Saturday, 26 April 2025

AVANT-FEMME / AVANT-GARDE Curated Residency Program at L'Air Arts Atelier 11 Cité Falgière Paris

I attended a residency at  L'Air Arts Atelier 11 Cité Falguière Paris, France in March. The curated group residency Avant-Femme/Avant-Garde focused on women artists past and present in Paris. With a cohort of amazing women artists and writers, the hard-working, lovely team at - Mila Ovchinnikova, Clare Patrick,  Aurora Sevin and Edith Varez lead us on a whirlwind of studio visits, exhibition tours, meetings, gallery hops. 

More images may be seen @as_majerus here and here and here and here and here


Built by artists for artists in 1875, Atelier 11 is the last preserved atelier of the historical artists community of Cité Falguière ini Paris. During its 150+ years of artistic history, the Cité Falguière served as a working and living place to more than a hundred French and international artists. Once home to Amedeo Modigliani, Tsuguharu Foujita, Constantin Brancusi, Chaïm Soutine and Paul Gaugin, it was built with connecting staircases and footbridges to foster connections among artists.  More can be read about Atelier 11 here




The cohort! 
We laughed, we explored the city, we learned about each other's practices, we focused on the history of women artists in Paris, we grew. 

Jill Anholt, Canada
Elleke van Gorsel, Netherlands
Dianne Hebbert, Nicaragua / USA
Mai-Li Helweg, Germany
Alexandra Majerus, Barbados / Canada
Grace Nitoumbi, Ukraine / France
Sonal Patel, India / Australia
Olga Ulmann, Germany 
Katie Stewart, Australia

With special guest - the L'AiR Arts past resident Barbara Wildenboer (South Africa)


AVANT-FEMME / AVANT-GARDE Curated Residency Program at L'Air Arts Atelier 11 Cité Falgière Paris

I attended a residency at  L'Air Arts Atelier 11 Cité Falguière Paris, France in March. The curated group residency Avant-Femme/Avant-G...