Ten projects proposed by ten structures have been shortlisted, they will be accompagned by Taous R. Dahmani, guest curator, and exhibited at the next Rencontres d’Arles.

During opening week, a jury will bestow the Louis Roederer Discovery Award on an artist and his or her structure, entailing an acquisition worth €15,000.

The public will vote for the Public’s Choice Award, entailing an acquisition worth €5,000.


The artists shortlisted for the LOUIS ROEDERER DISCOVERY AWARD 2022 are:

→ Roy Debmalya CHOUDHURI (India)
presented by Space Studio (Vadodara, India)

→ Rahim FORTUNE (United States)
presented by Sasha Wolf Projects (New York, United States)

→ Olga GROTOVA (Russia)
presented by Pushkin House (London, Great Britain)

→ Daniel JACK LYONS (United States)
presented by Ensemble (Marseille, France)

→ Seif KOUSMATE (Morocco)
presented by the Musée Abderrahman Slaoui (Casablanca, Morocco)

→ Celeste LEEUWENBURG (Argentina/France)
presented by Julio Artist-run space (Paris, France)

→ Rodrigo Masina PINHEIRO & Gal MARINELLI CIPRESTE (Brazil)
presented by Ateliê Oriente (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

→ Akeem SMITH (United States/Jamaica)
presented by HEIDI (Berlin, Germany)

→ Mika SPERLING (Russia/Germany)
presented by Ahoi (Luzern, Switzerland)

→ Maya Inès TOUAM (France/Algeria)
presented by Fondation H (Paris, France, and Antananarivo, Madagascar) with the Fondation Blachère (Apt, France)


ABOUT TAOUS R. DAHMANI
Taous Dahmani is a historian of photography, researcher and writer based between London and Marseille. Her work focuses on the politics of images. She is also editor and content advisor for The Eyes magazine and a trustee of the Photo Oxford Festival.


WITH SUPPORT FROM THE LOUIS ROEDERER FOUNDATION & POLKA