The first scholarship for a young artist resulting from the partnership entered into by the Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation and the Villa Arson in 2017, was awarded to Eglé Vismanté on 14 October 2017, during the opening of the Villa Arson’s autumn exhibition.
Eglé Vismanté was born in Vilnius, Lithuania. She lives and works in Nice.
Building on miscellaneous news items and historic figures, she creates her own universe of different stories, which are sometimes strange or even absurd, and close to science fiction.
Her creative process involves eliding her imagination and history in order to produce micro-narratives.
Drawing is the fundamental medium in her working practice. It is very often the base of her other projects. Her drawings take inspiration from the imagery of science and art, and from the progress of technology, to create a strange utopia. They question how we relate to the past, to authority figures and to the human condition.
Drawing is the fundamental medium in her working practice. It is very often the base of her other projects. Her drawings take inspiration from the imagery of science and art, and from the progress of technology, to create a strange utopia. They question how we relate to the past, to authority figures and to the human condition.
