CASTEL CARAMEL is a private cultural platform in the South of France in the vicinity of Menton which once served as the atelier of the renowned Austrian artist Ernst Fuchs. More than just an artist studio, it offered a forum for exchange between artists, curators, poets, musicians and collectors.

It is Castel Caramel’s vision to continue the legacy of Fuchs through annual residencies for contemporary artists and associated events to support the arts community across the Riviera and to inject dynamism into the traditional art landscape of the Côte d’Azur, aiming to facilitate meaningful interactions between artists and the cultural community.

 

Since its establishment, the program has hosted important voices such as Chloe Wise, Jill Mulleady, Korakrit Arunanondchai, Sedrick Chisom and Stefanie Heinze. Inspired by Ernst Fuchs, Castel Caramel’s residency program seeks to nurture a new generation of patrons while fostering community-building around contemporary art. This summer we will be hosting artist Henry Curchod in collaboration with New York / Los Angeles based gallery C L E A R I N G.

 

HENRY CURCHOD (b. 1992) was born in Palo Alto, CA and grew up in Australia where he received his BA from the University of New South Wales in 2014. He now lives and works in London, UK.

Via unorthodox perspectives and compositions, Curchod explores his diverse cultural background of Kurdish-Iranian descent in his work. Recent solo exhibitions include Oh Fortuna!,  C L E A R I N G, New York, 2024; Safe Spaces, Gallery Vacancy at Paris Internationale, 2023; Hugging a tree is like kissing a dog, Shoot the Lobster, New York, 2023; Trouble on the Event Horizon, Mamoth, London, 2023; Rice is god’s dandruff, Chauffeur, Sydney, 2022. He was the recipient of the R&F Residency, New York, 2023; the PPP/Oostmeijer Residency, Amsterdam, 2023; and finalist for the Ramsay Art Prize, 2023; the Sulman Prize, 2023; and the Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship, 2021. His work is in the collections of: X Museum, Beijing, China; Start Museum, Shanghai, China; Sifang Museum, Beijing, China; Dangxia Foundation, Beijing, China; Tiantai Museum of Art, Qingdao, China; M Woods Museum, Beijing, China.

 

https://www.castelcaramel.org/

 

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