KHALED JARADA, HONORARY MENTION 2026
For the fifth edition of the Reiffers Art Initiatives Prize, eight artists from the contemporary French scene were selected by the members of the artistic committee. Under the direction of Bernard Blistène, this group exhibition, entitled “Tinkering with the Unknown,” brings together Khaled Jarada, Louis Le Kim, Stanislava Kovalcikova, Arthur Marie, Eva Helene Pade, Ibrahim Meïté Sikely, Minh Lan Tran, and Manon Wertenbroek.
Khaled Jarada
is the Honorary Mention of the 2026 Reiffers Initiatives Prize.
Born in 1996 in Gaza City, Palestine Khaled Jarada lives and works in Paris, France. The artist creates compositions captured in medias res (in the midst of things). His figures appear unbalanced, anxious, out of place. The condition of suspension in his works is not only temporal but also spatial. Jarada began exploring the unease of this liminal dimension when he himself experienced displacement, living in exile. Rejecting all forms of rigidity, he elevates moments, places, objects, and figures—often overlooked—transforming them into subjects worthy of display, appreciation, and idealization. In 2020, he completed a residency at Shababeek Studio in Gaza, supported by the Qattan Foundation, where he presented his project "Metres ». That same year, at the Palestine Video Art Festival, the French Institute in Palestine awarded him a production grant for his project ‘Pandemic Diaries’. In 2021, he was selected for a residency at the the Royal Academy of Spain in Rome. In France, he joined the residency program at La Filleuse in Reims in 2022 and, in 2024, at the Festival
“Among these eight remarkable talents, awarding Khaled Jarada, born in Palestine, with a special mention is a particularly powerful gesture. It reflects our commitment to supporting artists with unique backgrounds and to highlighting new approaches to drawing.”
Paul-Emmanuel Reiffers
ORGANISATION
THE ALLOWANCE
The artistic committee rewards a young French artist with an allowance of 10,000 euros
The members of the Reiffers Art Initiatives artistic committee are invited to vote and reward a young talent from a selection of emerging artists in contemporary art. The winner of the Prize is awarded an allowance of 10,000 euros to finance their artistic production.
THE VISIBILITY
The promotion of his work in a publication around the collective exhibition
The promotion of their work in Numéro Art magazine and the specialized press.
ORDERING AN ARTWORK
The laureate benefits from a commission for a museum work that joins the Reiffers Initiatives collection.
The fund has its own collection of works of art, built up over initiatives and exhibitions. The winner of the Reiffers Art Initiatives Prize benefits from a work commission that joins the collection, which in the long term will be a real showcase for the young French contemporary scene.