Article AWARDS & DISTINCTIONS
Leenaards 2023 cultural grant for Romane de Watteville
- Published
- Sept. 13, 2023
Congratulations to artist Romane de Watteville, ECAL graduate and winner of a Leenaards 2023 cultural grants.
The Leenaards Cultural Grants support the artistic careers of eight emerging artists in the fields of visual arts, music, performing arts and literature. Worth CHF 50,000 each, they help these young Swiss talents to reach the next level in their careers.
Romane de Watteville was awarded one of the Cultural Grants at the Rendez-vous culturel Leenaards on 12 September 2023 at the Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne.
Romane de Watteville is a Franco-Swiss artist who holds a Bachelor's degree in History of Art and Cinema from the University of Lausanne (2016) and a Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts from ECAL (2020). She lives and works in Lausanne, where she is developing a practice centred on figurative painting that plays with art-historical iconography.