Philippe Gronon

Fellow
1994 - 1995

Photography

Biography

Philippe Gronon
Period: 1994-1995
Profession: Photographer Biography Þ Solo exhibitions 2009 –
Versos , Galerie Georges Verney-Carron 2008 –
Verso s, Dominique Fiat Galerie.
Untitle -Gallery Yossi Milo Gallery, New York
Photographies , Maison de la culture, Bourges 2006 –
Up & Down ,Odéon 5, Paris. 2003 – Mamco, Geneva. 2002 – La Maison des Arts, Malakoff. 2001 – Frac des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou. Le 19, Centre Régional d’art contemporain, Montbéliard. Frac Franche Contée, Musée des Beaux arts, Lons-le-Saunier. Théâtre Granit/Scène nationale Belfort. Galerie François Barnoud, Dijon. 1998 – Galerie Cent 8 / Serge Le Borgne, Paris. 1997 – Bibliothèque nationale de France, site Richelieu, Paris. Galerie François Barnoud, Dijon. 1994 –
Écritoires, Bibliothèque nationale, Tracy Williams, Paris. 1993 – Galerie Georges Verney – Carron, Villeurbanne. 1992 – Galerie Gabrielle Vitte, Ajaccio. 1990 – Galerie de l’Ecole, Villa Arson, Nice. Þ Group exhibitions 2009 –
Trivial Abstact , Villa Arson, Nice
Ce qui demeure est le futur , Maison de la culture d’Amiens. Collection moderne et contemporaine du Musée de Picardie 2008 –
45 Mille Baci From Bubaque , Archipel des Bijagos, Guinée Bissau
Upsa Dream , Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris
Le pouvoir de la photographie (Power of photography), 21 photographes contemporain français, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul, Korea.
Waiting for Ypudu , Galerie Barnoud, Dijon. 2007 –
Photographies, nouvelles acquisitions 2003 – 2007 , Centre Pompidou, Musée national d’art moderne, Paris Fiac 2007, Cour carrée du Louvre, Galerie Dominique Fiat Paris Photo, Carrousel du Louvre, Galerie Dominique Fiat
Nice to meet you , MAMAC, Nice 2006 – Les peintres de la vie moderne, Centre Pompidou, Musée national d’art moderne, Paris La Force de l’Art, Grand Palais, Paris. Profils 15 ans de création artistique en France, Musée Péra, Istanbul then Benaki Museum, Athens. 2005 – Objets Divers, Galerie des Grands Bains Douches de la Plaine, Marseille. Tableaux Ecrans. Galerie les filles du calvaire, Paris –  Brussels. Enchanté château, Fondation pour l’art contemporain Claudine et Jean-Marc Salomon, Alex. ParAmour, Art 45 – Préfiguration Galerie Georges Verney-Carron, Lyon. Pierres lithographiques, One Man show in Paris Photo Studio Franck Bordas, Paris. Gestes, Traces et autres signes, Centre International d’art Contemporain, Carros. 2004 – Pour les oiseaux, en hommage à Jean-françois Taddei , Frac des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou. Des images qui ne seraient du semblant. La Photographie Ecrite, passage de Retz, Paris. 2003 – Imago, Frac Franche-Comté, Dôle. Recent acquisitions for the Frac Bretagne collection, Domaine de Kerguéhennec, Bignan. Trace, Archive, Mémoire, Sélest’art, Sélestat. 2002 – Le paysage dans l’art d’aujourd’hui, Maison de la Culture de Bourges. 2001 – Regards croisés, works from the collection of the Frac des Pays de La Loire, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal. 2000 – Accords opposés, works from the collection of the Frac des Pays  de la Loire Bouvet-Ladubay Saumur. Un monde dans une coquille de noix, FRAC Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. 1999 – De l’Or au Néon, works from the collection of the Frac des Pays de la Loire, Fontenay-le-Comte. 1998 – L’hypothèse du tableau volé, MAMCO, Geneva. Tableaux d’une histoire, Villa Arson, Nice. Une histoire de circonstances Triangle, Rennes. Jamais trop d’images, works from the collection of the Frac des Pays de la Loire, Saint-Jean de Monts. 1997 – Points de vues, FRAC Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Marseille. Atelier, Centre national de la Photographie, Paris. 1 minute scénario, Printemps de Cahors. Photographie au présent, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Site Tolbiac, Paris. 1995 –
Aperto 95 /After Nice”, Mamco, Geneva
Villa(s)6 , Villa Medicis, Rome / Villa Lemot, Clisson 1994 – Hommage à Pierre Puget, décorateur naval et mariniste, Palais Neptune, Toulon 1993 –
L’École de Nice , Montrouge cultural center
Les Passants du phalanstère , Villa Arson, Nice
Café de Paris , La Remise, Vienna, Austria 1992 – Ateliers 92″, ARC, Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris
Les Mystères de l’auberge espagnole , Villa Arson, Nice
Vers une attitude photographique , Collection de la Caisse des dépôts et consignations, Paris 1991-
La Tète d’Obsidienne , Fort Napoléon, La Seyne-sur-Mer
The colors of money , Musée de la Poste, Paris
Germination 6, Musée Ludwig, Aachen, Germany Þ Bourses et résidences / Grant 2003 -2004 – ISCP ( Interntional Studio & Curatorial program ) New York, grant from CNAP and Culture France 1994 -1995 – Resident at Villa Medici, Rome Þ Œuvres dans l’espace public / Public art commissions 1998 – Tribunal de commerce, Nice 1999-2000 – Pôle universitaire de Saint-Jean d’Angely , Nice in collaboration with Anne Marie Jugnet and Alain Clairet 2001-2002 – Laboratoire des douanes et des fraudes, Oullins Þ Collections publiques / Public collection Mamco, Musée d’art contemporain de Genève Musée départemental de la Roche-sur-Yon Frac des Pays de la Loire, Clisson Frac Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Marseille Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris Fonds national d’Art Contemporain, Puteau Maison européenne de la photographie, Paris Frac Franche-Comté, Besançon Collection municipale de la Ville de Paris Frac Bretagne, Châteaugiron Frac Bourgogne, Dijon Frac Alsace, Sélestat Musée national d’art moderne Georges Pompidou, Paris Mamac, Musée d’art moderne et contemporain de Nice

