Discover Villa Albertine’s 2026 Residents
Since the launch of its residency program in 2021, Villa Albertine has offered more than 300 creators the opportunity to spend a period of research and exploration in the United States.
Villa Albertine tailors each residency to the unique needs of the creator and their project, embedding them in the location or locations most relevant to their artistic goals.
These residencies prioritize exploration and deep engagement with the American context, focusing on the development of new ideas across several disciplines rather than the completion of a finished work.
In 2026, the laureates will revisit the long history of French-American relations, explore the synergies between the arts and artificial intelligence, and reaffirm the power of creation as a vehicle for transmission, connection, and collective invention.
Discover the list of 2026 residents below.
Find a brief description of the 2026 residents’ projects below and read our press release.
Learn about the esteemed group of industry professionals that selected our 2026 cohort here.
Villa Albertine is an institution of the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs’ Embassy of France in the United States. The 2026 season of Villa Albertine’s residencies, developed in partnership with Albertine Foundation, is supported by the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, the French Embassy in the United States, the Ministry of Culture, and the Institut français.
Villa Albertine and Albertine Foundation are grateful for the leadership support of Societe Generale Corporate Foundation, with the generous contributions of the Bettencourt Schueller Foundation, the Recanati-Kaplan Foundation, Ardian, AXA, the ENGIE Corporate Foundation, the Florence Gould Endowment for Literary Exchange, Fidji Simo, the Académie des Beaux-Arts, AWARE, ADIAF, Marfret and the Fonds de Dotation Banque Transatlantique.
2026 Villa Albertine Residents
Architecture
- Delphine Lewandowski – Boston MA and New York, NY
- Côme Rolin – Marfa, TX
Arts & Artificial Intelligence
- Louis-Paul Caron – Los Angeles, CA
- Lou Fauroux – Los Angeles, CA and Las Vegas, NV
- Hanako Murakami – New York, NY
- Olivain Porry – New Orleans, LA
Cinema
- Sabrina Bouarour – Washington, DC and Baltimore, MD
- Louise Cailliez & Guillaume Lorin – Fairbanks, AK
- Caroline Deodat – Saint Louis, MO and Chicago, IL
- Ismaël Joffroy Chandoutis – Jacksonville, FL
- Camille Juza – Los Angeles, CA
- Hind Meddeb – New York, NY
- Simon Moutaïrou – New Orleans, LA
Craft & Design
- Céline Bachelot – Boston, MA
- Yassine Ben Abdallah – Los Angeles, CA and New York, NY
- Antonin Odin – New York, NY
- Laurel Parker – New Orleans, LA and Baton Rouge, LA
- Sophia Taillet – New York, NY
- Juliette Tellier – New York, NY
Literature
- Hélène Coutard – New York, NY
- Sandra Jackson-Opoku – Chicago, IL, Mt. Carmel, MO, Old Mines, MO, St. Louis, MO, New Orleans, LA, and Baton Rouge, LA
- Ana Mendoza Aldana – New Orleans, LA
- Jean-Baptiste Phou – San Francisco, CA
- Enrico Pinto – Las Vegas, NV
- Rose Vidal – Chicago, IL, New York, NY, and San Francisco, CA
Museums & Heritage
- Vincent Bouat-Ferlier – Washington, DC
- Claire Houmard – Quinhagak, AK
- Clément Thibault – Washington, DC
Music
- Eric Blaze – New York, NY and San Francisco, CA
- Blanche Lafuente – Atlanta, GA
including Classical Music
- Benjamin Alunni – New York, NY
- Bar Avni – Boston, MA, Chicago, IL, Cleveland, OH, Los Angeles, CA, and Denver, CO
- Katarina Livljanic – New York, NY
New Media
- Holly Herndon & Mat Dryhurst – San Francisco, CA
- Beatrice Lartigue – Boston, MA
Performing Arts
- Adama Diop – New York, NY
- Léo Lérus – New York, NY
- Léonard Matton – Boston, MA
- Khoudia Toure – Chicago, IL
Visual Arts
- Violaine Barrois & Suraia Abud – Dearborn, MI
- Abdelkader Benchamma – New York, NY
- Delphine & Elodie Chevalme – Houston, TX
- Lalita Clozel & Ariane Mohseni-Sadjadi – Trenton, MO
- Clémence Gbonon – Chicago, IL
- Samir Laghouati-Rashwan – Houston, TX
- Lek & Sowat – New York, NY
- Esther & Johanna Mirabel – Miami, FL
- Alexis Peskine – Atlanta, GA, Dunbar Creek, GA, South Carolina, North Carolina
- Emilie Pitoiset – Los Angeles, CA
- Cédrine Scheidig – Miami, Belle Glade, Pahokee, and the Everglades, FL
- Armelle Tulunda – Savannah, GA
Project Descriptions
Watch the big reveal: catch a glimpse of our new residents below.