Fellows

Fellows for the year 2025-2026

Alia Bengana – architecture

Arianna Brunori – art theory

Diaty Diallo – literature

Marin Fouqué – literature

Elitza Gueorguieva – literature

Hugo Lindenberg – literature

Giulia Lorusso – musical composition

Paul Maheke – visual arts

Marie-Claire Messouma Manlanbien – visual arts

Randa Maroufi – photography/film

Farnaz Modarresifar – musical composition

Baptiste Pinteaux – art history

Enrique Ramirez – visual arts

Ben Russell – photography/film

Camille Lévy Sarfati – exhibition curator

Thu Van Tran – visual arts

 

The residency

During their one-year stay at Villa Medici, the Fellows 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.

 

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: Eva Barois de Caevel, curator, Centre Pompidou Paris; Hicham Berrada, visual artist; Frédéric Cousinié, university professor in art and architecture history and theory; Hélène Giannecchini, writer and exhibition curator; Clara Iannotta, composer; and Stéphane Malfettes, director of Les Subsistances.

 

Key figures

Applicants for the competition

• Among the 752 applications representing 797 candidates, there were 404 women, 373 men, 20 non-binary persons, 37 duos, 4 trio

 

Fellows in the class of 2025-2026

• The class comprises 10 women and 6 men

• The average age of the Fellows is 39