Residency for Research on Women & Nonbinary Photographers and Video Artists

AWARE is a non-profit association dedicated to shining a light on women and non-binary artists of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. Since its creation in 2014, AWARE has worked to make thousands of artists visible by creating many different types of innovative content, all available freely in both English and French on the AWARE website, as well as through organising and participating in academic and non-academic events (symposiums, conferences, curation). In 11 years, the AWARE website has become a unique online resource, for professionals in the art world as well as the general public. Recently, AWARE has developed several international projects, such as Living with Two Brains: Women in New Media Art, 1960s–1990s, Reilluminating the Age of Enlightenment: Women Artists of the 18th Century, and the creation of NEST: Network for Empowerment, Solidarity, and Transregionality, a transnational alliance of like-minded non-profit organizations (NGOs) aimed at forging alternative methodologies and challenging dominant narratives. AWARE has also formed a partnership with the Louvre Museum, which will lead to the publication of biographies and research articles in 2025. AWARE also supports contemporary artists through its public programme at Villa Vassilieff and by awarding two contemporary art prizes every year.