Manon Plezent

Self-taught, introduced to photography and videography in French Polynesia. Back in mainland France in 2014, after obtaining an economic and social baccalaureate as an independent candidate, she successfully passed the entrance exam for the École Européenne Supérieure de l'image (ÉESI). After the Diplôme National d'Arts Plastiques (DNAP), she joined the Université du Quebec à Montréal (UQAM) for four months as part of the "mobility" program. Following this experience, she lived and worked in Tromso (Norway) for three months in 2018. Trip to Togo and Benin in January 2019 following a double commission: creation of a film "Meeting First Peoples" and compilation of visual and sound documentation "Gèlèdé Ceremony" in Cové.

In 2019, she obtained the Diplôme National Supérieur d'Expression Plastique (DNSEP), equivalent to a Master's degree (Bac +5). She created her company, Agence Kœyi, in November of the same year.

She settled in Barcelona for three months at the beginning of 2020, creating the snapshot (portrait) of Félix de Azúa, "Story of a Traveler Told by Himself".

In France, she carries out institutional and local commissions: Chamber of Trades and Crafts; CGT General Assembly of the Thales group; Theater: La comédie errante; Wine shop "La vache à vin"; Spa and massage institute "Body Lift"; Micro-enterprise "VureOrganic", etc... either as a photographer or as a videographer.

At the end of 2021, she completed drone piloting training at the DRONIZ center in Bordeaux.

She obtained the practical and theoretical certification for drone piloting for professional use in audiovisual and technical missions. Passed the CATT, DGAC of Bordeaux.

She exhibits over time through ÉESI at the FRAC (Regional Fund for Contemporary Art) of Poitou-Charentes / Confort-Moderne in Poitiers; at the Maison de Richelieu in Richelieu (2019); at TERRA AMATA, La Rochelle (2021); at the Biblio Café in Poitiers (2022). Exhibitions in preparation, Bordeaux (March 2022) and La Rochelle (June 2022).