Région Sud Art Prize
Since its beginnings, Art-o-rama has been committed to participating in the professionalization of young artists and allowing them to encounter different actors of the art world – curators, gallery owners, critics, collectors…
Each year with the Région Sud Prize, Art-o-rama offers visibility to the young creation from Art Schools of the Region Sud, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. The Prix Region Sud Art is aimed at artists who have graduated with a DNSEP degree within the last 5 years from one of the art schools of Region Sud.
The Showroom section highlights the work of 4 artists selected by a curator. The curator accompanies them in the presentation of their work, produces a critical text and introduces the artists to the gallery owners and publishers participating in the fair, who will then be invited to vote for the winner of the Region Sud Prize of the year. The following year, this artist will benefit from an exhibition space in the Gallery section of Art-o-rama following a two-month residency within the Moly-Sabata / Albert Gleizes Foundation. The artist will be the recipient of a 2 000 € grant and a catalog will be published. Since 2021, the Showroom artists benefit from a new residency program created by a regional network of art centers and venues from the Région. The 3 other artists will then each partake in one of the following residencies: Centre d’Arts Plastiques Fernand Léger de Port-de-Bouc, Centre d’Art Contemporain de Châteauvert et Voyons-Voir, art contemporain & territoire.
The Region Sud Prize often stands as a first experience for artists in a commercial environment of international scope and allows the galleries participating in Art-o-rama to discover artists who were formed in our region. It is a real platform of professionalization putting forward their work to a large public, as much amateur as professional. It is an opportunity for meetings, often sales, and first collaborations with galleries.
The laureate of the Région Sud Art Prize 2025 is Juliette George
The curator for the Art Showroom 2026 is Pierre-Antoine Lalande
Pierre-Antoine Lalande, 2026 Art Showroom Curator
Pierre-Antoine Lalande (born in 1991, lives and works in Montreuil) is an independent curator and art critic. Trained in political science and modern literature, he has held positions in communications and patronage at institutions such as KADIST, the MEP, and the Giacometti Foundation. He is currently developing exhibition projects after collaborating with various venues, including the artist-run space Julio, Galerie Sultana, and Chapelle XIV. He also writes for Mouvement magazine and has joined the curatorial team of Fotofestival Lenzburg for its 2026 edition.
