Graduated from the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in 2015 with honors, Azul Andrea is a plastician artist who studied in the Ann Veronica Janssens Studio.This half argentinian half hollandese artist draws inspiration from the following elements: light, space, water, wind, the universe, and the circle, this infinite line… Her compositions also arise from the encounter with matter, and the egg has become an ally in exploring the complexity of emotions and questioning our presence in the world. It evokes numerous images.The aim is, then, to bring light and color to something dead, something that no longer exists, to give it back its essential existence.The work of Claudia Llosa, Fausta, La teta asustada, and the short stories of Jorge Luis Borge, their infinities, their labyrinths, their mirrors.

Born in Bordeaux in 1988, Twotma is a French illustrator working with black China ink on white paper. Her style is recognisable for its bold, minimal and naïve brush stroke, inspired by everyday life —ordinary scenes, objects, animals, film or music references, anything that captures her attention in time. Her drawings aim to share an image that is gentle, slightly absurd, sometimes romantic or sarcastic, but always accessible and engaging. Through them, she invites people to remind themselves about pieces of their lives and celebrate the small details. It arrives that this artist turns her art into colorful paints, giving birth to faces and landscapes with an original vision of the world who surrounds her.

Jeanne-France Delage is a parisian ceramist who explores and navigates between contemporary art, architecture and design. Passionate about shapes and textures this artist is able to create a pure artwork whose the purpose will be able to turn it into a master piece of design. Besides her personal work Jeanne-France Delage loves to hand over her knowledge at Clay Atelier during ceramic classes. A place where she also learnt a lot, improving her savoir-faire. Jeanne-France Delage exhibits two Volcano lamps at Lo Studio Piccolo guest house in Ortigia, Sicily.

Utaco Okuno arrived in France as a violinist, but an arm injury led her to develop a practice that blends cooking and performance. Now based in Paris, she creates forms that compose an experience using food, sound, and time. In her projects, food becomes an element of space and narrative, sometimes shared with the audience after the performance.

Born in Tokyo, Shu Okuno is a performer and director. After studying human geography, he came to Paris to study mime at the Marcel Marceau International School of Mime, where he graduated. Also based in Paris, he creates, directs, and performs his own pieces. His works have been presented throughout Europe.

His work explores the relationship between the body and language and develops movement as an autonomous form. He subscribes to the idea that « movement is a translation of life. »

Utaco and Shu work together through UtacobentoU and OBUNGESSHA by Shu Okuno. They develop their practices between these two structures, adapting them to different locations, contexts, and projects.

Their work flows freely between various forms, at the intersection of travel, sustainable practices, health, and everyday life.

During this residency, Utaco and Shu will try to explore and continu to make Garance, their piece, travel and grow-up. Adding new movements and new scenes to the story. Still using Garance’s paintings as a tribute to her life as a woman and as an artist.

Margaux Dereume is a passionate artist about flowers and colors. She lives in Paris but grew-up in La Croix-Valmer, a small village in the south of France. Margaux Dereume is a print designer, artist, and floral designer. She create prints, patterns, and drawings, but also paper flowers that are completely handmade and painted, either real or dreamlike.

During her childhood, she was constantly in the trees, building a treehouse or making bouquets, looking for mushrooms or wild asparagus, catching crabs, collecting pieces of polished glass in all colors, collecting shells and rocks, or observing fishes with my mask. It became her primary source of inspiration.

Orfeo Tagiuri lives and works in London. Orfeo’s practice spans from painting and drawing to performance, film, woodcarving, animation, and music.

He has exhibited and performed internationally, including at Sapling Gallery, London, Art Brussels, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, Paris International, and MACRO, Rome.

 In 2020 Orfeo was nominated for Bloomberg New Contemporaries award and published his first book Little Passing Thoughts in 2023. Orfeo has directed and animated music videos for James Blake and Brian Eno.

During this residency the artist will be exploring Ortigia and will be offering his creative points a view through his illustrations and their charming characters.