# Jennifer Flay

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**Jennifer Flay** is a Paris-based art dealer and curator. From 2003 to 2021 she was the director of the FIAC ([Foire Internationale d'Art Contemporain](/source/Foire_Internationale_d'Art_Contemporain)) art fair.[3]

## Early life

Flay was born in [Auckland](/source/Auckland) in 1959. She came to France in 1980 to study art history at the University of [Nice](/source/Nice).[4]

## Career

In 1991 Flay opened a gallery on rue Debelleyme in the [Marais district](/source/The_Marais). She has exhibited many international artists, including [Richard Billingham](/source/Richard_Billingham), [Claude Closky](/source/Claude_Closky), [Melanie Counsell](/source/Melanie_Counsell), [John Currin](/source/John_Currin), [Willie Doherty](/source/Willie_Doherty), [Felix Gonzalez-Torres](/source/F%C3%A9lix_Gonz%C3%A1lez-Torres), [Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster](/source/Dominique_Gonzalez-Foerster), [Karen Kilimnik](/source/Karen_Kilimnik), [Sean Landers](/source/Sean_Landers), [Liz Larner](/source/Liz_Larner), [Lisa Milroy](/source/Lisa_Milroy), Rei Naito and [Xavier Veilhan](/source/Xavier_Veilhan) among others. In 1997 she moved her gallery to the [13th](/source/13th_arrondissement_of_Paris) art district rue Louise-Weiss in Paris.[5]

In 2003 she was named Artistic Director of FIAC,[6] and General Director of the art fair from 2010[7] to 2021.[8]

In 2022 she curated the first exhibition at the Fiminco Foundation[9] in [Romainville](/source/Romainville). The exhibition named *De toi à moi* brought together the work of ten young artists based in France: [Elsa Werth](/source/Elsa_Werth), [Liv Schulman](/source/Liv_Schulman), [Sara Sadik](/source/Sara_Sadik), [Myriam Mihindou](/source/Myriam_Mihindou), [Randa Maroufi](/source/Randa_Maroufi), Tirdad Hashemi and Soufia Erfanian, Neila Czermak Ichti, Mégane Brauer and Bianca Bondi.[10][11]

IN 2023 shw was appointed President of the Advisory Board of [Art Basel](/source/Art_Basel) in Paris.[12]

## Honours

- [Legion of honour](/source/Legion_of_Honour) Officer (2015)[13][14]
- [Ordre des Arts et des Lettres](/source/Ordre_des_Arts_et_des_Lettres) Commander (2020)[15]

## References

1. Azimi, Roxana (2018-10-15). ["La renaissance de la FIAC, l'œuvre de Jennifer Flay"](https://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2018/10/15/la-renaissance-de-la-fiac-l-uvre-de-jennifer-flay_5369597_3234.html) (in French). *Le Monde.fr*. Retrieved 2020-12-25.

1. Pigeat, Anaël. ["« Donner à voir l’art d’aujourd’hui » : rencontre avec Jennifer Flay"](https://www.artbasel.com/stories/jennifer-flay-portrait-fiac-president-art-basel-advisory-board-paris-2024) (in French). *Art Basel*. Retrieved 2025-08-05.

1. Harris, Gareth (2019-10-11). ["Fiac art fair director Jennifer Flay on the challenges ahead"](https://www.ft.com/content/0011c28a-e5c1-11e9-b8e0-026e07cbe5b4). *www.ft.com*. Retrieved 2020-12-23.

1. Autet, Pauline. ["Jennifer Flay-FIAC2"](https://www.contemporaryhum.com/jennifer-flay-2). *contemporary-hum*. Retrieved 2020-12-23.

1. Huitorel, Jean-Marc (2014-11-15). ["A Crisis – A Period – A Gallery. The archives of the Jennifer Flay gallery join the Archives de la critique d'art"](http://journals.openedition.org/critiquedart/15370). *Critique d'art. Actualité internationale de la littérature critique sur l'art contemporain*. '***(43). [doi:10.4000/critiquedart.15370](https://doi.org/10.4000/critiquedart.15370). [ISSN 1246-8258](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/1246-8258)***

1. ["Jennifer Flay Named New Artistic Director"](https://www.e-flux.com/announcements/42918/jennifer-flay-named-new-artistic-director/). *www.e-flux.com*. Retrieved 2020-12-23.

1. ["Expat Jennifer Flay making art world waves at FIAC in Paris"](https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/standing-room-only/audio/2018650680/expat-jennifer-flay-making-art-world-waves-at-fiac-in-paris) (in en-nz). *[RNZ](/source/RNZ)*. 2018-06-24. Retrieved 2020-12-23.

1. Pic, Rafael (2021-10-20). ["Jennifer Flay : « C'est la FIAC la plus diversifiée de l'histoire »"](https://www.lequotidiendelart.com/articles/20599-jennifer-flay-c-est-la-fiac-la-plus-diversifi%C3%A9e-de-l-histoire.html) (in French). *Le Quotidien de l'Art*. Retrieved 2024-04-24.

1. ["Fondation Fiminco"](https://www.worldartfoundations.com/foundation/fondation-fiminco/). *World Art Foundations*. Retrieved 2022-11-11.

1. Donnadieu, Marc (2022-11-09). ["De toi à moi"](https://www.artpress.com/2022/11/09/de-toi-a-moi/) (in fr-FR). *artpress*. Retrieved 2022-11-11.

1. Krief, Pascale (2022-11-03). ["Gigantism in Paris and Other Considerations: A Glance at Institutional Exhibitions in Paris during Paris + par Art Basel"](https://flash---art.com/2022/11/paris-par-art-basel/). *Flash Art*. Retrieved 2022-11-11.

1. Ghezlane-Lala, Donnia (2022-04-12). ["La nouvelle foire d'art parisienne d'Art Basel aura une direction française"](https://www.konbini.com/arts/la-nouvelle-foire-dart-parisienne-dart-basel-aura-une-direction-francaise/) (in French). *Konbini - Musique, cinéma, sport, food, news : le meilleur de la pop culture*. Retrieved 2024-04-24.

1. ["Artforum.com"](https://www.artforum.com/news/legion-d-honneur-awarded-to-fiac-director-jennifer-flay-55320). *www.artforum.com*. 7 October 2015. Retrieved 2020-12-25.

1. ["Jennifer Flay Awarded France's Legion of Honour - Arts, News, Visual Arts"](https://www.nzedge.com/news/jennifer-flay-awarded-frances-legion-honour/). *NZEDGE*. 2015-10-15. Retrieved 2020-12-25.

1. ["Nomination dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres - hiver 2020"](https://www.culture.gouv.fr/Nous-connaitre/Organisation/Conseil-de-l-Ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres/Arretes-de-Nominations-dans-l-ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres/Nomination-dans-l-ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres-hiver-2020). July 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2021.

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