ANHAR SALEM LAUREATE 2025
For the fourth edition of the Reiffers Art Initiatives Prize, five emerging artists have been selected by the members of the artistic committee. Curated by Thibaut Wychowanok, this group exhibition, titled "1000 Billion Images," brings together Anhar Salem, Jean-Vincent Simonet, Nanténé Traoré, and the artist duo Caroline Poggi & Jonathan Vinel.
Anhar Salem
Laureate 2025
is the laureate of the 2025 Reiffers Art Initiatives Prize.
Born in 1993 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Anhar Salem lives and works between Jeddah and Paris. A self-taught artist, she first studied computer science at the Arab Open University in Jeddah before pursuing a postgraduate program at Le Fresnoy – Studio national des arts contemporains in Tourcoing, France.
Drawing on her personal experience with social media and the endless streams of images available online, Anhar Salem explores themes such as self-representation and the virtual extension of our lives on social networks. In her work, reality and digital worlds merge into a single hybrid universe. She is also interested in the ways we socialize online, as well as in the images that circulate on these platforms—informing us, shaping our perceptions, and influencing our collective imagination.
“I am very pleased to present the fourth edition of the Reiffers Art Initiatives Prize, an exhibition bringing together five emerging talents from the contemporary art scene. Multidisciplinary artists engage in dialogue through their installations, photographs, and videos. Each of them contributes to the cultural vibrancy and diversity of our country. Congratulations to Anhar Salem, who is receiving growing recognition and whom we are proud to support as she takes a new step forward with major institutions and the public.”
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 Art 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.