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Sébastien Pignon
Fellow
2005 - 2006
Visual arts
Biography
Sébastien Pignon
Period: 2005-2006
Profession: Visual artist Sébastien Pignon was born in Paris in 1973 and spent 12 months at the Villa Medici. 2003, publication of 80 erotic drawings, Devant – derrière, éditions Bleu autour. Exhibition of drawings from the publication Devant derrière, Galerie Nathalie Serroussi, Paris. 2004 Solo exhibition, Compagnie, Galerie Nathalie Serroussi, Paris. 2004 FIAC, installation of paintings, pisseur pendu, Galerie Nathalie Serroussi, Paris. 2005, Solo exhibition, Le moment actuel, Galerie Libéral Bruant, Paris. “The difficulty is to be someone else. Because when one is oneself, one is another, a failure. What we need is real experience. I need another person to pursue the holy unknown. Naples is the outside, Rome is the inside. Saint inconnu discovers, and we cover, not to keep warm but to make obvious, as one would point out a corpse: Exquisite?why not, but always difficult to see.”
Sébastien Pignon
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.
