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Léonard Martin
Fellow
2018 - 2019
Visual arts
Biography
Léonard Martin, born in Paris in 1991, currently lives and works in Paris. After studying at the Beaux-Arts de Paris (graduating in 2015 with the jury’s congratulations) and Le Fresnoy – Studio national des arts contemporains (graduating in 2017 with the jury’s congratulations), he has exhibited at the Salon de Montrouge, Jeune Création, La Villette and the Collection Lambert in Avignon.
His artistic practice establishes a dialogue between painting, animated film, puppet film and mechanical sculpture. His project for the Villa Medici residency is a free interpretation of the historical account of the Battle of San Romano, painted by Paolo Uccello around 1456, entrusted to life-size puppets on the site of the invention of perspective in the Italian Renaissance.
His previous work around James Joyce’s Ulysses was awarded the Prix de l’ADAGP – Révélation art numérique, art vidéo in 2017.
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.
