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Eric Baudelaire
Fellow
2017 - 2018
Visual arts
Biography
Eric Baudelaire, born in Salt Lake City in 1973, is an artist and filmmaker. His practice is rooted in research into contemporary history, notably the journey of the Japanese Red Army in his project“L’Anabase de May et Fusako Shigenobu, Masao Adachi, et 27 années sans images” (2011), or on Abkhazia, an unrecognized state in the Caucasus, in“The Secession Sessions” (2014). His work includes photographs, prints, performances, lectures and publications, which he incorporates into installations around his films, notably in recent solo exhibitions at Witte de With, Rotterdam, Fridericianum in Kassel, Berkeley Art Museum, Bétonsalon, Paris, and in autumn 2017 at the Centre Pompidou in Paris. His work can also be found in the collections of the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid, the Macba in Barcelona, MoMA and the Whitney Museum in New York.
Medici Residency Occitanie
Application 23.02 - 01.04.2026
Created in 2018 by the Occitanie Region in partnership with the French Academy in Rome - Villa Medici, the Price Occitanie - Medici dedicated to young contemporary creation aims to develop the international influence of talent from Occitanie by welcoming them to the Villa Medici for a research and creative stay of several months. Each year, the price attracts around a hundred candidates - visual and visual artists - eager to take advantage of the opportunity offered by a residency at one of Europe's most emblematic art centers, in contact with other artists from a wide range of disciplines and backgrounds. Each year, the winner of the Price Occitanie - Medici is selected on the basis of an application and an audition of the shortlisted candidates, each of whom presents his or her project to a jury made up of representatives of the Region, the Director of Villa Medici and associated experts.
