Laureates 2024-2025

Maison de La Poésie
Rohini Kejriwal Poet
Cité BD X Sunaparanta
Lokesh Khodke Comic Book Author
La Napoule x Prameya Art Foundation
Annalisa Mansukhani Writer
La Napoule, International Collective Residency
Ayesha Singh Artist
Biennale de Lyon
Sahil Naik Artist
Manufactures Nationales
Kunaal Kyhaan Architect & Designer
Himalayan Writing Retreat
Floriane Zaslavsky Essayist
Alice Boner Institute
Adrien Lafille Novelist
Prakriti Foundation (TBC)
Fu Le Filmmaker and Choreographer
Katkatha Puppet Arts Trust
Saba Niknam Multidisciplinary Artist
Public Arts Trust Of India
Gaspard Combes Artist
Kalhath Institute
Pauline Guerrier Artist
Vastrakala Craft Residency
Antonin Mongin Artisan/Designer
Serendipity Arts Residency
Valia Russo Visual Artist
Khoj International Residency
Ada Artist

Press

17 April 2025

Deccan Herald : Launch of 3rd call for applications for Villa Swagatam residencies, across South Asia, France.

INDIA : The French Institute in India and the French Embassy in India announce the launch of the third edition of the Villa Swagatam cross-residency programme, which brings together around thirty partners across France, India, Bangladesh and as of 2025, Sri Lanka.

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11 April 2025

Le Monde : En Inde, la Villa Swagatam jette des ponts entre artisans locaux et artistes français

PARIS : Articulée autour des métiers d’art, la résidence, fondée par l’Institut français en Inde, a pour ambition de créer une nouvelle génération d’ambassadeurs culturels.

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24 February 2025

Herald Goa : Comics & Culture: A Shared Journey from France and India

GOA: [From] two countries with very distinctive styles, Lokesh Khodke from India and Jean-Marc Troubert from France will be presenting their work based on their collaboration.

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16 Sep 2024

Literary retreats and residencies, the write place to be

For much of the year, Mumbai-based Tony Xavier works as a chief learning officer with an edtech company but to pursue his passion for writing,

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11 Sep 2024

The French Institute in India announces the Villa Swagatam 2024-2025 laureates

The French Institute in India announced the selection of the 28 laureates of the second edition of its residency programme Villa Swagatam for 2024-2025.

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11 Sep 2024

5 Questions with artist Deborah Fischer about India’s influence on her diverse art mediums under her Jodhpur art residency

Deborah Fischer’s sources of inspiration can be found aplenty in our surroundings. Discarded waste, bunches of fabric scraps, cracks in a wall — the mixed-medium artist’s creative

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24 July 2024

The French Institute in India announces the Villa Swagatam 2024-2025 laureates.

New Delhi. 24 July 2024. The French Institute in India is pleased to announce the selection of the 28 laureates of the second edition of its residency programme Villa Swagatam for 2024-2025.

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17 May 2024

Vastrakala x Victoire de Brantes | How to embroider ‘stained glass’

Vastrakala’s intricate hand embroidery is part of private homes in France, the Opera de Monte Carlo in Monaco, and even the refurbished throne of French emperor Napoleon.

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2 May 2024

The Daily Guardian

The Embassy of France in India announced the launch of the second edition of the Villa Swagatam residency programme, a holistic network of residencies aimed at fostering cultural exchanges between France,

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20 Apr 2024

DT Next Fostering dialogues of design between India and France

CHENNAI: Formative years of growing up between the diverse regions of Provence and Tamil Nadu, these are blurry borders for Victoire de Brantes.

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12 April 2024

The Embassy of France in India unveils the second edition of the Villa

The Embassy of France in India is thrilled to announce the launch of the second edition of the Villa Swagatam residency programme

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26 March 2024

Clement Xavier X Alice Boner Institute

January X, 2024 - Villa Swagatam, inaugurated in April 2023 by the French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs

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26 March 2024

Victoire de Brantes X Vastrakala

January X, 2024 - Villa Swagatam, inaugurated in April 2023 by the French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Catherine Colonna

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7th February 2024

A tale of French Love with Indian Art

LUCKNOW: Playing with the eye of aari and zardozi needles to create golden motifs on fabric was an ‘everyday affair’ for Mohd Shami until he met French Moroccan visual artist Yassine Bablzioui a few weeks ago.

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1st to 4th February

Carte blanche India Art Fair

On the occasion of the next India Art Fair, to be held in Delhi from 1 to 4 February 2024, the French Institute in India

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24th January 2024

French visual artist Yassine Balbzioui in Lucknow at Villa Swagatam

Villa Swagatam, a platform for cultural exchanges between French and Indian artists, designers and writers, recently hosted Yassine Bablzioui, a French Moroccan Multidisciplinary Visionary at Kalhath Institute in Lucknow.

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12th January 2024

Yassine Balbzioui X The Kalhath Institute

January 12th, 2024 - Villa Swagatam, inaugurated in March 2023 by the French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Catherine Colonna

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14 September 2023

Director Emmanuel Lebrun-Damiens presents the Villa Swagatam

New Delhi. 14 September 2023. India is a country where the world of tomorrow is being built, where public figures and organisations

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17 July 2023

La Villa Swagatam annonce les 17 résidents retenus pour sa première promotion 2023-2024

New Delhi. 17 July 2023. La Villa Swagatam a annoncé aujourd'hui les 17 lauréats sélectionnés pour sa première saison de résidences.

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6 March 2023

Indo-French dancers create a fluid vocabulary of movement in the capital

The event was attended by French Ambassador Emmanuel Lenain, Emmanuel Lebrun-Damiens, Director, FII, and Catherine Colonna, French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs

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03 March 2023

Launch of 'Villa Swagatam' to boost French cultural engagement in India

New Delhi.March 3, 2023. Visiting India for the G20 FMM, French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Catherine Colonna today inaugurated

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India is a key player in shaping the world of tomorrow, with culturally engaged and innovative stakeholders who are inventing new ways of creating and engaging in dialogue. Villa Swagatam, a flagship initiative of our cultural cooperation with India, will bring talents from both countries closer together and build lasting bridges between our communities of artists.

- H.E. Mr. Thierry Mathou

Ambassador of France to India