After residency

Production grant

publication

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All our tears

in co-production with Éditions Cambourakis

2026

Based on the death of a mother crushed by anti-feminism and dissolved in the water of a river, a text found in the deceased’s personal belongings and the emergence of memories of what was experienced as a child, this book aims to reflect on the socio-historical condition of women and gender minorities who suffer violence and live with the dead. With overwhelming intensity, Clovis Maillet Monory’s family and historical investigation brilliantly interweaves our intimate and collective mourning.

This book is co-produced by the production grant Éditions Cambourakis x La Villa Médicis.

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Production grant

exhibition

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By mistake and at random

in co-production with Maison Salvan

11.03 - 02.05.2026

Nicolas Daubanes compares two creative sites of very different scales: the Villa Medici, a prestigious Roman residence, and the Maison Salvan, a modest village house that has become an artistic home. He thus engages in a conversation with works and historical figures such as Galileo, Ingres, Velázquez and Courbet. While some of his earlier works are also on display, the exhibition mainly features recent works from his ongoing research.

This exhibition is co-produced as part of the Maison Salvan x Villa Medici production grant.

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Prince of Monaco – Villa Medici Artistic Grant

The Inner Fire

2026

Fellow at the Villa Medici in 2024–2025, Nicolas Daubanes is the recipient of the first Prince of Monaco – Villa Medici Artistic Grant for the year 2025. In this context, he is developing the project Le feu intérieur (‘The Inner Fire’) inspired by the architecture and collections of the Villa. Nicolas Daubanes revisits the works of artists associated with the Villa, including François-Marius Granet, Camille Corot, Diego Velázquez and the engravings of Piranèse, using the photogram technique. He creates images in which light becomes matter, thanks to the photosensitive revelation of projected steel sparks.

