French-Australian Cultural Exchange Foundation - Resonance Grants

FACEF named the recipients of the first edition of its Resonance Grants, a program dedicated to supporting visual-arts collaborations between France and Australia.

Selected by an international jury of experts, shown below, the five awarded projects shared a total prize of AUD$60,000.

Art Gallery of New South Wales – support for Tyiirr: A Room of One’s Ghosts, a new project by French-Mexican artist Vir Andres Hera, for an upcoming 2027 exhibition.
La Biennale de Lyon – support for the participation of Australian artists at the 18th Lyon Biennale of contemporary art, from September 2026.
La Perouse Museum – support for French artist Nicolas Montgermont to participate in Transmission Point, a site-specific radio and sound art exhibition from March 2026.
Maningrida Arts and Culture – support for a project by the artists of Maningrida to bring Kuninjku Art to France and mark the legacy of Balang (John Mawurndjul), who travelled to Paris in 2006 to paint works for the Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac.
Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris – support for Pulse of the Planet, a solo project by Australian artist Mel O’Callaghan combining exchanges, performances, sound and video, in February 2026.

The jury said of these initiatives: “The five successful recipients of this year’s Resonance Grants were considered by the Jury to be outstanding in their potential to foster the mobility of ideas and perspectives through exchanges between French and Australian artists and institutions.

All five of the grant recipients address contemporary themes including collaboration, ecology, care and community, transmission, and connection to Country. We look forward to the realisation of each of the projects which we have no doubt will have tremendous cultural impact.”

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Resonance Grants