Artists in residence

Kaloune (a.k.a Judith Profil), a young Panonnaise in her thirties, has decided to live her passion for writing and music to the fullest. This passion for words, she has discovered it since she was very young. Soon after having learnt the alphabet, she has felt the need to formulate words and write them dowen on paper…

After completing her studies in Réunion (a master’s degree in international law), she decided to continue her studies in the UK. She then found herself as a “volunteer for progress” in South Africa, Zambia, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. Kaloune has then became a French teacher in Mayotte. Writing always occupies a very important place in her life. Kaloune continues to write and express herself through poetry during his adventures in many countries.

In 2010 she published her first book Séga Bondyé Galé. All the texts are imbued with the feeling of a strong youth, powerful of an extremely rich heritage but a youth in passive latency, subject to time. Her second collection of poems written in Creole and French Kayé la sirène ou le Rêve de Fanja, released in 2015, is dedicated to her mother: Po banna, po momon, man san, mon nasyon. It pays tribute to women who have marked the history of the Réunion: Eva, Raharianne, Simangavoul, Fanja, Kala, Kalathoumi. She creates a whole imaginary world around the woman bird that does not die: in fanm Pétrèl, in fanm papang, in fanm Salangane. The salangane is the black fairy.

Apart from poetry, Kaloune devotes herself to music. Very early on, Kaloune started singing in the Malagasy “servis kabaré” to honor the memory of her ancestors. Duty of memory. Cultural heritage. And in Kayé la sirène, to the rhythm of the maloya, she published a lot of sacred, secret texts, so that the tradition will not die, so that the word will not be lost.

Kaloune is herself a fighter. She breathes strength, joy of life, and she is proud of what she does, of what she is, of the woman she has become – and of the woman that she is becoming, sharing the suffering of others while being aware of her fragility (that of the black butterfly), a fragility she assumes as a storyteller, singer, poet, actress. She has several assets in her hands: a voice, a writing, a presence, a radiant youth – and a bright future.

Ella Prokkola is a landscape architect who graduated from Aalto University, Finland, in 2023, following studies at Aalto and ENSP Versailles in France. Her work focuses on the climate and biodiversity crises, exploring the impacts of the posthuman paradigm on landscape architecture and advocating for multispecies thinking within construction culture. Her practice involves participating in collectives and working groups for projects with partners such as the Helsinki City Museum, Finnish Architecture Museum, Saari Residence, Vares Space, EASA network and the Sheaf Porter Trust. As an educator, she has taught landscape architecture at Aalto University and conducted workshops for both students and professionals in the UK, Switzerland, Estonia, and Finland. Her current projects examine cartography and architectural graphics as tools for multispecies storytelling.

Teneille Prosper is a New Orleans–based visual artist whose work explores cultural identity, ancestral memory, misogynoir, and social justice. She studied Fine Arts at Xavier University under John T. Scott and Ron Bechet. Working in acrylic, collage, and mixed media, Prosper creates layered narratives that reflect the resilience and complexity of Black life in the South. Her work has appeared in numerous group exhibitions and is included in collections such as the City of New Orleans. She was a 2024 Artist in Residence at the Joan Mitchell Art Center and a 2025 Yaddo resident.

Yulia Protsyshyn is a Ukrainian visual artist whose work explores the interplay of figuration, structure, and geometry.
 

In 2012, she graduated with honors, earning a Master’s Degree in Fine Arts and Graphics from the Ukrainian Academy of Printing in Lviv, Ukraine. Since 2013, Yulia has exhibited her work in over 50 international exhibitions across the globe. Her art has garnered numerous awards and accolades from prestigious institutions in Europe, China, and Taiwan. Her contributions have also been featured in several publications and articles in the USA, Poland, Belgium, Italy, Portugal, and Japan.
 

From 2016 to 2022, Yulia served as a Senior Lecturer in Composition and Printmaking at the Department of Book Graphics and Printmaking at her alma mater. Alongside her teaching, she continued to expand her artistic practice, which now spans diverse fields such as drawing, printmaking, painting, artist books, and sculpture.
 

Today, Yulia Protsyshyn is dedicated to advancing her visual art, bringing a unique blend of technical precision and conceptual depth to her multifaceted body of work.