ; Artist liaison with press, national and international cultural and artistic institutions
- Monitoring acquisition committees in national and international collecting instituions ; writing of proposals to said collections
- Assisting artists in applying for contemporary art prizes and grants (Prix Découverte des Rencontres d'Arles ; Jameel Art Prize; Jameel Sculpture Commission ; AFAC grants ; Pernod-Ricard Fellowship, etc)
- Following-up with the different off-site solo and group exhibitions (preparing loan forms, organizing shipping and return of artworks, preparing press material)
- Art fair management: writing and submitting applications ; following-up with the different steps both on and off location
- Communication: creating and sending newsletters ; writing and sending press releases for the gallery's exhibitions
- Administrative follow-up
Almine Rech Gallery
Almine Rech Gallery
juin 2016 - novembre 2016 6 mois
Paris Area, France
Full-time and later part-time intern
- Assisting the team (senior director, junior director, artist liaison/attachée de press, gallery manager and assistant) in preparing Ida Tursic and Wilfried Mille's exhibition, a group show of Eric Mack & Torey Thornton and a long-waited solo-show of late Pop artist Tom Wesselmann, as well as other events such as artists talks and private previews.
- Writing of subtitles for an artist talk between art critic Bernard Marcadé and artists Ida Tursic & Wilfried Mille
- Preparing the casting of two performers to re-play the historical installation "Bedroom Tit-Box" by Tom Wesselman
- Daily management of the gallery
- Updating several databases (FileMaker, Defiris, ArtBinder, gallery's website, etc)
- Creating and updating content for our different communication material (artists' press archives, press reviews, biographies, bibliographies)
Galerie Imane Farès
mars 2015 - décembre 2015 10 mois
Paris Area, France
Part-time intern at Galerie Imane Farès - art gallery dedicated to promoting Contemporary Art from the Middle East and Africa.
- Writing applications for artist prizes and grants (the Jameel Art Prize, the Jameel Sculpture Commission, AFAC grants, Prix Meurice)
- Establishing a dashboard of international collecting institutions in order to monitor acquisition committees.
- Writing and reviewing the gallery's communication material (gallery's website and newspaper, online applications such as ArtBinder, press releases, newsletters)
- Artist liaison and public relations.
- Updating the gallery's different databases (FileMaker, storage chart).
Karry Gallery
Intern
juillet 2014 - octobre 2014 4 mois
Région de Paris, France
Karry Gallery is a parisian gallery specialized in vintage and contemporary furniture as well as artists' jewelry. As a part-time intern, I had different tasks: I was mainly in charge of keeping the gallery's communication materials (price lists, newsletter, website, 1stdibs account) up-to-date, artists' liaison and public relations. I was also in charge of managing online and on phone bids and purchases from major auction houses, such as Tajan, Bonham's and Henry's.
Artips
Writer - Intern
juin 2014 - août 2014 3 mois
Région de Paris, France
Festival International d'Art de Toulouse
Intern (Médiation)
mai 2014 - juin 2014 2 mois
Région de Toulouse, France
Formation
University of Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne
Master's Degree, Art History, Criticism and Conservation / Philosophy, Mention très bien (18/20)
2016 - 2017
M1 recherche - "L'appropriation de l'image amateur des Printemps Arabes dans les pratiques artistiques contemporaines", sous la vo- direction de Madame la Professeure Danièle Cohn et Monsieur le Professeur Michel Poivert
University of Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne
Bachelor's Degree, Art History, Criticism and Conservation, Mention Bien - Honors
2013 - 2016
École Française de Damas - Lycée Charles de Gaulle
High School, Baccalauréat Français - Série Scientifique, Mention Très Bien - High Honors
1998 - 2011
Expériences de bénévolat
English and Art Teacher
Alternative School for Syrian Refugees - Beirut
juillet 2013Enfants
Langues
English
Bilingue ou langue natale
French
Bilingue ou langue natale
Arabic
Bilingue ou langue natale
Spanish
Compétence professionnelle limitée
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