The Grand Bain 2025 PB - Mécènes du Sud
Three recently graduated artists from partner schools submit work and research proposals for selection in a residency program focused on emerging writing and language practices across media.
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Get matched →The Grand Bain 2025 offers a residency at Villa Deroze - La Marelle to three recently graduated artists from partner art schools in the southern France network. The residency is accompanied by exhibition curator Élodie Royer, invited by Mécènes du Sud.
The residency centers on emerging practices of writing and language across any medium—including writing, performance, and music.
Three laureates have been selected: Blanche Coquerel (École des beaux-Arts de Marseille), Gabriel Garçonnat (ESADTPM, Toulon), and Aloïs Frost (ESAAix, Aix-en-Provence). Call is open to recent graduates from these three partner schools.
Élodie Royer is an independent exhibition curator and doctoral student at the SACRe Laboratory, École Normale Supérieure, Paris. Her recent work examines artistic practices through environmental and ecofeminist lenses, with extensive collaboration with the Japanese art scene. She has curated exhibitions at major institutions including MCJP Paris (2022), KADIST (2019), FRAC Centre Val-de-Loire (2024), and Fondation Fiminco (2023–2024).
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