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publication

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The great method

in co-production with La fabrique éditions

2026

An Algerian immigrant family sets off to bury their father back home. During this journey, disturbed by apparitions, something begins to unravel: the secrets of the people that exile fails to make them forget.
La grande méthode is the latest book by Louisa Yousfi, fellow in 2024-2025, and explores the delicate seam between the visible world and the invisible worlds that persist in the shadows and still inhabit “Western” minds.

This book was co-produced under the La fabrique éditions x Villa Medici production grant.

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Production grant

symposium

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Preserving human remains

22.01 - 23.01.2026 - Paris

Former fellow Laure Cadot (2023-2024) is organizing and taking part in the international symposium “Preserving human remains” at the Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac. These meetings on new approaches to conservation and the care of human remains in institutions aim to highlight and discuss professional practices in the light of contemporary issues surrounding this unique heritage.

This symposium is co-produced as part of the Louis Roederer Foundation grant.

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Production grant

exhibition

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Une pierre sous la langue

in co-production with Frac Franche-Comté

17.10.2025 - 01.03.2026 - Besançon

The exhibition Une pierre sous la langue (A Stone Under the Tongue) refers to a Saharan poem that recommends putting a stone under the tongue to forget, and throwing it towards the sun to remember… It brings together works created between 2021 and 2024, including two pieces from the Frac collection, as well as previously unseen works created especially for the occasion, notably during the artist’s stay at Villa Medici as a resident.

This exhibition is co-produced as part of the Louis Roederer Foundation grant.

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Production grant

exhibition

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Resources: Act #2

Bienal de São Paulo

in co-production with Bienal de São Paulo

06.09.2025 - 11.01.2026 - São Paulo

Conceived in the form of a pontoon, Les Ressources : Acte #2 (2025) is a monumental installation acting as a ship carrying found objects such as fragments of wood, ropes and jerrycans, reminiscent of all the boats that sail the open sea and, by extension, fishing activities.

This installation is co-produced as part of the Louis Roederer Foundation grant.

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!Viva Villa! project

exhibition

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Yvonne Rainer: A Reader

in co-production with Crac Occitanie

11.10.2025 - 15.02.2026 - Sète

The exhibition takes its title from the English term ” reader “, which refers both to a publication containing a collection of texts by an author, and to the very position of reader. This unprecedented format is extended to the context of a transdisciplinary exhibition: although it has the appearance of a monograph, this exhibition brings together a multiplicity of artists, performers and researchers, whose voices resonate around Yvonne Rainer.

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Palladium palms

!Viva Villa! project

exhibition

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Sensitive machine

in co-production with Cité des Arts de la Réunion

03.10.2025 - 31.01.2026 - Saint-Denis, Reunion Island

“Machine sensible” is an exhibition of digital, technological, trans- and multi-media works by Mounir Ayache, Diane Cescutti, Abel Techer and Raphaëlle Von Knebel, whose creations are born of a renewed attention to and mastery of textile creation, design, painting and sculpture. Each artist, through his or her visual and plastic language, questions the evolution of our condition as being-in-the-world and our coexistence on real and/or virtual territories by setting up narratives whose fictional imaginations invite us to better embrace our shared futures.

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Tempesta

in co-production with Un Éte au Havre, Chevaldeuxtrois

01.06 - 31.08.2025 - Le Havre

Set in little-known parts of Le Havre, Tempesta echoes the myth of Prometheus and the history of the city’s destruction. In a tableau that brings together the present and the ancient, Mali Arun summons young dancers into a world of light and shadow. Chevaldeuxtrois and Un Été Au Havre present, in coproduction with the Académie de France à Rome – Villa Médicis, a film by Mali Arun produced by Jérémy Forni.

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