Region 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 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 Region Sud Art Prize 2025 is Juliette George
The call for applications for the 2026 Art Showroom of the Région Sud Prize will be open soon
Juliette George, 2026 guest artist
Trained in photography, Juliette George produces mainly textual visual art. This paradox could signal an obvious tendency to break free from expectations.
Her work, which borrows as much from conceptual art as it does from everyday life, reflects her keen insight into the contemporary world and, more specifically, its economic and political beliefs. In her own words, she uses a bureaucratic aesthetic, which is cold, disembodied, smooth, and sometimes boring. Through her actions (such as redacting presidential speeches or economic treaties), she humorously subverts the codes and gimmicks associated with power structures. From speculation to the shaping of bankruptcy, Juliette George questions the notion of value and the narrative that surrounds and underpins it. At the same time, she strives to find in jargon-filled or technical language the vestiges of a tenacious, offbeat, amused, even irreverent poetry.
Guillaume Mansart for Documents d’artistes PACA
Previous guest artists
2025 Moye
2024 Théophylle Dcx
2023 HaYoung
2022 Flore Saunois
2021 mountaincutters
2019 Jonathan Vidal
2018 Delphine Wibaux
2017 Sabrina Belouaar
2016 Rafaela Lopez
2015 Vincent Ceraudo
2014 Sergio Verastegui
2013 Yann Gerstberger
2012 Caroline Duchatelet
2011 Sandro Della Noce
2010 Pascal Martinez
2009 Émilie Perotto
2008 Julien Bouillon
2007 Arnaud Maguet et Olivier Millagou
Region Sud Design Prize
In the continuity of the Région Sud Art Prize, Art-o-rama implemented in 2022 the Region Sud Design Prize which highlights young designers of the region and participates in their professionalization.
The Region Sud Design Prize is aimed at designers who have graduated within the last 5 years and who have completed part of their studies in the Southern Region, Provence Alpes Côte d’Azur. Designers will be selected by a curator to be shown in a dedicated space during Art-o-rama.
The winner will be selected by a jury of professionals during Art-o-rama and will benefit from a 2 000 € grant and an exhibition space during the next edition of the fair.
The laureate of the Region Sud Design Prize 2025 is Edda Rabold
The call for applications for the 2026 Design Showroom of the Région Sud Prize will be open soon
Edda Rabold, 2026 guest designer
Edda Rabold graduated with a degree in industrial design from Burg Giebichenstein in Halle, Germany, in 2021. Since then, she has been working as a freelance designer in the field of industrial design and web development based in Marseille, while also working for AATB, a robotic design studio located in Zurich and Marseille.
Previous guest designers
2025 Edda Rabold
2024 Studiolow
2023 Maxime Douillet
The Région Sud Art & Design Prizes are supported by Région Sud Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur
The Région Sud Art Prize catalog is supported by the Conseil Départemental des Bouches du Rhône
