The 16 Fellows selected for 2024-2025

Following a selection procedure for which 713 applications were submitted, the jury of the competition for Fellowships at the French Academy in Rome – Villa Medici has chosen 16 winners.

This new class of Fellows, representing 6 artistic disciplines and 6 different nationalities, will be welcomed at Villa Medici from September 2, 2024 for a one-year residency of creation, experimentation, and research. The Fellows will receive a residence grant, accommodation, and a workspace.

THE FELLOWS 2024-2025

The following have been selected as Fellows for the year 2024–2025:

Haig AIVAZIAN – Visual arts
Bianca BONDI – Visual arts
Jérôme CLÉMENT-WILZ – Screenwriting
Nicolas DAUBANES – Visual arts
Abdessamad EL MONTASSIR – Visual arts
Alessandro GALLICCHIO – Art history
Amalia LAURENT – Visual arts
Pierre-Yves MACÉ – Musical composition
Clovis MAILLET – Visual arts
Nicolas SARZEAUD – Art history
Claudia Jane SCROCCARO – Musical composition
Seynabou SONKO – Literature
Ana VAZ – Photography/Film
Pierre VON-OW – Art history
Lise WAJEMAN – Literature
Louisa YOUSFI – Literature

THE JURY

The selection jury was made up of Sam Stourdzé, director of the French Academy in Rome – Villa Medici and president of the jury; Delphine Fournier, visual arts delegate to the Directorate General of Artistic Creation in the Ministry of Culture, ex officio members, and 6 qualified persons of standing: Tiphaine Samoyault, writer and director of studies at EHESS; Marie Cozette, director of the CRAC Occitanie/Pyrénées-Méditerranée; Sasha Blondeau, composer; Joana Hadjithomas, film director, screenwriter, and artist; Jérémie Koering, full professor of modern art history and senior researcher at CNRS; Vincent Baudriller, director of the Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne.

To analyze the applications, the jury called upon the expertise of sixteen persons of standing appointed from within the French cultural administration.

THE RESIDENCY

During their one-year stay at Villa Medici, the Fellows will mingle with the Residents, that is, the artists in residence for short periods. In all, nearly 70 artists – Fellows and Residents – are welcomed to Villa Medici each year.   

In the course of their year of residency in Rome, the Fellows will be invited to share their work during multidisciplinary artistic events that will be open to the public:

  • in the autumn, the Nuit Blanche will be the opportunity for a first public presentation of their projects at Villa Medici and in its gardens, which, for an evening, will be the setting for visual installations but also performance works; 
  • throughout the year, concerts, readings, lectures, performances, and events will be organized on the initiative of the Fellows, regularly involving guest artists;
  • an end-of-residency event, a highlight of the summer program, will be the opportunity to present the research projects and works developed by the Fellows during their residency.

KEY FIGURES

Applicants for the competition:

  • Among the 713 applications representing 765 candidates, there were 384 women, 369 men, 12 non-binary persons, 47 duos, 1 trio, and 1 group with 5 members.

Fellows in the class of 2024-2025:

  • The class comprises 7 women, 7 men, and 2 non-binary persons.
  • The average age of the Fellows is 38.

→ Read the Press Kit announcing the 2024-2025 Fellows

PHOTO CREDITS:
Cover photo: View of the façade of the Villa Medici in Rome © Daniele Molajoli
Residents: Haig Aivazian: © Myriam Boulos / Bianca Biondi: © Flora Mathieu / Jérôme Clément-Wilz: © Mathias Fennetaux / Nicolas Daubanes: © Grégoire Avenel / Abdessamad El Montassir: © Franck Alix / Alessandro Gallicchio: © Stéphane Gaessler / Amalia Laurent: © Tony Trichanh / Pierre-Yves Macé: © Thomas Jean Henri / Clovis Maillet: © L. Charrier / Nicolas Sarzeaud: © Nicolas Sarzeaud / Claudia Jane Scroccaro: © Salomé Bazin / Seynabou Sonko: © Marie Mabondo / Ana Vaz: © Michiel Devijver / Pierre Von-Ow: © Pierre Von-Ow / Lisa Wajeman: © SZ / Louisa Yousfi: © Anthony Francin