Artists in residence

Gwladys Alonzo (born in 1990 in Laval, France) is a visual artist who lives and works between Mexico City and Tepoztlán, in Mexico. Her sculptural practice forms part of an exploration of materiality, weight and the tensions between construction and collapse, often drawing on references to architecture, industry and extractivist logics.

She trained at the École Supérieure d’Art et de Design de Saint-Étienne, where she obtained her DNAP with distinction in 2012 and her DNSEP in 2014, before completing her studies with an academic exchange at Marmara University in Istanbul. Since settling in Mexico, she has been developing work rooted in local contexts, whilst maintaining an international scope. Her work has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions, notably at the Galería Hilario Galguera (Mexico City, 2019), Colector Galería (Monterrey, 2020), Galería Enrique Guerrero (Mexico City, 2021), Studio Croma (Mexico City, 2023) and Revolver Galería (Lima, 2024).

An upcoming solo exhibition is scheduled for 2026 at Proyecto N.A.S.A.L in Mexico City. She has also taken part in group exhibitions at institutions and venues such as the Museum of Contemporary Art of Zapopan (MAZ), Lille3000 in France, W139 in Amsterdam and Galerie Perrotin in Paris. Her work has been shown at several international art fairs, including Z ONAMACO, Material Art Fair and Untitled Art Fair in Miami. A recipient of the FONCA’s Jóvenes Creadores programme (2024–2025), she has undertaken several residencies, notably at the Fundación Casa Wabi (Oaxaca), Blue Roof Studio (Los Angeles) and as part of the Residencia FEMSA in Monterrey. Alongside her artistic practice, she develops curatorial projects, collaborating with contemporary artists in Mexico. Her work has been widely covered by the specialist press, with features in Art Nexus, Terremoto Magazine and Relieve Contemporáneo, as well as in magazines such as Harper’s Bazaar and L’Officiel.

Omar Aloulou is a Tunisian composer of film and electronic music. 

In 2015, he began composing primarily for the cinema, signing his first film scores, including the soundtrack to Mohamed Ben Attia’s Hedi, un vent de liberté, which won an award at the 2016 Berlinale, as well as Weldi / Mon Cher Enfant, which will be presented at the Cannes Film Festival in the Directors’ Fortnight in 2018. The film Benzine, for which he wrote the score, was in official competition for Best Original Score at the Aubagne International Film Festival in 2018. In 2021, he composed the music for the film Black Medusa, which was selected in official competition at the Rotterdam International Film Festival.

In 2018, he composed and produced a ciné-concert based on Friedrich Murnau’s Faust, a German legend. In it, he tries to approach electronic music by drawing inspiration from classical writing, using themes and leitmotivs and trying to imagine an orchestra made up of synthesizers. 

In 2020, he released an electronic concept album entitled Olenin, a free adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s novel The Cossacks. The creative driving force behind this album is the attempt to create narrative and descriptive music, in the manner of symphonic poems.

Shatha Alsaidan (b. 1987) is a multidisciplinary artist and researcher based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Medical Rehabilitation Sciences (2009), as well as two Master’s degrees in management—one in Healthcare Administration (2017) and another in International Art and Cultural Management from Rome Business School (2024).

Daniah Alsaleh is a multidisciplinary artist based in Saudi Arabia. She studied computer applications at King Saud University before training at Safia Binzagr’s atelier, where she built a strong foundation in traditional drawing and painting. Her early practice centred on large-scale geometric compositions inspired by Islamic patterns. She later earned an MFA in Computational Arts from Goldsmiths, University of London, expanding her work into themes of memory, cultural conditioning, and media influence. Moving fluidly between analogue and digital, she reinterprets traditional forms through contemporary technologies. Daniah exhibits widely in the Middle East and internationally, has participated in residencies in Saudi Arabia and Europe, and was the recipient of the 2019 Ithra Art Prize.